Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-15

body's mind in this country until Mr.. |
Hayes was forced upon the Nation-ad-
hitting their own reasonable acts-ad-
mitting that retributive justice may
now overtake them, by others follow
ing their own bad example and COM
pleting the sad and unhoIy work of de-
priving American freemen of all .vtice
in elections.
Conscience makes towards of them
all, and never did guilty conscience do
better work for our country.
When four years ago the Republican
party met at Cincinnati, the ambitious
marplots, headed by Conkling, found
that the real work before them was, not
the selection of their strongest man as
a candidate, but the killing off of Scna-
tor Blaine-the strong man of that par
ty before the people, the able and astute
politician, the ''plumed knight of the
bloody shirt. They gave him the best
sunstroke" they had in their locker;
the blow laid him out, but the rebound
knocked the Republican party over the
ropes. They there inaugurated an IT,
repressible conflict among themselves,
and ever since spirited but gorgeous
scalping match has been going on.
The Blaine bureau, it is said, was never
SO active as now. 1t sends out political
tracts by the car loads-tracts not
wholly devoted to singing the praises
of the saints in that party, but some
ringing denunciations of some of the
sinners among the sheep, chief among
ly, is the ''third termer" and his "com-
ing CROWN whilst other tracts do not
mince words when they say that a
sStropror (,ovorpmont'> ciro,,lu ,,,o,nc
imperialism; and third term is Grant
for life, followed by Prince Fred, with
Grand Chamberlain Babcock and the
great Earl of Belknap and all their @lo-
rious followers and following.
These are hard things for good broth
ers to say of each other. They sound
very much like ancient Democratic
warnings to the people warning that
were such .vile SANDERS when utter
cd by Democrats, but they must be true
now when proclaimed by the faithful.
.'' No man. said very distinguished
Republican in the late Massachusetts,
Convention, "ever went into the chief
Office of the n alton with SO large ma
jority as did General Grant in 1872, and
no man ever retired from the office with
SO meager a following as he did in
1876" This was bold taunt from a
good party follower. But it was bit
ter truth, extorted from a man who felt
outraged by the evident determination
of a majority of his party to force upon
the minority fatal nominee-a nomi-
nee who cannot be elected and who
now merits only forgetfulness and pity.
1t seems there are some men then in
the ranks of the Republican party who
are not caught by this chaff of q
stronger Government" These doubt.
less are a hopeless minority, that is,
powerless to defeat the nomination Of
Grant at Chicago, but they are moi
afraid to speak out-not afraid to war;
their countrymen that defeat with Grant
is far better for all of us than success:
with him and his unfortunate and
smirched following that has SO ably
coached him for this coming scramble
for a nomination to an office that he
has already done SO much to degrade
1t is not Mr.. Grant personal strength
that makes him strong in his own party
| but it is the internecine war amongs
themselves that makes any other nomi
nation impossible. 1t is the beginning
of the end of stalwartism in the land
for which let all good men and patriot
be truly thankful. l.-Kansas City Times