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NJ. Gardeld's letter.

NJ. Garfeld's letter.
aThe Great prosperity which the country is
now cnioving should NOS be endangered 10y any
violent changes or doubtful financial expert
ments.
So writes 3Ir. Garfield in his letter Of &c
ceptancc. Wehaye chosen this sentence for
comment as the most important one in the
whole letter. It's a shrewd appeal to Nor
them capitalists of the Republican party
ANA al other moneyed interests, 10 support
the Republican ticket if those interests are
anxious TO have kept up the great prosperi-
Is Of the country The appeal is addressed
d the selfshness Of q selfish class. Not on
Isl selfshncss but fear is invoked by Garfield.
&C. Ien ofwealth, says he in effect, we, the
Republicans, have filled your Golfers with
gold. and You rs sensible men must know
that General Hancock's election would re-
sllt in great changes i'm the administration
OF affairs. Your prosperity should not be
endangered by any yiolen, changes" The
words doubtful financial experiments are
thrown in as wooden soldiers or decoys.-
They DO not qualify any doctrinal assertion
on finance, Cor Mr. Garfield makes none
They mich. De introduced in q greenback
letter by Mr. Weaver, or q National Bank
speech by lIr. Sherman, wish equal proPri-
e.y. They are words intended 10 mean no.
5liae, and they prove 3Ir. Garfield to be
rood hand 81. electioneering clap-tra2.
Now some one recently made the point q
saiust the Republicans thatif theyclaimthe
creli, for the present prosperity Of the com
ry because they are in power, they must as
sumo the responsibility for the state Of the
country since they have held power. In
1878 disasters came on Us mountain high
Every man, woman and child in the U. :.
have suffered more or less ever since from
the terrible business calamities of chat year.
The Republican party irresponsible for that
trouble. Bat rs soon as the carpet-bag go-
veruments ceased to rob the South prosper
ity returned. The Southern cotton, sugar,
Grain and tobacco crops, amounting annu-
ally 20 hundreds of millions, have enriched
;he whole country. BY reason Of high pro-
tecliyc tariffs Southern products in their
tecming plenty have especially enriched
Northern manufacturers, and set the wheels
OF their factories once more in notion
Thousands Of starving operatives in the
North may thank the fertile South for the
return of Northern prosperity. Bat chiefly
and above All the whole United States may
rejoice in the overthrow of the infamous
carpet BAG rulers whom Mr. Garfield and his
party quutered on the South, and thcresto-
ration of Democratic rulers and Joftrsonian
principles I'm the Southern States, as the
most powerful contributing causes to that
wonderful prosperity of to-day with which
Providence has blessed the country.
10, Nr. Garfield, your appeal though in
ecnious is not one which Democrats need
fear. The Republican party has distracted
rather than promoted cur prosperity. As
Republican power waued and Democratic
asccadancy in both branches Of Congress
was rc-cstablished, na.ionalprospcrity began
TO return. It's highest point is yet TO be
reached when Democratic President snail
be elected TO help Democratic Congress to
wipe ont the mwise class legislation which
Mr.. Garfield and his party, for their own
prGt, have fastened on the country.
The letter OF The Republican candidate is
a hat denial of Congressman Gardeld'smore
recent record. The letter is an appeal TO
sectioaali,m and false issues. The record
for year or two past which 1lr. Garfield
has tried TO make is q severe condemnation
of every sentiment and ut;crance Of Mr..
Garield's letter Of acceptance os tie cand-
dacy for the Presidency.