Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-08-20
POLITICAL PARAGRApHs.

Bd~The sober second thought Of the
American people is fatal to Hancock's s
prospects. albany journal
Ba~Instead Of change" the
| country's verdict on the Democratic
claim in November will be-: -Four
years more of struggling with starva-
tiOn.n
Ras~The election of Hancock involves
all sorts of risks financial, industrial,
commercial and Constitutional. The
election of Garfield involves no risk of
any kind, but is guarantee of stabil-
ity aud continued prosperity. That is
why Garfield will be elected.
Gsg- Short and empty. General Han
cock has chosen for his letter-writer a
scribe who knows how to say nothing
with pomp and pretension. His accept
ance is sententious, sOnorous and
empty; its crisp style and its glittering
phase do not conceal its absolute pow
erty Of thought, iCs utter lack of any
clear policy, and its complete destitu-
tion of any defined principles. 1t comes
shooting across the political sky with
the meteoric dash of comet and is
just as vague and nebulous. How diff
ferent from the clear sunlight of Gem
eral Garfeld's eliminating letter.
philadelphia Press.
Bay~ A letter signed Southern DEM
ocrat," and published conspicuouslY in
the Memphis Avalanche, contains these
approved Southern declarations: "White
men who dare to avow themselves here
as Republicans should be promptly
branded as the bitter and malignant
enemies of the South. The name of
| every Northern man who presumes in
this community to aspire to office
through Republican votes should be
saturated with stencil. As for the ne
! groes, let them amuse themselves, if
they will, by voting the radical ticket
We have the count. We have a thou
sand good and true men whose brave
ballots will be found equal to those of
five thousand vile radicals"
B9y-We know that only through the
agencies of this great party, of which
we are members, and in whose inter-
ests l speak tonight, can this great
Nation, the custodian of the priceless
| treasures of free government for all
the people, be carried forward to those
| high SUBMITS of renown which Provi-
dence has designed it shall reach The
eminenCe toward which it strives is
clear above the clouds and glittering in
| the eternal sunshine of the purest
fame. The old music of the Union fills
| the air. l hear it, and l keep step to
| it. The blessed old banner floats
above us. hail and 1 salute it. The
old hosts are gathering; the old spirit
animates them. The memories of the
past and glories of the present come
together to inspire us. The word goes
out, Forward" the result is victory.
From StOrrS' burlington Speech.
Baga The " superb soldier whom the
Democrats have put up for a figure
head has never been accused of having
any opinions on any civil topic. Ger
tainly he has none on the much-vexed
laborquestion. A deputatiou of work
ingmen who waited upon the "superb"
yesterday were referred to Mr.. Barnum,
of the Democratic National Committee
1t is not the superb soldier fault that
he has no opinions on the labor ques
tion, or any other question of present
moment. If the deputatiOn had asked
the General how to set squadron in
the field, or to state the exact amount
of pay, emoluments and combinations
and allowances of a Major General of
the United States army, they might
have gone away much wiser for their
visit But when a adelegation of citizens
asks the superb soldier for real opin-
ions, he obeys orders and sends them to
Barnum.-M Y Times.