The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-09-14

control of Congress means return TO
the wasteful methods from which Dem
cCratic Congress has just redeemed that
body, and continuance Of 9 Republicans
executive means continuance Of the wDrsk
exOesses 10 this line. It Is most chilaish
TO pretend that the Republican admins
tration has claim upon share Of The
credit for the prosperity which we now
enjoy. Let these organs, which now
howl for "no change" name one point &c
which Mr.. Hayes has aided the Demo
cratic Congress in the great work it has
accomplished Of reducing the expenses Of
the government, Of wedding out jobs from
the departments, Of bringing the govern
ment paper to a par with gold and of re-
funding the high rate bonds At the now
low rates of interest. They cannot show .
single finger lifted to help in this work by
the Republican who sts In the White
House. What is done has been done by
the Democratic majority in the two
Houses Of Congress acting in accordance
with the Democratic principles of gov
eminent. Give us Democratic Presi-
dent, and there will be "no change" in
deed, but better results coming from .
union of effort, which does not now exist
between the executive and legislative de-
partments.
But while the advocates of no change"
in the policy, which has brought the
country to its present condition of pros
perity, must, if inconsistent, vote for .
continuance of Democratic control in
Congress supplemented with Democratic
executive, there is another reason why
they cannot vote for Garfield. Hayes,
fraudulently seated as he was, is still q
personally honest man. His hands have
never been stained with a bride in the
shape Of fee His lips have never
been blistered with perjury. To be sure,
he consented to crime against free gov
eminent, which was the most enormous
ever attempted in this land, and he en-
ioyed the fruits of the crime and parcelled
ont the honors and emoluments of the
government as rewards among the crimi-
nails But his name does not stand in the
archives of the government with the Off
cial verdict of false swearing written
against it; nor does the record of any
court contain the opinion of any Judge
declaring his corruption in public Office.
This is the case Of Garfield. His hands
are unclean; he has called God TO witness
to lie. 1t would be change indeed to
seat him in the chair occupied even by
Mr.. Hayes
And just here is the point at which we
believe the business men of community
in which honesty and fair name are es-
teemed greater than riches, refuse to be
led further in the support Of Garfield.
They may believe in the ideas Of the Re
publican party, and they may conscien-
tiously think that it will be better for the
country to live under the rule of Repub-
licans than under the rule of Democrats,
but they cannot believe it safe or right to
place in the Presidents chair man whose
craven soul yielded so far to fear of ex-
posture as to swear falsely in the vain
hope Of shielding himself behind lie,
and who now defends himself by backing
the character of the dead merchant who
put money in his pocket, " Mr.. Garfield
at the time understanding this sum to be
the balance Of dividends after paying
for stock" They think this would be too
much Of a change"