Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-08

CHICAGO, November, 4, 1880.
Yes, the battle is over. W. have
met the enemy and-and-he is our
nri- no. our captor. His financial
flank movement did the business, and
Liberty will have to wrlthe in chains
for another four years,
Reader, do you see that man over
there taking it easy, apparently salts
fed with his mission so far on this
sublunary sphere2 Well, that man
was arraigned OF the bar ofpubGc sen
timent aud official investigation and
found to have committed the most
d~isgraeeful and criminal acts while a
trusted servant Of the people, crimes
such as bribe-taking perjury, etc. lie
was found guilty by a jury OF his con
gressional peers, and of his own poll
teal party of these heinious %offenses;
And the press Of his party and
his W local constituents, as
well as the general public,
denounced him for these %disgracetul
practices. And no matter where he
went the finger Of contempt and soorn
was pointed at him. This was some
time in the past. But, presto A
change suddenly startled the country
a change as to this man; this self-con
yicted felon; this bribe-taker; this
periurerl Countless disciples Of his
party counselled together, concluded
that they could use him for their base
purposes. and again took him into full
fellowship. that through him they
could the better carry out their de-
signs. Through their subsidized and
party press they commenced the task
of trying to clean the ulcerous record
of this man. They tried, and tried,
but labored in vain. The damned
SPOT would not ''out." Nevertheless,
even with his foul record clinging to
him, they put him forward TO cham
pion their cause; thrust this filthy
leper forth before the nation to offend
the sight and struck in the
nostrils of decency, and it shook hon
esty and virtue. Made him their
standard bearer to lead them to vic
tory; naming as the reward for success
the highest honors in the land. These
wire-pullers set aside and entirely ig-
nored the many honorable, honest, pa
triotic men Of their fold, put them
into the traces and ordered them to
follow where this despicable figure
head led. And their dietum was
law-yes, sad be it to say, but never
theless such is the fact, that these
honorable men and true had to do the
bidding Of these whippers-in and wal
loWthrough the same dirty mlre as they
In their work to crown their designs
with success. o, Temporal ., Moresl
The hosts were m~arshaled; the battle
fought, and the victory won. Yes,
won by the party having for its stan
dard- bearer this foul blot upon deem
CIV. honor and honesty. That man
sitting ever there, that man who
looks so much like a Christian
gentleman. That apparently honest,
honorable, unpolluted gentleman, is
the head standard bearer OF that lately
victorious political army. And his
name is GARFIELD James A. Car
field, the sage Of Mentor; the bribe-
taker; the p%erjurer; the self-conYieted
liarl The man whose own party but
a little while ago held his vile record
up to public gaze in such a light as to
disgust honesty and decency in every
quarter ofthis broad land. Remem-
Der, reader, that man is James A.
Garfield, and he is to occupy the seat
at the nations hand once hlled BY the
immortal Washington Yes, TO oceupv
the place, the very foremost place at
the nations head, 50 honored in the
past. And heneeiorth for three Years
this self-branded bribe-taker is TO be
styled PRESIDENT President Of these
broad United States, whose creation
sprung from the valor, patriotism and
blood ofhonest, honorable menl What
a sad, very sad commentary it is upon
those who aided to bring about such
Odium upon the country. Vale, bride
taker.
Another picture. Do you see that
gentleman standing over there-that
fine specimen Of q man? Well. he
has not a blot on his public or private
character. As a pure social and civil
gentleman he has few peers; as a pal.
liant soldier, no superiors. That man
has stood up in the very widest wages
of war, and rescued victory, glorious
victory, from the promise Of dire de-
feat, when the very existence of the
union depended upon success at Get.
tysburg. When his brilliant part for
the union was played, and he was
called to other fields, he it was who
defended the constitutional laws OF
the country against the dictum OF
those who would trample it under
foot. He it was who issued the eel
etrated Order No. 40, that said ID
bayonets, Turn aside; '0thello's oc-
equations gone; thus far and nc
farther; the civil is the superior
Of the military law in times
Of peace" And it was done. That
man, an honor to himself, and the
pride Of this broad nation, bears a
maine found among the first 10 sign
the Declaration Of Independence Of
the colonies when this country struck
the first blow for its liberty from the
rule o~ftyrants. That man Is Hancock,
General Winfield S. Hancock, whom,
even his political enemies, could not
make a mark for their shafts Of hatred
fnd malice. OF 1 forgot, One Gen