The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-08-14

To the young men OF the State desire TO al
dress few words. You are just entering upol
the duties Of life. Very soon the duties anc
responsibilities which were committed by our
fathers TO us will be handed over 20 you.
There never was time In the history OF the
world when this important epoch could be en-
tered upon favorably as now. especially
charge Won not TO connect yourself with any
decayed or decayng party, whose past IN mil
dew and blight. whose mistakes have been
errors little less than crimes: whose future
promises disintegration, disturbance, and ruin;
whose presence is pestience; and whose supre-
macy would be destruction TO the onward
march OF civilization.
The reasons are obvious why Gov. Cleve-
land should not be elected TO the high
was absolutely unknown until elected
TO his present position two years ago
He was so obscure that ! notice judge
Thurman In recent speech in Ohio sad: Il do
not know Gov. Cleveland" He represents
principles and practices which believe 10 DO at
war with the best interests OF this country lie
should not be supported for other reasons. He
vetoed important bills passed by the last Legis-
lature OF New York. among which were those TO
protect children OF tender age from excessive
labor in charitable and reform institutions lie
vetoed the bill reducing the fare on elevated
railways, thereby expressing the working
classes, who desired TO live in the suburbs, away
from tenement houses. He vetoed bill re-
ducing the hours OF labor of car-drivers lie
vetoed law giyi q mechanics an equal lien
upon real estate for the labor and material
which they furnished to enhance its value.
! hese public acts OF his show conclusivey that
his mind does not run in a proper channel TO
bring the greatest good TO the greatest number.
There are many reasons why the "Plumed
knight from the State of Maine should be elected
President OF the United Stales For twenty-five
years he has been prominent character in all
OF the great measures which have been enacted
into laws by the legislative depaI tment of the
United States. Fourteen years in the lower
house of Congress, six of which he served as
Speaker. two years in the Senate of the United
States, where he was the peer OF the greatest
among them. AS Secretary of State, under Gen.
oil tAf
work out vigorous and healthy American
policy in our dealings with other nations than
any which had preceded It, That he has been
maligned and traduced Is true, bat who in pub
lie stations have escaped the calumnies and
shafts OF bitter and vindictive opponents?
That he has been successful in business affairs
may be true, but that any dishonest act stains
his character, either in private public life,
deny. When the character of James q. Blaine
Is weighed IN the balance, 1t will be found that
he is fully up TO the high standard of Americas
best statesmen.
Mr.. Hendricks ought not to be elected to the
Office of Vice President OF the United States be-
cause his position on public questions in the
past gives no promise of hope in the future. In
1868 he denounced Mr.. Lincoln for waging the
abolition war. One word or sentence from him
in favor OF the vigorous support OF that war
would have saved hundreds Of lives and thou
sands Of dollars Yet he did not speak it, but
on the contrary gave his voice and his influence
in the opposite direction. Later on when he
was called on in official life to secure the results
of the war by constitutional amendments, he
bitterly opposed all of them. He yielded his
support TO Mr. Greeley in the campaign in 1872
His position upon the resumption of specie pay
ments and the restoration of the currency of
the Union TO coin basis was questionable and
insincere With the question he reSOrted
TO what Mr.. Tiden calls a futile dalliance, and
underwent the painful operation of seeing the
country resume specie payments without his
aid and against his protest. He stumped the
State OF Ohio for Gov. Allen upon a platform OF
reputation. He was one of three Senators who
voted for proposition that no colored man
nl1 unfa mil ha xUaa parfh ya Ia
posed 10 civil-service reform. and has ever sat
upon the fence until every public question has
swept past him before announcing his own
opinion thereon. For these and many reasons,
Hendricks should not be, in my Judgment, elect
ed Vice President of the United States. Mr..
Hendricks private life is unexcep ionable, and
personally he is perfect gentleman. 1t is to
his public utterances and public history that
object, and he has given, of late years, no sign
of repentance for the political sins which he has
committed.
Gen John A. Logan, of Illinois, should be
elected Vice President because he loved his
country better than he did his party. He sew
cred his connection with larty alliances and
buckled on his sword for the defense OF the
Union in 1861 He is one of the few soldiers
who, IN the held, never surrenderedto the enemy
nor was vanquished in a fight His whole
career as n soldier and as statesman since the
war began has been without fault or blemish
He is statesman and a soldier who can be
trusted on all important questions and whose
thought and mind travel in the right direction.
The mission OF the Republican party cannot
De ended tll DetJer party Is formed 10 take ltS
place. This is not expected nor will 10 be
brought about by the Democratic party. That
party cannot be remodeled and rehabilitated in
the robes of political purity while it is DONNA
ted by the leaders who have managed IL for the
last twenty years But the Republican party
has ever kept its face squarely turned toward
the people, has responded TO their demands;
and has given evidence of keeping abreast of the
times in which we live. To that party, then, the
people of this country must look for reforms
which they demand. aud the execution of their
will in the great departments of the Govern
ment