The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-09-24

Hon. Charie5 ,. May recently spoke
nj Michigan City. Ind, upon the issues
of the campaign. After briefly consid
ering the claims Of the Republican party
Mr.. May said
The gr.nt IN press political need of thi,
country to-day - complete and radical
change OF administration change which
shall clear out every department OF this Gov
crnmcnt, from high 10 low, aud givcus = great
National publication.
Tho real mission OF tho Republican party
was ace ,mpitsned ten years ago, ami since
that time u has simply been holding ON 10 the
Offices ~ good luck and successful fraud:
ask 4 u not best that there should be another
change. that incompetent and dishonest oiii-
cials should be got rid ~, that The books should
he crrr,,n na w W. ,nss broken up
these recent years are not 4 matter oil de1uc-
tinn or Inference, tut Of appalling fact and
over and over again before Congregational in
yrsIigating committees they have been con-
fes.cd ~ some OF the chiefest perpetrators
ard rulprits. they have been ack 'lowe lgrd by
all candid aud falf-nndcd men in the orunni-
cation. And these frauds aud clHrupt ions
have not been small aud petty ones, mere Pic
chdlioes ~ some obscure Official here and
there but startling and gigantic ones, aud In
the highest pi iccs-perjurers and bribc-fnk ers
IN Congress. thieves and robbers in the Cnb-
net our country has been scandaiized and
dlsgraccd by some or these cOrruptiotis In the
eyes OF the whole civilized world. and Repub-
iican institutions themselves made the Jesr
levers In our form Of government across the
water.
Masses o. fair-mindcd men in the Republic
can party. who recognize the force ~ all this
who realize that their party has grown corrupt
and dishonest. would be inclined To agree that
sne i'mo mas 1,a come 10 make change ~ they
this cannot safely be done on ireount of past
transactions and party records" idea
Vigorously propayated aud wholly relied upon
by the leaders and organs IN this CANVASS be
cause they well know that II the issue IL made
20 turn upon the vital questions Of to-day,
their party. burdcned down TO the waters
edge with rs frauds and corruptions must ~
under. So they rnise the record" cry and
the war cry ngain. and talk long and loud
about what happened fifteen or twenty years
ago.
Fellow-citizens. want this Republican par.
~ 20 come OUT into the open Held IL to-day
and hight the battle, like men Of sense aud
courage. on their own merits, N they have
any, and not ON the virtues OF their fathers
ana OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES which they have
tate. Come out and show. II you cam that your
party - clean and pure. that Garfield Is a bet
ter man than Hancock. and that we do not
need any change.
No. fcllow-citixcns they do not propose IN
nEht the battle in this way. hut instead they
irgin lusi twenty years back. and say that the
hcon, and that they put the rebellion down.
Tins assertion II the very beginning ~ their
argument this year. the broad proposition npon
which their argument rests. When we ask 'for |
change Ia the Government we are met on the
threshold by this assertion, which Is every
where thrust In ous fnccs as a reason why we
should not nave one.
Now. have two conclusive answers 10 this !
Republican stock argument Of the campaign
first, u y not germane % the question: in |
material 70 the issue, In legal phrase. For,
even, IL tsuc. Il does not prove that II would /
not pe better for the country "a elect Gen.
this year. Hut. In the second place il Il not \
true IN fact. The Democratic party. NJ 4 parry. \
uid not rebel against the Government aud
belIiVn.
Ret me show you that am correct in this.
The scce -sionIsts Of the south rcbclled against
sn opposition 70 II in 1900. = year before they
went into 0pcn rebellion against the Govern
meni They refused 70 support Douglas 1t
withdrew. and afterward nominated and voted
for breckenridge Aftcr they had gone, the
Nntionai Democratic Convention reasscmblcd
Ins. loyal man and patriot. and supported
MIN, a. party. for President that year. When
Mr: Lincoln was elected. II was the men who
that went into rebellion. and
MI Lincoln and the new Republican Admins
ration had IN their first fearful trial no more
dcrcd by stephen a. Douglas. the defeated
candidate OF the National Democratic party.
Now tell me, by what mean, partisan logic can
should be held responsible for men who had
eft i and fought Il to the death. and how did
Y bring on rebellion BY voting for . great
ike brother BY Mr. Lincoln's side In that SUI
premc crisis Of the Government No. this
IeckleM and Wholesale charge against the
democratic party will not stand. IL Is . false
'harRe. and respectable Republicans should be
'snsmcd TO make use Of Il.
There Is ono view In which Democratic posi- {
~, contributed 20 bring on the war, which by |
z the Republican party. AZ Charleston ~ wc {
aye seen. they resisted and refused to COM J
'r" !, with the slave-pcwcr. and went brave
upmn 70 southern dictation. After Mr.. Lin 3
I'm election. the Republican party In Com
1850 voted 70 abandon their n0n-slavery ex- d
ension principle. the vital plank In their plat- 4
orm and comprUmi>c with the South II there b
y the war could be avcrtcd. They were the q
M, nv. ~ this Instance. that knuckicd TO the II
No party. put down the rebellion. The pco- \
e put It down, the loyal people OF the whole I
.unsry Why, fcllow,citizcns, look how the c
lection u 1850, which preceded the war, Mr.. n
lincoln Nhe Republican cnndidnfep had in n
q 'tbe cnnd,dsss ~ sh vo'f ns. While Ut doug
~ l,DO,OOO votes. Now, take IL that Mr.. !,
incoin received all the Republican votes. as :,
suppose il viii not be commended that every cry, =
epublicnn voter went 10 the war. and yct the n
cures show that there were over 2,WJ.O0
mon n soidiers cpiisscd IN the war-l,oo,oU h
'untryl Now, my Republican friends will 81
~ tei me where this extra 1,UO.UO OF Union 5,
'.. came fromr i 4 automatically II
'monsfrnted that they could not have come i,
om tne Republican party. and yet evidently "
~ MAJ something to do with putting down X
2 rebellion. :, :.
Mr; Lincoln was elected by minority vote n
ne lacked more than 0U,OO votes Of a ma pl
rity. Had the lau.0D mon who supported N
ouxlas at the North refused 70 sustain Mr.. A.
ncoin IN putting down the rebellion where | ID
ouid We have been? This was nearly half ~
loyal vote ~ the country, and the South er
~ \. an.cu ukninst ~. mo- say, let us be cs
U ana Just. A. one who differed from the az
.mocfatic party In those days, IL n only the r.
hpie truth 10 say that without their helm "A,
3 Union would have been lost
gam, fcllow-citizcns, when we dcmnnd 4 | III
1n ~, ~ the Governmcnt, We are met BY the co