The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-10-18

editors in Ohio who has had the manli-
ness and honesty to speak cut during tn.
recent political canvass. In his last
paper he has the following sound and
sensible al ticie:
THE ELEcTIOS-wHAT YOw?
Our readers already know the result Of
the el,ction in Ohio The Democrats
have elected their Gnvarior by 5000
majority. and the remainder of their
St"t- ticket by uIajnrilies ranging irnm
10000 tn % OOO They have also carried
both branches of the state Leri>luurr
aud will have forty mnjnrity on JOINT
ballot, thus securing them "A United States
SENATOR IN place oi the ny brid politicisn,
Stanley Mathews. Ii is one of the cl-an
sst swes ps ever made 10y political party
in Ohio, aud at almost any other time.
than the present would indicate that the
opposing organization is in the thrOes OF
dissolution.
Whist does il really mean2 Our Dsmo-
cratic friends should not dectiVe them.
Ives. A comparison with the vote OF
last year will snDw that thrre has been no
increase, but rather a drcidrd falling otf
in Democratic strength The Democratic
party Is ia a minority in Ohio rs IT has
party was organized. But the members
oi the latter party have either voted the
Wof kingm-u's, the Prohibition or the
Greehback ticket. or else in thousands OF
cas.-s have refused TO vote at all Why2
Perhaps in the whole course of our
political history the Traders of party
never msdr more fatal mistake than
did eminent Republican politicians ia
suppOsIng that the organization which
had so sturddy 6attl.-J for principle
through the storm aud sunrhine OF
twenty years. could be brought, 10y fi4t
from Washington, Ia sbAndou that priIl-
riplr At jump. and indorse iIs opp0site.
| N,-ver before was made ~ fatal mi-t,ke
a. surprising that the great hnue-L heart
ot the R~t,Ublican party could 5r made
to tifroD In unison with thpt of the hair
1 Drained th+uIist-, trucking officials,
| hypocriiicAl exPecIant-, grov'.iing TIM
So. vers aud vapil imb-cils who tor the
time assumed 10 be ths. nisstrr- and cnu
science keepers oi the Republican patty
! These persons, noisy, Inipud~nt. s'-if-
/ asserti,e. aud vanity stricken. demanded
| that the Republican party % Ohio should
not remain merely siI.nt upon the b.
trayai sud sale ~ freedom in ihr South,
bot should actually urclHre IN inv"r "i
unn- crrsaiy aud cruel wrong The NOR.
~ Udrni uItu Oi the party Jagged the IuI
praeIIcabl.-s To let the matter alone; 10
allow the campaign To L- fought uhd-r
the old unsuilt,-d banner OF X. publican
! Ism and IT, let the "Southrrn policy,
as Stanley Matthews corrupt AMI cow
sIdiy trick+ry WAS called. rest upon its
own merits. But no, en,Tt7,ti,s aud ~
mOnstfabc-s we've Of no avail; ihr
inIpractIcnblFs took possession OF the
Cleveland Cnbven' ION; put ia the chair
mAn " ho would i+cogh'z- nobody on Ihs-
hpOr aud nobody anywhere rxc-ps Two ar
thrre that had been pasted nprtr him on
The stage To make tue motions and de-.
msnd the previous question:; who viola
L. q evefy principle oi parliamentary law
ia refusing division Ot the question
upon tue platform, and who, dazzird by
lac idea that Hayes could make him
Speaker of the House. pfostiIuted h
great talents aud Influence To carry
through tue programme Of Stanley
Matthew's.
The base surrender Of principle engi
neerrd 10y pretended Republicans was
indOrs.d, aud the pour polItical incapa
bies that ioic.-d the Endorsement flung
up their hats aud shouted over the grave
they had won a victory against the cUm
IIinn rurmy.
.Oa,e hundred thousand Republicans of
ONO could only be brought 10 vote tor
the Candidates of such Convention
under protect, and hundred thousand
more. vino l00Htd not be shed into acqui
escrnce IN AN Outrage. either staid AT
home on election day, or voted the
various side tickets in the field.
Thus the loss OF the State ticket was
insured from the beginning. The Legis
iAture might rtill have been saved But
Stanley Matthews, whose name in the
mind of every honest voter has bpcoms.
the very sy BoDym iur political dishonesty.
was Extensively put forth TO lead Ih-
campaign, aud AG last WAS allowed to
Ihrust himself forward ia drbzte with
General Ewing as the Republican chsm
pion ol ONO aud its prospective caadidat-
IOr the United States S~nAte. From the
hour WLen this stuprndous folly frat
took shape, all hope was gone; and the
Lsff-d. badg~rrd and b+d-vilrd RsPubli
can legion-. were marched forward Ia ~
CERTAIN slnu si,ter. as that which anuihi
lated the Old Guard at Waterloo.
Under Ih-se false conditions the Re
publican State CommitI+,- did I'll that.
Inru could 40. With sinking hopes and
SLENDER resources they struggled with
unrxnmplrd bravery. la every village
and bainl-t OF the State they boldly cree
/, Il their Il ~. aud called upon the people
10 rally around. Thry sent their docu
m-nts broadcast throu ghOut tne Stat
They mad- every one ct the lew dollars
IN their treasury count tn the utmost
Thev passed days and nights iu sle"ples-
eneIgY and toll. They did all iu -hrri
that men could do; hut nothing could
break the force pi the original terrible
mistake. aud the h,g OF grand aud
mi zhty party lies to-day torn aud tram
pled in the du>t
What is the lrssou? The Republican
party dare not dir. The interests of the.
nation d,.maud that il shalt rise again
aud live. But il can only 1--we 10y being
true TO principle. IL IL is in "a false posi-
ton, ID must retreat th-r.-trom. IL II lIa-
sr-mrd To acqu."-ce ih wrong. It must
now pudlrIr The wrong IL it has sold
Its buthrIght iOr mess OF pottHg". /
must reclaim that biIthrisbt. IL it has
run a-tray alter talSe et.Il= it must return
to its own nohl-r creed IL it has sane
tion.d wrong doing in high places, pal
tered with Outrage and usurpation in the
South, it must At once rrtIace it, steps
On a higher, purer. tru~r basis, il will
regain the public cnnfiIrnee. True To
itself il Cannot be false tn the Republic:
the water OF regeneration will wa~h from
it the dust OF defeat; and rising like
Anttus strengthened 10y it's fall its banner
will once more glitter like star with the
light Oi IA hundred victories.
New York HcraId.l