The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-08-20

candidate for the Presidency Of the
United States Winfield scott Hancock
Is the National candidate. the Union
candidate
Garfield Is the candidate OF the spirit
Of secfionalism. first. BY reason Of the
sectional spirit, and habit. and purpose.
and su-tenance Of the Republican party,
which was in the beginning. Is now,
aud ever shall be- sectional party.
We will not now discuss the PROPOSE
ton whether or not, in the Providence
Of God. in the days Of slavery. such .
party, though sectional. was needed
We will not now debate the question
whether or not il was humane section
alism. in that earlier hour. upon which
the Republican party was built We will
not now argue the issue whether or not
the humanene-s Of The idea upon which
the Republican party was founded was
more beautiful thanits sectionalism was
deformed- That the deformity was lost
sight OF by many wise and good men in
the contemplation ofits humane purpose
is undeniable- But other ia, have come
Slavery was abolished half . gem
Grafton ago. and the Republican party
Is still sectional Admitting that it
was pardonable sectionalism in the be-
ginning. it is objectionable now. Ad-
hitting that il was beautiful and pa
triotic them il is unratrictic and ugly
now. Admitting that such secfionalism
was necessary then. il is a crime now
For long years the Republican party
has retained power only By the hideous
methods of Keeping alive the fires Of
sectional hate. which disinterested pa
triotism would have fastened TO put
out Its only hope Of retaining power
has rested in the devilish skill, the in
formal ingenuity with which the Repub-
lican manipulators and Office holders
not the Republican masses could en-
ploy 70 keep sectional hate burning.
This has been the narrow foundation,
the shameful glory Of the Republican
managers for more than = decade
These are still the hope and the i'm
pulses Of the men who manage the party
affairs; and Garfield Is the candidate
of these methods Inevitably. BY his
position. he Is the representative at this
moment Of this narrow. hateful. sep
arative idea in the politics of the
Union.
No only BY reason Of his position as
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party tendencies is Garfield sectional
candidate. but Garfield himself has been
among the most active and prominent
of those who have kept the Republican
party sectional And Nathan - q unto
David: " Thou art the man" From the
middle Of the civil war till this hour,
more than seventeen years. this has
been a part Of Garfield business He
has in all this time breathed not the
pure atmosphere Of Union. but the
poisoned atmosphere of sectionalism-
On the floor Of the House. and in all Of
the intervening political campaigns. in
each Of which he has taken an energetic
part. his constant employment has been
to keep the sectional spirit alive. The
platform on which he i nominated bears
the dark c0fors Of secfiOnaiism- Gar
field letter Of acceptance does not re-
pudiate tn .; but. on the contrary.
emphasizes II. Therefore we say that
General Garfield. in his representative
character. in his political personal
ity, and by the inevitable results
Of his training for eighteen years.
is the sectional candidate for the Pre-i-
dency Of the United States II he
could be elected. his Administration
would be one Of pronounced sectional
ism Apart from other considerations
that enter into this campaign. this j. >
commanding one: and we are convinced
that the people Of this country are tired
of sectionalism, and desire peace and
union.
Winfield Scott Hancock il the Union
candidate for the Presidency He il
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has been spent in the atmosphere Of
the Union and not OF partisanship. He
volunteered in boyhood in the service Of
the Union. where be has steadily re-
manned. When the Union was in peril
he volunteered to leave = place Of ease
and safety for one Of danger. He has
known nothing but service to our coun-
try. Not more than three or four men.
living or dead. have rendered services
to the Union IS conspicuous and splen-
did rs his have been And they have
been voluntary mo man more 90. Gar
field volunteered for year; he
volunteered for life. He has not
been embroiled in any OF the
petty strifes OF parfisanship. His ca
reer has shown no narrowness. He has
loved the Union in battle. and has loved
civil liberty in peace. He viii give 20
the country broad. National Admins
trztion in the true spirit Of Union His
election will mean peace II viii mean
the extinguished embers Of sectional
bitterness 1t will take that baneful
feature altogether out OF our politics
Ii will be impossible for the Republican
managers 20 again make this passion =
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gain 10 an industrial. peaceful Republic,
. bene6ccnce TO al the the people Of
all sections Of the country. II will se-
cure that paciicafion which even the
Republican msniPulatcrs profess to de-