The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-03-29
The time for the Congressional

the County Convention still closer.
The Republicans in every township
in Jackson County, and every county
in the Congressional District, should
go to work with a determination to
bring the greatest good out of the
canvass, for the party and the coun-
try. This is good time for Republi-
can harmony. Yet the Republicans
cannot afford to accept the harmony
which comes through an acceptance
of the methods of the political trick
ster or the desperate Office seeker
The good of the country and the sue
cess of the Republican party depend
upon manly, upright action. This
has thus far been fatal year for
those who have placed personal ambi-
ton above the common good.
There are interests involved in the
campaign this year, notably in the
Congressional campaign, that demand
the closest attention on the part of
Republicans, and especially old SOL
diers. It is highly important that the
Republican party should gain control
Of the next House Of Representatives.
Already the Solid South, with all the
old-time, ante-war arrogance, is DOM
mating the affairs Of the Nation. The
Rebel is rapidly coming to the front,
and the stain Of treason seems to be
the badge of honor, considered from
the standpoint Of Democracy. 1t is
time for vigorous and persistant ef-
fort on the part of the friends Of the
country. No man should be sent to
Congress who is not fully able to up
4thold the interests Of the country and
the Republican party. We want
trusty men on the outposts. We
want the blue to take precedence over
the gray; not in bitter antagonism,
not in wrath or hatred; but by the
fact that the sacrifice made to main
tain the Union against the assaults of
armed traitors are of too sacred ma
tnre to be made the playthings, the
subjects Of idle jesting Of politicians.
We want men in Congress who will
hold, always, to the idea that the I'm
ion soldiers were right-always right;
and that the Rebels were wrong
eternally and Internally wrong. We
want men who will stand by the re-
cord the soldier has made, and stand
by the interest OF the soldier himself
We want men who, upon the floor OF
the House, will challenge the claims
Of the fre-eaters of the Lost Cause.
and hurl back their hideous mouthings
concerning the friends Of the coun-
try. We want men in Congress who
are not afraid to say, in the presence
of the traitors themselves, that the
Democratic Rebellion was the most
hideous crime known to modern his
tory. Such men we may have.
The present Ohio delegation is ad-
mitted to be the ablest known in the
House, for many years. Ohio has
plenty of such men and Republicans
everywhere should labor to secure the
election of the very best men possible.
To the man who has served in the
army, it is not necessary to mention
the tendency of the Cleveland Admin
istration toward worship of the Solid
South. The Union soldiers all under
stand it. They have interests at stake
in the election of Congressman. It is
a time for soldiers to make their in
fuence felt, in the affairs of this coun-
try. Let the old boys rally, at the
primaries, in the County Convention,
everywhere, and look to the interests
Of the country they fought to save.
There are number Of good men in
the field; there will scarcely be mis-
take made; but the old veterans
should stand by their friends.
The jury in the great tally-sheet-
forgery case forgery case at Columbus,
stood ten for conviction and two for
acquittal. Thus they disagreed.
There would not be near such a pro-
portion in favor of acuuittal among