The People's vindicator., 1880-10-16

Io'! o'.cr countries, ne claims for the Ad-
niinistration the gratitude Of our people for
aii their blessings. l have no unkiudiy feel.
iny 1Or MI. shcrlnan;l / regret tha: he does
himself wrong when he Is
UNGRATEfUL TO GOD
and unjust to the laborers of the land. It's
not the craftsmanship of the Cabinet, but the
sstatesmanship sta OF the plow, blessed by fruit
Not the skill OF the Treasury Department. hut
OK mechanics and manufacturers, that make
tlie springs OF our prosperity; not the talk in
Congress, but the toll Of labor i'm all its varied
1elds. III another respect he does himself
wrong. He does not warn our people of the
danger which the change of Seasons NAV
make lie uOes not, as he should, allnonish
them that ut this time, when money is abund.
ant, men should throw OFF the burdens of
deDt ana eAtricate themselves from positions
OF peril II times should change. He teaches
the false and mischievous doctrine that gov.
ernment policies, and not honest toll and fru.
ghi care, that the schemes of the brain, not
the sweat OF the brow. give competence to
men. Much has been said about the absurdity
OF fiat money. How much more absurd are
Mr.. slerlnan's teachings of fiat prosperity. In
this direction MIR. Sherman Outstrips Dennis
kearney.
| NATIONALIsM.
The points most conspicuous in the speech.
es anu Journals OF the Republican party are,
irst, that this is Nation, and next, this cleo.
! ton IS q contest between the Northern amt
Southern States, in which victory will be a
great gain TO the former party. We charge
tlat tAe dennnciatiOns Of the south are used
~ mask their designs 10 get jurisdiction over
all the Union. and mainly over the interests
| ana people OF the North rs they are the most
important ana varied that the term Nation is
[ selected because it Is u word of obscure ana
indefinite meaning, and IL 1t Is substituted for
! the legal and proper title of Government, it
| will enable them to make changes in its char
acter hurtful to the rights of the people and
disastrous TO the prosperity Of their business
and industrial pursuits; that the mischief It
will create will not he ior the remote future,
but that they are pressing upon us now. and
will he left in their full force from this time
on unless they are avcrted by the results Ut
| the pending elections.
II Is AInarked and cons picuOus fact in the pO.
litical discussiOnsth the past four years That the
Republican leaders have sought to bring into
use the words Nation anu NatiOnalsm when
speaking OF our country. These have been
heretofore used without any special signili.
canoe. as terms generally applied to different
divisions OF the human race into communities
governed by some forms Of law, and i'll this
sense VIC have used them to avoid the repeti.
| ton of the term UuiOn, United states, or Gen.
| eral Government. Bnt thcyha now become
Of all who have schemes for which they wish
to gain public support ut the seat of
Government. While the men who use
tues. terms never define them, their very OBJ
scu'ity serves the purpose Of covering their
ultimate objects, anu ut tne same time allow.
ing all who have political theories inconsistent
| with our Constitution to feel that they fav or
their. views. In its primary sense the word
] Nation means those OF common origin, and
applies most aptly to the smaller divisions Of
tribes or of those of common lineage. In this
| more correct significance It Is certainly not
applicable to our country, whose population
Is made up of mixed races from all quarters
OF the world. In its more common use 1t sig.
| nites political divisions, ranging from the
lowest to the most elevated political organi
ZatiOn. When, therefore, it IL said we ARE a
Nation the term gives no idea Of the charac
ter OF our own Government, but it leaves CIV.
cry one to infer what he pleases Of Its signih-
cance.
OBSCURE AND UNMEANlNG AS IT'S,
il was adopted with the solemnity of Con.
gfessi0nal resolution, as u term which told Of
the power of our General Government. In
1876 Il resolution was offered which declared,
among other things, that the people of the
United States constitute one Nation. AL of
the Republican members voted for this, as IL
IL threw some light upon the character OF our
Union. SO far is it from doing this that it
simply tends to make that obscure which was
clearly stated in our Constitution. There is
something in the words United states, the
Union, the General Government, which is in
conflict with the purposes OF Mr. Garfield and
his friends. They do not tell us distinctly
what they aim al, but we find that those who
seek for more jurisdiction use the term Ma
ton, or Nationality. whenever they have oc'
casion to speak Of the jurisdiction mt Wash.
ingtOn. We always find that the men who use
the wOrd-ahd many like senator Blaine love
to call it u Sovereign Nation-arc in favor Of q
different construction OF the Constitution than
has heretOtore prevailed. Mr. GARFIELD openly
states this when lie says that the views held
by Mr.. Hamilton are growing in strength, and
hr reiOiccs that our Government is gravitatiny
to more power. We find, too, that they favor
the plans of that distinguished statesman of
gaining jurisdiction by constructions put upon
the words of the Constitution. As they do
not like, ut this moment, to develop I'LL their
plans, which would excite alarm particularly
ut the North, to mask their purposes and to
divert attention by exciting passions and
can in connection with sectional cOntrOver
sizes, so that it may be felt they only have in
view the strength Of the Union. 1t is this idea
which gives their phrases a measure of favor
with the Republican party. They also take
great pains i'll their discussions to carry the
idea that Nationality means something favor.
able to the interests Of the North. We charge
that the purposes of the Republican leaders
ARE IN CONFLICT WITH THE CONSTITUTION; ;
that they endanser the peace, the order, aud
the safety Of the Union: They draw to the
National Capitol hOrdes of men who have self
ish and corrupt objects, who tempt officials TO
tiOlate duty from motives Of ambition and
greed for gold. They impair the interests and
prosperity Of different sections of our Union,
by laws framed by men ignorant upon the
ton not only in conflict with the letter OF the
Constitution but with Its spirit and the genius
of all our political institutions, both local and
general. ! have already briefly sketched the
history and features Of the Constitution. l
have set forth, in the language Of Mr.. Sclurz,
the evils which now prevail about the Capi.
tOl, growing out of the various and cOmpii.
Gated subjects which are Improperly carried
there for legislation. have stated that the
Republican leaders seek to increase this evil
state Of things by widening tne jurisdiction N
tiOn, the growth Of all its business interests,
80 far from giving us greater security, will
only create more complication. more disOr.
der. more difficulties. We charge that those
who seek coyertly % bring abOnt these results
are animated by selfish purposes OF ambition.
love Of power. or lust for gain. which make
them Indifferent to future consequences II
they cam reach the object Of their desires.
Good Republican friends, we pray you 10
not indulge In sectional hates; but II You will
be led into such warfare at least look and see
that you are to suffer more than those yOu
seek to iniure. DO not shut your eyes to the
fact that while the advocates OF Nationality
have much to gain, you have much 70 lose by
their policy. You will lind they are talking
THE CONTEST WITH THE SOUTH 10 A
.+,.. FEIGNED ISSUE
under cover of which you are warred upon.
II must not be Thought that the changes
which men seek to make In the character OF
our Government by tho nse Of the words Ma.
tton and Nationalisrn, and by the cOhstruc.
tiOns which they mean to put upon them, re.
late only to the theory of politics; that their
OF immediate concern. They a6ect us now.
They not only threaten but work disastrous
results to the commerce Of our country. to the
interests of the farmers of the Western States,
and to the business prosperity of the whole
! has led to the sale of our farm products In
Europe, and has lifted all kinds of business
frOln the depression which o short time since
was felt by MI pursuits. The ability to send
world ut chsap rate, tsof mOraimpOrtance 20
SAc cN0rthtl,an to the S0ath. The prQducts Ofthe
latter are Of . kind that do not snNer from the
oOmpetitiOnOf of other GCuntriPA Europe must