Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-11-08
Garrison ON the President.

William Lloyd Garrison does not take kind
ly to the Southern policy of the new Admin
istration, and he opposes the reelection Of
Governor Rice, because Rice is not prohi
bitionist, and is also supposed to be in accord
with the President sIr. Garrison says:
The present Republican candidate is Gov
ernor Rice, who is neither teetotaler nor a
prohibitionist, and though there seems little
probability of the passage Of a prohibitory
law at the next session of the Legislature,
still there is every reason to believe that Gov
ernor Rice, if elected, would veto it, should
it so happen that the Legislature should take
thought and mend on the subject. Here,
/ certainly, there is marked contrast, and it
fairly inures to the benefit of Judge Pitman,
who is as pronounced Republican as Cover
nor Rice, and even more steadfast in uphold
ing those principles and measures which have
made the Republican party so praiseworthy
/ in its record. But Judge Pitman has had the
temerity to condemn the Southern policy of
President Hayes, and sees in it a complete
surrender to those who continue to glory in
their rebellious attempt to destroy the Re
public, and on that account is undeserving Of
Republican support; nay, eD that account he
is specially deserving of it; for it furnishes
additional proof of his personal independence,
his moral courage, his clear discernment, lrs
unswerving rectitude, san Abdiel faithful
he among the faithless found" for ore
most heartily join in that condemnation.
Without impugning the motivesJof the Presi-
dent; nay, according to him the best inten-s
tions, regard his ''policy" as fragrant be-
trayal of the trust so confidingly committed
to his hands, as in violation of his pledges. to
see full protection secured to all classes at the
South, without regard to complexional dis
tinctions, and as fraught. with tincalculable
mischief. rejoicing, as It does, the hearts,
Strengthening the hands and facilitating tbe
plans of the Southern conspirators against law
and order, liberty and equal rights. 1t indi-
Gates childish credulity, blindness of vis-.
ion and an imbecility of judgment equally
surprising and deplorable. The Republican
puttJ SduhOt cduCliOu IL WlbuOul lu1ptdCulDR
its entire course, from the opening of the re
bellion to the close of President Grants ad-
ministration. The Democratic party Justly
calims it as its own, and is jubilant according
ly. 1t is. cause for the deepest humiliation
that the Republican party in Massachusetts,
at its State Convention at Worcester. went
back upon its patriotic record and gave its un-
qualified approval to this shameful surrender
to the demands of those 't'whose feet run to
evir and "who make haste to shed innocent
blood Its defeat ON such an issue will be
gain to the cause of justice and humanity,
here and els where, not by going over to the
Democratic party, but by such withdrawal
from the polls on scattering votes. Or, better
still, by bestowing them upon Judge Pitman,
as shall prove effective to this end as power
full moral and patriotic protest against the
suicidal policy of well-neaning but mis-
guided and incompetent Chief Magistrate.