The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-11-03
The Issue oftgSA,

With the expiration OF another week
we shall be on the eve OF the most i'm
portant election ever held in the coun-
try since that which plunged us into the
war of 1851. 1t is the most important
because the issues involved are no lon
ger those of conflicting theories of gov
eminent, the cold distractions of pollti-
cal philosophy. Questions of reconstruc-
ton, OF national tinance-none of the or
binary controversies growing out of our
development compares in Importance TO
that which is before the country TODAY.
and upon the determination
of which the next four
years OF our destiny depend. The con
test represented by Mr.. Cleveland on
the one hand and Mr.. Blaine upon the
other IL between the honest and the dis
honest, the good and the evil forces OF
our population. The question to be de-
cided is whether our common eiviliza-
ton shall continue to be burdened and
our poster!ty retarded by the perpetual
ton of regime which has become
scandalous to the patriotism and en-
presslve to tho liberties of Intelligent
people. 1t is not a mere struggle he.
tween parties, for that is sufficiently dc.
Mod by the thousands of cultivated
and honorable Republicans who are ar.
IDENTIFY supporting Mr.. Cleveland's can,
didacy. Mr.. Blaine Is making his fiwht
under tho Republican banner, but no is
repudlated by every reputable element
OF the party and retains in his following
only those elements which represen
the machine and constitute its oflense
against intelligent popular opinion. He
heads the crusade against free govern.
ment and Democratic institutions. III,
| lncarnateS the desperate resistance OF
| those faithless servants whom the Deo
pie have found wanting and whom they
would cast out.
In saying, therefore, that the present
IL contest fraught with import and SIG
nihcance, we simply echo the feeling In
the heart of every thoughtful and patri
otlc citizen. 1t is the feeling which ha,
| arlVen such upright and distinguished
Republicans as George William Curt.
and Carl SchurZ into the ranks of In,
opposition, and alienated from tho marty
once inspired by Abraham Lincolf
and Charles sumner such now
| eriul journals rs the New York Time,
Harpers Weekly, Puck and tho Bostor
! Herald. All mon who intelligentlv dc
sire their country's honor and welrar,
realize that both are i'm peril under Tn,
rulo of the Republican party as IL /,
now constituted and actuated. The,
seek To bring about change-a slough
ing OFT of the decayed integument
which for 80 long has stood us i'm Tn,
stead of something vigorous and whole
some. These thousands OF sturdy nm,
resoluto men, together with those indie
pendent journals which voice thei
sentiments and their aspirations, mr.,
Joined in an ardent advocacy o
Cleveland and Hendricks, not besaus
they seek tho destruction of tho Repub
lican party, but because thew woul,
compass its publication by tho over
throw and ejectmont of those who hav
brought II 80 low in public esteem.
The struggle is significant as msrkin,
the revolt Of tho honest and roputahl
clements of the Republican PARTY an,
their combination with the Dem6crac,
to bring about a revolution In tho form
and method and personnel of our Gov
eminent. 1t represents n far nor,
weighty principle than is involved /,
any mere party contest. for it makes I'll,
question that Of a vindication of on
national honor, Wv