The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-12-01

blessings Drighten as tney take
their flight" When the country
once sees Republican House about
to 60, and Democratic one about
to come in, with strong hint like
wise of probable Democratic Ad-
ministration to follow it, with all
that the word implies, the people
will begin to open their eyes to the
blessing they have received from the
two bright decades of Republican
rule and progress and national i'm
provement. Twice Republicanism
by smashing slavery and disinthrall-
ing labor has made our system OF
government and our system of indus
try harmonious. We only need to
60 forward in the road, the party's
principles and policies have marked
out to have our national prosperity
and happiness assured. Our three
hundred millions of annual expenses
are collected and met, and the peo-
pie do not feel the hand of the gov
ernment, Our debt is being steadily
and rapidly paid, and still we have
greater individual and national pros.
peri.y than we have ever known, and
too much revenue coming into the
Treasury But what would the {
Democrats do? They promise as
much to the people as the devil did
to Jesus Christ when he wanted him
to worship him. But what will they
dop Will they destroy the internal
revenue system and ruin the tariff!
Will they pension more soldiers than
the Republicans have-those of the
Mexican war, rebels and all, and
some rebels OF the late war, and fail
to provide for paying an, Without
tariff and without internal revenues
we cannot pay off the debt, pay our
pensions and make the other neces-
sary appropriations for carrying on
the government. When the Demo-
Gratis had the House recently, al
though they didn't care TO cripple
the tariff or disturb the revenue
much, they gave the government a
little foretaste of the Starving pro-
cess, in refusing to make appropria-
tions necessary to run the depart-
ments. Reflect how little we have
felt the hand of the government
from Lincoln down to Arthur. Think
of our free domain only one.ffth
smaller than all Europe, with her
struggling republics-her standing
armies and her expressions of taxa
ton and hardship, and answer wheth-
er the mission of Republicanism is
ended and Democracy ought TO
have "restoration."
The "Jeannette investigation" is
still in search of the "frozen truth"
about the sad fate of DeLong, and
his management of the expedition
10 hunt for the open North seas and
to advertise the New York Herald.
President Arthur meditates over
the recommendation of his forth
coming message, about the bright
lawns of the Soldiers Home. But
whether this is managing Admin
istration," and whether he "medi-
tates" on matrimony (as well as the
Vice PresidenD, when the repairs are
made to his "house in town" or not,
is something "no fellow can find
out" The Washington gossips have
been off the scent for sometime. In
the meantime the President is as Sc
rene as the golden autumn weather OH
the blue Potomac.
The sensation of the hour is the
Garfield Memorial Fair, which is now
attracting thousands TO its beautiful
and novel sights in its novel temple,
the Capitol of the nation. 1t was
certainly graceful act on the part of
the direction to invite specially, with
the Oldest inhabitants, the Mexican
war veterans, etc., those old soldiers
of the Army of the Cumberland,
who composed the "Garfeld Guard
of Honor" while the dead Presi-
dent lay in state for two days and
nights in the rotunda, and mutely,
and particularly and tenderly piloted
the streams of humanity in and out
through the Capitol, in order and
decorum, as they came from near and
far to see the last of Garfield in the
city of his triumph and his fall. This
great fair of the artistic and the Gu
rious, will no doubt prove source Of