The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1880-07-24
how The grand old Republican party keeps faith

now the grand old Republican party keeps faith
with the black man.
You have heard it said perhaps that the plat
inr'n issued and the nominations made nv the
Democratic convention in our citv a few days
ago, virtually concede all the Republican party
has been contending for for twenty-five years
Ii is true. Throw out of the Democratic couyen-
ton literature the oily Ompments to Mr. TIL
den and that solemn rubbis h ABB MT presidential
fra.d which your Democrat takes I'm regularly
with his morning bitters and you will rive a
moderately good Republican platform; hard
money. civil rights and all. But. M friends,
think what Democratic victory this fall means.
Behind the glitterlng generalites OF the Demo-
cratic nominee and platform lie the Hamburg
massacre, the GaZOO shotgun, the Louisiana
murders, the South Carolina tissue ballots and
the Confederate Brigaders. rampant, unrepent-
ant, reven geful, TO our whole people, one an ar
ray of bristling horrors.
The Democratic nominee is man whose claim
TO distinction Is that he was good soldier He
but so far rs he has given any proof OF states
manship. he might be boy ten years old. He
Will be wax in the hands of Confederate briga
diers. / tremble to think what would be the
consequences to our people OF Democratic vic
tory this fall. Democratic President in the
chair and ID moeratic majority in Congress
would check the progress OF this nation half a
century. Their first work would be to undo all
the results of the war. Democrats have boosted
repeatedly that when their turn came they would
repeal the constitutional amendments. take
away the ballot from the negro and pension the
Confederate soldier. That they would execute
these threats IL they had power, there is not a
reasonable doubt. II il for you, it is for every
Republican voter 10 see 10 it that this insane
party OF reaction shall not again lay HAMS On
the glorious government they came so near de-
stroying once.
Only little more time is left. 7 can rot o.
cupy, it better than in saving a word about the
standardized of the Republican party this
fall, James Garfield.
Unlike the Democratic nominee, our leader
has been tried in very capacIt, of life. From
his own deep and wide experience he brings
sympathy with and understanding of all men.
from the lowest to the highest. LabOrer scholar.
anl1 tot hFr-I
still that he Is the man Of the people. His p0it-
zeal enemies have raked the earth TO tind some
charge against him. When they can not say
anything bad about him truthfullv they do not
hesitate to invent lie. They call him a 'sal-
airy grabber." Ii il a foul libel. James A Gar
fields back pay lies in the United States
Treasury untouched TO this day. He never
drew one cent of it, and never will. Then
they seek to Identify him with the rotten l.
GOlyer pavement contract in Washington His
offense was that, TO oblige awyer friend. h.
prepared description of several different kin
OF pavement, for the use Of this lawyer. He HIS
shown his record TO be spotless mere. Next the
howl, Credit Mobllieri" Most of them don't
know what Credit MObiIier is, only they think
it sounds sort OF awful. Well, a. To is. Gen
eral Garteld's political Oppo, ents in Washing
ton, who Investigated the matter in the noble
and unpartisan-like spirit in which Daniel NOOr-
bees investigated the negro exodus, eX0nerated
him fully and freely from any wrong-slong in
the Credit Mobilier business. one could hardly
ask more than that think. As far as lish0 or.
ing his past and running his future for 1929 IL
concerned they might as well accuse him &c
once of stealing pennies from a blind beggar
W lth wheezy accordion. AID have done with
ii.
General Gar6eld's life has an inspiration for
us and for all working people. He was as poor
! as the very poorest man here to-day. He work
Ell hard with his hands any of you do
| When a boy. he saw his greatest need what
| is our peoples chief want tO-day-the need of an
education. He secured that first, and, armed
with it. he went and conquered grand
| career To us. especially, what "A lesson is here.
With iron determination General Garfield strug
! gled for an education, worked necessarily.
denied himself, wore shabby clothes, and had
only one suit of them at that He spent HE
scanty earnings for books and spent his even
lngs studying them. He cut very poor figure
among the fashionable young men then. and
now they cut very poor figure indeed beside
! him Here is one point beg you younger peo-
pie to lay to heart and, by all the hopes the
/ future holds for you in this country, never lose
sight of it: What the youth Garfield did thirty
! years ago, you can do to-day. Tile world is as
/ big IL was then. From the humble begin
niDgs, our nominee for the presidency rose by
his own unaided exertiOn to stand as he does
! to-day. the most splendid figure in American
! politics. With such man for leader. with what
pride and JOY shall rally round the flag OF the
| Republican party this fall!