The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-26
POLITICAL INCONSISTENCY.
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There have been two particularly
memorable conferences at the Fifth Ay-
enue Hotel in recent times. The first
was held on the 18th of May, 1876, and
its presiding officer was the venerable
Theodore d. Woolsey, formerly Presi-
dent of Yale College. 1t adopted an
admirable address, written in great part
by Mr.. Carl Schurz, now Secretary of
the Interior, from which the following
are extracts
national election is approaching under cir
cumstances Of peculiar significance. Never be-
fore in our history has the public mind been so
profoundly agitated by apprehension of dangers
arising from corrupt tendencies and practices
in our political life, and never has there been
greater reason for it.
We therefore declare, and call upon all good
citizens to join us, that at the approaching
Presidential election we shall support no Presi-
1. Who in public position ever countenanced
corrupt practices or
2. Who, while possessing public influence and
power, has failed to use his opportunities in ex-
posing and correcting abuses coming within the
reach of his observation, butI,for personal
reasons or party ends, has permitted them to
tester on or
o. To whom, however Uvnok,iVuoue his posi-
ton or brilliant his ability, the impulses of the
party managers have shown themselves pre-
dominant over those Of the reformer, for he
will be inclined to continue that fundamental
abuse the employment of the Government
service as machinery for personal or party
ends or,
4. Who, however favorably judged by his
nearest friends is not known to possess those
qualities of mind and character which the stern
task of genuine reform requires.
In one word, at present no candidate should
be held entitled to the support of patriotic cii-
zens, of whom the question may finally be
asked: Is he really the man to carry through q
| thoroughgoing reform of the Government?
| Can he, with certainty, be depended upon to
| ton to grapple with the abuses which have ac-
| quired the strength of established custom, and
to this end firmly to resist the pressure even OF
| his party friends.
Whenever there is room for question or doubt
| as to the answer, the candidate should be con-
sidered unfit for this emergency. The man to
| be intrusted with the Presidency this year must
| have deserved not only the confidence of hon.
| est men, but also the fear and hatred of the
thieves. He who manages to conciliate the
thieves cannot be our candidate.
The second conference to which we
refer was held yesterday in the same
place. Its presiding officer likewise was
a citizen of Connecticut-ex-Gov. Mar
shall Jewell-and, upon examining the
lists of participants on each occasion,
weimmediately identify our accomplished
editorial compatriot, Mr.. Murat Halstead,
of Cincinnati, as assisting prominently
at both. But yesterdays gathering ap-
pears to have been much more miscel-
laneous than the one in which he was
active four years ago. Indeed, it must
have reminded the Bible readers present
among whom, of course, we reckon
Mr. Halstead-of st. Peters vision at
Joppa, in which a certain vessel was
seen descending from heaven, cas- il
had been a great sheet knit at the foul
corners and let down to the earth,
wherein were all manner of four-footed
beasts of the earth, and wild beasts,
and creeping things, and fowls
of the air." Among others there
were Senators Blaine, Cameron,
and Logan; ex-Senators Dorsey and
Conover, ex-Secretary Robson, Messrs.
Chauncey I. Filley, P. B. S. Pinchback,
William E. Chandler, and several more
concerning whom Mr.. Halstead mus
have grown deaf, indeed, since 1876, i
he did not hear heavenly voice like
that which said to the apostle, "Rise
Peter; kill and eat" While the pro
ceedings were in progress, according tx
the press reports, Gen. Belknap, former
ly Secretary of the War Department
also was one of the gentlemen who were
paying visits of congratulation to Gen
Garfield in an adjoining room. How 81
promiscuous an assembly got along
peaceably with one another, and will
Mr.. Halstead, through the day, woult
be a wonder, did we not recollect tina
there were no quarrels among the ami
mails in Noah's ark. In both instance
a consciousness that they were "all il
the same boat and that their onl,
chance of getting to land depended upoi
keeping the peace, perhaps, explains tn