The daily gazette., 1880-12-14
SECOND EDITION
The Soldier Defeared and the
Jobber Elected.
From Forney's Progress.

Jobber Elected.
From Forney's Progress,
How singularly impressive one lesson
OF the late election! The name of Cen
eral Hancock was worshipped in many
thousands of households, North and
South; the name Of Mr.. Garfield was
Stunned as thing Of shame. While
the one aroused the admiration Of the
Democrats, the other excited the anger
of the Republicans, because Hancock
was so easy to love, and Garfield 30 i'm
possible to defend. And yet the soldier
was defeated, and the jobbsr elected. Is
this example quite safe? Can q people
preserve its own sslf-respect, when it al
lows those 1t despises to control Its des-
tiuyp
But there Is another danger, novel
and audacious, insolent and braxen the
spectacle was reserved for this period OF
the vulgar rich publicly Furnishing or
purchasing the helpless poor. The
memory of that great crime Is the parent
of remorse and the seed OF revenge
One editor says, "we coddle the voter
too much" He ought to have said, not
coddle, but corrupt. We corrupt the
people too much. VIII they submit to
it? No. This last time 1t came upon
them like blow In the dark. 1t was 80
sudden that it stunned them, When
John Welsh, put his holy name to thai
most Infamous paper on the 4th day oi
September last, and sent 1t out, it was
received first as piece of disgraceful in.
science, and then 1t created shudder
Ever since it has been burning like I
hot coal on the heart of the people. On,
slavery is DO better than another.
black serf is bad enough, but whit
slave is slave when the black is free
1 call this another danger. Capital il
no longer the coward. Capital il mas
| ter. Labor is subdusd, stricken, stups
, fed. Will it lasLf The next strlk
may give the silent man voice, hands
, arms, and then where will this sainte'
Mr.. Welsh run to hide his preciou
, limbs?
. But this new danger is intensified b.
the fact that it was openly provoked b.
, falsehood. 1t is one thing to buy con
! science, if you have good reason t
salve your tyranny. 1t is another T.
: bribe with promise you do not inten
r to fill. Not one of these Pharisees be
r lieved that Haneock's election would In
= jure the country; but they said SO In al
/. solemniLy, and now that they are foun'
i. out, they ale regarded as poor creature
f by the men they deceived.
4 And what adds to the new danger
: The fac: that the South was in never 8
: splendid a condition to stand alone as
u is to-day. II Is not so much the solid, q
: the healthy South, and it can afford
a stand aloof from the sectional pro-coI
a suls, who, having bought themselves int
office, will have hard work to pay thei
r partisans and to satisfy the country.
i Party passion is abased before the 81
q ceptional quietude and moderation {
General Hancock since the Presidentii
election. l called upon him on Monda.
2 afterthis defeat, at his soldiers homo Q
!. Governors Island, and found him wol
d derfully bright and cordial When 1 le
- him, ten daj before, 1 said: 81 wi
never see you till you are inaugurate
President" "But suppose 1 am nj
elected?" was his question in reply
q ''rhen will come" And when l can
It to him was almost alone. There wa
| no complaint, no criticism, no bad ten
ii per, no vain regrets.
y No discount can be placed upon th
l, promises of the Republicans In the la
g election. They were voluntary ph.
d sicians of all the Ills that flesh Is heir &
, and they beat the Democrats not on
with money, but with boasting. Fort
!, years ago that same party carried Il
II country by promising labor 1.-TWO dollars
If day ana roast beef" and yet the Rrst pa
IF ic that came the Wings went to piece
AS the Republicans will do when u
next dark hour comes The Garfielde
y assured the country that the good tim
were not the result of bounteous harves
,e and providential seasons. They RloI
ia made all the prosperity. God had not
ing TO do with 1t. Now le. us see no
they will treat natural calamities in Il
W future. If they could take credit 4
of what belonged to Providence in Il
i past, will they be equally just to assun
!. the dscredit of all the mistortunes
the time to come?