The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-09-02

phVomGut III bu0 Clby VI WhbuluRbOn,
And this same James A. Garfield 10 the
present Republican candidate for Presi.
dent OF the United States. But, says the
Bulletin, returning to Mr.. Garfield and
his associates, "It Is not worse to offer a
bribe than accept it," And Garfield and
his partners did accept bribes or else the
resolution which declares that Ames dis
tributed stock Is wholly false.
Still the Bulletin Is unsatisied and this
is the verdict which, on the 2Ssh of Feb
ruary, 1873, 1t pronounces upon James
A, Garfield, the present Republican
candidate for President, and his associ
ates:
"The universal sentiment will be that
the national House of Representatives
has, by its failure to do Justice in this
case, betrayed the best interests of the
country, and has proved that it has neith.
er sufficient sensibility to appreciate the
dishonor with which it is covered by the
presence of corrupt mon nor enough self
respect to maintain the dignity and pur.
ity which by right, ought to be its char
acteristics When crimes like those of
the Credit Mobilier, when men are for
given, when such weak and utterly in
sufficient pleading as that offered is per.
mitted to save them, there must be
complete decentralization of the tribunal
which pronounce judgment. 1t is with
shame and modification, therefore, the
nation is compelled to admit that this
great Republican body to day prefers to
retain it's members who are convicted of
crime, even though it is compelled to
find for its action excuses that would ex-
cite laughter if they did not produce ut
ter contempt. The Senate committee,
which has just reported unanimously in
favor of the expulsion of Mr.. Patterson
for the very offense of which Mr.. Gar.
field and the rest are guilty, expresses
the sentiment of the country upon this
subject with exactness when it says
The use of large sums of money to inhu.
enCe either popular or legislative elec-
tors strikes directly at the fundamental
principles of republican government.
1t excludes merit from public place and
undermines all public and private virtue
upon which alone republican institutions
can stand. 1t cannot be concealed that
it is one Of the threatening dangers of
the permanenCy of our government and
one which calls for the popular rebuSe
which can come only and should come
speedily from the united voices of the
virtuous Cit;zsns of the republic, uttered
at every stage of governmental action
from the loWest to the highest"
Ex-senator James W. Patterson is still
living in New Hampshire. He was born
July q, 1923. l knew him well. An
orator, a scholar and gentleman in every
respect, entitled to the highest considera.
tion, but with his high qualities, he fell
from grace while yielding to temptations
which James A. Garfield yielded to and
escaped. The only difference between
him and the Republican candidate for
the presidency is that Garfield secured
the nomination of his party for Presi-
dent while poor Patterson has fallen into
temporary disgrace.
The Evening Bulletin on the 26th of
February, 1873, referring to the last de.
bate, says
"If this is the end of the business there
will be universal disgrace with all con.
cerned in it, with the judges and jury as
we'll as with the accused"
1t is hardly necessary, after this review
of General Garfeld's connection with
the Credit Mobilier, to refer to that part
of the defense of the Republican candi.
date for the presidency which includes a
personal attack upon Progress l have
shown that the Bulletin and in fact the
leaders of the Republican party have
been on both sides Of this question.
Seven years ago they regarded James A.
Garfield, according to the comments of
the New York Times and the New York
Tribune as fl ter for prison than for a
President. To-day they want to make
him President.
AS l say, there was one voice that pur-
sued me through Europe. Wherever l
passed found the Evening Bulletin de.
manding my Disgrace, clamoring for my
recall, insisting that could do nothing
to help the great cause ofthe Centennial. |
l had never offended that 1urnal except
by kindness. had served the father of
Gibson Peacock when he was in his
deepest strait in the city of Washington.
l had always extended to the other part
ner the 6indest hospitality. My life was
before them as open as their own. And
yet, when l came back to Philadelphia,
this ia what the Evening Bulletin said.
do not copy it now, side by side with the
bitter, malignant and cruel abuse they
now heap upon me when | was absent,
to show the emptiness of their courtesies
and the permanency of their hatred.
have nothing to do with this controver-
sy. | simply try to do my best; and if 1
desire to give reasons for my preference
for Winfield S. Hancock, have only to
turn to the columns of the Republican
papers Of America in 1868; if l desire to
prove distrust of James A. Garfield,
have only to turn to the Republican jour
mails Of February, 1878. have no preju.
dices l want to defeat Garfield, because
| regard him to-day as a sneak, a jobber,
an inposter and by the witness of the
Bulletin one who is on both sides. He
processes vilservice and practices party
slavery; he profers peace to the South |
on one side and enforces the sword on
the other: he takes bribes with one hand |
and makes pious pretensions on the 9TH
er; he is protection and free trade almost
in the same BREATH he demands the
largesses Of the tariff men of Pennsylva.
mia and sbrinks at the appariation Of the
publication Of his still imprinted letter
to the Golden Club of London. ask
the election of Wilfsld S. Hancock to
the presidency because he comes to me
as the apostle of peace, whose father |
knew, whose friend knew, who saved |
my State on the 81 Of July, 1868, when |
we had given up all hope and who at
this hour will, if chosen to the presiden.
cy, bring back to the old hearth stone
our Southern brothers and sisters, all
who have been alienated by the bitter
quarrels of the past and all who we are
now yearning to meet together under
the laws of the Constitution Of the Unit.
ed States.