National Republican., 1878-08-28

the Republican party foe It's failure during
all these eleven yean of peace 70 make
good the promissof the legai-tcnder notes,
which are changing standard value in
the hands Of the people, and the nom
payment Of which is disregard Of the
plighted faith of the nation"
This indictment of the Confederate
party from its own record for the most shame
less Inconsistencies on the great issues of the
period is overwhelming and crushing, and
should extinguish every particle of respect
for 1t on the part of the intelligent and
honest men of its own organization. Never
was the nation visited by such dangerous
1 fraud as the Confederate party intiicts
upon ii at the present day. Never such
bareiaccd desertion Of principle, such vas
cillation, such shameless efirontery, such
hypocrisy, such dishonesty Of purpose. such
ingram trcachery and knavery, rs the Con-
tederatc party has woven up in the woof
of its history within the last few years. 1t
has ceased to be Democratic in principle or
purpose; it is conclavc of "Coniedcrates,"
who seek to suhiugate and subvert the Gov
ernment to policy vs. inconsistent and
chequercd rs insincerity, duplicity, and dis
honesty can possibly make it.
After thus convicting the Confederate
party in this overwhelming array of fac Is,
General GARFIELD pays his respects TO
senator THURMAN in q very direct and
pungent dissection Of his political carcass,
which leaves but little Of him as . arresiden-
tinl candidate, but exploded theories and
exposed Inconsistencies. He contrasts
TIT RMAN's utterances in 1874 with those
of his Hamilton speech with severe but
just scrutiny, which shows him to be a
mere changing and trimmer in. politics,
and man either of great forgc,lulness or
marked dishonesty under the presumption
that the American people are forgetful.
General GARFIELD refutes the assertion OF
senator THURMAN that contraction has
caused hard times, out Of his own mouth
lie calls to his aid, in THraMAN's conv ic'
ton, the following facts aud figures, which
, are uuanswerablc: In 1s60, o year Of gen
: er,l prosperity, the paper circulation of thu
country was S2O1 OO1, ,O00-(it had never ex
ceeded s2l5, 200 OOo0)-whilc it is now s6ss,
$4,000.
; The Confederate assaults on the indus
tries of the country in Woops tariff meas
ure Is strongly condemned, as Is also th'
war made upon our regular army, when tn
peace of the country is mcuaced by Com
munist movements of startling proportions
In conclusion, General GARFIELD call
/ the attention Of the people to the neV
5 growth of the old State sovereignty doc
trines in the Southern States since the Con
+. federatcs began TO regain power in the Gen
. eral Government: the enormous volume o
!, Southern war claims that are being pushe'
/ against the National Treasury, and warn
e of the danger that the "Confedentes" vii
!, reverse the decisions of the war end crus
/ the life out of the constitutional amend
= ments by antagonistic legislation. Til
I. speech 10 full of truth, eloquence, and logi'
q which bear with great force upon the issue
!. and interests of the pending campaign Tn
). "Confederates" cannot Withstand the fore
is of such efforts when brought boldly befoI
:. the people, and it is only necessary to pus
l. the canvass by such agencies to secure ce
tain triumn