, 1891-06-23
HATES OF ADVRKTIsING.
u y S DEATH.

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A little over q week ago Canada lost its
most notable public character in the
death of Sir John A. Macdonald. The
United States is now called upon to mourn
the death of a nan of almost similar
name, Joseph E. Mcdonald Of Indiana.
There could, perhaps. be no stronger con-
trast between two notable men thsu
existed between the Canadian and the
American. The Canadian was a man Of
the Beaconsfeld school, clever and shifty,
taking advantage OF the present oppor-
tunitY and turning it to account, without
any fnIcal scruples as to the means to an
end or hidebound adherence lofty primer
pies to whose attainment present success
might be sacrificed.
In the ordinary acceptation of the term
the Indianian was not n politician. He
trod the higher plane of craftsmanship.
He was a man Of intense convictions.
These convictions were reached only after
careful study and a judicial regard for all
the facts that bore upon the question at
issue. But the conviction once reached
no consideration of exDediency, or pass
ing popularity or evAnescent po-
litical success could swerve him
one hair breadth from what he believed
to be the right Under all circumstances
he was plain, straightforward and out
spoken in the expression of his views.
This was his record before and after the
war. Speaking Of slavery in 1859 he
said: 1T is a monstrous evil. for which
who will suggest a Just remedy Those
who gave us the union gave us slavery;
recognized it under the constitution.
which is and has been our supreme law.
Certainly there is wisdom sufficient to
suggest a remedy mercIful and generous
TO the slave, aud lawful and just 10 the
owner. and moderation in the people to
make the plan effective" On the LIST OF
April, 1861, he again wrote, in answer to
an inquiry: 1T is our clear duty to
stand by the union under the constitution.
The union and the constitution ought to
be preserved by the people, and | think
there is power enough in the government.
under the supreme law, to secure this
end, but If the war must come land 1t
seems inevitable it may be prolonged
until passion shall mount the throne of
reason. and hen we may drift 50 far
away from our constitutional safeguards
that we will never get back to them. The
immediate enforcement Of the laws OF the
United States by armed force will in my
opinion do more TO save the very thing
for which secession is thought to be the
remedy than secession itself. If war has
TO be resorted to that secession may not
succeed, | advise you to give every aid
and sympathy to the union and to the
constitution"
None but those who passed through the
greenback agitation in the West from
1872 to 1878 can form an idea Of the prev
alence of this financial heresy. Both par
ties we're thoroughly infected with it, and
few leaders could be found with courage
TO resist the almost universal tendency.
This was especially true in Indiana, where
Senator Morton and Mr.. Voorhees, became
the recognized apostles OF the new dis
pensation of paper money for everybody,
while other men merely drifted with the
tide. But not so with Mr.. Mcdonald.
He resisted the movement from the be-
ginning. By speech, letter and personal
influence no never ceased to combat the
heresy. He was denominated the tool of
the money powers. but abuse and vituper.
alton were powerless to turn him from his
resolution. He denounced the %greenbaok
delusion alter he had been placed at the
head OF his party as chairman OF its state
committee in 1874 even when its platform
was among the widest of all the wild ut
erences made on that question. In the
election OF that year a Democratic leRisla-
ture was chosen, in which the g%reenbAck
Democrats had the balance of power.
When Mcdonald became a candidate for
senator he was urged to modify his fnan-
cial views in order to cater to this element.
But he refused, and with characteristic
boldness announced that he had taken his
stand; that he believed he was right and
that events would justify him and that he
would not alter one word of lis record
on the fnansial question to be elected
senator for life" The contest ended in
Mr.. McDonald's election, and he took his
seat in the United States senate March 5,
1875.
The iame of Joseph Z. Mcdonald is
limited by no state, section or party. He
was essentially an American IN all of his
aims and aspirations. He was proud of
his country and did much to honor it
With mis- sterling manhood, his intense
patriotism and the underwriting rectitude
of his public career. In his death In
diana loses her chief citizen, the Demo
cratic party a noble champion and the
country at large a man without fear and
without reproach.
Dumping GROUND THEORY
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