The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-10-27
THE ISSUE AND THE RESPONSE
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To-day is the first working day of the
last working week Of tho presidential
campaign. 1t behooves those who de-
sire change of administration to grid
up their loins, to sharpen their wits and
lorgetiul of tho calls Of every day duty
to put forth their utmost efforts in the
great impending struggle. The war
fare is about over and the decisive bat
tie is to be fought on Tuesday the lth
day Of November.
To say that the issue is sharply defined
is only to repeat what has ofttimos been
said, but to recall the nature of that
issue is the duty of all who would cast
an intelligent vote or sec their country
men act with like wisdom.
The great object Of those who oppose
the election Of tho Republican nomi-
nee is to effect through their
suilrages change in the national adj
ministration. 1t has been proved be-
You'd controversy, that corruption is the
basis principle in the party in power,
that labor is being debased, American
shipping destroyed, monopoly fostered
aud a self-perpetuating power gradually
and surely established. Is il worth the
attention and labor Of freemen 10 over.
throw these monster pervorsions of Re.
publican government, or shall we ST
supinely and allow the cardinal princi-
pies of evil TO be fastened upon Us for
ever? When we sec the treasury ple-
thoric and tho masses begging; when
we note the fact that the opposition to
Democracy will only be satisfied with
the leadership OF those who stand nil
loried in the public estimate AS tho very
decentralization of fraud aud vilainv,
when it is apparent to all that the
schemes ofthose in power are those em-
ployed by mon who, conscious of guilt
propose to adopt the most reckless
means Of concoaling their iniquities.and
above all when mono but the viii .nplv
blind can fail TO see that the country is
on the eyo Of every species of bank
ruptcy, both moral and financial, and
fast becoming the butt Of the worlds
contempt is It not time that the citizen
should act?
Let the Plough stand in tho futrow,
the anvil cease to ring, the hammer of
the mason hush its industrial song a,d
the Office Of the business aud profess
ional man DO closed, until the great
question be determined as To whether
the temple shall be cloansed or the put
ridity OF the present regime continued
"But Why" It may be asked, "should
such grand preparation be- made Tor
an event which occurs quadrcnnially
IN tho nations hisloryg" Nor is
the reply Of long delay. II IL simply
that for the first time in the nations
history, not only have the electors of
these United States to bo recorded as To
their suffrage, but those votes also To be
protected. a gigantic conspiracy Is ON
loot, extending throughout tho whole
union, not only to prevent the voting of
those who oppose radicalism, but to
throttle their legal expression after due
deposit in the ballot-hox. The events In
Ohio demonstrate the fact, and the air is
full OF rumors of force and promedita-
ted violence. II is not conjecture is
face and 1t is incumbent ON overy free
man not only to see that the full oxer-
else of franchise Is undisturbed, hut
that its legal enforcement be secured.
Brace up then we say, FOR the great
est of political struggles, and show TO
the world TINT America is governed hy
the majority of her citi1cus, and that such
majority comprises tho manhood OF her