Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-31
it will sink from an agency 70 secure
good goyefpnent into rernorseless
despotism. : The Republican party


first sprang from moral sentiment.
It WAS the party OF political morality
and Of personal liberty. 1t appealed
to the conscience Of citizens. |
But like all parties it was political
agency not to be worshipped but to |
be carefully held to the spirit and
purposes on which and for which it
was organized.
II do not know" said Mr.. Seward,
thirty years ago, when he left the
Whig party to join the Republican
81 do not know that it will always or
even long preserve its courage, its
moderation, and its consistency. I'll
it shall do SO it will secure and save
the country. If it too shall become
unfaithful, as all preceding parties
have done. 1t wills without sorrow or
regret on my part. perish a. they are
perlshing, and will give place to an
other and truer and better one." This
reasoning must not be forgotten. 1t
is with the profound conviction Of its
wisdom that the Republicans, faith
full to their party but holding with the
great Republican fathers that moral
Iity and purity Of administration are
more precious than party, are now
constrained to oppose Republican
presidential nomination, in the inter-
est of what they believe to be the
pure Republicanism, Of the public
welfare and of the honor of the
American name. The Republican
nomination has for time superseded
all other issues by raising the ques-
ton of political honesty. This ques-
ton cannot be avoided except upon
the plea that the official character of
a candidate need not be considered,
and that in order to secure the party
a president, members Of the party
ought to vote for any candidate who
has been regularly nominated. This
is plea beyond which party madness
cannot go. Acquiescense in it would
require the surrender of self-respect
of every voter. There could be no
candidate so unfit that this plea would
not get his support and Republican
success justified by argument which
Idefies the public conscience, would
| be the overthrow of the vital principle
of the party and show that the spirit
and character which created its great
traditions are rapidly perishing.
/ Upon the practical questions OF
tariff and finances and other questions
upon which both parties are divided
within themselves, we are also divid-
ed in opinion. We shall vote, there.
fore, in a choice of representatives
and other officers, according to oul
individual opinions of their political
views and their personal character.
Divided on other questions, we are
united in the conviction that the
foundation of Office and honor should
be pure, and that the highest Office
in the country should be filed by 8
man of absolutely unsuspected integ'
rity. As there is no distinctive issue
upon the public policy presented fol
the consideration of the country, the
: character of the candidates becomes
} of the highest importance to all citi
zens who do not hold that party vic.
: tories should be secured at any cost
While the Republican nomination
; presents a party whom we canno
! support, the Democratic party pre-
!, sents one whose name is the synonym
3 of political courage and honesty ant
, administrative reform. He has dis
i charged every official trust with th'
sole regard to the public welfare ant
with a just disregard of mere partisan
r or personal advantage, which, will
: the applause and confidence Of boil
t parties, have raised him from tn
: chief executive of an administration
: of a great city to that of a grea
t state. His reserved, intelligent ant
: sincere support Of reform in the civi
y service has firmly established that re
s form in the state and cities Of Ney
: York and his personal convictions
/ proved by bis official acts, are NOR
n decisive than any possible platform
> of declarations, and are guarante
= that in it's spirit and in its letter th
reform would be enforced in ns
l. tienal administration. His high sens
8. Of duty, his absolute and uncha
1t lenged official integrity; his infexibl
d courage in resisting party pressul
If and public outcry; his great exper
E. ence in the details Of administration
ID and his commanding executive abb
l. (ity and independence are precise
n, the qualities which the political 81
b. uation demands in the chief exec
,h tive officer Of q government to resi-
st corporate monopoly on the one har
q and demagogue communism on Il
u other and at home and abroad, wit
y, out menace Of fear, to protect eve
e. right Of the American citizen, and
n respect every right Of friendly stat
tie by making political morality and p
'e- vate honesty the basis Of constit
lie tional administration. He is Del
ecrat who is happily free from all
Ily sociation with the fierce party diff
IL ences Of the slavery contest, a
rm whose financial views are in harmo
". with those of the best men In bo