The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-10-09

Ile lHOTiIl IIlIIueIICu VI tlic lJGllluC
racy was itself u power which
abaslled tho anti-Constitutiona
leaders and benumbed their facult,
of evil doing. Thousands Of trul
men, who in moments Of error o
alarm had
WANDERED FROM THE TRACK Of
THEIR PRINCIPLES,
"hastcncd 10 rctrNco their step!
and to regain the road which aIone
leads to peace, honor and safety
Truth and Justice gradually re
gained their natural asccndancy ir
the popular heart. First, the Fed
eral House Of Representatives was
redeemed; then the Senate, and in
1876 an overwhelming majority o.
the people attcstetl their devotion
to free principles by voting for a
Democratic President. This
looked like Il successful vindication
Of free government, but it was not,
The anti-Constitutional party has
an advantage which more than
eounterbalanccs the strength Of the
people. 1t can cheat at clcctions,it
Gun falsify the count, it can forge
returns. There's the respect that
makes calamity of so long q life. "
WE ARE ABOUT TO REPEAT TIE EN-
PERTINENT.
We may bc swindlcd again, but
there is not any doubt that's our
honest majority is greater than it
was before. Tho issues are all with
US and the accidents arc not against
us. Our candidate is not only un-
oxccptionable, but admirable, and
has the unbounded confidence Of
the whole county in his talents,
integrity and patriotism.
The impulses of personal friend
ship and the duties of fair political
opposition alike require me to
speak Of General Garfield. Intel
lcctuallY, he is first among the pol
iticians Of his party-not the
sharpest or strongest, but the most
gifted and best cultivated. His
private lilcis stainless, andin cY-
unconnected with politics
his behavior is regulated by princi-
pies of:the soundestmorality
in public affairs
lie DOES Nor. ACT UPON ms coSvIc-
rIoNs ;==z@
when lie passes into the domain Of
politics Ibis conscience loses its
grip; and for his party ho is will.
ing to do any wrong which will
promote their interests, or play any
card how false socvcr which will
win them power. This surrender
Of his moral and mental integrity
is the condition upon which he
holds his high place in the affee-
tions Of the party he belongs to.
Trcachery 10 his country is fidelity
to his faction. If Mt any time in
the last fifteen years he had given
way to his own sense of right, sup
ported the Constitution and laws in
q spirit Of pure justice, refused TO
detile himself with election frauds,
withheld his eountemncc from ex-
eeutiye corruption, or denounced
tho forcible instalment Of thieves
in State Offices, he would have
converted
HIMSELF INTO A DEMOCRAT
and been expelled from the com.
munion Of the anti-cOnstitutional
party.
This moral prostitution to bad
political purposes is far from being
uncommon. Men naturally good
have yielded to itin ull times and
in all countries where there is a
party unprinciplcd enough to de-
mand it, and strong enough to re-
ward it, but General Gariicld's pub
lie career furnishes more striking
examples Of it than the history Of
any individual l hive shown. Let
nc give you Il case: After the war
-at time Of perfect peace-in the
State Of Indiana, where no war had
ever been, certain military officers,
being instructed from Washington
that they were above the civil au-
thoritics, had
KIDNAPPED AND WE'RE ABOUT re
K1I.L
three citizens for no olIcnsc defined
by any law and without tho pro.
tense Of II trial by court or jury
If this could be done there was
manifestly no security left for life
or property. Plainly it could moi
be done without Il flat violation ot
the Constitution, which in express
terms forbade it. But the men whr
then ruled us with n rod Of iron in
sisted upon it and we could not bt
certain that the judges, State nnt
national, might not be subducd y,
their influence. The hearing of tht
cause before tho Supreme Cour
was Il great crisis in the constitu
tional history Of our country
There was place in the argumcn
which nobody could fill so we'll Il!
General Garfield, and ] bGsough
him to help lis in this desperate
extremity
m RESCUE AMERICAN Liberty
from the destruction with which i
was threatened. lie Responded
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