Year: 1874

just at this time, nothing is more un


settled or uncertain than politics. A gen


Ileman, who for many years has been yer,


influential in the Republican party of thi


STATE, and who, by reason of his position


to-day welds considerable influence re-


marked to us, a few days ago: II confess


sir, | do not know what party belong to-


This undoubtedly is the case with grea


many. But, though some may net be able


to tell what party they belong to, we hope
they are few who do not know what princ


Piles they hope to see triumphant Then,
| in order that individuals do not get lost, be-
wildered, or led astray in the great wirl o
political confusion, it would be well for
each to select some land mark, as guide to
his future course. This becomes all the
more necessary, from the fact that the cor
ruptionists hang their onl y hope of continued
triumph on their efforts to so confuse the
public mind Oh the real issues, as to make
the masses unable to discern between right
and wrong. If you want gold and silver
as the basis of currency and long for re-
turn to specie payments, put these down as
one of the land marks by which your course
shall be guided, and be careful you do not
drift so far into the fog banks of humbug-
gerry as to lose sight of them If you
would have free commerce, and most of you
think, and plausibly too, that free commerce
would be best for the whole country, then
set that down as another land mark, and
keep your eye on it If you 60 in for re
-ricting the National, or even the State
government from its meddIing with local


ffAirs of society, whereby monopolies are
iostered. a privileged class protected and
freedom unnecessarily and oppressively re
strained, then, we would say, put restriction
Of Federal power or government in any form
further than is absolutely necessary to serve
the public good. down as another Important
ilnd mark Again, if you h'ld that it is
The right and the duty OF the people to pro-
tect themselves against the unjust discrim-
nations Of chartered monopolles, then pu'
opposition to oppression, in any form or
from any source, down as aaother land
mark. you think the country is undul,
taxed, and our government is eX,ravagantl,


administered, which we know you do
then put retrenchment down as another
land mark If You think the thieves, ty-
rants and ignorant renegides, who have
stood at the helm of e'rly every depart
nent of our government until they h We
nearly run it in the ground, should be
hoisted from office and none but honest and
c,plb men elected to Gll their places, then
put honesty and captbility down as another
land mark, and see that you stick close to
it. These are the main points we must
keep steadily in view, if we would not be
led astray. Every conceivable effort viii
b, resorted to. to hefog the public mind
with long rigmaroles of the dead past, and
loud and long promises of the dread future.
in hopes to beguile the muses. from the
paths of tr, duty and honest reform. /
the people are led not astrny by the ser entr
of deception, the acme of their desires ii
the way of true reform and honest govern
ment, with their attendant blessings, will
most assuredy be re,lized. If not; If the,
,low themselves to be beyuiled bv cas,
If ar fu deceivers, who to-day are laying
plans silently. though deep, 10 accomplish
that end, they will, before they are aware,
find themselves neck deep in the pool of
degradation, which, bindly, they had been
taught to believe was a myth. In conclu-
sion, let each man fix firmly in his mind the
principles he believes to be right, and bt
very cautious how he deviates therefrom