Show > TODAY This is one of the most important days that has ever arisen in the American Ameri-can Republic It is of greater moment I to theAmerican people than any day since that Tuesday in November I860 when by electing Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency the stronger faction of the L ition declared that slavery must be abolished in this country whatever what-ever the cost in blood and treasure From that hour until the present the government has been drifting steadily away from the people who have surrendered sur-rendered their rights and lost control of their affairs in exactly the same proportion propor-tion that the central administration has gained Steadily has the Republican party usurped the powers which formerly were dear to the States and the people until today the n public pub-lic is no more like the grand free popular popu-lar government founded by the Revolutionary Revo-lutionary fathers than the liberal England of this generation is like the England of a few generations ago when all authority was centered in a monarch responsible only to his own conscience As the Republicans have gained power they have grown reckless reck-less and extravagant presumptious and authoritative impudent and overbearing overbear-ing They display these characteristics in office from the President down to the petty postmaster in Congress and in all branches and departments of the nation na-tion THE HERALD believes the people or a majority of them are heartily sick and tired of Republican aggressions and have resolved upon a changea return re-turn to the honest simple faithful government gov-ernment of former times Whether or I I not they will succeed with their determination de-termination today must decide THE HERALD believes they will It believes it in the face of the tremendous advantage advant-age possessed by the party in power and in the face of the unscrupulous character of the Republican leaders who would scruple at nothing to retain the government in their hands The contest ism crose one and the victory whichever way it may fall will be gained only after such a struggle as was never before witnessed in the history of the republic THE HERALD hopes that on Wednesday Wednes-day morning it will have the pleasure of announcing the election of a Democrat Demo-crat to the Presidency of the nation |