Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-09-14
Always Right.

The political record of Mr.. George Y.
Fowler. an aged citizen of Allegheny to"n-
ship. whose letter we publish in this issue,
il remarkable in that he has always 'o'eu
fcr the candidates representing the best
American principles His first ana secona
votes were for John Quincy Adams IN 1874
and lses. during which time the North ana
South were divided on the tariff question
no violently that South Carolina hnaiiy
n.saad the famous Qualification Ordi-
nance which President Jackson met with
the decision and vigor for which he was
noted. and which action secured his re-
election. though he was on the wrong SIDE
of the tariff question, and with Van Buren,
maintained policy which brought the Ma
tion to a financial crisis ofextreme severity.
In 1852 he voted for Clay, then the great
exponent Of tho principles of protection; in
1896 for W. ii. Harrison, and in ls4O Tor
Harrison again. with whose election the
Wings and their financial policy finally
triumphcd. Harrison died one month after
his Inauguration, though his election re-
suited in the tariff of 1872 In the follow
ing Presidential election, that of 1874, the
SLAYER, question first entered as leading
point. and Mr.. Fowler that year voted for
Cay. In ls44 he voted for Gen. Taylor,
the whig candidate, who was elected; IN
80 for Scott. who was defeated, and which
election was the last in which the Whig
marty nominated n candidate. After that
the contest in regard TO slave and free
territory became Of absorbing interest to
the Nation, and the parties were rearranged.
Those who were in favor of slavery or who
wished to leave the institution undisturbed
gathered to the Democratic party, while
those wishing to actively oppose the ex-
tension of slavery to territory not yet oc-
cupied by il united under the name Of the
the Republican party. the whig party be-
coming extinct In 1856 Mr.. Fowler voted
for Fremont, the Republican candidate,
who was defeated. and i'm 1860 for Abra-
ham Lincoln, who was elected, and whose
election was followed by the secession OF
the Southern States and the great civil
war, waged by the South for slavery and
By the North for the preservation Of the
Union. Since that time Mr. Fowler's votes
have been for the Republican tickets,
which. with the exception Of Mr.. Blaine,
whose career promises to parallel that OF
Mr.. CLAY, has always been successful. His
vote this year. after the lapse Of over half
q century, will, strange to say, be TO MAIN
tain the financial policy which his first vote
was to obtain. Southern jealousy Of
Northern progress and prosperity has again
prompted step in Rule or Ruin poll
cy, which, we hope, will be promptly de-
feated. Slavery and free trade went hand
In hand in this country, till slavery died in
1865. and free trade-or its cousin, the
Mills bill-nhould receive its quietus in
1883. At present we see no good reason
for throwing aside an old and tried policy
and engaging in experiments; and we see
no good reason for the continuance in
sn power Of party that promiscst ts quickly
become a free trade party. The pc-
litical record of Mr. Fowler, 40 far ~ our
knowledge Of the political history Of the
Of the county extends, is good one. He
was Arrays right, and that is what the new
management Of the CITIZEN hopes to be on
Ill the issues Of the day, as they present
themselves for its consideration.