The Republican Text-Book for the Campaign of Full a Full History of General James a Garfield's Public Life

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Excerpt from The Republican Text-Book for the Campaign of Full a Full History of General James a Garfield's Public Life: With Other Political InformationFirst. To present to the American people the Republican candidate for President as a public man. This will be done by presenting the public life and services of General Garfield in an historical sketch, and by presenting such extracts from his speeches and papers as will exhibit, in a compendious form, his opinions on the leading political questions of the last twenty years, 'and especially those that enter into the present canvass. It is many years since a man with so full a political record has been a candidate for President. Perhaps no man was ever a candidate for this high office who had traversed so many fields of thought and discussion. Sometimes the candidates have been successful soldiers or little-known civilians, with either no civic history or a very short one. But an independent journal has very justly said of General Garfield He has been for many years an industrious member of Congress, who has borne a prominent and able part in the work of legislation, has long had a considerable share in shaping or carrying all measures of importance, and whose opinions on the great topics of the day are perfectly well known. In doing this work, General Garfield has freely uttered his thoughts on all the leading topics of the times, and the central idea of this text-book is.to put into the hands of the reader authentic materials for judging his record.Second. To present a variety of other political information that will be useful to the intelligent citizen, and especially to speakers and writers in the Presidential canvass.Quotations from leading Democratic politicians, from educators, scholars, and the religious press, will show the impression that General Garfield has made on these classes of citizens. A sketch of the vice-presidential candidate, Gen eral Chester A. Arthur, is also included. The recent history of the two great parties is given, as are also the platforms for 1880 and the letters of acceptance of the candidates. The current charges against General Garfield are fully pre sented and examined. It should be added that the pamphlet editions of Gen eral Garfield's speeches are followed in all cases where such editions have ap peared. These speeches were revised by the author, and are therefore more authoritative than the Globe and Record reports.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.