The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-08-24

no public or private rights which they
were bound TO respect, and were dis
tinguished from the secret tribunals
of the InQuisition only by the absence
of the thumb-sc CIV, the rack, and the
stake.
Fhe single case of Secretary Bel
KNAPP gave the Democracy more Joy
than the birth CT Savior, and they
managed to keep it before the country
continuously fol nearly six months
This man had always been Demo
crat, and entered the Cabinet by the
personal preference of the President,
without ever having been connected
with the Republican party.
1t is impossible now to fix the cost
Of these investigations. have heard
no estimate putting it at less than
100000. Investigations set on foot
for the purpose OF truth, justice and
the punishment of crime are praise
worthy and useful but when they
are used as methods of electioneering
to crafty malice, blacken the inno-
cent, and help demagogues, traitors,
land-thieves, and railroad robbers in
to Office, they become darker crimes
than those they pretend to investi-
gate.
DESIRE TO SOIL THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE.
One OF the darkest features of this
business was the intense desire to soil the
reputation of the Chief Magistrate. The
effort to connect him with whisky frauds
has been persistent and devilish, reveling
not only malice towards him personally,
but an earnest hatred of the Government,
and the determination to tarnish it before
the world. The filth hurled at him re-
fused to stick, and, rebounding, adhered
to the splotched faces of his adversaries /;
and his good name and integrity shine
brighter than ever through the storm of
dirty missiles. His command, "Let nc
guilty man escape" will be read and ad
mired when his enemies are remembered
only to be despised.
The Republican party have chosen as
standard-bearers Messrs. Hayes and
Wheeler. They are able and pure men
and have always been on the right side OF
the great questions of the day, They have
been true to their country, to liberty, and
to humanity, and their lives have been
illustrated by distinguished services in
the field, in the Government of States
and in the councils of the nation.
Gov. Hayes was brave soldier who
commanded with distinction and fell upon
the field severely wounded. His name
has long been inscribed upon that roll of
heroes who offered their lives that their
country might live AS pledge that his
administration will be pure and benefcent
he presents an untarnished record, with
out blot or blunder, and, as proof of
his capacity, shows that he has judged
wisely on every occasion, in the field and
in politics; and he stands in marked con
trast to his competitor, who has been con
scientiOusly wrong upon every great
question which has agitated the country
Tor quarter of century. 1t we are to
judge of the comparative merits and fit
ness OF these two men for the office OF
President by their past lives, there is no
room left for doubt. The one always
right, the other always wrong. One
trained in correct principles that he is not
required to unlearn. The other coming
from vocation and from lifelong assO
Citations that should excite the distrust
and repugnance of the country.
THE GREAT ISSUE
The approaching contest in Indiana
will be watched with the deepest interest
by the whole country. Indiana is one OF
the three States voting in October, and
the result will exercise a powerful inhu
ence upon the election in November. IL
this point of view, the importance of oul
success can hardly be overestimated, and
no exertion ought to be spared to secure
a legitimate triumph. The State ticket
presented by the Republican party is {
good one, and deserves the confidence and
support of all. Gen. Harrison, our candi
date for Governor, needs no introduction
or commentator in this community. His
high character as a man, his distinguished
services as soldier in the field, his re
cognized ability as lawyer, and his great
eloquence as a public speaker, qualify him
in the highest degree to lead the Republi,
can party to victory in this great struggle
A Democratic victory in October means a
triumph of the Confederate Democracy
throughout the nation in November,-tht
subsection of the loyal element of thu
North to the rebel element of the South
and the installation at the national Capita
Of the very spirit and incarnation of thu
rebellion.