The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-10-17
Observation-Disclosures CONCLU-
SIONS

SIONS.
Those WHO deal justly with principles, pol
itics and current events must, OF necessity
inevitably arrive at the conclusion that the
Republican party is doomed. The verdict is
weighed in the balance and found want
ing" Ii the Republican party ever had Il
mission il has been fulfilled There is moth
ing left for it but to die. During its entire
existence it has been a pestilence scOurge.
1t prated of virtue; it practiced vice.
Upon its banners il Haunted the
motto "God and morality" but with
felony-fashioned figures, it made record of
monstrOus mendacity and malignity. In
the majesty of its majorities it aSsailed
right and dethroned reason. 1t exalted the
bayonet above the ballot. 1t constituted it.
self superior u Constitutions, and, in the
midst of saturnalia, in which all sense of
responsibility was obscured. ii debauched
the Federal judiciary and made license law.
For the first time in the history OF Christian
civilization it made fraud the founda-
ton OF success. compelled forgery TO
play the role OF fact. and on
derrick of perjury hoisted
a creature as despicable as Judas lscariOt.
into the office OF President In the develop
ment OF its destiny, it utilized all things
base and villainous in human nature, and to
cap the climax of infamy, split into frag-
ments over the division OF its piratical plum
der. and in the war of examinations aud re-
ordinations which followed, an imp of hell
crawled forth, and at the crack of his murder
Gus pistol James A. Garfield fell. exclaiming,
my God. What is this?'' Sure enough,
what was it? 1t was the climax of Republi-
can riot rule; the fitting outcome
OF party fashioned God only knows where,
spawned God only knows how or for what
purpose. 1t came forth with tang and beak
and claw, and now the people, weary OF its
wickednesS, disguised with its duplicity,
tired of its treasOns, detesting its dishonesty
and denouncing its depravity, have deter
mined to remove it from power. From Iowa,
where the Republican party had built its
fortresses and proclaimed them impregnable,
with a clear majority OF about 10000 to stand
guard on the battlementS, the news comes
that decentralization has overtaken it and
that the Democratic party is making glorious
headway. From Ohio comes the news that
iIspite of all the appliances OF power, the
Republican party has deem defeated, and
that the Buckeye State is in line with Demo
cratic States and has come to stay. In Mas
sachusetts. the Republican party, bearing
about with it its Tewksbury horror, pauper
stihs and specimens OF tanned human skin,
is tramping TO the inevitable bone yard.
Everywhere the work of Repub-
lican decentralization is going for
ward The outlook could scarcely
be more cheering. A revolution of retribu-
ton is rolling grandly on. The mills OF the
gods are in operation. They are grinding
the Republican bosses, Half-breeds and
Stalwarts everything from Arthur to
Malone - exceedingly small. The out
look is cheering. The deStinies OF
the great Republic will soon be, by
the fiat of the people, in, Democratic hands.
Under Democratic sway the Republic ex-
banded to continental proportions Peace
and prosperity prevailed. The will OF the
people was obeyed. The people have de-
ciared that the Democratic party shall again
take the helm. That will do for the present.
The 18th Of March. 1885, will record whatever
else is required to inausurate Government
of the people, by the people, and for the
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