The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-10-19
No Turning Backi

What shall the Republican party
do? Shall we accept the result of the
recent election as a final defeat, and
recede, as gracefully as may be from
the stand taken by the party upon the
temperance question, or shall we go
forward upon the line upon which we
have been moving in the campaign
just closed?
We do not believe any Republican
will hesitate long in deciding this
question, and deciding it in the right
direction. The Republican party does
not retreat. 1t is party of progress.
It is a campaigning party. 1t never
hides within line Of defense awaiting
an opportunity to pander to some
prejudice, or create some false I'M
preston in order to gain popular
favor. 1t only pauses to inquire what
is right, then goes manfully forward
with determination to battle only
for the right, and a confidence IN the
righteousness Of its work.
The party has never passed through
campaign in Ohio wien it has
marched over better ground than in
the campaign just closed. The great
majority of the people of Ohio are law
abiding, decent people. They believe
in honesty, sobriety, and proper re-
gard for the Sabbath. They do not
believe, and will not admit, that the
crime Of selling and swilling beer and
whisky should be the great and over
shadowing idea that influences the
action of political parties.
If a man comes to Ohio, let him be
an Ohio man and an American-no
matter where he comes from, and let
him be treated with all the considera-
ton accorded to other citizens Of Ohio.
If he comes vaunting his nationality
as giving him right to trample upon
the laws Of Ohio, and the laws OF God
he should be taught a lasting lesson
That is the way all thinking men will
view this matter.
AS matters now stand, the saloon
keepers, brewers, distillers, and Grim
inals generally, using the Democratic
party as the instrument with which tc
accomplish their purpose, have sue
ceeded, largely through the apathy Of
good, law-abiding citizens, in captur-
ing the State Of Ohio. Thus, with
her asylums full, her Penitentiary
full, and most Of her Democrats full
the State is in possession, so far as {
few insignificant offices go, of the ad
vocates Of crime and lawlessness
Shall it remain so? This is serious
question, question affecting every
home in the State. The criminals
who enjoy short-lived prosperity by
robbing families through the agency
of the doggery are now gloating ovel
the prospect before them, and affect
to rejoice that the Republican party
must back down from the stand it ha:
taken upon the temperance question
and, by thus showing cowardice, anc
by throwing overheard such leaders a:
Foster, Sherman, West, and men Of
their character, deserve the contempt
of the people, and forever fail Of sue
cess.
The people Of Ohio are not ready
to believe that the only incentive tt
political action should lie in man.
stomach. That is not the idea that il
taught in our school-houses; that i
not the idea that lies hidden in ou
ore and coal fields; that is not tn
song that ssung by our mills, our fac
tories, our furnaces and our railways
The people Of Ohio are progressive
people, and it is not fair to assum,
that the home Of the last Republican
President, and the State which neve
gives its vote to Democratic candi
date for the Presidency, will be will
ing to surrender, permanently t.
crime and lawlessness.
/ What the Republicans want to dc
is to take still more advanced grount
on this important question, and t.
fight it out boldly upon the line O
duty and right-thus commanding
the respect Of the people, and achiev
ing glorious and lasting victory.