South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-10-13
Who Can Deliver Us (?

-distfess-in every village the cry for
bread. ,Altover the land industries are
/ prosaated, and hundreds OF thousands
OF unemployed men, artisans and labor
/ ers, seek. but find not" something 20
! do wherewith 10 earn n scanty livelihood
! for their families. The administrators
! OF tic Government, as deaf as adders,
look but TO the care and uouIishmeut of
! themselves. and out of the treasury, fill.
ed from the pockets OF an orerburthened
/. people, fed and fatten their cohorts OF
( followers. The Republican party, at the
/ dictation Of the hdministratio ion, set
aside tho only reform candidate il had,
and passed vote OF confidence in
the 7ery Administration 10 remedy
whose evils accommodated and OK.
treme- now demanded. Can Gov.
Hayes deliver us from the Ills we now
endure, or save us FROM those which are
impending? What arc his promises
worth? What is there in his antecc.
cedcnts fruitful OF the hope that he will
/ put those who elevate him TO Office at
defiance. and inauguratc * successfully
carry out the needed reform? Has he
the nervet to set aside his party allies and
seek aid oil the rcformcrs in the Demo
cratic ranks, or of those who have pro.
nounced against thc corruptions OF G en-.
Grants administration? viii he take
Bristow TO his bosom and discard Chand.
Ter? CAR Schurz and ignore Morton?
VIII he break with Conkling and Cam
eron? Will he give the cold shoulder
TO Ortiz and Schenck? Has he larger
claim TO credit for fidelity TO The respon.
slbliiiics of the Presidential Office than
has Grant? Has he delivered en- utter.
ancc against corruption and corruption.
lists more thrilling than Grants curt and
decisive order, Let no guilty man cs.
cape" Have his convictions ever vet
crystalzci into single idea Of princi-
pie! lie IL an honorable gentleman
But does he possess "tbe Individuality
OF leadership, the courage Of strong
convictions, faith in his destiny, and
confidence III his genius?" Was he not
nominated because he had none OF these
characteristics, and eminentlv be.
cause he was rot n leader" Happily il
| has been said of him. "his convictions
/ had never crystalized into n single idea
/ of principle. IL he had faith in his ,;es.
( tiny it was the subordinate and inferior
destiny ofmcrc party allegiance; If he
had confidence i'll his genius. it was the
confidence Of silent admiration"
I WHO'S Gov. Tilden, ;ha; he should be
set zap as y true deliverer? We answer
in the words or another:
1t was said Of the first Emperor Al.
eXander, OF Russia. that his personal
character was equivalent to consttu.
ton. IL may with equal truth be said
Of Iilden that his public career is TO the
exposition Of the platform like an illu
| minated seal TO n royal writ 1t is a
sacred pledge, above suspicion, that the
solemn promises made by great party
will be nobly fulfilled by its chosen rep.
rcscntatiyc.
The feeling that compelled Governor
Iilden's nomination was an outgrowth
from both parties, 4 reflection of the
moral sentiment. Of the whole country.
OF which lie is the only true apostle; for
slnglc-bandcd And alone he unfured its
banner and bore it 10 The fore from, Of
battle. This was Il heroism greater than
that Of leading victorious cohorts TO for.
cign conque5ts. It threatened mmtyr-
dom in the house Of his friends. bv his
own people, and upon the altar OF his
own party. There ia 40 word LARGE
nough TO paint his courage. and no hon.
or too high to be his reward. Can such
cause, with such e leader, pcrish?-
Shall this campaign, inauguratcd nv the
people against the prohigacy Of Repub.
ijcan Administration, end in disaster
and defeat? IS the moral sentiment Of
the country dcad2 Crccjs change. o.
pinions alter, parties rise and fall but
the principles of honor, honesty. and
patriotism survive, aud nrc "a enduring
IA the moral law itself. which. written
on tho tables Of eternity. God himself
will not change These sentiments. With
their potent energies. kinGod their 81.
cred fires in the hearts OF tho people,
and found voice and personal represen.
tatioH II the nomination Of Governor
Tildcn, and will receive its complement
and answer only in the civic revelation
that inauguratcs him President" --Ricb.
mom wig.
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