St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-10
PARTY DEGENERACY.

] L.
Dating from the commencement of Grants
first term, corruption and consequent degen-
eracy, have marked the pathway of the Re-
publican party. Grant had neither capacity
nor experience, that fitted him for proper,
intelligent, discriminating and capable dis
charge of civil duties. He selected for his
chief advisers men as incompetent and in
experienced as himself, and as destitute, also,
of genuine, infexible moral stamina The
result was he fell into the hands of corrupt
cabal, who ruled him and his administra-
ton, and every administration since.
Thus the party itself, ruled by corrupt, I'M
| patriotic, selfish men has became saturated
with corruption, and is not worthy to WELD
national administrative power, it having be-
come a menace and danger to the very
genius of the government and the vital
principles underlying its political institu-
tons. The government has been and is ad-
ministrated for the benefit of personal greed
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, to the utter disregard
of official duty and probity. The longer con-
tinuance of party in power so corrupt and
INSCRIPTIONS, threatens the destruction of
the best interests of the people. In this ris-
ing tide of corruption, James G. Blaine has
been thrown upon the topmost wave, and his
earnest support for the Presidency, shows
the degradation of the party, and its fearful
corruption and degeneracy. Blaine has
been conspicuous for his corrupt practices,
and abuse of his official power, to secure per-
sonal advantages for years, and his known
unworthiness and INSCRIPTIONS character,
lost him the nomination for President in
1876, and in 1880; but in 1884, the corrup-
ton element of the degenerated party had
secured a sufficient control to give him the
nomination, and hence partaking of the
character of its nominate, the Republican
canvass of the campaign is characterised by
the lowest, most abusive, scandalous and
calumnious assaults upon private character
ever before known. The men Of honor and
integrity who surrounded Mr.. Lincoln have
passed away, an their place is supplied by
the Blaine-Dorsey style of public comorants.
| What is most surprising, and most en-
phatically indicates the degeneracy of the
party, is the fact, that prominent members
of it who opposed Blaine's aspirations eight
and four years ago, now support and recon-
mend him. The Massachusetts, Senators,
Dawes and Hoar, the New York Tribune, the
Chicago Tribune, the Cincin natl Commercial
and Cincinnati Gazette, and other prominent
politicians aud newspapers, denounced him
as unworthy of confidence and support; and
these same parties are now recommending
and eulogising him. They charged then that
he was corrupt and proved his corruption
| and unworthiness, and since then more as
founding revelations Of his personal dishon-
esty and lack of truthfulEess have been
made.
He certainly has not improved; he is no
better now than he was then, and yet the
partisans above alluded to- eat their own
words and support him. Their evasive rea-
son and disgusting and dishonorabie subter-
fuge, is that they support him not for his
own sake, but for the good of the party, that
the party must be sustained, even if the
candidate is not, in all respects what he
ahould be; and in addition they claim, if
elected, such influences will be thrown
around him as to prevent his going far
wrong. 1t is an insult to the American peo-
pie in the first place to present such a candi-
date and to support him is a grosser insult
to the public intelligence. 1t is clear enough
that the corrupt influences that control the
party, sway the best men left in it, and in
stead of stem ming the tide of corruption,
they float on with it. To attempt to hold
Blaine in check by better influences, is like
''setting thief to catch a thief" Party ref
ormatiou under his Presidency would be i'm
possible. A lower depth of infamy would be
found, if that were possible.
Out upon the whole gang of plunderers,
and let the administrative functions of the
government be thoroughly cleaned from
foundation to turret.
The best element of the Republican party
revolts at the nomination of man so I'M
worthy as Blaine; man who has shown his
crookedness from his youth up, beginning
with social escapades, and confessed secret
marriages, up through Know Nothingism,
official corruption as speaker, and the base
use of his position as a member OF Garfields
cabinet to wreak his personal revenge. The
honest men Of the party spurn the nomina-
ton of such q man, instead of debasing
themselves like Senators Dawes Hoar, and
EullOES w htliis lhhEdl 10
seph Midill, and the like by supporting him.
They will support an honest man TO adj
minister the affairs of the nationhl govern
ment, without regard to his party designa-
ton, and such man is found iu Governor
Cleveland of New York, and all who place
country before party will join those honest,
conscientious supporters Of Mr.. Cleveland,
and lend n hand tn overthroT and hanisb
from longer supremacy,a party that runs the
government for their own personal and par
tisan benefit, and to the hurt and danger of
the country. Now is the time to dethrone
corruption, and TO restore honest admins
tration as it was in the days of Jefferson and
Jackson.
CURRENT COMMENT
GENERAL BUTLER likes pic to the extent of four
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