The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-21
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

Special Correspondence to The Repu blicar.1
WAsHINGToN. D. c.. Aug. II, 1880.
Hancock in his letter seems to have
directed his thoughts like the hunter
who shot at an unknown beast to hit
it if it We're bear but to miss it if il
were a COW. The. first part of the
letter says 'the 18th, 14th and 18th,
amendments to the Constitution EN-.
bedying the results of the war, for
the Union are invioable. If called
to the Presidency, I shall deem it my
duty to resit with all my power any
attempt to impair or eyade the foil
force and effect Of the CONSTITUTE on
which in every article, section, and
amendment is the supreme law of the
land" This part is intended to catch
Republican voters if they are bears,
and to miss the State rights unIecon.
structed defiant Democrats, who still
denounce the amendments as Re.
publican oufrages.
The fourth section of article If,
of the Constitution reads 1.-The
validity of the public debt Of the
United States authorized by law,
including debts incurred for payment
of pensions, and bounties for service
in suppressing instruction or rebel
lion shall not be questioned. But
neither United States nor any State
shall assume or pay any debt or any
obligation incurred in aid Of insurec-
ton or rebellion against the United
States or any claim for the loss or
emancipation Of any slave, But alp
such debts, obligations and claims
shall be held Illegal ana Void Yhis
is strong Republican doctrine and the
Democrats of the State of CalifornM
refused to ratify it, and the Denib-
cratic Legislature of Ohio and New
Jersey when they come into power
rescinded the ratification oy thhse'
States previously made anil thh
Democratic States of Delaware,
Maryland and Kentucky, rejected'it.
Hancock has sugar coated the pill and
viii they now swallow it? woildn't
it be good idea for the people before
they entrust the Democrats with con.
troll of the country to require Ken
lucky, Maryland, Delaware and New
Jersey to fatify that clause at least'df
the Constitution to show their sin.
certify?
A leading official Of the Treasur y
has just returned t0the
city from an extended trip through
the North west. He says that every
where there is the greatest enthnsi-
asm, that the whole North west Sec
ton is ablaze for Garfield end Ar
thur; that Wisconsin, Michigan
Minnesota and the other North
western States will roll up Republi
can majorities, such as have not been
seen for years. 1t is in fact, one of
the most gratifying signs Of the cam
paign. that the more the people learn
of the life and character of General
Garfield, the pure and bright motives
of patriotism that have guided his
public career, the more popular he
becomes, and the people realize that
AIe is fitting in every respect to as.
sumo the great and responsible duties
of the Presidency. The tide has
turned. The voters are becoming
convinced that every interest. every
industry, our national prosperity,
and even the stability of our free IN.
demand, as it were, with
our voice, the continuance of the Re-
publican party in power. The party
That never abandoned a principle,
That never broke promise, and the
party whose wise and successful pol
icy for twenty years of our nation's
lie is the wonder and admiration of
the world. The achievements of the
tepuollcan party has given to the
United States a place among the ma
tons OF the world, never before oc-'
cupied by Republic, and in coming
before the people, asking the election
Of It's sixth candidate for the Presi.
dency, 1t has no past acts to hide or
excuse. 1t points to the past with
PRIDE and promises to continue its
great work it so nobly commenced
70 the lasting honor and prosperity
Of the nation.
InnAN