Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1876 — EAST WORDS. [ARTICLE]

EAST WORDS.

B.S*. M»Uwr number of Thk Union it published the voter* of. Ifr. flurry s* president end sloe presb dealt what polities! organisetin tail 4Mta the executive palwr wfciofc i> to control oar jfov-" erhment for soar years succeeding; thefosrth day of March, 1877. It Is a grave deotsioa to make, and' those upon whom it devolves ought to beif. In mind the fullness of its gravity. Upon this decision depends die welfare of forty-five millions of people—their prosperity and happiness—for at least four years, and perhaps the destiny of n, mighty republic for all .time to come. Mo man who holds a ballot should consider It a trivial matter, or his responsibility a light thing. It is a mighty engine, a terrible weapon, a sacred trust. No mhn .should attempt to operate this engiil or to wield this weapon except 1m possess firmness, intelligence and discrimination. No man‘should permit passion, partisan seal, or the prejudice of section, religion or pri&eAo swerve hip) from a faithAd,- conscientious discharge of doty towards the trust which the fathers confided to his keepiug. This mighty nation was not crested for the present generation alone, but Its glory is an inheritance accumulating brilliance for those who are te succeed us. To us belongs the usufruct alone, and we must not appropriate or impair the principal. It becomes the duty of every voter to earnestly enquire which of the two political parties that divide the great tuassot voters between them iy likely most to promote jthe publicweltaFo, had conscientiously to vote without reference to former affiliations. This i*po time for party prejudices, to 'coats# men's minds. Is% issues are too grave to be determined by

snob unworthy considerations. Befieving that the reteord of republican party upon questions pertaining to the .welfare of the MpubUe for the past sixteen yefcra, or since it came into powety is wiser and better than that of the t> . tn* '• • • * democratic party during the same periqd; believing that .those men and those minds who direct- the policy of the republican party 1 are wiser than those who .control the democratie party; believing that candidates of Che republican party are honestar men, In all that pertains to the science of government, titan those who head the democratic ticket, Tun Umiov as an independent, nonpartisan newspaper advocates the triumph of the; republican party and the election. ofßutberford B. Ilayet and Wil&*m A. Wheeler jor president and jriee president of the United States. The reasons for this belief have been given from time U> time in £jfesa. columns since the campaign. dMiQMMdpsadinot be enlarged upon pi Mr..-' We have confidence that the Republican party will be triumphant Every day and every mail srwalalca assurance tli&tauck will be Lite result. A great change* is * piaaifest*in the-tone of -the press V* Republican and democratic*, li the columns editorial, and those devoted to correspondence ami dispatches, .within the past week. * Mr. THdert’s letter promising to ! viftd any measures which hia party mjpht pass In congress tor the pay-. MMhi of the claims qf the. late rwbr* els for losses incurred by rebellion, has certainly created a profound sensation throughout ike country.

It hU sroused those who were in* different to realise the dangers of the situation and to inquire if congress does not - sometimes pass measures over * president** veto. It was sn admission by the leader of the democratic party that such an idea.was entertained and such a Hhpng contemplated by the strong moat enthusiastic portion of bis earn party. The admission ha* carried wide spread apprehension among the loyal; candid, faon- !»»(, thinking uieo of the North

which all tbs Ahjuukr* M sepdfct lican orators and, the HertrthMps 1 of the republican pres* could not produce; Hlr considered by. the less conscientious 4 and tj , there reckless democrats as a cry* of .tear at fbe torn public'sentiment wsatakiug, which startles them spectre 0/f defeat. > 1 The vory meant- whioh Mr. Tilden thought would allay alarm has Intensified it, bps spread it among friend and R>§ alike—hi* friends are alarmed at his own timidity; his foes at the menace of the Solid South. > ».i ■ •

We consider’ * the indications strong,. indeed beyond question, ‘that New Y<)rk is lost to the democracy; and without Ne.w York their case itdiopelueii We believe that- Mr. TlldAi* will lose eVery northern state except perhaps Indiana and Connecticut; while the 1 republicans are more likely to carry. North Carolina,. South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana of the southern states than the democracy are to carry either Indiana or Connecticut. Wc assure our .republican friends that- the outlodk is 1 • n . . .. ■},■■ favorable to-day, and has grown -brighter every succeeding day during the post, fprtnight, for their national ticket to carry every state north of the old Mason and Dixon line, both California and Oregon; and the four states south which we have named above. TJiese aje last words; spd they, ace spqken in truth and confidence as th 6 result of the careful examination of probr abilities. We read both demo-, cratic and republican papers, and give tbisopinion honestly as. our firm belief.