Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-11-20
IL Is Over THINK God

The election is finally over, nd forty
million people are mighty glad of 1t.
1t has been the most disgraceful cam.
paign ever known in the history of our
country, and every man, of every
party, is heartily ashamed that he was
compelled to have anything to do with
it. 1t has resulted in placing the
American people below the voters of
all other countries, and making our
country laughing stock in all por.
tions Of the globe. People abroad,
who do not descend to dirty lies and
slander and scandal in their cam
paigns, believe all that is said by poll
ticians of opposing candidates in Amer
lea, and whoever is elected has not
the respect of citizens OF foreign coun-
tries. (This is written before the re-
suit of the election is known.) In
some countries man who would
make personal fight on candidate,
and publish chapters on his private
life, whether false or true, would he
arrested on criminal charge, pun
ished severely, and lose the respect of
all men, In this country the mcaner
the things that are said of public men,
the higher the scandalmonger stands
with his party. If half that is said of
a candidate for public office in Amer
lea is true, the candidate is not fit to
hold the position of dog catcher, and
as people in foreign lands take it for
granted that all stories are true, they
have no more respect for our rulers
than they have for their own dogs.
Our people are inclined to laugh at the
vileness of our political campaigns,
but it is very serious matter and one
that harms the country greatly. The
two parties have difference of opinion
on certain matters that are of public
interest, and if the honest voters of
one party outnumber the honest voters
OF another, the party having the most
votes should govern, but the matters
OF public concern are not discussed by
the papers and orators half aS much
as are the acts of the candidates before
they were of legal voting age. As
soon as n man is nominated, politi-
cal scavcngcrs Of the opposite
party 90 about inquiring if the
candidate did not make false
step forty years ago, and any lit
tie circumstance, however trivial that
can be tortured into something dis
crcditablc is looked upon as Il bonanza
of filth, and otherwise honorable men
wallow in that filth for months at a
time. Men who, during all of their
lives, could not be induced to say
aught against or bear false witness
against Il ncighbor, roll the political
scandals as sweet mOrSclS under their
tongues, converse on the subject in
their families, read it in the ncwspa-
pers, and get crazy over the topic.
forgetting the main issues of n cam
paign in their mad desire to beat an
opponent, no matter by what disrcDu-
table means. A mans public life for
twenty years may have been noble,
and he may have done his state or his
country valiant service, and he NAV be
a man above rcproach, and one that
any American citizen would be proud
20 take by the hand, and vet if story
can be manufactured to look plausible,
to the effect that in early life he was
careless in his conduct, the labors of
twenty years for the good of mankind
and his country are forgotten, and his
weak point-forgottcn and forgiven
by all interested is made to oycrbal-
ancc all the good he has ever done,
and he is made to appear by his polit.
ical enemies as the vilcst of God S
creatures, until elected, when his ira
ducerS will fawn around him. This is
wrong, cowsrdly, and dcbaSing, and
tends to make our loved country n
stencil in the nOstrils of even our own
people. A political campaign like the
one that is past can do more harm.
almost, than rebellion, as it unset,
ties business, causes neighbors TO rise
up against each other, and makes &
half of the people believe that who
ever is elected to the Office is whclp
of the highest degree, unworthy and
unclean, thief in 4 gentleman
place. Many people are getting Sc
they would prefer to have thcil
country ruled by an absolute mon.
arch, who should have his powe,
during life, rather than q
through such campaign every foul
years. AT each general election the
: methods are becoming worse than tn,
preceding one, until now bribery is n.
common as drunkenness, corruption
as common as larceny, and in time i
will become so diSreputablc that NJ
man but villain who glories in hi,
I shame Will dare accept nomination
to public office, and in that case thu
t country will 90 to the dogs. The onl,
way to stop this is for the people, who
! are the power if let alone, to decide tC
kill the first man who fires blundcr
buss of slander into a campaign, be h,
minister of the gospel or only an ordi
nary, common son.of-a-gun, If mel
O. knew that when they went outside o
politics and raked up disrcputabl,
, story about a candidate, strong hanc
, would grasp them by the throat ant
choke the lie or SANDER down thci
necks, wipe up the ground with thci
carcasses, and send the remains to
medical college to be disseCtcd in tn,
interest of science, they would be care
ful of their remarks, campaigns woult
be conducted honorably, and whocve
: was elected would have the heart,
support of all the people in his admin
iStration. When mau is ccctcC
president under the present regime
of SANDER, it takes about three year
for his opponents to become convinced
that he is worthy of respect, and tn,
government is only half a government
When each party nominates whom i
considers its best man, and such
campaign as the one just closed i,
gone through with, the successful MAJ
is ashamed almost that he is elected
and the defeated candidate is almos
glad of his defeat. There should neve
be another such campaign as that o
1884, if our country is to be prosper
ous.-Pcck'S Sun.
The Prince of Wales as a Spectator
The Prince of Wales is about to fig
ure as a real estate speculator on Al
extensive scale. As inheritor of tn
Duchy of Cornwall, among othe
: property he is actually owner of 1Ot
acres of valuable building land a
Roche, on the north coast of Cornwall
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