The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-08-13

1EEEIiIutr Ol NtutI1l o4xAFIM ~ 10
puiiates an unnamed portion Of the
Chicago platform on which he was NOM
mated; plainly seeks 70 make the issue
Of the campaign one Of Capitalization
against civil liberty; waves The bloody
shirt behing . transparent screen; de-
mands that the Executive Department
Of the Government shall elect the Con-
grcss Of the people; payes the way for
the emigration of negroes % the States
where their votes are needed; talks Of 4
schools that are beyond the jurisdiction
Of the Federal Government; bids for the
votes Of soldiers whose Arrears-0f- PEN
sions bill found an enemy In him; d.
vides his pleasant words upon the ques-
ton Of . protective tariff between the /
CoDden Club, Of which Garfield is . |
member. and his hope OF carrying
Pennsylvania: compliments the founder
Of the Democratic party when he speaks
Of our splendid domain; denounces Gen.
eral Garfield as q hypocrite in mention
ing the Chinese question: and actually
has the audacity TO allude 10 Civil
service reform while Arthur is Al the
tail OF the Presidential ticket This i
the substance. this is the essence. Of the
letter Of acceptance.
Garfield repudiates a part Of the
platform on which he was nominated
This Is singularly impolitic. He leaves
in doubt the portions which he refuses
to ind0rse- Ii there is any class OF Re-
publicans devoted TO any doctrine al
legged to be contained in the Chicago
platform that may be the doctrine which
Garfield says he does not indorse. Gen.
eral CARRIED has already array ed against
him . majority of the people Of the
United States: he can i'll afford to array
against himself any fraction of his own
party not already opposed TO his cleo
ton He says that he indorses the
platform on nearly al the subjects OF
which it treats This is "nearly alr'
that neei be said concerning thu wis
dom. or sagacity, or popular efficiency
of the letter Of acceptance. Has Car
field the vanity to suppose that he i
stronger than the Republican party Of
the United States, Does he think that
he can afford to DEFY his own party
upon any public questions How can a
man OF Garfeid's sensitive moral and
intellectual composition accept nomi-
nation at the hands Of party all Of
whose declaration Of faith he does not
approve? Is not this worse than Gar
fields melancholy DAYS of Novem-
ber," and worse than placing Aerxes.
the Persian. at the head of the armies
Of the Greeks? Did he not build wiser
than he knew when he urged upon that
portion Of his party which he has not
repudiated the need of schools? Is he
not guilty OF insulting the Convention
that placed him upon the platform II
had unanimously adopted
After repudiating the Republican
platform in part. General Garfield sntag.
onizes q doctrine Of State supre.
macy" which. in the sense in which nc
speaks Of it, no man in this country
maintains. and then announces the doc
: trine Of centralism. TO which an i'm
: mense majority Of the people Of th'
: United States are opposed When n
r says that 1.-THE right Of the Nation Z
determine the methods by which u
! own legislation shall be created can no
+ | be surrendered" he means that tn
1 Executive Department Of the Govern
ment, IL il happens 10 be in the hand
: Of his own party. shall be permitted 4
J stalk into all the States and AL the Con
gressional Districts. and all the cities
! and all the towns. and by the army ans
> the Marshals and the Supervisors 4
: elect a Congress. What greater cen
: tralism than this? What i more un
e democratic? What more unrepnbliczn'
9 This is the doctrine that the Executive
o Department of the Government shal
: elect the Legislative Department Of tn
o Government
n General Garfield should have omittes
e illusions to the right Of electors 70 hav'
e their vote honestly counted" HI
Il should not have invited attention 10 hi
v own record in the matter Of stealth,
l. two States about four years ago
d matter in which he stulfiiien himsel
J. most shamclessly under one oath pro
IS claiming one theory rs to the Electora
o Commission, and under another oath
% another. In one subtle sentence tren
eral Garfield encourages negro immi
= grafton. The only inference i tha
q negro votes are needed in Norther
IN States He pleads the cause OF minor
,f ties--none hath greater need-buf q
n can only see the minorIties in the South
= He speaks Of the . sacred obligation
+ to the soldiers Of the Union" hi
u was doubly unfortunate allu>i0n- On
a Of the most splendid and distinguishe
3 Of these soldiers is General Wintiel
> Scott Hancock. the opposing candidat
l. for the Presidency. and if these oblig'
e tions are really sacred in the ewes
} the American people Hancock (
n course, will be elected IL was ais
N unfortunate because when the Arrear'
AZ extensions bill was pending in Cor
a gress Garfield didn't regard those obi
4. cations as At al sacred
ic In speaking Of the tariff. CARTEL
T. aims not to be driven out Of the Col
& den Club or out Of all hope Of carryin
Pennsylvania lie pleads tor river an
h. harbor improvements. and pays