The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-09-15
VOLUME XIII.

publish In the Record what he he had "a
in the House. In the last session of Co
ISL gress he admitted the partisan character
the election laws and suggested an amend
ment which was adopted by the Democrat
,v and again, under fear of the party lash /
~; did not have the manhood to vote for h
4 own amendment and according to his ow
- convictions of right.
- He Is a preacher who turned politician
~ A man who was once enrolled under TIA
- banner of Christ and forsOok il to mingl
80 IN the allurements and pollution of TIM
y world. A man who was enrolled under tn
- banner of the Union and in the darkes
= hour forsook that for a cushioned sea
:; IN the halls of Congress. man VIII
= was enrolled under the banner of Johr
- sherman at Chicago, and forsook that t
= wear himself the crown Of Republican
: nomination. A man whose name is con
: nected with the blacklist deeds of the Re
: publican Administration, and tainted with
Z the foulest crimes of the Republican lead.
: ers A man of great intellect, it is true,
> but his intellectual greatness only serves to
throw a calcium light upon his moral weak
! ness. Hancock, on the other hand is as
firm in principle as a rock Neither the
alIurements of power the threats OF
removal from office could swerve him one
hairs breadth from the path of rectitude
and duty. Sprung from revolutionary sires,
Graded in sight of Valley Forge bearing a
name indissolubly linked with the Declar-
alton of Independence, tried in the ii cree
fires of battle and the temptations of un-
limited power, he presents character as
pure and spOtless as the dew drop on the
mountain daisy when it spaFkles in the
morning sun. But, as | have said, the
parties differ also in principles, and the
fundamental difference between them is
most strikingly exempliied by the individ-
ual opinions OF their respective candidates.
t'rnnrpSpUtS 40 nf NIL
tied and unconstitutional power and the use
I of arbitrary methods to accomplish his pur-
poses. Hancock represents the Constitu-
ton and the enforcement of the laws.
/ When Hancock was attempting to enforce
the law in Louisiana and Texas, Garfield
was attempting by arbitrary method to
reduce the number of majorgenerals To
deprive Hancock of his command. Failing
in this, Garfield not only attempted but
carried through by means of rider an
appropriation bill, which the Republicans
profess now to hate as the devil hates holy |
water, the unconstitutional measure which |
tool; from President johnson the right to |
command the army, and gave it to Grant, /
that he might revoke the orders of Han |
cock. Again, Garfield represents the |
ancient idea OF republic, strong cOnsol |
idated government which he calls a nation,
a bsorbing local interests under central |
CONTROL republic formed like Rome,
ofcrushed and conquered States, which must
fall Of its own weight and corruption or else
end in a Roman Empire. His doctrine
would strike from our flag its separate stars
and either blend them all into one, or else
leave them as Insignificant satellites re-
volvng around a central sun, and his mot
to, would be, 'One made from the ruins of
many Hancock represents the great
American discovery in government-'An
indissoluble union of indestructible States
lsaTtft DIlnu
to ancient times, ia Which the States sepa-
rate, each has sovereignty oYef AL matters
reserved to themselves, and the states
united, sovereignty over all matters dele
gated to them. A government which can
add State after State, not only without dam
ger 81 destruction, but with confidence of
Increasing strength A government fifty
represented by a gag, bearing stars of equal
whose radiance i each perfect
in itself, and whose combinatior forms :
constellation of wonderful beauty and =
strength. fulfilling the motto of its trainers, :
many in one" Again it is the doctrine
of the Democratic party that man IS capa- :
be Of self-government and that each state I
should DE germitted to settle ita own do /
nestle affairs ia It's oYr way, subject only :
10 the Constitution OF the Onion, sd this y
doctrine has been fully announced 10y haH- q
ooci, in all of his writings, and especially IN i
his letter Of acceptance. b
The doctrine of tke Republican party, +
like the doctrine of monarci1s aud tyrants .
an over the world, is that they know better :,
how 10 govern the people than the people q
know how 10 govern themselves. Garfield i
represents this doctrine aud maintains that i
Congress should pass laws 10 eHahe the +
President to keep the peace ia the States +
The Democracy believe that the people :
at hoale whether lawyers, doctors, bankers, 4
mechanics. farmers or laborers, \
l,4 tIsgt 1S C1nlhIp q |
holding free and fair elections as are John =
Davenport and his minions appointed by q
Federal power; and Hancock stands So uare-
Is on the platform. The Republicans be-
Iieve that eIeral election laws should be =
passed. Federal mafsSals and supervisors
appointed to overturn State laws, set aside +
State officers at the polls, arrest State voters !,
without warrant and lock them up in iron |
cages; asd Garfield boldly asserted this p
doctrine on tbs aQQFS of Congress. The .
Democracy believe that ihe laws should be
executed and criminals punished ny tie
civil power of the State, and not by the "
power of the United States, and
ibis was ths doctrine of Hancocks famous !,
order No. 40.
Garfield represented the Republican, IDEA.
When in the Forty-ifth Congress he was =
discussing the army bill and speaking Of q
5he use of the army TO suppress the labor y
rot in 1877, he said: i am for a govern
lsant of law with an army strong enough TO =
enforce IT, What, ask you, is law in the II
minds Of Radical leaders. Aaron Burr 9
,nce said, Any thipg is ley that is boldly II
asserted and peFsisteptiy malptalned.
With this doctrine established, with Gar r
ield boldly to assert the law, and the
United States Army persistenly TO main !,
ain it, the liberties of the people and the y
lights OF tie States would all be overturn- q
ID together. =
But the most striking difference between e,
he parties is in their treatment of the
southern States and here again the differ y
noes between the parties are most striking | l.
V exemplified by the individual opinions of
heir respective candidates. With the St
of slavery, Hancock was for al
of the Union as it was. Gar r'
aid was for 9 destruction of the conquered le
;tatas AMI reconstruction of them for the 81
,enefts of the puSSlican party. which u u
would have placed intelligence anu virtue =
nder the heels of ignorance and vice. :,
hancock was ready to receive all men as W
quals who obey the law and the Constitu- ID
ion and extend to them all the blessings d'
f civil liberty. Garfield would treat us as n,
as enemies of the Government, al
nd as if we were in the Union only on u
'robation. Hancock extends the right OF
and of fellowship TO the men of the South W
; well as the men of the North. al
Garfield boasts that he will not shake
ands with Southern men until they come &C
n Bonded knees, confessing their sins and of
skiing his forgiveness. Perhaps he had W
etter wait until some Southern gentleman til
SIX to shake a hand upon which rests a 5,
barge at least of bribery and corruption. bi
When we shake hands with union soldier b;
re want it to be "a hand unstained with
lunder" W
More than ALL Hancock represents party is
lhich knows no sectional lines. Garfield / tn
epresents a party born of sectional pl
citation, nurtured in sectional hate, it
nd which to-day provokes solid Demo bl
ratio South in the hope that it may organ &C