Year: 1879

bearer. he loses his personality and
must share tho destiny of the organization
he represents. lie adopts It's heresies; lie
assumes It's characteristics of Itaud, dishon
estv, and disloyalty ; lie represents the
corrup.ng influences and practices Of the
Cipher Ogre he takes position with BEN
HILL, BfACKBURN, LAMAR, BuTLER, and
HAMPTON, all of whom are conspirng
against the Constitution and its amend
ments which were born Of strife and passion
engendered by war, and against the laws of
reconstruction and those in behalf of equal
rights for all citizens lie trains in the po-
litical ranks of those eX-COnicderates now
and keeps step to their music in Congress.
lie acts with those who threaten to starve
the Government unless the laws alc strip
ped of the powers and agencies Of their own
enforcement, even at this critical era in our
national afliirs when treason and rebellion
are as rife IN the hearts of his political as
sociltes now as at any period during the
war General Ewing occupies all these po-
litical relations and affiliations now, and
| If he supposes his war record, be it ever so
brilliant, Is to screen him and his party from
Just rctrbution in this contest he greatly
mistakes the temper of the people aud the
cxigeuCies Of the period. The Democratic
party is doomed to defeat, because it de-
serves it for its recrcancy TO the results of
| the war and no single individual carries a
coat of mall though it was forged of loyal
acts during the war, of sufficient strength
to shield him from the fate that awaits the
party with which he affilintes now.


The pity is that General EWING should
have degenerated from patriotic Union
soldier during the struggle for national life
| to be coparcener in vile conspiracy now
TO overthrow the rights Of citizenship he
aided in securing for the freedman during
that period to abandon the protecting
power that has wisely been thrown around
| the elective franchise to secure honesty,
fairness, and justice in our elections, upon
which hangs the future peace and prosperity
of this nation to forget what the war cost
and enlist under the banner Of those who
despise and contcmn its results. But so it
is. General EWING has taken to HIM
self these associations, and has become re-
sponsible for their errors and crimes through
his political degeneracy and alliances, and
cannot escape the inevitable consequences


that legitimately belong to that party and
its policies, though he should wear 4 war
record ten times as brilliant as he brought


with him out of that fearful struggle.


The record of that party with which he


has cast his lot at the expense Of his own


military laurels-a record that it has made


for itself since the war closed and from


which it cannot possibly escape-is under
arragnment before the popular judgment


of Ohio now, and the verdict is so clearly


loreshadowed that it requires more courage


on the part Of General EWING than was ex'


hibited in his history as soldier tc


has chosen his part in this Contro


versy. lie has turned his back upor


the cause for which he fought fifteen o
, twenty years ago, and now he aililiates will
: those who were the enemies of the Union il
arms He denies the supremacy of the Fed
eral Government, and unites his stalwar
q powers of mind with those who contend TO


State Rights as supreme above those of


unified nation, which was planted by it
founders upon the rock Of supreme power il
all things pertaining 10 its own affairs
, Otherwise, he has taken his place in th
party which has adopted him as its stand


ard-bearer He virtually approves of tn


hatred borne by the South, which is noy
the Democratic citadel, toward our nationa
: emblem, and which is seldom displayed il
l that section except under Federal authorit,
Q and protection. He assumes these attitude
: by afflliation and by the grateful acceptanc
Y of the honor of being defeated in the pend
a ing contest.