The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-10-22

y Their bodies. 20 swell the colossal fortune
Everybody knows how much di.trcss mi
Drouxht on All except the favored clA--e-
Legitimate business was everywhere IN LID
rons rum. and hundreds Of thousands ~ men
starving Ia the misst VI the wealth whicl
,neir pwn labor had created. and when the,
1o SA re .mrsuisnt = hungry people ~ ~
~ a1., ~, ans only relief offered them WAS present
81 on the point Of the bayonct; sfaise. and
s.nfse Quietly or else be slaughtered like
riu pchsts they buckcd to Il again. and yes
sney are ~ y and still their earnings ~wal
~ 90 mp ~ the GOyernment which takes
mem 10 pay the debt OF a hundred dollars iol
ffty received
EFFECT or HAScocK's ELEcrrox.
Ihe Republicans pretend % be afraid that IN
casc oi Hancock = election some policy WILDE
hnopttu detrimental % the interests ~ bust
ness The expression Of this fear - confined
mainly % oniccholdcrs, among whom Il Il not
impossible, ii that Gen. Hancock may think Il 4
nir uuty 70 make SOME changes. But to say
that he would assent 10 any measure Meeting
inluf1ously the private rights II his fellow
cni<cns, or dimini-hingth the general prosperity
c 90 ans people: or Gripping the industry Of the
nue. laws need some modification Il extremely
probable. Modification Of them Il dcinanded
" men OF Al parties and all classes. BY no
nouy VIII this demand be made more loudly
,nnn by 1en. Garfield II he speaks according TO
histrueconvictions. Butt;en. Hancock is lust.
PRUDENT and conservative man. I have no
authority 20 speak for him. but know where
o. amrm when say that he will assent only
20 such legislation on this subject as will give
siADiiity 70 business and rerfainty to the re-
wards Of industry: no sudden or radical
changes 20 iBjure any body. bnt onIy such a.
the best pract zeal business men OF the country
VIII SAY that their true interests require Cen
Hancock = OF al men the least likely 10 wreck
tne ship OF state by running her wild upon the
breakers. Let no man fool you into lear for
her safety while that steady hand is on her
helm and that calm eye looks out upon the
REPUBLICAN, ELECTION FRAUDS
There y one other thing which you must
h"t omit 70 notice. j mean tbe propensity
q our opponents nc all times and under ail
call u the anti Constitutional party, rs the
only name that fits them through and
through, but Il has long string OF aliases and
shows cut one plain, broad mark OF ia -ntity:
NAT i Its utter contempt for the right of fran
sunrage ] think that nobody nov denies
ln mat. facker was elected Governor Of Pennsyl-
'ania and counted out In 1855; nor can il rea.
sonably be doubted that the majority against
Us IN Philadelphia has been enormously
sweiied by the frauds Of every year. In the
southern states no pretense was ever made by
ne Administration party of decent regard
or the rights OF the legal voter Under acts
y Congress. which that body had no more
rlgtt to make than the Town Council Of
York.. nearly all the qualified electors were
orced from the polls. and Others with no show
y color OF lawful right were brought up to
tickets. II was by intimidation, rufiianism
ma false counting that the Carpet bag Gov
kept fhcnselvesin existence FOR ten
ears. But the incorrupibie Democracy was
'qual To AL this Unawed by influence and
inDribcd BY gain they elected TiIden and ut
erly routed the corruptionists. The major
" oi the white people WAS 100000. reduced
@ AvvV y, s1e black vote. OF the Electors !
July appointed thnre was clear majority Of
wtniy three against them. No man was I
'ver elected 20 any office ia this country ii !
ilaen was not elected President Of the United |
THE FRAUD OF 1916
Then came that enormous Outrage which \
made the name Of our opponents Infamous \
brewer. They frauduicnily altered the ap- n
ointment Of twelve Electors. enough 10 give 4
layt-> majority of one. and on that fraud
hey put him In. The corrupt knavcs that
SISTED hiin are billcted on the Treasury a. a
cwaru Tor their crimes, and we, the people
re taxed 20 pay them for cheating ns ON
! our biz thrlght. There was no excuse for
us thar can be accepted even as a mitiga-
on 81 she crime no prrtense of any excuse
all that Was not founded in perjury and
,Tgety which aggravated it, ba-eness A
hvusand fold. confess l am disappointed
elieyed that the thundrrs of universal
condemnation would break over the heads ~
len who had done this thing. Eut they took
~ moral measure 81 their party better than
did. Doubtless there are many fhousaD.l-
no have determined in their hearts not 10
'ust such criminals any longer doubtless
N confidence Of many men heretofore aci
X with them has received A shock from
men u VIII never recover. hut their organf-
tIion D nearly compact as il Wa
riofc, and most OF their leaders move with
cp a. alert a. ever In support Of nominee
no made himself especially conspicuous in
y peipetraiion 81 that great wrong. BUT the ,
leatcd millions that we had before are with
still. The immense majority that voted in I
M ior state Independence. no. -. Govern
tnf. popular liberty, peace bete Nan the
ction-. and equal justice 10 All men. vii. vote.
.ain IN the same way. To these will bc !
iucd the thousands in every part az the .
'untfy whose conscience forbids them q,
pport the particular kind cf fraud TO which {
- Administration owes its existence. still :
rher Will the great majority be swelled by
thusiasfic love Tor the great deiyerer who {
sntercstedly stood by the cause of liberty 4
the time Of its EXTREMIST peril. The oil
rchy that prosecuted and snecfcd AT him
en- shall painfully feel c
hat freemen can do when their hearts are \
on fire, !,
4 the hero they love and the chief they adj
mire.
y course we shall elect Gen Hancock as r
rely as We elected Mr.. Tilden, and bv "A =
zen larger majority. But the same men !,
% cheated in lssG may cheat again in lss0 I
ey do not appear TO have rcpcnfed. They | e
We not said or done any thing TO show that J,
y would not commit the Same crime over.
lai thtnf can only answer: IL YOU be men, n
sr II not. The deiiverer who leads a. now a
always been true to the people in war and
peace. and no matter what betides u he T. y
g 20 be true In the future. Let is also be- Il
9 20 him IN every emergency-for his dan r.
= our danger, and II he falls by another =
nd our rights will perish forever.
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