, 1879-07-26
Political Advice.

long editorial to advise the repuOHcahs ol
Ohio how to manage the campaign IN that
state 30 as 10 insure success That paper
Very shrewdly advises the republican par
ty not TO 90 before the people "advoca.
| ting troops at the polls or the unlimited
enlistment of state prison birds as repub-
lican canvassers IN the shape of election
marshals." Ii would BE- well for some
would. be- party leaders in this far off laid
10 remember this. We are inclined to
ask, however cruel il may be, why this
precious bit of instruction Shall We un-
dertake to answer our own queryi Is II
because it is scrong to have any military
interference AT the polls, or because other
nations, informed by bitter experience,
have by the most stringent laws prohibi-
ted soldiers from leaving their garrlsons
on election days-England for example
in order that there may BE- the frees,
fairest possible expression Of the popular
WILL Or is il simply because the whole
ground has been thoroughly eanvassed
and sure defeat by an intelligent Populace
stare the party leaders in the fac, and
fear for the loss of peace and power drive
them to the adoption OF some other scheme
better adapted to hoOdwinking the people
into the support Of the rotten, corrupt.
Eu,.ifed and sinking carcass of radical
ism. We are driven to the conclusion
that the latter reason is the correct one.
Why sol Because the party leaders both
in aid ont OF congress counseled the veto
of those very measures calculated to in
sure fair and free elections their voices
Oh this position in nnm!stakable terms
have sounded III the ears of the people
and cannot soon be forgotten They
were liars then, or they are towards and
Doltroons now that the issne is upon
them towards in r,fnsing to stand by the
president. who carried out their known
and expressed wishes, and poltroons for
deserting him now that the strength of
their position is to be tested and the Cor
recrness of their position investigated.
If their views were not believed by them
to be true ard correct, as honest men and
patriotic citizens they ought not to have
assumed them and if after mature re-
Hection and deliberate Judgment such sen
timents were put forth, advocated end
carried out by party power, they ought
not to shirk the ordeal TO which they
may be subjected, not only III Ohio but
throughout the nation.
The republican, party cannot escape the
responsibility OF the extra session of con-
greSs and tha consequent expense To the
nation, and it was upon tl.is very ques-
ton erhjeh H,ey noae propose to ignore. Do
they for moment imagine that the intel
li.ence CT the people will permit them to
escape the def ,nse of this position
What Ignore the soldiers at the polls
Do you suppose that any sane man has
forgotten tina: because you refused to
amend law by which soldiers should BE-
kept from the polls gave rise to and crea-
ted the necessity for an extra session of
congress And after that session was
call. d You strained your lungs, consc;en-
ces and every power y0n possessed, even
the veto power Of the president, to pre-
vent the passage Of jast such ameasure, and
now you propnse to shlrk the responsibli-
tiles and Consequences Of your Own con-
duct. Let no good man, no honest man.
no man of intelligence, be at all surprised.
Men who can steal millions, steal presi-
denotes, and feel no quaims of conscience,
indeed ii sueh have consclences, which Is
mixed with profound doubt, can very
easily, Little joker-iile. swear that they
are the friends IF free and fair elections,
that they wonld die to save every right,
even the minntest, to the dear people,
tell them any and everything for a further
lease Of power. and then, with the eiiron
terry of a pickpociet, iangh 10 .hink how
gullible that same dear people are. Give
the radical party furth lease of power
and then prepare for other infractions of
law, justice and right. Prepare for other
high handed robheries ard the selection
of other prison birds f"r places of promi-
nence in the administration of public
affairs. We have confidence yet III the
American people that they will hurl these
scoundrels from positions they have dis
graced, and consign them to that ohscur-
ity where they can with leisuri mediate
upon their own infamy, and feel some
grim satisfaction that they have escaped
penalties that ought to be meted out to
every criminal