Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-15
n Fr1ud Carpafgn.


The Republican campaign is a campaign
Of frard and false pretcnces.
The white plume" OF the knight OF
Maine" Is a fraud Blaine's character -
h'1ck-his record Is black. There il no.
Thing chivalrous about him. His humila-
ting appeals TO Mulligan. his famous sun.
stroke trick. and his resignation from the
House 10 escape expulsion were craven
act, with nothing knightly about them.
The episode OF Ben. Butler Is a fraud and
false pgctonce. Under the mask OF an
anti-monopoly candidate Butler is running
oS the tool OF Blaine on u bargain made
with Bill Chandler. Butler IL n money
giabbcr and The paid advocate Of mOnOpO-
lies. yet he poses a. representative of labor
and auti-mOpOpOly for the sole purpose OF
striving TO cheat q sufficient number Of
Democrats out OF their votes to give Blaine
q plurality in this State.
Blaino's appeal to the Irish American vo-
ters isl fraud. For two or three years
during the existence OF the Kn0w-Nothing
PATTY Blaine WAS a bitter rcyilcr OF people
OF foreign birth. and especially OF Irish
Catholics. and did hi, lest to prevent their
admission to American citizenship. When
he was Secretary Of state he made no pro-
test against the imprisonment OF irish
Americans aS suspects" in England. and
the great Buffalo meeting. preside over by
Governor Cleveland. was held to denounce
lis action.
The Republican cry Of " Democratic free
trade" is fraud and false pretcnce.
There is no free trade in TIE Demo ratio
party. There are Few theoretical Free
Traders in both parties. The Morrison
Til. although recognizing protection and
having no free trade in il, was killed by
Democratic votes; first, because it was 4
mischcyous and futile agitation OF the tar
III. ard next because \ few Frce-Tradc
clanks chose to give it bad name by claim
ing Il as a Frcc-Tradc measure. The DEM
ocra,ic platform is ouspoken in favor OF Il
tariff that Will net iniure American indus.
iIios. but protect and promote their healthy
growth, and an attempt 10 justify the Nor
rison bill at Chicago was overwhelmingly
defeated.
The foul and lying personal scandal about
Governor Cleveland, set ailOat through Re
publican agencies and circulated bv the
Republican state and National Committees.
is q iraUd aud false pretence. It's author,
and lis circulators know II to be lie, but
in their despair Of finding any truthful
charge against the Democratic candidate
they have been driven 10 dig down in the
m;re and fifth OF personal SANDER, only to
soil their own dishonest hands without
leaving stain OH the object OF their un-
manly assault.
The Republican professions OF friendship
for labor are fraudulent and false. CorpO-
ratcnS and mOnopolieS have been created
by corruption and enriched, while labor
has become impoverished by Republican
ru.e. The workingmon to-day know their
own priyatIons and Affections. They know
that wages are reduced and are only kept
ID above a starvation standard through the
rover CT labor unions; that employment
Is getting more and more scarce, and that
thousands OF willing toilers are doomed to
ideness. What an insult to their intelli-
gence Is the assertion Of Mr.. Blaine that
TIE Republican policy for twenty-iour years
las lcen blessed boon TO labor! What u
mockcry OF their Sutl'erings Is his picture
u the workingmaD, under paternal Repub-
lican care, earning enough TO live in COM
tort, educate his family, and put by COM
potency for old age!
Yes; the Republican campaign is cam
paisn Of fraud and false pretenceS. But
This is natural. The Blaine Republican
party is a party Of fraud and false pre-
fences. and that is why it and it, candi-
dates are repudlated by honest Republic
cans, and will be rejected by the thinking,
honest people.
Turn the rascals ont