The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1882-06-23

I'VE declare our purpose 10 take up
the work which fell when Garfield fell
saws the fourth resolution Of the
platform adopted b. the Independents
az Pennsylvania the other day. ~ The
work which fcll'' Oh the "a day Of july,
1881. was the mer beginning Of large
contract. but we VIII give the 6ari'rli
Administration credit for having begun
Il enefgeticallv-
There was tbs faint ~ a previous M
savory Administration ~ which the
Government had 10 b di~infecie \: there
we're hateful and ohnoxlons thirgS
tapping over. a. i were. from Three
consecutive Administrations. that Y Wa
impo. tant 70 get ria ". II was MT N
fact. until the inn ;Iiirafion N Genera.
4 Garfield that the work 81 reconstruct on
4 III 4 broa h. Na'ionsI sense and ~ >
I plain. cor,mon.en~ WAY. was rca W
entered ur0n hnt 'hi~ was not ALL
\ The newly elected Administration had.
IN it, own parfy elements 81 dlsaifcciion
and antarnniSrn "a confront which Il Il
were not possible t0 reconcile. II WA ~
1 least necessary ID crush. and Il was
! RIGHT III the midst 81 this crushing pro
cesS. after Il was found that All attempts
Al reconciliation were nothing more thar.
orcrturc< 81 SURF nder. that President
Garfield frll by The shot q Sfalnar
crazed ASSASSIN aud the enA 81 HI At
m;nistration. aud III that il proposed Y
do or % undo. was dFapei ~ cypress
and monouraphci IN blood.
Great A. the contrasf then was whirf
came 10 this xiolcn. fofAelinrc, II ha'
since become far greater and mere icr
midable. a. the Independents will iint
In their bold and aggress:yt ambition
10 renew and complete NJ. We Leriar'
our purpose, they -ay. A ~ take M N
work which feii when Garfield icll;'
where hit they should bear i
, mind that III Administration Will
: which they have few sympathle
IN common an in'stra'ion vhc
X embodlcs III iis most intense and tena
Z cions form The ycrS reverse of their ow
4 ideas. has since been firmly seated I
/: power. X ~ MT only firmly statet
= but X has succeeded in far more tia
(. uullif.inr Or ncutralixin- what wa
4 done. or what the friends Of Mr. Ga
4 field claim % have been done ~ ihe Y
n tcrc.t III better public service p
Y tween the ith os March and the ~
4 july year AFRO. II haS even gone ny
Z Their. and ~ some extent NJ least h
" reinaugsratrd THE methods and polirl'
" 81 political regime. which. had 4 p
N. been FOR Che inteFppsing fraud a lss
" the country would long since have ou
4 lived and forgotten.
Y The Independents. however. seem
Ia fun, aware OF The difficulties and =
sponsibi,ties which crowd upon ihs
y new movement They call for an 4
q clifton of the .spoil~ system by n
~ ormation 81 existing evils for the ~
ognition of the public service ~ ~
and honorable trust instead Of ~ prs
~ titnfion ID partisan ,iSe$ for the N
~ And conscientious exercise of priNa
IL Judgment IN political affairs, instead
M The insolcncc. The prescription and \
,ss tNrannN o. boss sin ~ "marhi
III ralc. II j. bu, too true hat the n
II 81 the boss and the machine I
',a years startof them. but their deter
ma nation Is none the less pronounced 4
W. their courage In any wise abashed.
- II NAV be that they are the inst
IN mcnts IL Providence in the salvation
the country and lis restoration % u
a. wholesome. honest. Democratic r,
he which. lowering - near and yct 70
W. seems TO require some Phenomena
nc revolutionary force TO ciIcctuatc
sn- eventual triumph.
nd III this contest the Democratic pa
ur. has no special interest excepting ~
he a. X leads III the direction Of a grad
3D. reassertion of its own principles !
a. points beyond THE smoke and turn
ers III factions battlefield 10 the dawn
hip better and brighter days for tbe Rep
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