The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1880-06-18

influence. but u isa dangerous belit-
ling Of the Vice.Presidency, and an
inexcusable aaront to the public in
telhgence. --- Philadelphia Times.
TnE revelations which the public
records make Of the career Of james
A. Garfield are surprising even to
those familiar with current political
events. The clearncss with which
charges have been made has been
only equaled by the manner in which
these charges have been sustained.
The better men in the Republican
party have been deluded. Strug-
Cling against Grant and Blaine sue
cessfully, the real victory passes from
them. and the hummer. the jobber and
the lobbyist have triumphed. The
nominations, VIC are told, will unite
the Republican party. So much
worse. then, for the party. Its
strength now is with he worst Gle.
menis. The men who have been
smuggling; those who have been evad.
ing the whisky tax; those who seek
again to establish the District ring in
power at Washington will now work
earnestly and hopefully for the sue
cess Of tho ticket. Garfeld's election
would signify fruitful triumph for
fraud, for bribery, for corruption Of
all kinds. lie would not dare to re.
move men from Office who were pros.
tituiing it to political purposes, for
Arthur Is on the ticket; he could not
oppose the District ring, ecause he
is its paid counsel; he could not veto
extravagant appropriations, because
when in the House he consented to
appropriations Of the most extrava'
CANT kind; he would be compelled to
agree to other schemes Of increasing
the back-pay Of members, because
when he was a member he voted for
the salary grab and advocated in
creasing the Presidents salary from
s25, 700 to $4,000. Yes, the nomi-
nation of Garfield will unite the Re
publican party. From all quarters
where the thugs and carpet baggers
and public plunderers are hiding will
come earnest words Of Endorsement.
Already the remnants Of the whisky
ring are gathering themselves togeth-
er, and, ceasing for the time to curse
Bristow, they prepare for vigorous
campaign. The bene6ciaries of the
infamous moiety system come slowly
from their hiding places and clamor
for Garfield and Arthur. Boss Shep.
herd will no doubt consent to carry out
his plans Of improving Washington
regardless Of expense. Mullet, the
long-lost Mullet, will again be install.
ed as Architect Plenipotentiary, and
Imbecile Extraordinary Macdonald
and Babcock and hundreds of others
who have been pining over the decay
of Republican institutions will no
doubt lend all the aid in their power
to the election of Garfield. Garfield
is to-day the representative Of the
trickster and the pretender, his schol-
arship is a sham, his morality is a
cloak, his courage is a pretense. He
is aptly termed the Pecksniif Of Amer
lean politics. He has to confront
charges not Of his political enemies
but of his political allies. The docu-
ments upon which the indictment is
based is signed by the leaders Of his
own party, and among them is found
the name of the man who presides
over the convention which was trick
ed into giving Mr.. Garfield the nomi-
nation. The Republicans have de-
feated imperialism, so they claim;
now let the Democrats defeat corrup-
lion. The exposures made four years
ngo of the degradation Of the admin
department Of the Govern
ment excited alarm and brought the
Republican party to the verge OF de-
itruction. 1t saved itself by perpe-
rating an Infamous crime against pop
liar sovereignty. This new lease of
power has been utilized by reorganiz-
ng and concentrating all the forces
lgainst which the people rebelled in
1876. Forced to respect somewhat
he decencies oflife, the managers and
wire workers have in nothing changed
heir purposes. Civil-service reform,
according to the Republican ideas, is
,ersonifed by Mr.. Arthur, as Mr..
fairfield is said to persoDify the "bet-
er instincts" and "higher ambitions
# the same organization. Success
low with the Democracy becomes a
,atriotic duty as well as a desire.
The crime Of rs furnishes it with a
platform the nomination of Garfield
makes that platform all sufficient.
The contest is to be carried on against
rime in all its phases, against that
'eculiar system of morality which ex-
uses the theft of the Presidency, in
orses the Credit Mobilier and places
he hired man Of pavement ring
pom the most important committees
n Congress. Il COurier.JOurnal.