American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-08-21
The Republican Longing for estates
manShip,1

1t is craftsmanship" that the Re-
publican politicians are hankering
after now. The " soldier business, :"
they assert, is played out. 1.-The coun-
try needs Statesman, Christian
statesman like Garfield" Such is the
plea they make for the election of their
candidate for President. But when
they come to exhibit their Statesman"
they find that they have nothing to
show the public but Congressman
whose special opportunities for studying
political economy and the nature OF
our Government were confined to his
service as a member and for several
years as Chairman of the Committee
on Appropriations. That committee,
as is well understood, is the parent of
all the swindling jobs by which the
Treasury is plundered from year to
year. That committee is school of
corruption, in which selfish and sordid
school Garfield was trained. 1t
was there he acquired his Estates
manship." AS member of that COM
mittee he received the Credit-M obi!ier
stock from Cakes Ames and the
$1,000 fee from DE Golyer. If he has
had any other training in statesman
ship his public career does not show it.
All! we must not forget his action as a
visiting statesman" and counselor to
the Louisiana Returning Board thieves
and his subsequent service as sworn
Judge in the eight-to-seven electoral
Commission. His acceptance of the
position of Judge in the electoral dis
pute after he had volunteered as an at
torney in the matter must be taken into
account when we sum up his achieve
ments as statesman. So, then, it ap-
pears that Garfield statecraft on which
his political supporters base his claims
to the Presidential office consists in his
performances as member of the Com
mittee on Appropriations and as an
attorney for Hayes before the LOUISE
ana Returning Board and a Judge on
the Electoral Commission. General
Hancock, thank Heaven, has had no ex-
perience of this character and makes no
preGensions to that kind of statesman
career has been devoted. But General
Hancock has proved himself an able
as he was a fearless de-
fender of the Constitution. When the
destinies of the people of two
great States were placed in his
hands he refused to erect a mill
tary despotism. but simply pro-
ceedeI to enforce the laws as he |
found them. He took care that the |
great fundamental principles of republic
can government should not be violated |
but preserved in his administration. In |
order that the people of Louisiana and
Texas might be protected in their con-
rights he declared that the
habeas corpus, the right of free speech,
a free press, liberty OF conscience and
the natural rights of persons must be
In other words he made toe
military the servant of the civil power,
rs is the plain intendment of our form
Of Government. His administration in
hose States was as free from violence
IS it was clear from any sort of corrup
lion. He was kind but firm. patient
put resolute, and while loyal to the
Federal authority he sought to win back
he alienated population to their former
owe of the old flag by proving to them
hat obedience to the Constitution and
avs was the only test of the right of
While Hancock was en-
ragged in performing the highest acts
# craftsmanship in his endeavor to re-
labilitate the States of Louisiana and
Texas in their suppressed statehood,
fairfield was employed in figuring out
appropriations for wooden pavements in
and other similar raids
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