Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-07-15
FOR GARFIELD.
Hon. p. A. Orion Gives Reasons fer Prefer.
ring tho Republican CANDIDATE for Presi-

Darlington, Wis. July 3. 1850.

subject, I have concluded it is my
duty, to vote for, and do all in my
power 10 promote the elect a of Hon.
James A. Garfield President of the
U. S., and shall do so.
Having uniformly acted with the
Democratic party in the past. it is
proper | should give the reasons
which have impelled me to this
course, which in briei / will do.
am fully aware OF the severe cen.
sure which is almost universally visi-
ted upon those who, for any cause,
forsake old political associations.
Bad motives are generally assigned
for the change. ! cannot expect ex-
emption from such censure, though
fully conscious that am governed
only by a sense of duty, which it
would be positively wrong IN me to
disregard.
Many of my Oldest, best aud most
cherished friends are Democrats.
ask of them the exercise of that char
ity which our long friendship and the
confidence which hope they have in
my integrity will inspire.
On the day of the evacuation of
New York city by the British in 1888
at dinner given in honor of the
event by Gov. Clinton, at which
Washington and other distinguished
revolutionlsts were present, who
knew full we'll the cost of the nations
liberty, the following toast was given,
"May justice support what courage
has gained"
This sentiment so prominent in the
minds of the iorefathers, after their
struggle for independence, ought to
have infinitely greater weight with
us. In the light of a century's his.
tory we have seen the manifold dan.
gers to which the Republic is exposed
and have seen the most formidable
rebellion in the worlds history delib-
erately organized for its overthrow,
only put down by sacrifice of life
and treasure which it is appalling to
contemplate.
At no time ought the American
people to invoke justice to protect
what courage has gained with the
ferYency which it is their patriotic
duty now to do. The grandest re-
suits of tie late civil war are the
preservation of the Union, and the
abolition of slavery in the Republic.
The all important principle estab-
llshed by It is, that no State has q
right to secede, that the United
States is nation, supreme within its
jurisdiction, of the extent of which it
is the sole Judge.
No grander results ever adorned
the brow of any conqueror They
are worthy the American people, and
justice imperatively demands at our
hands, that not one jot or title of
these grand achievements shall be
surrendered or placed in jeopardy.
Whatever the Democratic party
may have been in the past, it is es-
sentially and absolutely the party of
the South today. Of the 185 elec;o.
raj votes required to elect Presi-
dent this fall, the Democratic party
count the 1873 votes from the solid
South, made up of the States which
seeded, or wanted to secede, and
dare not, solid ia advance for its can.
didate. The balance, AZ votes, they
hope to get in the North. Thirty.fve
of them they confidently expect from
the city Of New York, for the State
of New York, outside the city, is as
strongly Republican as Wisconsin.
The remaining IL votes they hope to
receive from some of the doubtful
northern States.
1t is said the democratic candi,
dates are northern men, but is it not
true that the South were compelled
to nominate northern men in order to
give any assurance of success at the
election. Could the South have done
less, and have been true to their pur-
pose, to get control of the govern
ment? 1t matters not who the Pres.
ident is, if he is controlled by the
South.
The record of the democratic party
in congress tor the last four years has
justly excited the suspicious of north
ern men. The promises to the PEG.
pie made in the democratic platform
OF 1876, of civil service and revenue
reforms, and upon which the people
acted in giving the party control in
congress, are entirely unfulhlled
Civil service reform has gone no far
Their than to unreasonable restrict ap.
preparations, by which the efficiency
OF the service in some branches has
been greatly impaired, and large APP
preparations to cover deficiencies
have been made necessary, while mil
lions have been thrown away for the
Improvement of rivers and harborS
all over the nation. Revenue reform
eliminated in the selection of Mr.
Randall as Speaker OF the House,
protectionist of the most determined
sort, by whom the House was so or
gained that no measure for revenue
reform would be reported from the
committee TO which it was necessari.
ly referred. While great part of
the time of congress has been occu.
pied in the discussion of measures
unsonght and unasked by the North,
and OF interest only to the South. such
tor instanoe,as amnesty to Mr.. Davis,
the repeal of the test oath, and the
repeal of the election supervisor law,
which were urged with zeal worthy
a better cause, their forced approval
by the President, being attempted by
lacking them to appropriation bills.
At least one of these measures was
urged through congress upon the old
ante betlum idea of States Rights, de.
nying to congress the power to exer
else any control of elections even.
when members of congress and o
President we're to be elected.
To be sure this party OF the South
has respectable following at the
North. There is, however, this OBJ
vIous difference between the southern
and northern democracy They
equally desire success; the South
primarily that they may have politi.
cal power, the North that they NAV
have political place. Thew work Ia.