The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-11-29
GLADSTONE AND CLEVELAND.

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on either hemisphere, eminent for
moral courage, executive ability.
and the impartial discharge OF the
datiee repceed in them, have been
relieved of their high trusts by the
verdict of the people of their respec-
tive countries, yet both have left
the impress of their individuality
more marked than any Of their pre-
decessors for generation, as each
has outlined, for his political asso-
cistes, policy that has become the
battle cry Of their parties, "cry"
that, like Brutus' ghost, will not
down" st the bidding of their an
tagonists until some future political
"Phillippi," shall decide the con-
test in the interest of justice and
humanity.
/ That Glsdstone's conciliatory and
benevolent scheme should have fail
cd cen hardly be . surprise when it
is borne in mind that England has
for ages, claimed as unquestionable,
the right (by virtue Of conquest), to
hold the soil of Ireland in fee sim
pie, and to impose onerous burdens
and duties on her Citizens. The
prejudice of centuries impairs the
equity OF the ballot whom liberality
and fairness are INVOKED in behalf
of those long and systematically OPP
pressed.
| But Clcveland's antecedents and
surroundings though similar, were
of another character. The preju-
dice that he was called upon to face
was more recent and more pronounc-
ed than that which confronted the
famous Englishman. The animosi-
ties OF an internecine war, the most
protracted and destructive perhaps,
; known to history, we're still smould-
ering in the hot embers Of sectional
ism. The South had waited long
and yearned for national admins
tration, and the coming of the demo-
cratic president was hailed as the
dawning Of an era of peace and
prosperity for the country, and the
hope was more than verified. For
the first time in more than quar-
ter of a century the South breathed
freely. There was a conviction of
"sure enough" rehabilitation, per-
vading the atmosphere, and the
South was grateful, good fellowship.
Lin enterprise the noblest form of
prosperity was the order of the day.
Every one reposed in the old ship of
state with feeling CT security, for
there was man ~ the helm But
everything that las beginning
must have an ending. Democratic
sway soon steps aside. Never can
Chief Magistrate retire with better
grace from the ''place of honor"
than President. Cleveland. Never
had party better cause for being
satisfied with what has been accom-
plished in one administration. The
Augean stable of civil service
cleansed and purified; resuscita-
, ted and remodeled navy, such as an
, American can take pride in exhib-
/ iting to foreign admiration millions
, of acres of public lands astounding
evidences Of the reckless rapacity of
former administrations recovered
through forfeitures, from insatiate
corporations, and again held, as
such should be, for homes for the
people. That such chief should be
defeated by the people whose cause
he SO zealously and ably espoused,
is one OF the anomalies Of the ballot
box. The wisdom CD that pronpt-
ed such q decision seems to us to be
concrete, Opaque and ponderons
With the doughty Fallstaf one may
exclaim-"Is there no virtue ex-
tant p IT'S enough to make man
weep on his wedding day.
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