Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-24
GROESBECK VS.. CONKLING
A Voioe From Cincinnati Answers the
Trunspeter of Nesc York

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| A V0ioe From Cincinnati Answers the
Trmnspeter of Ne,c York.
On Friday evening while Mr.. Conkling
was vituperating the South and clarifying
Grant at the Academy of Music at New
York, Mr.. Groesbeck, of Cincinnati, was set
| ting the two issues OF the Presidential can
vass before the people of that city in speech
as clear and calm and convincing as the ac-
| ton of MIR. Conkling was turbulent, trucu-
lent and unfair. One by one the leading
| questions on which the people of the United
| States are to pronounce in November was
taken up by Mr.. Groesbeck and discussed in
most statesmanlike and patriotic spirit.
| We now take from full report in the Gin
cinnati Enquirer the following passages,
which will command general attention as
much through their intrinsic force and merit
as by reason of Mr.. Groesbeck's wide and
well earned reputation:
TIE TWO CANDIDATES.
What of the men? They both fought for
the Union. Garfield fought little and re-
signed much too soon, and when the con-
test was hot and very doubtful. He return
ed home and Immediately went to Congress,
where he has remained ever since. Hancock
fought to the end of the war. He was in the
very hottest of it, and conspicuous in many
eventful battles. Garfield has served his
party with great fidelity. We know how the
country estimated the services of Washing
ton, CT Jackson, of Harrison, of Taylor and
of Grant. Now that it will soon speak, how
will it estimate the services of Hancock?
Garfield is very able Congressman. There
is no doubt whatever about his abilities and
his knowledge of politics. can not recall a
President he would not obscure
on the floor of Congress. He
would obscure Hancock in debate, but would
not equal him in administration or as an
executive officer. Those who are
most ready in speech are not usually
| able in conduct. It has seemed
| to me that General Garfield is wavering,
| uncertain and sometimes almost timid. How
| ever that may be, he has always been a mere
| partisan and nothing more. Hancock has
never been political partisan; and if he is
otherwise qualified, this is a browning quail
| ifcation for the Presidency. There are Re-
publicans who are not mere partisans, and
| there are times in history of all governments
when such men are especially needed to re-
store a condition of general conservatism.
Such time is now upon US, and General
| Hancock is such man. Is he otherwise
| qualified? As a man he is without spot or
blemish. am sure he enjoys the respect of
every citizen of the United States. We know
what he would be in the peril of war and in
defense of the Union, at home or abroad.
He has been well tried. What would he be
in time of peace? Here, too, he has been
tried, though not fully. If, however, we
may take his conduct while military govern
or of Texas and Louisiana, his letter of &C
oeptance, and especially his letter to General
Sherman as the earnest of what he would be
in the higher position to which he may be
called, we. may rest IN the
| certainty that he would be
a fearless, wise, conciIliatory and consti
tutional President. Whoever may be cleo
ted, wheather Garfield or Hancock, he will
have cabinet for consultation, and the best
qualification for President is wisdom and
frmness to decide Alright after questions
have been fully considered before him. Much
technical knowledge and inferior executive
abilities are not as desirable for the Presi-
dency as less knowledge and better executive
abilities. General Jackson, though not half
SO learned in politics made quite as good a
President as either of the Adamses.
REPUBLICAN RESUMPTION UNREAL AND DAM
| GERoUs.
LET us refer to what is familiarly known
as the "Greenback" policy. 1t will be &C
knowledged that through all cur history up
| to the recent war the Democratic party had
always been sound upon the subject of legal
| tender money, and has steadfastly maintain
ed that under the constitution coin alone
could be legaltender money. During the
war the doctrine was for the first time aban-
doned. Who abandoned it? This currency
has been extensively caricatured, pictorially
and otherwise, and has been per-
soni6ed as the baby of the
Democracy. Let US see about that.
Where did this ag-baby come from?
| Who brought it into life? What is it's pa
rentage, and who is responsible for it? The
Republican party. Who rocked its cradle
and nourished it and stood it on its feet?
The Republican party. One day, after the
war and in time of peace, this little mon
ster was carried into the supreme court and
the judges ordered 1t to be strangled as il
legitimate. Who rushed into court and res
cued it with indecent haste? The Republi-
can party. Who shocked the public conf
dence and forever compromised the dignity
of the court by recognizing it for that single
purpose? Tho Republican party. Who by
persistent effort at last educated the people
| to tolerate and finally like this thing? The
Republican party. Who opened this Pan
dora's box? The Republican party. Who
is responsible to all our future for this seduc-
tive and most dangerous precedent? The
Republican party.
This party is now Boosting that we have
| ,ko ~, kIa
credit of it. What is our resumption? A
owes B $1,000. Can B enforce it's payment
in coin? No. may pay the debt in paper,
and there are now outstanding about three
hundred millions of legal tender paper. Sup
pose this money should fail below par, the
debtor may, Notwithstanding, make his
payment with it, and cannot be compelled to
make it with coin. And what brought about
the resumption, such as it is? Not our incom-
plete legislature. If there had been no legis-
lation whatever the situation would have
been precisely what it is, and government
and bank paper would have been at par with
coin. The resumption, such as it is, must
be ascribed wholly to scanty harvests abroad
| and abundant harvests here. Europe has
been forced to send us her gold in exchange
for our products. Reverse the conditions
and the gold would flow back and We would
return to the old situation. Let us all be
thankful for our great good fortune,
but not for any party manage
ment, Republican or Democratic;
and if we are prudent and wise
we will, without further delay, make some
better preparation than we have yet made
for the crisis that must ere long occur. This
resumption is imperfect, unstable and un-
reliable, and the danger Of too much paper
money still threatens US.
| THE REPUBLICANS AND THE PUBLIC LANDS.
What has this party done with the public
lands? will confine myself to grants to
railroad corporations. Prior to 1861 there