Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-29
GARFIELD AND THE FRAUD.
The Part He Bore n, the Theft of the Presi-
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We shall religiously observe the Republi-
can request, made IN person and through
numerous organs of General Garfield, not to
make this personal campaign. We shall
do this, Notwithstanding the fact that the
people and the journals who make these..re-
quests themselves do nothing else than seek
o make this personal campaign against
General Hancock. General Hancock can
afford personal campaign; General Garfield
can not afford such canvass. We have
treated General Garfield in this campaign in
respectful manner, and shall continue 30 to
treat him. We have not charged upon him
contemplate acts of personal meanness not
broad and national in their character. In
this respect we have varied from the prac-
tice of some of our Republican contempora-
ries that have asked for non n-personal cam
paign. We have said nothing about Gen
eral Garfield that is not known to be true,
and is not "a part of the history of the
country" In this respect, also, our methods
differ from those of some of our friends who
deprecate personal campaign.
But no part of the history of the country
is 80 prominent at this time as the theft of
the current Presidency. In this stupendous
stealing Garfield took conspicuous and dis
graceful part. From his place in the House
he denounced, under his oath as a member
OF the Congress, certain features of the cleo
toral commission bill as unconstitutional
and vicious. He pleaded for the sanctity of
precedents. He took decided view as to
the powers which the bill conferred upon
that commission. He maintained them by
argument in such manner as to show that
they were not opinions hastily formed or
which could be hastily and at the same time
conscientiously changed.
The bill became law, and Garfield be-
came member of the electoral commission.
He was again acting under high response
bility. Within few days his views as to
the constitution changed. His opinions
concerning the duties which the. bill i'm
posed upon the commission were suddenly
altered. He said as member of the
electoral commission that the things that
ne had said as q member of the House q
few days before were false. The charge We
make is thH Garfield was not only prominent
among the men who stole the Presidency,
but that he sinned against himself as we'll as
against the constitution and the laws. He
Gid the thing he had just said he could not
do. He solemnly and elaborately said that the
constitution maent, one thing one day and
almost the next day said that it meant
something else, the moment he found that
bis practical perjury could accomplish the
theft of the Presidency, the rape of Ameri-
can suffrage. He had carefully examined
and debated the bill that created the electoral
commission and had explained its scope
and authority. The instant be found that by
saying that he had lied he could accomplish
the most enormous outrage upon the rights
of suffrage which has been known in free
governments, he soIemnly and deliberately
declared that he was lying few days be-
fore or was lying then. He was involved
eqnally with any of the others in the huge
robbery itself. He bears the additional in
fanny of having contradicted and convicted
himself in so doing. Without his vote the
steal could not have been accomplished, and
he had Just sworn that he would not and
could not conscientiously so cast it.