Rensselaer Union, Volume 12, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1879 — Can Such Things Be? [ARTICLE]

Can Such Things Be?

Mr. George Major, of Jasper oounty, is spoken of as the democraic candidate lor congress in the “LaPorte. District.” He is at present a slate senator, having received the sapport of the democrats mid nationals. He is an oid humbug, but rather sharp, and may therefore stand a chance. —La Fayette Times. What! Majors for Congress? Great Gcd! Mirci/nl heavens!,Has it come to this ? Is it to be undersiood that ihe great dcmocrs'ic party of jndi&iiu is so infernal v

poverty stricken and barren of suitable men for office as to select such ignorant, illiterate gsloot* as Majors to represent them in congress? Why, Majors has less sense than Thompson's coll that jumped into ihe river to get out of tha rain. He Is n good, easy, simple minded, good Matured sort of a fellow, but when democrats undertake to'make statesmen out of such material,- the idea is preposterous. They might as well try to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. , The democratic party is remarkably robust and able to carry heavy loads, hut if it is to be weighed down with such incompetant, undemocratic, unprincipled professional office-seekerß as - Majors Landers, «fcc , it might as well be knocked in the head and sent to the political honeyard at once. These men have never been democrats and profess to be only that they tnay obtain office at the hands of ttic dominant party. i There is such a thing as piling on ignorance, stupidity, incompetency, illiteracy and contemptible isins as to-crush even so stalwart and noble an organization as the democratic party. It seems that there are altogether too many, professing to he demo crats who are using their influence in a direction that will surely lead to an easy victory for radicalism in 1880. If the democracy ol Indiana can find no better, truer and more com-petent-standard bearers than Majors, Landers, «fco. who never were democrats, they deserve the defeat that certainly will follow the iromtnaliou of such men. —New Albany Ledger- Sta uda rd.

The acquittal of Gully in Missis si|mi in the face of Mrs. Chisolm’s clear and positive testimony will exert no little influence on the approaching Presidential election, It is easy to say that it has no more bearing upon national affairs than the undue postponement of the Hey. Mr. Hayden’s trial in Connecticut. Hut most of the northern people do not look upon it in that way. They regard the bloody outrages at the south, like that by which Mr. Chisolm died, as proofs that the w'ar is not yet entirely fought out —that its victories are not yet complete; and they are naturally apprehensive that if the democratic party, which includes ikv former confederates, almost lo a man, were to get control of the executive dc-partnient of the gov eminent, such outrages would increase in number, and the Union nien in the old slave states would find'life hardly* endurable, if possible. We believe the American people, by a large majority, are determined, first and foremost, that ihe fruits of the war shall be fully preserved, and that the slaveholding spirit shall never be permitted to rule tbe nation again. They, care more for this than they do for the currency or any other question. Hence arises the most formidable, difficulty in the election of a democratic candidate.— N. Y. Sun.

, The friends of tho Indianapolis, Delphi and Chicago road arc much eluted over the business the road is doing. In the seven months it has been in operation between Rensselaer and ’ Monticello it-has paid operating expenses, and has earned enough besides to pay cents interest on bonds. There is a strong effort now being made .to push the road through to Indianapolis without delay. Parties interested art seeing what can be done in the way of disposing their bonds, providing the enterprise was immediately undertaken. The Bee Line company have propose to allow them to use llieir tracks from llrightuood into the Union depot, and their city freight depot lo transact their Ire ight business in, providing they will connect with them at Brightwood, give them their East-bound business, and erect their shops at Brightwood. Delphi is also a bidder for the shops, having offered to donate lo them seventeen acres of ground if the company will build shops at that point. The 1., D. «fc C. company are negotiating for the building of coaches and freight cars with the patent adjustable trucks, which they propose to use in their business, which passes over standard erauge roads, aud for their Ideal business their narrowgauge rolling slock now in service will be used until worn out.—lndianapolis Journal.

There can norionger be a reasonable doubt that the third term movement is distastful to General Grant, and that 60 far as his own choice and personal feelings go he would like to see it subside. The evidence of this is found in all the letters of the Herald correspondent, who is in daily communication with General Grant, in his interview with Hi Lung Chang, in his letters to Mr. George W. Childs,' and finally in his recent letter to the Hon. E. B. Wasbburne. It may therefore be taken as a settled fact that if the name of General Gram is kept before the people as a candidate for the presidency it will be done in disregard of his expressed desire. General Grant has a wonderful hold upon the confidence ,of the people of the nation nnd possesses points of strength which may ultimately be called into requisition, notwithstanding his own choice in the matter. The result in this respect will depend largely upon 110 action of congress next winter, ami the demand made upon the country by tho confederate democracy.-" Indianapolis Journal. The democracy are brought face lo with this situation: Their

only hope of electing a president next year depends on carrying iTew York. Without that state and twelve more electoral votes in the north added to the solid south they cabuot succeed. If they could get the thirty-five electoral votes of New York they might poswibfy snake up the remaining twelve in the north, thongh even that is doubtful. But without New York they do not stand the ghost of a chance, and as matters now look they are already defeated In that state. This means inevitable defeat next year, and this is the situation which is now eliciting such a mournful wail all along the democratic line. —Indianapolis Journal.