The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-09-17

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and the Garfield serenade last night and
those male Al the two Democratic rati-
hr1tion meetings recently held in this
city. What j. the real issue before the
country today According to the adj
dresses al Iammany Hall and the
Academy Of Music il Is the restoration
81 me Federal Government 20 its origi-
nal principles. and lis honest, economi-
cal administration for the good Of the
whole country, North. South, East and
West IL is whether the Constitution.
which limits the power Of the Federal
Government. shall be obeyed whether
the Constitutional rights Of the States
shall be preserved; whether the ballot
box shall be kept pure and free from
armed interference; whether commerce
and industry and the arts Of peace.
which produce prosperity. shall be en-
couragcd; whether the money Of the
people shall be honestly and economic
ally spent for the public good; whether
sectionallsm, which has been the bane
OF our history. shall be extermlnated.
and the people Of this great country.
whose interests are identical. who are
bound together by the strongest ties Of
race and religion and trade. and who
are together working out the grand
problem OF popular institutions, shall
be one in fact and law and the sacred
projections Of Constitutional Govern
ment. To these questions the Democ-
racy send up a unanimous " Yes,-
while the Republican party. as the re-
suit OF it, twenty years Of power. an
swers BY lis acts and BY the voices Of
its controlling leaders. No.
But according to the leading Re-
publicans who are trying TO elect Car
held, these are not the chief questions
before the country, if they are qnes-
tions at ali. The real issue does not
concern the fundamental principles Of
the Government. nor the solid business
interests Of the country. nor the pros
perity Of fifty millions of people.
Nothing Of the sort. II Is he Jl6ody
shirt. II i whether white men liyinv
IN the Southern States. who are loyal
and patriotic and law-abiding in every
respect shall be treated as citizens or
seris; whether dozen great States.
whose people are one with us in every
respect. whose industries are essential
- The prosperity Of the Nation. whose
rights and liberties we are bound 10
maintain. shall be treated as conquered
provinces and held under subsection:
whether All the balefuI and bIyht;nr
passions of war which ended liffeen
years ago shall BE- kept alive to ALLEVIATE
those who ought to be brethren:
whether men who are as loyal and
patriotic a. any in the country should
be continually branded as s.rebels.-
traitors and -Copperhcads;' wheth-
er All the vital material and social and
moral interests of the country should
be sacrificed 10 keep the hideous war
tend alive 70 stir UP new strife and re-
open wounds that else would heal. ana
make a real union OF our people i'm
possible And % this issue the Rcpub-
leans send up tremendous Yes
while the Democrats respond with q
unanimous. patriotic No"
This difference i terribly suggestive.
IL shows what the two great parties Of
the country stand for and represent.
Democrats everywhere protest against
a revival Of the old war cries and
memories. now that the country i al
peace. and the Southern States are as
orderly and quiet a. any in the Union.
There i not rebel in America The
bloody shirt does not represent real
issue. IL Is unparri0tic 10 force II upon
reluctant country. Statesmanship I
condemns q violation Of sound prin- \
cipie and the sacrifice Of solid material
Interests for bugaboo- II was only \
q short time ago that Mr.. Garfield him
self declared in the House Of Repre-
sentatives that .'the man who attempts l
to get up = political excitement in this
country on The old sectional issues will \
ind himself without a party and with
out support. The man who wants 10
serve his country must put himself in
the line Of its leading thought. and
that Is the restoration OF business.
trade, commerce. industry, sound
political economy. hard money, and
honest payment OF all obligations
Ibis j. 20 plain that every man Of
common sense win admit It's truth.
But the leading Republicans at the con-
ference and last night repudiated this
sentiment utterly and nnqualifedly.
Blaine declared that the real issue is
1.-THE men who fought the civil
war shall surrender 70 the men who
fought against the Union.- Logan was
still more emphatic in declaring that
the question i whether 1.-THE rebel
army and the Copperheads Of the
North shall have tie right TO govern
his country" Harrison. Of Indiana.
'hrieked in the same warlike strain;
md even John Sherman. the Republic
IN financier. declared that the great
question is whether 1.-THE Republican
,arty shall resign 10 the Solid South,
leaded BY Wade Hampton and the ku-
lux Khan. and little segment in the
Northern States calling itself the DEM
'cratic party" At the screnadc last
light the three principal speeches were !
made by Logan. Harrison and Conger; !