Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1880 — VICTORY WILL COME [ARTICLE]

VICTORY WILL COME

victory, aud overwhelming, been os good aa to-day. Twenty year* ago its first victory was achieved under the leadership of a man of the people, a man who thro’ all the trials and vioisaitudes which surrounded the life of pcnuilt* boyhood, had grown np, lovieg his country, truth and iastioe; a man who had struggled along, aided only by bia own strong brain and firm will. To day the party baa another such a leader. Abraham Lincoln had been a “rail splitter,” a flatboatman. James A. Garfield toijed as a boy and youth at chopping wood and driving the team of a canal boat. Ho it a man come up from tho people, whose life from its very commencement will add inspiration to the rising generation. Within two score years be has raised himself from a penniless collegiate to the proudest eminence man oan aspire to Hia nomination will awaken an enthusiasm among -the young men never witnessed since 18t»0, when Abraham Lincoln was the choice of the people. His high charaotcr, his exalted abilities will inspire confidence among the business portion of the people. His political antagonists honor and rasped him for his fairness and candor. His nomination has awakened the enthusiasm of the party and dismayed the opposition, . There ia not an element of the party that cannot and doses not heartily endorse the nomination. Even the noble 300 who stood by the great soldier, could not refrain from joining in the shout when the nomina-

dUoh M a 1 i o bo* never displayed. Generosity has been a strong trait of his character. The Democratic party ia demoralized. The reeord it made daring the extra session of Congress; its revolutionary efforts to starve the administration into eomplianee with its demands: its efforts to bnild up and maintain a solid Sonth; its tissue ballots and shot-gan policy by whioh it obtained power in the South; Us outrageous attempts to seise upon the State of Maine; its open and undisguised efforts to steal the seats of the members of Congress duly eleoied; its open defiance ol the Supreme Court, and Its threats of nullification, have all combined to eonvinee the business portion of the community that their interests, and the interests of the oountry are'not safe in Demoeratie bands. The open boast that they will destroy all war legislation will drive soldiers from their ranks, for they will not aid any party to destroy the legislation. sealed by their blood and made sacred by their sufferings, and won by tbeir heroism. The Greenback party, which four years ago played an important part in determining the result in several Northern States, will no longer be an important factor in the contest. With the return of coin payment and prosperous times their mission ended, and as odo of their leaders well said, that while they still fought for the abolition of National banks the overshadowing question was to preserve the conn try.