The Indianapolis journal., 1884-10-29
A woMAN,s PROTEST.
Cleveland Is Too Corrupt To Be Placed at the
Head of the Nation.

Cleveland Is Too Corrupt To BE Placed at the
Head of the Nation.
A. NJ. C.. in BostOH Jonrnal.
They tell US ne has repented and confessed his
crime. So does the lowest criminal plead guilty
when proven so. He did not confess his crime
until he was obliged to, and probab never
would, had it not become well-known public
fact which he could not deny. He did not so
bravely and manfulIy Tell the truth" as they
would have us believe until he knew the world
had his secret Neither shall we believe in his
repentance because James Freeman Clarke ap-
pointed himself his father confessor, listened to
the story of the event in his life, and gave him
perfect absolution, 4 sin of such magnitude
cannot be so easily repented; his nature must
have been corrupt. and he only stirred its depths
when he added seduction, and aflerward aband-
onment of his victim and their offspring. No
good man falls into sin instantaneously. 1t is a
growth, and often a slow one. Repentance, the
Same-and oftenest repentance is for fear of the
judgment, rather than for regret of sin. An emf
nent clergyman, with soiled record of his own
so close to him. that wonder that he does not
think silence more golden than speech calls MIR.
Clevelands crime youthful indscretion. What
pity it is that this indiscreet boy, of more than
forty years at the time of his 'event." unable to
discriminate between virtue and vice. should have
been nominated for the presidency. This is the
man whom clergymen defend. This the man
who would place his polluted body and sin
stained soul in the presidential chair. This is
the man with whose private life. we are told by
men of learning, we have nothing to do. 1t is
a mans private character that makes him, and
when he is offered by the public the highest po-
sition in the land, have right to ask what his
whole record has been.
| earnestly offer appeal to every true reason
ing voter IN our country. Will you allow man
so morally corrupt Grover Cleveland to be
placed at the head of our Nationl Will you al
low him to be elevated to the highest home in the
land, while his ilegitimate son. just rs much his
as though church and state had sanctioned their
union, eats the bread of dependence in another
home which kindly took him from an inhuman
father who begrudged him even a name9 l ask
Won men, with hearts which lovingly hold wives
daughters, and sisters is it nothing when man
ruins the life of trusting woman. just for
pleasure and throws her away when he tires of
her. and she ceases to please his worn-out
fancy2 For the sake Of humanity, let this
truly be campaign of morals" and strike
with all your combined forces at the root of this
hideous evil We expect nothing from the
church when its ministers use their voices and
the press in defense of libertines and the crime
of seduction, bat the ballot is within the reach
of every man, and il is the only weapon with
which to combat money. See to it, brave true,
honorable men Do credit to orr country by
placing at its head a man of worth and wisdom.
and above all. a man of unblemished moral
character and reputation. God grant that
through the efforts of true men the day may
never dawn for us when we can turn to the
President of these United States and read writ
ten in blaekest letters upon his record the truth
that he ruined womans life, who through the
weakness of her great love, fell before his inor-
dinate lust