The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-08-20

THE CANDIDATE ON TIE, STUMP AND
DRIvRL-PRONMENCR oETHg FRAUD IssUR.
Vrom our Regulas ccrespondentJ

TIE CANDIDATE ON TIE sTUR-GUsH AND
DRIvRL-PRoMMENCR oETHE FRAUD IssUR.
(From our Rsgnias conespondentJ
WAsHTNsroN, d c. Aug. IA, 1880
Since last wrOie Mr., Garfield has stumped
the State of New York ami uttered more gush,
drivel and piatitude than almost any other Amer
ican is capable of crowdiig into The same time
and space. MIR. Garfield has been in prominent
public life for eighteen yeais without having ex-
pressed an original idea or suggestive sentence.
What q contrast is his, orlterical bosh TO those
luminous, courageous grsFdly patriotic speeches
made by the hate Mr. Greeley. In one Of his re-
cent speeches he enlightened his audience, which
by the way was not composed of Sunday school
children. upon the reasons Why tigers. beam and
lions, though warlike, do not erect monumentstO
their dead heroes. The truth Is that General
Garfield is intellectually as we'll ~ morally limp.
know that many win be incsedulous on this
point aha eek the question how can man de-
void OF the highest land intellectual xttri-
butes be the candidate Of the parry :. ,rnvrea.
and moral ideas. But the luesiioner foggets thar
progress and moral ideas are merely traditions
with the modern Republican party, and hat the
party now has bd, one idea: to hold ON 70 the
AVVtOVV OAAhCoo " Aauo ~ Az tut8 CAA0 ~
amorphous, puIpy man lie Garfield, whOcan be
moulded into any desired temporary shape win
suit. For the sake Of these Offices the Supreme
Bench of the United States was prostiiuted TO
political machine, the o9r popai was stiaed, and
every American, whether Republi6an Or Demo
crat was as bssely outraged - II an EurOpsan
prince had fortified himsi:lf in the white House
aEd rewarded the conspimton who under the
forms of post faclo Law. made his usurpAsi0a
possible. The American people were in . 1ne
state Of indignation four years ago, and il win
soon be seen whether their righteous rage has
cooled, Whetber their kesn sense ef wsonE has
bsen hlunted hy siuae and good eropa Thsissue
is wouderfally distinct Il would seem a.
thoagh Providence had selected - candidate
one Of the tainted waiting statesmen, oae of the
electoral eight, IN order that The wAy-Iating
voter, though tool. nssa not en- h his ballot
TAb elecsion win a lsasi sestle one Question, and
the history Of the woslA has nsyer prsseaied
more momentOus one. II 10 the question of cleo
tive fanchise, Of self government If Garleld
shall be elected II win be proved conclnsively
th4t he msjofiy czn Gnd no vindication h ths
bales bsz, tiat there ID no remsdy fsr the most
outrageous Of usuFpatio1a, and thousands sick Of
the farce Of popular government win not 40 to
the polls again. When Mr.. Tilden was not re-
nominated The Republican pre2 claimed that
the ifsud issue had beer ignored The h1na y
sue ins6IVes more than Ihe polilieal Js1tnns cf
AE Tiiden, u intolsesk the pelir1l fsrsHpe u
the Amedcap people. /. The Repnblit1n party
have given s16lcient Bplcu00sne16 10 t6S in1e
- npminating . EjAiiinf staiesnaan, anA q mem-
bar Of The electoral co9mission-