The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-09-09

and over six thousand millions OF dollars. u
is for the people Of the North, who took me
heroes % were %sscrificed in the war. and while
sos ass ssR. sf s
which We fought.
II tho principles of the Democratic party
twenty years ago, and the men who fou9ns
the same slavish acquiescence Of the Demo-
cratic fragments Of the North 70 the Demo-
on .h sae s9Ise Se tss S s 70 be
and thus will be legalized all the afrocious
crime. and frsuds Of the south and an neS swen seS
claimed for the meanest crimes that have ever
What protection viii there then be for tho
freemen Of the Southf What guard will there
be against the ballot-box suffers and like GRIM
Mr.. Sherman thus concluded:
The Republican party may sometimes have
failed to meet your expectations In all tninss,
may sometimes have neglected TO 90 tnas .s
which ought to have been done, but, on tne
whole, il has rendered such service to this
country that IT may fairly claim to be intrnst-
ment until at least some party appears With
better principles and a better rccorn. Inc
nepuocIn Sai Pss1y Pny1cpntcd Whole race. Il
has done its utmost to secure civil and religS
Gus liberty to all citizens. IL mas deve,SPee S @
tionalized all parts of our common county
into one grand whole, without invading In the
least the rights and duties OF the several
managed their local affairs without let or him
proposes further to develop this policy. II
proposes to maintain the resumption OF specie
payments, so that We may continue 10 nave We
equal to each other, and all of universal credit
wherever water runs and our nag hoats; IL
the debt by the substitution of bonds bearing
from three to four per cent. interest for those
proposes, while steadily pursuing the principle
of protecting American industry, to reduce as
rapidly as possible the burden R 81 sna
to moderate duties on imported goods ana
tax on liquors, tobacco and beer; hesarains n
education as the strongest foundation for he
schools and colleges and academies OF learn
wei as in the North to every child, black or
white, to receive the rudiments OF education.
II sss sn fa,hfa and
ministration of the National GoyernmenA
under the Presidency Of RutherroTd Snoa B hayes, &
ample long after We are gathered 70 our Ia
thers. He has not had the support Of CONGRESS
during his term, and has been crippled greatly
in the development of his policy, but he
has prevented great evils from being accom-
Psssd he by nseIx the
upon the statute book. and has by his veto pre-
vented the repeal of other laws equally import.
has done IL great good.
We want q change We want to change TINS
n Ssh the .pr OF the
party: q Congress. that win, while closely
scrutinizing the public expenses, be Just ana
nomical. careful and prudent in the appropri.
the National authority, so that the time will
soon come when neither q mob nor state,
nor local public opinion, will be strong enough
to deprive any American citizen OF his civil
and political rights. We want to continue ac-
tivity and industry and good times. We want
nh our vast area with thriving, Industrious
people, native and naturalized. While main
ds dnsrs eInsses Of ali nations who are willing
to share in our lot and conform to our policy,
the liberal and equal benefit of our laws We
wish to see the rights of labor protected with
out disturbing the rights of property We
wish. above all. to maintain the National
our foreign and domestic policy, it may be un-
dcrstood that this Republic will be just to the
ing but what is right, and submit to nothing
that il wrong in our dealings with Foreign
To secure these great objects, we have placed
in nomination General Garfield, a citizen Of
Ohio, who was trained in the school Of advers-
me- men ~ni'l in American @ politics. He is selt.edu.
Gated. He has been tried in both civil and
military life, and in every position occupied
stituents. He entered the volunteer army at
the beginning of the war as a soldier, per.
formed brilliant services, rose rapidly, until
he was called by the people Of his district to
represent them In Congress. He is thorough
" Informed and trained in all the questions
OF the day, and In all of them Is In full har-
mony with the Republican party. He is ad-
mirably prepared to discharge the civil du-
ties of the high office for which he has been
nominated, and, compared to General Han
cock, by any test that may be applied to him,
is his superior in ability, capacity and fitness
for President Of the United States. General
Hancock relies solely upon his service in the
army and upon the issuing OF an order, which,
In my judgment, under the circumstances,
was q concession to rebels that ought not to
have been made, while General Garfield can
point to a varied civil and military life, com.
bining the herosm of the soldier and trained
experience in the highest civil duties. Let
no personal disappointment enter into or color
our zeal in the good cause, but with the cour-
age and hope that animated the Union army
during the war, let us press forward our Re
publican principles until all that we have
guaranteed by the Constitution or the laws
shall be fully secured to the humblest rs well
as the loftiest citizen OF this republic.