The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-09-12
noME THRUST.

year, or tells of the corrupt use which
be made of his power as speaker, Re-
publican papers denouuce the state
ments as campaign SANDER. We would
now call the attention of our readers to
the following letter of Hon. Thad. G.
Pound-one of the most intelligent and
influential Republicans of Wisconsin.
Mr.. Pound ie perhaps the most d:stin-
guishsd Republican in Wisconsin, and
his opposition to Mr.. Blaine will cause
profound sensation throughout the
Northwest. He has for years been an
unwavering leader 10 the Republican
party, always supporting the entire
ticket, and has been very prominent in
its counsels for over twenty years. He
was q leading member of the State
Legislature in 1864, 1866, 1867 and
1869. He was elected Lieutenant Gov
ernor in 1869, and was in 1876 elected
to Congress. from the Eight District,
then embracing more than nalf the area
of Wisconsin. He served three terms
in Congress, taking very prominent
part. He was Chairman of the Com
nittee on Public Lands in the Forty
seventh Congress. At the end of his
third term he voluntarily retired from
public life to devote himself to private
enterprise. His repudiation OF Mr..
Blaine proceeds from no personal griev-
snce or disappointment, but from firm
conviction that the Republican nominee
is not the man for the place. Mr..
Pound has thousands OF friends in Wis.,
consia. He was close friend of Gar
field, and was strongly urged for q
Cabiaet position. Following is Mr..
Pounds letter
Milwaukee, Aug. 25Ih, 1884.
Gen. E. d. Bryant, Madison-My
Dear Sir: Your favor of the 23d inst,
asking an expression Of my views OF
the Political situation is received. So
many friends of varied political bias
have addressed me in person aud by
letter touching my attitude on the Pre-
sidential question that | am constrained
to make pretty full response to your
kind inquiry, with permission to publish
the same if you deem it wise to do so.
After much earnest and solicitous
delibsration | deem il to bs my duty,
while abating naaght of loyalty to che
Republican PARTY, but rather to pro-
mote its true purpose and strengthen it
for future good work, to support the
Democratic nominee, Gov. Cleveland,
for President at the approaching cleo
tion. My Judgment disagrees with, and
my conscience rebels against, the action
Of the Republican Convention in the
nomination Of Mr.. Blaine, and without
arrogating for myself wisdom superior
to majority Of representative Repub-
licans convened to voice the determine
ton of my party, I am compelled to
obey my own best Judgment and Sc nse
of duty in this single and extraordinary
instance. Being life long Republican
and the recipient of many distinguished
honors, State and national, it is due my
political associates, so often my cordial
supporters, and myself that the reasons
for departure from conventional coop
GRAFTON be frankly stated.
4 Presidential candidate should be
the highest and best type of political
integrity ,statesmanship,snd Republican
principles.
Mr.. Blaine is not such a man, but, in
my opinion, ,embodies most in American
politics that is msnscing to public NOR
ais and integrity in Government. With
. long public career, mainly distinguish
ed for q sort OF declamatory and pugilis-
tic statecraft, he is not the inspiration
of single valuable policy or the author
of an important statute, but, on the
contrary, has often suggested and sup
ported unwise and bad, and opposed
good legislation. With record cloud
ed by suspicion and accusation of job
berry and corruption undefended, he
brings to US personal antagonisms which
have torn and weakened our party in
the past, invading the Administration
of the lamented Garfield with demands
of personal vengeance 80 virulent as to
infame the spirit of assassination.
Blaine is himself speculator, enjoy
ing fortune Too great to have been
acquired by honest industry, Legitimate
business enterprise, or his country's
service at $4,000 year. He sympathizes
with and profits by speculative stock
jobbing and gambling methods of ac-
quiTing wsalth-methods whish have
wrought ruin, disgrace and business
disaster beyond computation, schooled
youth and persuaded middle age to
avoid honest and useful industry, made
suicide and insanity commonplace, un-
settled values, placed the fruits of houest
toll in the power of the Goulds and
Astors to bear down or bull up in
the markets as whim or interest may
dictate methods which recently gave
as but an exaggerated illustration Of
their iniquitous consequences in Ethe
Grant & Ward s15, 100000 failure and
robbery.
Reference to Blaine's Congressional
record relating to subsidies, class legis-
lation, corporate exaction, etc., will
readily satisfy the honest inquirer of
his uniform support of monopolies and
indifference to the common veal. Little
wonder that he omits in his letter to
refer to or explain the cause of the great
disparity in the distribution Of this
marvellous increase of wealth accumu-