The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-11-07
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which the respective political par
ties will struggle for supremacy al
the next Presidential election are
clear and simple. 1t will be a tight
On the part of the managers of the
Republicans for the retention of a
system of personal government,
which has placed, and will continue
in their hands the means of conduct
ing, for, their own Individual ad-
vaneement and pecuniary advan-
tage, the transactions of the various
departments. On the other side it
will be q rising of the whole De-
mOcracy, aided by the honest voters
who stand aloof from party, to crush
corruption in Office and remove from
the government every element OF
personality. 1t will be a contest be-
tween honesty and dishonesty.
These who view this matter with
indifference, who fold their arms
and say it matters not which side
WINS; that, whoever be placed in
charge of the nations affairs, the
same system of peculation and ven
atty as now obtains will continue,
are guilty libel upon their coun-
try, and are recreant to the proud
and honorable distinction of Ameri-
can citizenship. They say, in fact,
either that there are no men of in
;egrity in the land, or that the cOun-
try's service is of so degrading ma
ture that none but rogues and
thieves can be found to engage in it.
Either idea reflects discredit upon
the citizen in whose thoughts it can
lind a place the utterance of it re-
legates him TO the lowest rank OF
the vilest slanderers. He defames
his country, and by his words furn-
ishee. the key TO bis own character.
Men of honor, dignity, and sterl-
ing integrity are to be found in
abundance in all sections of our land,
in both political parties, and as in
every large assemblage, there is also
an element of badness in each. Yet
the difference between them is of q
most marked and decided character.
With the Republicans it is the lead
ers who are corrupt, and have done
all that they could 10 spread con-
tagion through the ranks of the par
ty. Under an unprincipled COM
mander, these party leaders have
entrenched themselves within the
lines of hypocrisy and deception,
and involved one of the most gigan-
tic schemes of public plumber, rob
berry and murder that the world has
ever witnessed. So widely spread
have been the unwholesome infu-
ences which they have exercised,
that the whole party has become ut
terly demOralized, and in its degra-
dalton sits quietly by and raises not
it's voice in reproof of the vile and
detcstable practices which, in its
secret heart, it must abhor. The
abOminAble work thus goes on and
thrives, encouraged, and indeed in
stigsted, by the high and mighty in
the land, and tacitly aequiesced in
by the party which placed them
where they are.
And now shall it any more be said
that it matters not by whom the at
fairs of the government are admins
tered-that the fight is simply be-
tween the outs and the ms for pow
er and patronage? The record of
the respective parties gives the lie
to the assertion. For power the bat
tie certainly will be fought. The
Republicans strive for power to pre-
serve and continue their plans OF
plumber. The Democrats strive to
obtain the power which shall enable
them to purify aud cleanse the pub
lie service, and all the avenues which
lead to its portals; which shall
them for restoring to the
country a system of government
which shall be free from reproach,
and an honor aud benefit to the land
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