The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1878-06-20

Silver bill, and also of the sentiments of c
the Presidents Atlanta speech. The an
swer takes little thought, and is an un- t
doubted affirmative. The Endorsement L
Of the Administration is the approval OF c
its acts, and most certainly includes the '
two most prominent performances Of its /
official life. A veteran Soldier" can {
assure himself most confidently that in s
the event of such an endorsement, the
Democratic party, through its press and 6
speakers, would hold US responsible not
only for the veto of the Silver bill, but
for the glaring errors OF judgment which
it con tained and for the gratuitously Of
fensive language in which it vas express
ed 1t would be made issue of the
campaign from the very start, and the
Republican party would be estopped, by
its own platform, from avoiding it, There
would remain no recourse, save either si-
lence or an open defense of the Presi-
dents action He declared in his veto
message, that the Silver bill if passed,
would greatly injure the credit Of the
nation. Yet the public credit was never
higher than now. He intimated that it |
would increase the price of gold, and di- |
minish the value of our bonds if not |
wholly force them from the market. Yet |
the price of gold has, since the passage OF
the bill, fallen off beyond all precedent
the market value Of our bonds has decid-
edly increased, and the demand for them
| has been greater than at any previous
period since the panic of 1873. Thus
grossly deluded, he deliberately set him
self to thwart the will of two-thirds Of
both branches of Con gress, and of three
fourths of the American people, and did
it in language which deliberately accused
them of an attempt "to defraud their
creditors" The judgment, the act, and
the insolent epithet, were repudiated by
nine-tenths Of the people of Ohio; but an
Endorsement of the Administration in our
platform would make US responsible for
all three, and to that responsibility the
Democratic party would rigidly hold us.
We should enter the campaign with
milestone about our neck.
Nothing in the Presidents career-not
even the veto of the Silver bill-has call
ed forth such bitter comment and de-
nunciation from Republicans North and
South as the Atlanta speech. The veto
was rejected by the judgment; the speech
was repudiatdd by the heart. The vet
eran manned and crippled the wife
whose husband, and the child whose
father, sleeps in a soldiers grave--a whole
loyal nation with heart yet sore for the
lost heroes, heard it with an astonish-
ment and a wrath that was indescribable.
"Veteran" asks that we shall reprint the
speech, but it is too long for our space,
and too fresh in the mind of the country
3 for that to be advisable. A brief extract,
however, from this utterance of Repub-
lican President to an audience of exreb
E els may be in order:
You here, mainly Joined the Confed
crate side, and fought bravely, and rlsked
4 your lives heroically in behalf Of your
convictions; and can any true man, any
L g. -, 1of hnr iSly
life for his convictions Prolonged
cheers And as l accord that respect tc
you, and believe you to be equally liberia
and generous and just | feel as stanc
before you as one who fought in the Un
(. ion army, for his convictions, | am entl
tied to your respect. Cheers.
Now that conflict is over, my friends
Governor Hampton repeated to you, las
night, the way in which | have been put
ting it since | came to the South. Iher'
were larger portion of trained soldier
in your army at first than IN ours. II
much larger proportion you were goo'
marksmen and good horsemen, and tha
is two-thirds of a good soldier laughter;
but gradually we learned to ride, toe
laughter, and, as some of you know
gradually learned to shoot. Renewe'
laughter l happen to know how wei
you could shoot. Cheers. Well, hay
ing learned how to ride and shoot, it wa
a case of fighting between Greek an
Greek When Greek meets Greek. yo
know what the conflict is [cheers,l ant
more than that you know exactly how
n will terminate That party in the tigh
Sc will always conquer that has the mos
. Greeks FLaughter and cheers. 81
'e with no aiscredit to you, and no specif
IN credit to US, the war turned out as 1T dlt
IN TCheers."
Ie Thus we see President, elected by tn
of Republican party, speaking to an audiene
u of ex-rebels, and before the country, d
~ claring that there is n difference betwee
at treason and loyalty, save matter
Id opinion, and that the traitor is entltle
OF to as much respect as one who fights an
+o dies for his country. 1t is only questio
W of Greeks We have not the heart
explain to Veteran" the full breadt
er and meaning of this remarkable ute
N ance but perhaps brief extract tro
= the comment of another may enllghte
him as to its true spirit. 1t was but
no few weeks after the visit to Atlanta th
N. that great and true man, Senator Morto
he was buried, and the Rev Joseph Bra
70 ford Cleaver, in the eloquent address whlc
he delivered at the funeral, took occ
W sion, without actually mentioning ii
es Presidents name, to compare Mortc
with Hayes, and to make frequent all
,et sion to this very speech, and to the Pre-
ne idential policy. Here is the passage:
ID But it is equally true that with hi
~ Morton there was no apologizing +
7o' having been the friend of the Union.
wo did not think that the man who honest
nd fou ght beneath the folds of the stars ar
at bars, was just as good as the one who fe
- following the stars and stripes. He d
w think it wrong policy to admit blatar
"o unrepentant trebels-unpardoned, and n
on desiring pardon-to control OF Cover
rse ment they have striven in vain to d
~ stroy. Senator Morton thought the
CIV was difference between loyalty al
me treason, and that the traitor should
he punished for his treason; and holdil
vo, these views he had the courage of thel
40. He did not truckle. H did not endeav
to smother the groans of the oppress
seq by proclaiming an era of good feeling
at their oppressors. While he was desire
id, that the lion and the lamb should
down together, he preferred that t
lamb should not be on the inside of t
ere lion. He did not believe that whit
ou- necessarily meant right, or that, und
ne our National Constitution, one man p'
,dv sessing intelligence force should ri
three ignorant men whom he had coe
ed. The chancery of events may yet {
+,,,. eide that the philosophy of these ruggf
y . harsh views was truer, and on the Wht
an wiser and more statesmanlike than t
the smooth, sleek-voiced policy which see
des to placate brazen injustice at the exper
of mercy and righteousness defraud
from the helpless.
test &c o,,o,+on bos olraa
par 20 decided, as may be seen from the
on 4,l- rrh;ob tho solid South aided by