The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-10-08

lWO SIMPLE queStipnsE aud their an
swcrs Will show. better than anything
else. the comparative standing Of the
two Presidential candidates in popular
estimation. II the Chicago Conven-
ton could be reassembled, would it re-
nominate Garfield? y. No. We doubt
vie Their that gentl eman could command
fifty votes. II the Cincinnati Conven-
ton could be reassembled. would it re-
nominate Hancock? Yes-and with
even more unanimity and enthusiasm,
| Il possible. than before. Republicans
are hearty sick Of the bargain forced
upon them by circumstances, while
Democrats are thinking better every
day of candidate they began with
thinking well Of. The alleged availa-
bility OF Garfield-which sugar-coated
the pill the third-termers hadfo swallow
has disappeared in the fierce light of
inye stigation poured upon his record.
That record Is found to be not merely
SEIZED, but blotted; not merely blotted.
bait blackened. Not BY rSrmors set in
motion by secret enemies; not by
campaign ies'' coined and circulated
by political opponents; but by public
documents, prepared by Republican
C0ngressmen and Endorsed by the Re-
publican press. Democrats have only
TO examine the National archives and
turn to the files Of Republican journals
te find al the ammunition they want.
The heaviest and wickedest blows in
flicted upon the Republican nominee
have come from Republican hands-at
. time when nobody suspected that
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the corpse laid out by Cakes Ames and
Do Golyer. No amount Of Republican
salve can cover, much less heal. these
bleeding wounds The friendly dagger
cut too deeply, and the victim win
carry them to his grave.
Hancock has emerged from similar
ordeal not only unscathed, but with 4
reputation heightened and frightened
by the trial. Republican mud has been
thrown upon him by the cart load. but +.
not grain of 1t sticks. Republican /
falsehoods have been hurled at him.
but these miserable inventions have I
only returned to plague the invent |
ors" Republican traps have been set
for him. but they have only caught the \
fingers Of the settlers 1t Is fact. as
TO General Hancock as 1
Il is encouraging to the Democracy,
that if he were to die to-dav-after \
partisan malice las done its worst--his
fame as patriot, statesman aud soldier
would rest on broader and tirmer foun-
dations than it did six months AGO.
Base metal may we'll fear the fire. but
gold never. A public and private ca
reer which can be scrutinized and silt 4
ed ~ this has been, without discovering
! single flaw or blemish in great or
little things, may defy all attacks from
any quarter hereafter The incorrupt-
bic honesty. the unsull;cd honor. the
moral courage, the sclf-sac-
-ifcing devotion to duty, the uncom-
adherence TO principle, and
he hard common sense which Repub-
lean probing has revealed, have given
warmer place in the hearts
II his countrynen than he ever had be-
ore.
Such candidate is worthy Of such
'ausc, and when such a candidate and
ause are united victory is wcll-nigh
.ssurcd ia advance. Democrats. view
ng the load Republicans have to carry
a Garfield, have abundant reason to \
thank God and take courage They
ave only to stand together ard work
ogether, only 10 match their efforts
nth the excellence and popularity Of
heir NOMINEES. 70 secure triumph as
cneicial 70 the country as glorious to *
So. Louis Republican.
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