Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-05

II tho Union and the Constitution, his chief
sabines adviser. All the Harrisons since then
have believed in Websters doctrine Of ma
tional supremacy and that tho citizens high
est allegiance Is to the nation.
When the doctrine was assaulted by organ
lied rebellion under Jef Davis, L @ c. La
mar ct al, the present. Harrison left his fam
lily unprovided for in case Of his death, and
went to tho front, putting his Life in peril
throughout the war in aiding 10 suppress the
attempt to disnembar tho Onion and set up
state sovereignty. Grover Cleveland, hale
young man, without family on his hands,
refused to raise hls bands for the Union at
the time of its greatest peril, and even when
drafted be hired q foreign alien substitute
and still declined to wear the blue That he
remained at hosne through cowardice cannot
be believed. for be is known to De brave per-
sonally Without family responsibilities, 70.
bust and in the vigor Of his youth. be might
have responded to Lincolns can, and his
courage and strength Of win would have
enabled him to render his country splendid
service and gain for himself honor, whether
he survived or not Cleveland had tho youth,
robustness, fearlessness and will power to
have made a fns military commander,
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OF q major general, a. we'll as the greater
honor of having done something to preserve
the Union and destroy the curse Of human
slavery That he failed to embrace tho OPP
portunity open to him can be explained only
by the fact that he did not believe, as Har-
rison did, in national sovereignty, but held
firmly to Calhounisun, and thought the legal
right was with Jen Davis and the rebelltous
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constitutional rights when thoy seeded that
1t was violation Of the Constitution for tho
Lincoln government TO use force to preserve
tho Union and the Constitution. and that il
was unconstitutional to save the Constitution.
So believing he remained at home, and in
1864 gave hts support to the party which de-
clared the war for tho Union failure and
believed that the Union soldiers were en-
gagged in unconstitutional work. So holding
he voted against manhood suffrage, opposed
the adoption Of tbs war amendments to the
Constitution, and at every point antsgonized
the doctrines for which Harrison fought and
struggled.
Instead of unfolding national supremacy,
Mr.. Cleveland gave his support to the state
sovereignty doctrine and held the federal
government to be the creation of a league or
compact between sovereign states. He did
not even allow the federal government the
dignity Of resting on a contract, for in his
view any Of the parties could withdraw at
pleasure without responsibility for injury or
damage to the Union. According to Cleve-
land, Calhoun and JEFF Davis the federal
governments existed only by virtue of .
power Of attorney from the states, and this
power could be revoked and Cancelled at any
time-each state to be the judge for itself Of
the suficiency of the cause and Of the time
for secession.
Having at a most critical time refused to
give his support to the doctrine of national
ity and allegiance to the nation, Cleveland
bestowed his sympathies instead upon Cal
hounism. Mr.. Cleveland today holds the
chief magistracy by virtue of notification Of
the laws and Constitution of the United
States in several southern states. Free suf-
frage was stamped out, national citizenship
denied, and the war amendments nullifled
in order to make him president. He can be
reelected only by a resort to the Same
means on the part Of his ex-Rebel and Seces-
sionist supporters. His election would score
another triumph for the anti-nataonal, state
supremacy dogma, just as Harrison's would
attest another victory for nationality and
allegiance to the nation.
In this situation any Republican who can
be led away from the support Of Gen. Har-
rison because OF dissatisfaction regarding
the amount Of duty on certain imports and
tho extent of the free list and the tax on
Wool is unworthy the party name he has
claimed, and hiss yet to learn the funda-
mental principles Of Rspublicanism.-Ch,-
cago Tribune