Evening journal., 1896-07-28
rha ununtrz sac.

Just about now the campaign liar Is
having bis innings According to one OF
these species, the country is sure to br
ruined II the candidate OF the Republican
party Is elected, whila another Is equally
lure that It will be ruined II the Demo
cratic candidate is elected. We have our
political views and have not failed to ex
press them, but all such talk as this
about the countrys being ruined by the
election Of any one man TO the presid
ency Is the sheerest nonsense. We
don't want the candidate 20 whom We
are opposed elected and shall do ell we
csn TO oppose him as It is cur right to do,
but ~ in spite Of all this, he becomes
Presl dent Of the United States we shall
respect him as such.
This cry about running tho country is
nothing new. It has been rehashed In
every Presidential election during our
remembrance, and, TO the best OF our
knowledge from ths time OF John Adams.
In Washlngton's day q great majority OF
the people Thought one way, and that
WAS too ehrly to ruin country which
had hardly yeti been formed, but with
his successor two parties came into the
field aud from that time onward the
country has been regularly ruined every
four years However, IL may be before
election It is notable that no candidate,
or the party which stands bsck OF him.
cares to ruin the country when It Is once
within its control This object gained,
many Of the theories by which their cleo
tIon Was sought are forever forgotten,
and patriotism takes the plsce Of parti
sanship.
The two most prominent issues in the
present campaign, those Of tho currency
aud the tariff, will In no event be settled
by the President whoever he may be. Is It
not then absurd to suppose that either
the election OF Mr.. Bryan or Mr.. Nc
Klnley will cause the ruin OF the nation'
Both Of these gentlomen, to do them
Justice, would be the last men In the
world to destroy the nstion even II they
had the power (Which neither Of them
can hAve) to do So Then is It not the
height Of folly to pretend that th'
result Of the coming election will ruiz
the countryf
Owing TO the condition Of the UniteS
States Senate, status which Is likely Il
romain for at least two years after thl
next President is ineugursted, there &
little chance Of any radical change In ou
governmental policy for that period
Should the President, whoever he msy b'
show his incompstency within Oh
period named, another Congress- VIII b
elected at the end OF that period by th
people to hold him in check Evon
the President ard Congress- should boil
60 mad, the Supreme Court OF the Unite
States will still exlat and keep tn
country from going to eternal smash.
The government of this country wa
formed by men who forosaw the dlm
cnltles we should meet and provided 10
them In such q manner that az long a
the constitution stands we can feel ths
the country is safe. We admire part
zsal and sometimes In the heat q
political controversy, things are said ths
mature consideration shows should hav
bsen left unssld But IL would be
weak government, indeed that could nc
stand onslaughts OF this nature an,
ours, so far from being weak, Is II
strongest In the world Politicians onl
make fools OF themselves by olaimin
that the election OF their candidates
necessary to save ths country. I'll
country 10 safe. Il needs no savinl
This matter was settled when Wsshin,
ton left the camp and became the state
man OF the age IN which he lived.