The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-26

IL sn obsiiIa'e struggle for DoEef, boxing
cnIy 70 tie sIoiis ahe revsnges aud the
efatifed vslities aid con cts taat success
wouid bring. The party Vas re25s for any
mischief. and Ia. accom- Oilshed that which
is an immense Misfortune
These kenfeL ces are disgrace 80 the pub
lsheTs staio or the history Of tne RevieE,
and On ofieLse 10 every sense q tfuth Per
sons who can not perceive that assertion Is
neither fact nor argument may be excused,
bat indeceucy is inexcasable, and these sen.
fences are not even decent assertions. In
the face Ct history as made by the Rsp0bi-
can party from the death OF Lincoln on
ward, these statements must make the father
CT lars ashamed OF their author
Further erup'ioDs OF vicious hate and IN
consolable grief burst forth IN statements
that the South was solidihed Tor the D5nO-
cratic party By dislranchising the negroes,
that Il violated the treaty under WI ca the
south was released from war and military
occupation, and resulted in the election Of a
Democratic President and majority Of ID smo-
Gratis IN the next House OF Representatives;
that the Ucion has not bsen reunited as
claimed bv Mr.. WattersOn, and the claim
is full Of menace ana Insult that the mis-
demeanor Of seciionalism belongs 70 ths
South, and the war vas caused by politicians
who represented the survival OF osrbarism
into our own times. THAT is, Dsmocrats).
That the South Il made solid for the Demo
Gratis by the same methods with which il
was sOlidided for the rebslliOn. that the
most hateful and injurious pretensions OF
the times is thst the whole South is, and Of
right should be, the property OF the un-
IrinCipled aud unscrupui0us Democratic
party" that it is a threatening disgrace TO
the Nation Yet he promises solid North,
West and Northwest for the angelic p Re.
publican party. There would be nothing
threatening or,disgr8ceiul IN that?l
HI SCOTS the Prohibitionists as hypOcrites
mathematics boiling Republicans, and
thinks the irish viii be Republicans here.
after. and he looks % the North and the
West" for relief. IN other words. TO a Derma-
nent seotiOnalism 90 tar as be and his kind
can build up and maintain Is.
The article IS as devoid o. facts or logic as
a baTlot is Of chastity; but it is q complete
reflex Of the spirit of the class Of Repubh-
cans that were put forward Ia the last cleo
ton for the highest offices, and q revelation
Of the kind OF thought and feeling that
would have entered INTO the laws and their
execution lad that class been elected. A
kind Prov dence and 3 sense OF fairness as
well as OF danger in the majority Of toe pso-
pie saved as from the aFtQl clamity Of such
rulers.
After seeing Banquo's ghost IN his seat, in
| b s terrible desperation, Macbeth said - his
wife, 'the times have been, that, when the
brains we're out, man would die; and there
an end
Halstead and his kind die hard. II knock
/ ing their brains out does not Kill them it
prevents their holding Office. and their raw.
irgs and teeth gnashing disclose their real
/ auimUs
The New Testament tells rs of one who
| said that be was q man of authority, haTiug
/ under him others; and u say 10 one 90, and
/ be gosth; to another, come, and be c)mssh
/ TO another, do this, and he dOeth it." That
/ sums up the soul, the ambition and the in
| tentions that govern such men as Murst Hal.
/ stead and James g. B aiDe. Let no such
man be trUstedn-in Office In their estimation
any man who is not willing TO agree to what
eyer they may propose is hateful and IN
| scrupulous {" has only hateful and injlri-
Gus pretentions;" is ready for any mis-
| chief is OF ''unprincipled character" "en-
| c0urages any pfejudioe;' enters upon ell
| intrigues;" looks only % the sp0ils. the re-
vengss AID lie gratihad vanitiss and con-
ceits'i that uDmeriied success would
/ BRING" 1t is thus. with en- hundred more
| ike SANDERS that Mr.. Halstsad IN his article
sDsaks Of msjOrIty % voters IN the United
! States when acting as free men under the
/ laws. Evidently ne regards them being
| Democrats -as only 81 20 hitch u cart to
| haul sewage with. Aad this man gets 3
| charc To dump bic sewage cart onto the
/ American people through the pages of the
/ North American Review Surely, my Mas
! tsrs these be pariOus times"
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