The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-11-03
DEERFIELD.

Correspondence.
The election is once more over. and our town
ship did her share toward upsetting the Republi- |
can majority in Portage County-the majority
being 3S less than on the State ticket last year.
By the way. Deerfeld was the only Republican
township that reduced the Republican majority
from October until November last year. Garfield
receiving q smaller majority than received
by the State ticket.
Now that the feeling and excitement engcnder-
ed by events that have occurred within the past
three months have to some extent subsided. a
calm and dispassionate retrospect of the causes
producing those events may not be out of place,
Whilst all sincerely deplore and regret the fate
of President Garfeld-deplore and regret the
fact that the time has come when the President
of the United States cannot 20 upon the street
without danger of assassination from his political
friends-the cause is to be found in the twenty
years rule of corruption fraud and stealing be-
gotten by the Republican party. The people
have been taught by the Republican party that
the Government is an institution to be plucked
and plundered. and that Republicans are to do
the plucking. Should they accidentally be caught
and punished. it is the duty of Republican au-
thority to pardon and condone the crime. as is
evidenced in the cases of sertain defaulting Pay
masters and the st. Louis whisky ring thieves.
If one of these patriots thinks he has as good a
not reach far enough to pluck the bird. by reason
of some obstruction. he exescises a claimed right
to remove the obstruction by means of the bullet
or otherwise 1t is fearful state of things to
which we have been brought. and one never con-
tenn plated by the Fathers ofthe Republic. It was
never Supposed by them that a party could be-
come corrupt as the present Republican party,
and have the people educated to sustain 1t in its
corrupt practices-that party would put forth
1 Al h,r,,
and the people would blindly support fhem-that
party would by fraud seize upon the Presiden-
cy, and the receiver of the stolen goods be found
| rewarding the fraud manipulators with good fat
positions under the government. where honesty
should be one of the first requisites for position
| But hone esty has become an obsolete word in the
Republican party.
1t is fortunate for Arthur that his possible sue
cessor is Democrat, for it insures his life from
| the hands of an assassin. If a Republican had
been elected President pro TEN of the Senate,
and some Republican were denied his fancied
right to steal from the government. he. too. might
be the next victim. with the hope that under his
successor the coveted prize might be reached,
| for the good of the Republican party"
| lam willing to give the Republicans credit for
the feeling and man worship exhibited upon the
occasion of the Presidents death and funeral.
for they deeply feel the humiliation of having
| for his successor one whom they now admit to be
| one who was too corrupt for even the corrupt ad-
ministration of Hayes and Sherman, but they
| elected him with a full knowledge of his antece-
dents, to fill the contingency that has taken place.
They now regret it, but it is too late.
Although all admit that human life is uncer-
tain. the singular spectacle is presented of peo-
ple protesting to be a Christian community.
matchmaking the assassin of the President,
and yet protesting to believe that the Lord
giveth and the Lord taketh away" The Lord
gave us Garfield, according to the generally ac-
cepted belief, and the Lord has taken him away
in His own good time. and according to His own
good pleasure. Now. it appears to me. that my
Christian friends, in railing at the poor devil OF
an assassin. and telling what ought to be done
with him, regardless of law. or court. or jury,
are flying directly in the face of the Lord for
doing what they claim was His own good will
and pleasure. Keep cool, friends-let the law
take its course and justice be done. If the Pres
ident died from the effects of the bullet wound.
let the guilty suffer; if he died from malpractice
let not the wrong one be punished beyond his
deserts. BURR.