The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-08-28

r,,E poLITICAL CANVASS.
A CIcar Kcynotc from General CARTEL

A clear Kcynotc from General Garfield.
At NIassillon, Ohio, last Saturday even
inc General Garfield delivered his first adj
rtIrt>s Of the canvass 10 his constituents.
In the course OF it he said: e
..Thr Ohio Democrats have gone Il hun
lrcd bnwsllOts beyond their eastern aSso-
riatcs in carrying the spirit Of revolution
into their financial policy. They throw
their whole weight against the resumption
ri specie payment; demand that the ma
,ional banks he abolished; that SS22 ,0OO,.
DO additional grccnbHcks be issued, and
flat projection to American industry be
oycrthrown. These radical and violent
changes in tho established policy OF the
government are proposed to the people Of
Ohio in utter disregard both OF the ancient
policy aud recent declarations Of the ma.
iional Democracy. Have the Democrats OF
Ohio completely abandoned their trldi-
tional doctrines Of hard money? Have
they forgotten that in tho Presldenti-
al contest OF 1872 they declared i'll
both their Cincinnati and Baltimore
Conventions that speedy return to
spc,ir PAYMENTS il demanded alike by the
highest considerations OF commercial NOR
glty and honest government llavetliey
forgotten that only two years ago, IN the
National Convention ri st. Louis, they de-
nounrCd the Republican party for its TAIL
urrduring all these eleven years OF peace
inmakc good the promise Of the legal ten
der nnlr, which are clnngingstandarl OF
value in the hands Of the people, and the
non.paymcnt Of which isa disregard Of the
plightcd faith OF the nation" We're those
declarations ut Cincinnati and baltimore
andSt. Louis true or false? Did the ma
lionaI Democracy, Of which the Ohio De
mocrus from 20 conspicuous n part, be.
licvc thclu when they uttered them? II
thcvdid, what revolution has since 0Ccnrr-
I'd in the immutablc laws Of value.
THE present attitude OF our senior Ohio
Senator on the question has filled nc with
surprise and regret. am not 20 much OF
bipartisan rs to lie unable TO recognize high
anil commanding qualities in the rilnks OF
the opposite party; and have felt much
pride in contemplating the large culture
anil sturdy force with which that distin-
gishcl gentleman has hitherto resisted
the evil tendency Of u fragment OF his
party to abandon the old paths Of Demo
cratic finance.
In reply to all ASSISTANTS We base the
policy OF resumption OIL these impregnable
guuMl..
First The public faith demands It,
~ all the solemn pledges which n nation
ran give the restoration OF specie payment
was promised when the grcenback was
issued That promise ought to have been
kept long ago and it is rs unpatriOtic
mitis dishonest TO attempt to prevent its
inllilmcut now.
= Second The highest interests both of
labor and Of capital demand resumption.
Uncertainty is the worst element that can
enter into the business calculations Of
men; and the uncertainty which lcgisla-
ton brings is the worst form of uncertain
". The government must go out OF the
wayand let prosperity return. 1t can do
this hest by putting it Outof the power of
congress IL change our standard OF value
By ilsvotrs.
Third The chief lmrlships Of rcsump-
ton have already been endured. When
the law was p,issed in 1875, our paper
money was ut discount Of lSper ccntum.
Since then ii has slowly and steadily be-
comr better, month by month, until now
It is hut onc-haIt cent below par. The
short step TO stability and certainty will
hurt lar less than to rctrace our steps and
plunge back again into the evils from
which We have escaped. Should we now
retreat, the unsettled transactions OF last
year would he thrown into utterc ontusi0n.
II wcnown abandon the nttemptat rcsiplp-
,StiOn the future will be cloudcd with an un-
scrrtainly that will destroy confidence and
prevent the return of prosperity"
REPRESENTATIVE FOSTERS ATTITUDE.
Representative Charles Foster opened
the Republican campaign Mt Springfield,
Ohio, on saturday. lie took strong ground
in iayoroia redeemable currency, and de-
nicl that the condition OF thecountry was
as lad as represented by Democratic
speakers. lie said he believed in and sup
ported the policy Of the President in retlls.
ingto use force to sustain State govern
Focnts, as matter Of principle, though his
course can he stlstaine on the ground OF
necessity. lie lad hoped that the policy
otkindness md Cancellation would result
,intbc formation Of a public sentiment in
,lhc South that would permit Republicans
IN the South to exercise fully all their po-
liticIl rights; but excepting Tennessee,
North Carolina and Texas, that hope had
not been realized. He added that the
Presidents policy had lost him the sym.
palhy Of the great mass ofthc partyi that
he had conscientiously done his duty ashe
raw it, and that no matter whether con-
yenions approve it or notino man will
rejoice more than he over Republican sue
rcs*NOrh or South, -. N