The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, d. c.,
July oath. 1880.

NS| FA=F 49, IL
A little more than fifteen years
ago at Appomattox, there went down,
bathed in the blood of untold thou
sands of Americas noblest citizens,
the banner of secession, and buried
with it forever, were the manacles of
millions of slaves, now freemen. A
Hong, loud and glad shout went up
from the rock bound coast Of New
England to the sunny shores of the
Pacific, the refrain of which was,
Glory to God on high, on earth,
peace and good will to manyrthe
unity of the States is assured, seces-
sion is dead and buried and section
alism is a thing ofathe past, and we
are once again a united people. And
the almost universal sentiment ofthe
people was: Nowle let us go to work
and heal the wounds of the wal, and
across the bloodgchasmle let us shake
the fraternal hand of peacea What
an suspicious moment was presented
to the party thenin power, to immor-
talize itself. What a supreme oppor
tunity was offered to rise above par
ty, above power and peace, and "with
malice toward nones but charity for
ALL" to have opened widetheir arms,
and welcomed back TO the fold Of the
Union the erring brethren of the
South. But no, 3 50 thoroughly
drunken were they with power, SO
sectional in their views, that they
reduced the States of the South to a
system of vasalage, and poured in
upon them a hungry horde of adven-
turers to live off Of the remaining vi
tails of the Confederacy, upholding
them in their plundering and rascal
ity, by the, Strong arm of the mill
tary, even making the civil subordi
nate to the military. And the Re
publican party has from that day to
this, retained power and place by
appealing to the sectional hate and
passion of the people. Ghoul like,
they have lived and fattened on the
dead corpse of the Confederacy.-
They sought to. array the Blacks of
the South against their white neigh
bors, failing in this, and the. color
line having been obliterated, the line
3 of Mason and Dixon is sought to be
2 substituted, and to this end they
have placed in Nomination a man,
who, whatever his professions ma
t be, never voted other than as a Sec.
t tionalist. He, no more than the par.
ty behind him. ever rose to the alti
tnde Of recognizing all Americans as
1 peers-never admitted in action thai
sail just governments derive their
9 power from the consent Of the gov
f erned." On the contrary his shib.
boleth is "the North against the
r South, revive the smouldering fires
of sectional hate" and by that sword
we shall conquer. aHaat y
: Now mark the contrast between
Garfield, the Republican nominee,
l and Hancock, the Standard bearer
OF the Democracy. One, the embod
, lment of sectionalism, the otherlthe
representative, not of a section but
of the entire Uhioh. No sectiona
4 lines cloud his vision, but in hi:
e broad philanthropy he knows ne
North, no South, nc East, no West
t Andfit remains with the voters of tn,
: nation to- say in November next
: whether the representative of sec
c journalism and sectional hate shall b.
e continued in power, or those Whose
s views and broad philanthropy covers
s all sections of our land. Which
shall it be25 r. aaab aTHI Ha hu
Postmaster General Key uadel
date of July 18th, has issuad an or
der to the effect that the Uhitet
n States Postal CARDS are the only
y mailable card matter1to take eflec
i on and after October,lst, 1880. FhiI
e Eirtnallyestops all advertising cards
Of different sizes now sent through
the mails by advertising and bust
Q ness firms, soc - TCoRDWAINER.