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

power and glory of the Republic among
the Nations of men.
The one is the ancient party of the
Republic, old as the century, tested by
time; the other is . brief and accident.
al party. The one is the party of the
ma jority; the other is the minority
party. The one is the party that began
its career as an advocate OF free speech,
a free press, and by opening its arms to
the alien; the ancestors Of the other
made free speech sedition and de-
nounced the immigrant as foe. The
one is the advocate of the rights of
laboring men; the other is the advocate
OF monOpolies. The one is the historic
friend Of the people; the other the
friend of privileged classes, of corpora
tions. The one is the party whose
fundamental principle is to exalt the
individual; the cardinal doctrine of the
other is to suppress the individual and
exalt the Government. The one is
the party of a Government simple
and small and gentle as the atmosphere
about us, strong in the affections Of
the people; the other is the party
ola strongGovcrnment," made strong
by force against the will and the laws
of the people. The one is the party Of
the Constitution; the other is the party
whose greatest leader boosted that its
legislation had been for years wholly
outside of the Constitution, and which
in twenty years has been guilty Of moro
infractiOns of the Constitution than the
previous three-score years had known.
The one is the party of local self-gov-
ernment, close and dear to the homes
Of the people; the other is the party Of
a Government central, powerful, dis
tant, unrepublican. The one is the
party of the farmer Republic: the other
the party that has given three hundred
millions of acres Of the public lands to
corporations and monopolies. The one
to-day is the party of peace and one
country; the other the party of section
al hate. The one is the party whose
Legislation for six years has been fol.
lowed by prosperity; the other the par
ty whose latest legislation was followed
by the panic Of 1873. The one is the
party that had a large majority of the
popular and the Electoral vote of 1876;
the other the party that stole the Presi.
dency, trampling the sacred right Of
suffrage under foot, electing Hayes and
Nichols, Of Louisiana, by the same vote,
just as the ancestors of the Republican
party, at the very opening of the CEN
tury, tried to steal y Presidency. The
one is the party Of economy; the
other the party of extravaganza. The
one is the party of home law.
free, unintimidated ballot and
a fair count in peaceful elections;
the other the party of Deputy
Marshals, bayonets, Federal force and
Returning Boards. One party to-day
says: LET US have peace, with its ac-
companying blessings Of closer COM
merce and more abundant prosperity"
the managers of the other party say:
"Let US have war and hate if We can
also have the spoils.' These are some
Of the contrasts between the parties.
| What OF the tickets? The candidate
Of one party for the Presidency has a
record and a name white as the driven
snow; the candidate of the other has
been culpably involved in every Ma
tioual scandal for fifteen years. The
candidate of one party is the Union
candidate. His life has been wrapped
up in the Union. He volunteered in
the service of the Union in his boyhood,
and has remained in the service of the
Union till this hour. Among living
men there are only two or three who
have rendered such illustrious services
on behalf of the Union as has he. There
is no other such splendid example Of
heroic devotion to one country, to the
Constitution, to the noiseess glory OF
civil law as General Hancock furnishes.
General Garfield is the sectional candi
date, the candidate OF separation, of dis
tance, Of enmity, of malice and bitter.
nesses. Mr.. English is q gentleman ol
honor and business. He is q man OF
great method and attention to his affairs.
He is man Of the highest business
integrity, and of public experience.
Hancock and English mean public vir'
tue. Does the ticket Garfield and Ar
thur mean public virtue? Has it any
such odor about it when the whole
country is talking of Credit Mobilier.
and De Golyer pavements. and Sanborn
contracts, ETC., and since Arthur wss
expelled from the public service TO,
inefficiency and dishonestyP Which ol
these tickets stands as the emblem and
the hope of the purity Of the public
service and the Constitutional execution
Of the laws? For which ticket can
bipartisan men vote with most self
respect, remembering that we our
selves are measured by the men we
honor, by the statues we erect, by the
men we crown? Can q great people in
q great Republic afford to lightly re-
gard public virtue? Can they afford ID
laurel the men who have q plentiful lacl
Of ite-Gneinnati Enquirer.
"Vote as You Shot" u "a
The stalwart press is shouting onc(
more its old battle cry. It does not ad
dress itself to the reason and conscience
of the voter. It has no argument tG
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