The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-07-18
TIE YOUNG MEN IN POLITICS.

TIE YOUNG MEN IN POLITICS.
Once a man always a man, is the law, and
the law determines, politically, when
youth ceases 10 be youth and becomes
young man clothed with the high prerogative
Of welding the ballot-of impressing his con-
victions upon the political affairs of the
country. The law, however assumes that
while young man of twenty-one years may
vote, there are offices within the gift of his
fellowcitizens which he can not hold until
he is qualified by more years and more ex-
perience to assume great responsibilities.
The school population of the Republic in
1850 amounted to IL, 3O2 S62. Assuming that
half of this school population is males
we have 1851, 431 youths, of whom at least
100000 graduate as voters every
year. These young men, as they come to
the front, are not in sympathy with effete
ideas. The policy of the Republican press
has been to inoculate the youth of the coun-
try with the prejudces born OF war and the
asperities which war always engenders.
There is, - says the New York World, "such
thing as progress, which these newspapers
do not take into account. Progress gathers
in all the young men. 1t brings within its
scope men who have nothing in common
with the likiDgs and prejudlces born twenty
five years ago and nursed through the War
and paraded at every election since. The
Republicans waived the bloody shirt
and run the Southern outrage mill
as their stock in trade at election
times, while another generation of voters
wss growing up and preparing, with wider
views and broader aims, to make their infu-
ence felt in the elections. The old election
managers could devise no better means to
reinforce the Republican party than to bar
gain with such men as Malone, while around
them growing up to their hand were young
men with fresh blood, strong impulses and
high aims, who will not be contaminated by
contact with methods like these" The
young men of America are not disposed 10
cast in their fortunes with the Republican
party Its bosses are too corrupt. In Vir-
ginia Malone is trying to swindle honest
creditors out of their money, and Arthur
is dong what he can to enable Malone
10 achieve success. Young men do not care
to affiliate with party which encourages re-
puUlaLlO0 IN open ueuduCe Oi al uOuOEdDle
considerations. The young men of America,
as they read the history of Republican
methods TO seat Hayes, the frauds, forgeries
and perjuries which we're utilized to accom-
plish such an infamous result, turn from the
party with unutterable loathing. They see
theft, robbery, embezzlement in every de-
partment of the Government. Star Route
robbery in the Posiofice Department stu
pendous land stealing in the Interior Depart
ment, peculation and fraud in the Navy
Department, and vile corruption in the
Department of Justice; the Treasury
Department honey-combed with fraud,
where sneak thieves rioted in security under
| the nose Of John Sherman as their boss-a
man in the Presidential Office whose record
was so infamous that even r. B. Hayes re-
| fused to tolerate him. Here in Indianapolis
so corrupt have the 'high officials" of the
! party become that they are openly charged
! by distinguished member of the party
with conniving at crimes which long since
/ should have sent them TO the Penitentiary.
] Young men just coming into the possession
Of the high prerogstives OF citizens can
afford to act with party whose record is SO
intellectually stained with corruption.