National Republican., 1885-10-31

Lausttd your forests, and kept you back
wgid IN Progress and wealth compared with
tie tuithcfn states. Now, events have
charged all this, aud you have an oppor-
nifty to follow the example Of Pennsylvania
ara Chic aud other states that have diver
siftd their industry aud developed their
iCsOurCts, We ask you, one Of the parent
states Cf greatest power and wealth when
cur independence was won, to Join with us
In roliCy that will lie Of more benefit TO
jCu thon to any other state, and would
place you where you ought TO be, almost
III TIE lead Of the great states Of the Union
in wealth, in education, In diversity Of pur-
suits and developed resources.
The Republican party believes In and acts
upon the principles Of John Marshall. If
trusted with the powers of the national gov
eminent they will lc fairly exercised for
tie protection Of our industry, the develop
mcnt OF our resources, the Improvement OF
cur commerce. the regulation Of our ruil-
reads, aud IN every work Of national policy
which would seem to add to the industry
aud promote the enterprise and comfort Of
our Icoplc.
fiCm tie Democratic partyf A laggdrd all
The way, before the war and since the war,
having 10 affirmative principles unable
row that II Is In power to propose anything
or TO do anything for the common good;
playing with civil service law to which its
leaders are almost unitedly opposed; tinker
ing with our currency by demOnetizing mi
nor silver coins, and paying of the non
iutCiost.bCariDg instead Of the intcrest-bear-
ing dClt; at sea upon the tariff, with
| Carlisle, Tucker, Morrison, and llurd pull
ing enc way, and Randall and Others the
other: protesting to be for n tariff for rev.
enue, ana proposing horizontal reduction
Of protective duties. 1t proposes nothing,
| 1t does nothing, and Is nothing except an
ipTttfulrnppn m the national life pf
country.
WHY CI1NG TO THE AD PAST?
| WHY should Nirginiaus cling to this party
that appeals to nothing but the names of its
ancestors. IL has not the clear perception
of Thomas jefferson or the strong Will of
| Andrew jackson to guide II, distinguished
Of late only by its crimes against the cleo
tive franchise, aud, as 1t appears to me, liv-
ing only upon the memories OF the civil
war, royivng in its parades and cavalcades
| and marches the events OF 1860, while
charging me for the ofIense of reviving the
| frauds and violence Of the Democratic
| party in 1884. Surely such party cannot
meet the wants and expectations of the peO-
| pie Of Virginia.
Upon what pretext was this party brought
into powerg They said the Republican
party had been in power for twenty-four
years, and had been guilty Of frauds and
peculations. They wanted to count the
| money and examine the books. Well, they
have counted the money, and every dollar
was found to be on hand, even to the last
cent. They have examined the books with
the aid Of experts in office and out Of Office,
and among the multitude of public officers
who are charged with the receipt aud dis
bursemcnt of public money, they have not
pointed out single defaulter rascal, or
thief No such record has ever been made
by any party before in the history of this or
any other country. They talked about
fraud, and yet the official statements show
distinctly that there has been less percent
age Of fraud or defacation than in any
Democratic administration in the past, and
that the later Republican administrations
have been almost free from all fraud or de-
fnlcation. They said they wanted to turn
the rascals out but who are the rascals that
they have turned out? Where are theyl?
Have their names been written or printed
in the papers Of Virginia? When they found
no rGscals they commenced to turn out
offensive partisans,n men who voted the
Republican ticket, and the chief quarrel be-
tween the members Of the party is that
they have not turned these "oilensive par
tisGnsn out more rapidly. Instead of turn
ing out rascals they have put in rascals.
Mr.. Cleveland, often no doubt misled and
deceived, has appointed more penitentiaiy
and Jail birds in his eight months than were
appointed IN the whole twenty-four years
Of Republican administration. You have
no doubt read in the papers repeatedly of
appointments made and afterwards recalled
because it was found that the appointces
had been in the penitentiary or were in
diSted, or ought TO be indicted, for criminal
oflensos. They said that we had accumu-
lated large surplus in the treasury which
belonged to the people, and was boarded In
order TO make hard times. This was the
cry of Mr.. Hendricks, Vice President
Of the United States. Well, have
they paid out any of this surpus9 Has
any portion of it been applied to the pay
ment Of the public dehtY They said there
was enough of it to buy two barrels of
-four for every man, woman, and child in
the United States. Have any Of you re-
ceived your barrel Of flour? What public
measure supported and adopted by the Re
publican party during the twenty-four
years of its power DO they take issue upon :?
None whatever. They dare not contest
with us on any question of the past. What
has this party Gone since 1t came into
power? What does II propose to dog Has
II done anything to relieve the hard times,
to raise wages, to add to prices? Have
they adopted any reforms On the other
hand, every measure has tended to harden
the times, to reduce wages and prices.
THE ADMINISTRATION REVIEWED.
For yeas 1t has been the policy of
| ull pun Altb " bullN bNl IllNlNlltillt
riuc MS well as our navy. OF all the
men in our country there was one who had
devoted his whole life to this policy. lie
was a plain. unlettcred Irshman of great
energy and power, who, from small begin
nipgs, had established the greatest ship
yard in America, and one Of the greatest In
The world-John Roach. He was engaged
in building great numbers of merchant ves-
sells and several ships for the government
under contracts let to the lowest bidder
after public advertisement. Upon lawyers
quibbles and preteXts, that have since been
abandoned, he was driven into bankruptcy,
failed, and assigned, discharged $500 men,
aLd then the vessels were placed in the hands
of navy officials to be completed on the same
plans at largely increased cost. This was
the first achievement of the administration.
Again, Congress had appropriated by the
consent Of both houses, SS00,000 to pay for
carrying the foreign mails, of which S40O,-
Geo was to be paid to American shipowners
uron contracts prescribed by the law. The
Postmaster General disregarded this law,
and adopted a policy which excluded
American vessels, and transferred the carry.
ing Of our mail almost exclusively to for,
egn vessels. Instead of pursuing the policy
Of the Republican party Of steadily paying
installmcnts Of interest-bearing debt from
the surplus revenues, they abandoned that
policy, and recently have applied the sur
plus revenue to the extent of Sl3,00O,000 tC
paying OFF the Notwithstanding debts OF
the government, the gold and silver certih
Gates, thus contracting the currency at 4
period Of the year when an increase was
demanded for moving the crops. Through
Mr.. Jordan, the treasurer OF the United
States, the administration adopted the
favonte policy of Samuel j. Tllden of Q
single geld standard Of money, and now
are pursuing that policy with steady per
t tinacity. They excluded the fractional sill
yer from the count as money, have done al
they could to depreciate silver in the mar
/ ket and now openly oppose the coinage Of
a silver dollar that will circulate side by
J side with the gold dollar.