The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-09-15

i'm money and federal offices distributed h,
an John sherman seduced their frail brother
al IN convention into betrayal of theil
IA constituents. And TO them Garfield repre-
u sents the fraudulent defeat of Gen Grant
" Mr. Garfield also said that Alexande,
to Hamilton was the founder of their party
&c ana tnat the issues to-day are the old issues
lie between Jefferson and Hamilton. We
't welcome the announcement from the head
n OF the republican party, and We accept the
5 gage OF battle which he throws down
: Thomas Jefferson and Hancock reDresant
l. ing the liberty of the people and Alexander
5 Hamilton, the Federalist, and Garfield rep-
4 resentlng the alien aud sediton laws Ia
a lmpriSon men for speaking disrespectfullv of
PresIdent-a strong government against
: Tree peopie-these are indeed the living
f issues of to-day. And as the Federalisf
aristocracy under Hamilton went down
before the stalwart blows of Jefferson strik
ing for the liberty of the people so the
sh oddly aristocracy OF to-day under Garfield. |
boasting that they carry the scent of ROYALTY /
IN their clothes, will go down before the /
sturdy blows of Hancock STRIKING for
| Democratic simplicity.
The camp fires of Democracy are lighted
up on every hill top, and the air is full of the
ominous signs of victory Alabama has
spoken IN thunder tones on ore end of the
line, and now Maine must answer back that
she too, means to be free from the strong
.
Mr.. Blaine boosted the other dav M tho
AherA 6eRt'A Bft4h6hst sba.- d-Eeou--44;r~
that she will straighten up and take more {
heavenward course for the future. g
The Republican leaders are shaking like
Belchazzar at his feast. The handwriting
IS on the wall, the last hour of the Repub- a
lican party has come. The knell has /
sounded and | wish | had the gift of the |
artist or the eloquence of the orator to pic @
ture to you the judgment scene. The v
goddess of American liberty sits aloft to c
pronounce sentence upon the Republican I
party forfits deeds done in the day of its
power and its accusers are crowding around v
the judgment seat. t
The spirits of Jefferson, Madison, and
Webster come bearing in their hands the
mutiIated remains of the Constitution, and O
demand their punishment for having ruth T
lessly violated its provisions The shades il
of our Anglo-Saxon fathers come demand |
ing the punishment of those who assembled \
tr0ops at the polls to stife the freedom of "
elections. The founders of the Republican t,
Sumner and Greeley, who "
were driven heart-broken to their graves, !,
in sepulchural tones demand the execution h
of their murderers. The long line of bank i
rupts, ruined by their financial policy, come $
like spectral ghosts from their uneasy tomb q
to call down vengeance on their heads. And l.
the living multitudes, in a voice that roars n
like the angry sea, demand tho expulsion
from power of party whose hands are
stained with the foulest crime ever perpe-
trated against republican government, the
rape of the Presidency of the United States.
Garfield, the fitting head of such a party,
sits crouching beneath the load of his own I'll
and his party's sins, pale and terror stricken
1t his impending doom, awaiting the ides a.
f November, when he shall hear the SEN
ence, depart We wicked into outer dark
ness" u