The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-06-24
Reformers Compromise with
Rascals.

Rascals.
The nominations made a. Cincin.
natti upon Wednesday last, by the
Republicans, takes with surprise bnl
few men even of their own party
"They have been and gone. and done
it's nearly all that can be said
Now that the suspense is over. now
that the man is mast-headed, We all
feel easier, at least the Democrats do,
for to our mind no one IS so easy Of
defeat as 4. B. Hayes, of Ohio.
We do not make this statement
without good and sufficient reasons
and We are convinced that our read
ers will agree with US when they
hear them stated.
The Radical party after eight years
of a systematic plumber Of the conn
try, stands exposed before the Ameri.
can people, by a Democratic House,
and covered with infamy and crime
Investigation has touched but one man
so far, who has not, to use the Ian.
gnage of Mr.. Knott, squirmel. -
Schneck, Belknap, Babcock, Robson,
Williams, Blaine and hundred othe.
hitherto leading Radical politicians
and officials, have been investigated
and found guilty; and in tracing out
the charges of crime against these
men the most appalling evidence has
been unearthed of the vide. spread
corruption Of tho Administration par
ty-c"rruption such as has never he.
fore existed in any country under the
sun.
There Is not one honest leading
Republican ont Of office who does not
to day admit these charges to be
true, and the only defence which they
can assume is, that the "party will
purify ITSELF" that the bad men must
bc put out and good men put in. We
do not stop to answer this childish,
silly argument, tor We know that the
American mind is fully made up to
the fact that annihilatio,, Is the proper
and only mode Of purifying the Re.
publican party. Amid alt this array
Of foul, ime-stained men, stood but
one, unframed by the shafts of truth.
ful honest investigation that has Gil.
ed the air and struck with moral
death the leaders Of the Radical par.
ty-and THAT one has record of
reform and is an honest, upright,
able man. This Is Dristow, the
man whose real strength was but
t'centy.onc cotes as shown by the final
and last ballot. In other words the
Radical leaders, save the twenty.on
had not the nerve to nominate q
k"orn retormer and one who had a
record they preferred, as they did,
to compromise 'cith the ringsters and
corrupt men Of the party, and nomi
nate man whom, it is true nothing
can be said against, but nothing can
be said !" his favor.
Hayes, to our mind, is weaker than
Blaine, and 50 decidedly 50 to Bris-
tow, that there can he no compare
son. His name will not create an
enthusiasm in the ranks Of the Fede.
raj officials, for they will distrust his
intention to favor their peculiar pat
riotism, to fatten from the public crib
while the people starve; and the hon.
est men Of the Republican party will
not he as jealous for his election a.
they would have been with Bristow,
from the fact that they are not at all
assured that he Is a r.torm,er.
A few years since, promises and
platforms were all that men REQUIRED
to assure political preferment, provi.
aed they we're Of the loyal party
now, the change Is marked. Some
thing more than mere paper or lin
declarations IS required; the actual
fact demonstrated BY action Of being
a reformer is demanded, and nothing
short oft will satisfy those who have
1T heart tile good Of the government
Of America. Hayes is not Of that class
he ls the snkn0wn In the field of
corruption, and doubt will exist in
The public mind OF his ability " pur-
pose to root it out, hence be can he
'ut as the iceberg, pure to look at,
mt cold to handle; that doubt will
lefeat him.
Since receiving the files of our city |
we have had no cause to |
hange our opinion regarding Hayes
nomination. He ls not q strong man |