The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-09-29


ayowal that he will resist The repeal OF the
Resumption act unless something batter Is
put in us place, and II he is elected shall
certainly await with generous confidence a
lfulhlment OF that pledge. The difficulty Is
Just the one which seems 10 me radical In
his candidature. BBetween two candidates,
/ one OF whom h recommended TO rae on the
opinion OF his friends, the other Of whom
has a record OF action and achievement un-
der my knowledge and ms ectiOn, my most
rational expectation OF such performance
a. 1 desire attaches TO the latter.
/ put next i'm this canvass the matter OF
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM.
Mr.. Tilden has been Governor OF the State
which has led in the decentralization OF our
politics since the beginning OF TINS century.
lie has had the hardest position for Begin
ming reform, perhaps, which there IL in the
Union. He has made the only positive and
successful steps toward IL, al the risk OF his
own political fortunes, which know OF IN
the country. The newspaper exposures Of
the Tweed I,ing would have made no more
/ impression on that body than the patteri ~
OF rain on the hide OF rhinoceros, and the
members OF the Ring would to-day have
been Haunting their stolen wealth in the
face Of the public, il Mr.. Tilden had not re-
duced their guilt TO an arithmetical demon
stration. available in a court Of law. The
Canal Ring fight is known 10 every body.
have in mind, however, not only these
''reformD efforts, but also administrative
reform. ! will take a single case which
floated in a paragraph through the news pa
pera, occasi0ning, so far a. | ever saw, very
little attention, but which had an Immense
effect on my mind, and which | have often
urged in private conversation.
IL was stated that the politicians OF the
southern tier Of counties OF New York were
bitterly hostile 10 Gov. Tilden. The reaso ns
were given. two in number: /. Mr.. Tilden
had refused 10 remove the Republican SUI
perintendent OF the Asylum at Elmira in or
der TO appoint Democrat. .. MIR. Tilden
had removed. for cause. the Corporation
Counsel Of Elmira, who was a Democrat,
although the Common Council Of that city
was Republican, and could elect a Republi
can successor. These were good grounds
for the opposition OF the politicians, but
they were an imperative demand on me, IL
was an independent, and meant what
had been talking about for years, to give
him my full, hearty and efficient support IL
IL ever came in my way.
That Mr.. Tilden is politician enough 70
be available is only an advantage, since we
can not get
AN ANGEL WITH FLAMING SWORD,
and think that we Independents have cast
worse reproach upon ourselves than our
most sarcastic critics, since we have failed
10 seize upon chance which offered itself
10 our demand, and have chosen 10 trust in
groundless faith and hope for which we
can not give a reason. In this latter light |
must he allowed, without oiense. tOregard
the support OF Gov. Hayes.
] received a letter while ago from a
friend Of Gov. Hayes, who declared that
Gov. Hayes was very modest man, whose
mOdesty prevented him from accepting the
United States Senatorhip. Iquote It as an
instance Of what seems to me wrong reas-
oning on these matters. III Gov. Hayes Is
such a man as is now claimed. IL seems 20
me he Is Just the man we have sadly needed
in the Senate for the last few years, and, II
he refused 10 90, he turned his back on the
call OF public duty. ! DO not deny his right
20 refuse, although in general ! hold II
sound doctrine that a man Of good health
and independent fortune ought to serve the
State when duly andhOnorably selected bun
IL Mr.. Hayes was ever TO be a candidate for
the Presidency, he ought TO have pursued a
public career i'm the subordinate places
which opened 10 him; he ought 90 have al
lowed Us TO see him in those places and he
OUGHT TO HAVE MADE A RECORD
on which we could form judgmenttO- day
aud not be thrown on the say-s0 OF his
friends. II he j. 20 be elected, | shall GER
tsinly not prejudice him, nor allow any
prejudice h. use IN my lalnd: but when
! look back on former cases inwhich the cam
D
tried man with a hale which has subse-
quently faded into something worse than
obscurity, my Imagination refuses to act.
Another point in this canvass which very
deeply interests me Is the
CONDITION AND FUTURE or THE soCIH.
/ The c NJ align seems TO Ice turning mort and
more To faat issue after all, and II seems 10
be found that distrust OF rebels and the old
war spirit are still 80 strong as 10 De the best
I aN f1al1a hat Ia 60 no
so, then ! must take sides against any
/ further administration OF the affairs Of the
South by the North acting through the Gen
| e-al Government. | have had occasion
within year 10 review the whole history Of
reconstruction. The effectupon my mind
has been shame and blame to myself for the
share which |. a. Republican. have bad
/ in helping to build up the worst legislation
OF the nineteenth century. i have been
/ shocked TO realize by what successive stages
we have built up here a system OF restrictive
and coercive legislation which very few
| Northern Republicans know I'm even It's
/ brOadest features. and can only recognize
\ I'm disorder, riot, misrule, irresponsible
official tyranny, industrial loss. the results
which have followed everywhere In history
/ from cuercive legislation enacted by one
community against another. The Republic
can candidate for the Nice-Presidency de-
voted his letter Of acceptance almost exclu-
sively 10 the Southern question. He be-
leves that the Southern states are not CIV
iliZed up 10 the standard OF the Northern
States, and he wants to bring them up. |
agree with him that they are ON lower
grade, but submit that IL is not his busi-
ness nor ours 10 civilize them 10y any pO-
litical measures.
| therefore desire now, as regards this
political question, that the south be left 10
work out its own social problems under no
arbitrary political coercion, but simply ur'
der the constraint Of social and economic
forces.
Finally. i'm regard TO another matter W ich
| have very much NJ heart, but which Is
hardly an active issue in the campaign,
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