The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-04-19
JACKSON c. H., OHIO THURSDAY, APRIL 49, 1877.

ments Of our politics7 Where do you
End in il the element which Blaine.
Morton, and Butler stand fort Without
that idea in the forefront Of the canvass
Tilden would be to day in the White
House and the Republicans not only de
feated. but humbled by their overwhelm-
ing annihilation. Every other element
appears in the Cabinet This only-the
Hamlet Of the piece-is omitted. There
is Evarts. who represents the neutral
men so indifferent that. in this battle Of
giants and struggle Of principles. they
could see nothing either in the Republi
can or Democratic party worth working
for. Schurz stands Tor the treachery
selfconceit. and morbid Office seeking
that rebelled with Greeley. Key brings
in Tilden and secession. Devens keeps
fresh before US the men who ate dirt and
wore collars in the old pro-slavery days.
IL the Presidential canvass had contained
only these forces Hayes would dwell
quietly to-day in Ohio Blaine and the
bloody shirt elected our President Dur.
ing the long doubt Of December and
January the only words that reached "a
from Gov. Hayes was the assurance how
deeply he felt for the negroes; how he
pitied them IL the count should show
then what chord would reach the ma
tons heart and make ulen pray for his
success If frilden bad been counted in
what more would the South have asked
OF him7 What more would he have
dared to do than Withdraw the troops
Fancy Hayes pooclaiming in Octob..r
that he contemplated calling home the
trOopsl IL the telegraph had announced
such purpose on his part, that 'soment
the canvass would have virtually ended,
and Tilden would have walked uuchal-
lenged over the course. lf the Cabinet
calls home the troops. ! affirm they hold
seats which have been obtained on false
pretences. Once withdraw the troops.
and they can never return. No Demo.
cratic Legislature or Governor will ever
invite the Federal Government to cross
the sacred boundary line Of a State.
Starvation and blood will rule the South.
There will not be a Republican State
so',th OF the Potomac Our next Con.
gress and President will be Democratic
Then follow Ions TO Southern States
and railways, pensions to Confederate
soldiers, and payment of Southern State
debts solid South - the slave
power under a new name-strikes hands
with northern grog shops. and rules US
as before the war
Tue almost unvarying custom and
Of our politics is for the Prrsi-
deaf TO offer to the next strongest candi
date Of his party the position of Secreta-
~ OF STATE. When Hayes omitted this
offer to Blaine. and. further. excluded
from his Cabinet the idea Mr.. Blaine rep
resents, he not only insulted Blaine. but
revealed himself as purposely betraying
the ranks that elected him. But Lamar
and Hill prophecy soft thing Yes,
while their white constituents will not
speak to Longstreet. Besides. Blaine's
spear once revealed Hills black heart.
Does any cunning man, alter notice.
stumble twice over the same stone7
They Goth IRE behrving well before com.
pany. We have tried Cancellation before
Andrew johnson, made Vice-Presi.
dent. was our first experiment. No one
will claim that - q success. Acke, man,
Mosby, Longstreet are later instances.
The South lost three men and we gained
ust three; that is all
But Wade Hampton and Nichols
promise that, il recognized. they will
keep the peace and protect the negro
PROMISED Why, the whole soil OF the
south is hiddn by successive layers Of
broken promises made the last forty
Tears. She never yet has kept prom. |
sc. To trust Southern promise would |
De fair evidence Of insanity. The white /
south stands to-day pejured before the |
world. her cartel Of honor broken aud /
orfeited. Unasked she offered her oath /
II submission, and took life, land, citi. /
.enship aud all its privileges. in return /
herself TO obey the Constitution /
md secure to every race his rights. De /
iberately, in the face Of the world. over 4
md over again she has broken the oaths |
he volunteered TO take, Fnd staLds per.
ured before the world. Such men pre- 1
ume TO call themselves gentlemen and /
ak OF pronisssl IL was a gross insult 4
o the American people when the Presi.
lent received the Hamburg assassin. But
er, into consultation. What can con.
ulting with assassins lead TOT Nothing
'ut more murders OF innocent men.
No, the epoch is not ended. Whoever
ays so is either kBave or dupe. The
,attle is only adjourned from Waterloo
o the coup d etat of 1851 and the stuff-d
'allotbOx-s Of November, 1852 Then
france tried to create a republic; We are
rying TO save one
What do we owe the men Of '761 Not
mpty eulogies. Rhetoric is the talent
4 drcaying States. The debt we owe
ur fathers is to give the world proof
hat they really launched the best Gov.
ever framed. What is that
'roof7 Not swelling numbers, not vast
gealth. not wide lands. u that were 80
Russia could compete with US The test
4 Governments is the men they produce
humboldt said the finest fruit earth
oil a.. "a. = So -. I
SO OF States Il this be 20, then what
~ owe the fathers IL TO show that the
Government they fouuded-and which
We claim is the best-dors produce men
wise. brave, iar.seeing, devoted men, able
nd ready TO save the State their fathers
treated: men cheated by no juggle OF
words. blinded 10y no tinsrl OF pr-I-nce.
tile TO discover the foe Of Liberty and
usIice under any disguIse; aud whether
le CONES as Southern assassin. Northern
'ander to vice. or cheat disguised ~
To unmask aud crush him
Ind-r loot
Alter . days weary march Mohammed
vas camping with his followers. One
aid, Il will loose my camel. and commit
/ TO God MOhammrd said. Friend,
lie thy camel aud commit il to God.
Let US heed the moral. Do not melt
nto gush Do not believe that human
nature has. all OF a sudden, changed, and
history Is no longer any lesson. Do not
hunk, with childish, guileless innocence.
hat now days grapes do grow on thorns.
md figs on thistles; that we have been
when we believed the South
o be a tiger-she has been all the while
cooling dove, whose plumage we have
ruelly rufiled while mlsled by this mis-
axe.
Do not fling the reins loose on the |
heck OF an angry people in such senseless /
oily, and then fancy God will bless Us. |
lie promises no bl-ssing 10 such improv- |
drnce. Tie the State To good common |
lense, to the lessons of history, TO the |
,r..nt fnrcrs OF CIVILIZATION law nrdrr