The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-01-04
"Chet," Not a Scapegoat.

We mean by "Chet" Chester A.
Arthur, President of the United States,
the man whose Presidential life began
when James A. Garlield's official life
went out. This man "Chet' wears
fine and fashionable store-clothes,
knows how to dine, loves his friends,
hates his enemies and is known to be a
fast friend of Stephen w. Dorsey. AS
a political hummer he long since won
considerable reputation, and was given
a lucrative position in the New York
Custom House as reward for his
services. He was unceremoniously
kicked out OF office by R. B. Hayes and
John Sherman. But his political star
did not SET The spoils system of Gov
ernment, which he understands per-
fectly. made him Vice-PreSident, and
a spoils-hunting assassin's bullet made
him President. This spoils syste IL of
Government has for years been prac-
ticed by the Republican party. 1t has
debauched every department of the Gov
ernment, its abominable contaminatio ms
having made the Supreme Cou t of the
Republic thing of contempt 1t has
placed the robes of exalted official station
upon n torious rascals and transformed
honest men into thieves. 1t has robbed
the poor to increase the wealth of the
rich. and taxed ths people to create
surplus revenue to be stolen and
squandered under the sanction of laws
expressly enacted to promote protiigacy
and protect thieves. 1t has at last been
overwhelmed by a tidal wave of the
peo ,le's Indignation, and now set of
white-livered half-breeds, who have
stood in with every form of rascalit y
known to the party, are trying to break
the crushing force of the peoples ver-
dict b declaring that the disaster which
has oTertaken the Republican party is
chargeable to Chester A. Arthur, when,
in fact. he is no more responsible for it
than ten thousand other bosses who
have. ceaselessly outraged everything
honest and just 10 secure victory, and
who have hesitated at nothing within
the entire domain of Infamous villainy
to obtain and maintain power. Chester
A. Arthur is, notwithstanding his high
Office, simply boss, an unscrupulous
partisan, who probably never drew an
honest political breath in his life, and all
along his nefarious career he has been
recognized as partisan, ready for any
desperate game that would bring success
to his party. The Republican bosses
now hope, by throwing the responsibility
of defeat upon Arthur, 20 escape further
penalties when again they ask to be
placed in power. The game will not
work. The device is too transparent.
The duplicity dodge has been played
too frequently for the people to be
again deceived. The verdict of the
people is not against Chester A. Arthur,
except as by the bloody fruits of the
spoils system he may have been made
conspicuous. The verdict is against
the nefarious policy and practices of
the Republican party, its bosses and
managers. all in lump. and kick as
they may, bray as they may, the ver-
dict will stand 1t is retribution. 1t is
long-delayed penalties. 1t is the burst
ing of storm that has been gathering
force for years, and which could be no
longer delayed. Two years hence it
will gweep the country again, when the
pems cratic party will assume. control.
Let It be understood everywhere that
the annihilating verdict of the people
is against the Republican party, and
not specially against Chester A. Arthur,
and that it will not be revoked by MAX
ing "Chet.' a scapegoat.-Indtana
State Sentinel.