The daily gazette., 1879-05-17

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onr columns to-day has necessitated the
deferring OF one or two Articles 'i'a' VIC
designed to publish.
srxIroR TurRMAN's SPEEcH.-lf
there is A man in the United states
Congress whose word may be depended
upon, that man is Allen &. Thurman, OF
Ohio. So far as we can Judge he has
proyen himself one Of the ablest states
men of our day, making no mistakes and
keeping his reputation free and unsul-
lied. As an exponent of Democratic
views and a defender of the Democratic |
programme so far as it has been shaped,
he is undoubtedly the master mind of
the Senate. But aside from party, Sena-
tor Thurman is man Of the purest and
most elevated character, without the
opinionated, sordid and selfish instincts
which so generally pervade Washington
official circles. His labors are for his
country more than for his party, if that
could be. With him, We believe party
and patriotism are synonymous. The
utterances of such man may always be
relied upon. His encounter with the
Pacific Railroad lobby, and his masterly
vindication of the right Of the United
States to the payment Of the thirty mil
lions of interest due from these roads,
and the triumphant passage of his bill
through Republican Senate with the
most willy and able Of the rapacious
leaders of that scandalously extrayagant
party against him, so allied his name
with the measure that il is even now
known as Thurman's bill; but the value
of that service has never been fully ac-
corded to Senator Thurman. He has
never bowed and scraped to the lobby
lists, nor to the Jenkinses that live and
flourish about the halls OF the two houses
as so many satellites, humming the praise
of such as pander to them with such PAL
and crumbs as fall from the extrayagani
and lazy habits Of committeeman, and
are bestowed as tokens of esteem TO,
favors shown.
1t is because of the transcendent abil
ity, unalloyed honesty and profoun,
craftsmanship of which Mr.. Thurman
has shown himself to be the master tina
we occupy so much of our limited spac
in publishing his very able and patriot
speech in the Senate on Thursday. W
ask every reader to peruse it, and as
himself II 1t is not right-if the prime
pie OF sending troops to the polls is II.
offensive to every heart truly loyal I
our republican institutions. 1t is n,
for his party only that Mr.. Thurrna
speaks, nor is it for the present. He,
may be pointed out the difference b
tween partizan politics and statesma
ship. The efforts Of the Republicans
continue to use soldiers at the polls
only for party purposes; or, it is to
tablish a centralized government. r.
latter they deny, and consequently {
former must be true. Because if {
laws are not repealed, and the DEN
Gratis elect the President the Republica
will then face about and whine like
many whipped ours that the Democr
mean to use the soldiers to intimid,
the people and carry the elections
the use of the bayonets as Grant d
and as the Republican members of c,
gress will demand that Hayes shall do
We are for fair dealing in the matt
AS Democrat, like Herman and Th
man, we want to see our party depri,
of the use of the troops at the polls,
shall be tempted to such use; nor are
willing that the troops shall be u
against our party. Statesmanship
patriotism, as well as the long establ
ed. liberty assuring policy of the Fat
forbid that "soldiers can interfere"
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