The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-10-28

The Constitution quotes one Of our
editorials of two or three weeks ago
in which we make a somewhat spirited
protest against the wholesale lying and
defamation of the character Of Gen.
Garfield by the Democratic press and
says that we ''dont know our mans
record" and then goes over the same
old charges Of Credit Mobillier, DeGol-
yer pavement and salary grab, as
though we had never heard of such
things before, or as though he expe ected
by continual repetition Of these stale
ISLANDERS, he could make white black
and the worse appear the better
reason. The Constitution knows that
Garfield opposed the salary bill from
first to last, and only voted for it to
save an extra session; that he never
took one dollar of it out of the treasury.
He was one Of the very first:to cover it
back into the treasury, while some of
the most prominent leaders of the
Democratic party not only favored the
bill, voted for 1t, but took the money
and kept 1t. We have yet to hear the
first protest against their course by
any Democrat or any Democratic
paper. Instead Of asking the guilty
ones to step down and out as the Re-
publicans did, they have been honored
and kept in official position until now.
This very circumstance, by the way, and
others like It, make one Of the marked
distinctions between the Republican
and Democratic party. In every in
stance where Republican officials have
been guilty of crimes in office they have
been promptly dealt with, dismissed
and disgraced. Indeed SO sensitive
was the Republican press on these
points that they made haste to condemn
on the first breath of suspicion, and 1t
is owing to this fact that Garfield came
near being slaughtered In the house of
his friends before the evidence had
been sufficiently heard to justify a
judgement on the charges made. 1t Ia
not true that the long list Of Republican
religious journals have never ack-
nowledged that they were mistaken
when they rashly charged him directly
and indirectly with dishonoring his
office. They have all long ago conclud-
ed they were in error, and are now
among his admirers ard warmest sup
porters, which they could not be and
have any claim to consistency and
honesty, if they still believe those
charges true. Hardly q bakers dozen
Of Garfields constituents in one OF the
counties of his district demanded his
resignation, and they long since were
convinced Of his innocence, and almost
to man are supporting him heartily
Every one Of the charges referred to
have been repeatedly answered to the
satisfaction of all reasonable men as the
Constitution well knows, and this af.
fectation of honesty and sincerity in re-
peating aud believing these ISLANDERS
can deceive no one. 1t is all done fol
effect and no one knows better than
the Democracy that they are base lies,
which, even the most Ignorant, will
understand are only urged for political
reasons. We are not able to reciprocats
the specious and doubtful compliment
that 1--WE believe the Constitution Is
honest but ignorant" On the contrary
when the Democracy work themselves
up to such pitch of virtuous indigna.
ton over the pretended immoralities Of
Gen. Garfield we believe they are
neither ignorant nor honest. A party
that has such holy horror for sin In
others while it has not one word Of con-
fession or condemnation for crimes OF
its own, which in comparison are inky
blackness, will well bear watching.