The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-09-24
The Independents Opportunity.

Ex-President Woolsey made knowI
his purpose TO support Mr.. Blaine
early in the canvass, and he has now
shown that his course is well consid-
cred, his support earnest and positive,
and his purpose definite, by accepting
the Republican nomination for Elector.
His course has been determined by his
conviction that the supreme duty OF
patriots is to prevent the National Gov.
ernment from falling into the hands oi
an unpatriotic party, and that Mr..
Blaine is to be preferred to any Demo.
crat at#
This pronounced action Of DR..
Woolsey leaves the Independent move
ment without ground to stand upon,
and leaves Connecticut without an In.
dependent movement. DR.. Woolsey ID
an eminent and highly-honored repre-.
sentative of precisely that independ-
ence, thoughtfulness, and conscience 10
politics upon which the Independents
profess to found their movement. He
Is is known to be a man OF exalted and
sensive probity, exacting even to fastid-
iousness in all matters Of morals, and
himself an authority upon ethics.
He is known to be man whom no
consideration OF partisan or personal
nature can turn by hairs breadth
from the course prescribed by his en-
lightened and sensitive conscience To
many thousands Of men in this country
his teachings have been the ground
work of ethics and character, and his
Judgment a controlling influence. His
decision carries with it an authority
similar to that which the opinion OF
great jurist on points of law bears
among lawyers.
By deed and word this eminent
teacher and type Of conscience in
politics, as in all the affairs of life, now
tells those who look TO him for advice
and example, that in his deliberate
Judgment it is the duty of all Repub-
licans. all patriots, TO save the country
from the calamity of Democratic rule
by supporting Mr.. Blaine. The inllu-
ence OF his act can not be small, either
in Connecticut or in the country gener-
ally. 1t must set those Independents
who really are sincere TO revising their
judgments and questioning the sound
ness of their own course. 1t must
make them ask themselves whether,
after all, they have not erred in their
disappointment at the refusal of tho
party TO nominate the particular maR
they wanted for candidate.
1t is a noteworthy fact that most OF
the men who, like DR.. Woolsey, are best
known as representatives Of principle,
courage and true independence in poll
ties, have refused TO join in that bolt OF
the discontented which calls itself Inde-
pendent. but is really Democratic.
President White, Theodore Roosevelt,
Senator Boar, Sherman S. Rogers and
many others of like note and probity,
including even the special idol and
favorite of the Independents, Senator
Edmunds himself, ace supporting Mr..
Blaine in full conviction that in that
way they best and most surely promote
the welfare oil the Nation and the cause
OF good government, which they hold
10 be superior to party.
But Mr.. Carl SchurI remains. He is
rs earnest and positive now in his OPP
position TO MIR. Blaine as he was in
1876 in his Fifth Avenue Hotel mani.
festo against the nomination OF a per.
son contemptuously described in Ian.
guage which he declared "meant
Hayes.n 1t is true that Mr.. Schur7
alterward put the manifesto in hi.
pocket, made speeches for Hayes ant
accepted place in his Cabinet; bu
that was incidental. Mr.. Schurz Is pro
foundly convinced that political moral
ity demands the defeat of Mr.. Blaine
and so the Independents are not lef
quite desolate. ..-..... ..
The time has come for the youns
men, and the sincere men who wer
driven by disappointment or seducet
by delusive cry into this Independen
bolt, to pause and think, and review
the ground of their action. 1t is tim
for them to ask themselves seriously
what their real duty is. as Republican
and patriots; to consider the result
which must follow the success OF tn
Democrats, and TO ask themselvc
whether they are willing to aid in tn
, production Of such results. Some O
them are sincere men. They have nov
an opportunity to decide calmly, wit
the facts before them, the question
they decided hurriedly and under tn
influence Of excitement and passion
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