The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-08-29

PREsEHTAED FUTURE OF PARTIES.



Epiros GATE CIrr:-In your friendly mo-
lice Of my Communication under tAis Asad,
you adnitshs eventual dissSpsici Of The
present Republican party when the opposi,
ton shall have broken down on present ia.
sues. That this is reasonably certain to oc.
suf 10 evident from the past history Of par.
ties IN this country, The Tory party opposed
the Revolution the Federal party opposed
the war Of 1917; and the Wing party oppossA
Mexican war Each Of these parties pes.
iihed 1t The close Of The var they opposed.
Tue the Wing party having opposed .
doubtful foreign war, were able to elect !
Acknowledging President on . neutral plat
form, and who had made his reputation BY
faithful service In the "unholy'' war the party
had 20 bitterly opposed.
But this, like each Of the other parties. had
lost the confidence Of Young America, and
must succumb to the universal rule that
dsosA = tAs doom Of any parry II aAe Usispd
&aas shoAFs cppossdo ssccesyIg eor.
Had the late civil war ended in favor ofths
Rebels, the Democratic party would nov
have bssn Triumphant Iastssd Of meursiar
ever The Lost Cause and iss oonssqsse-
sss' and seeking straws 70 AVE their sinking
fortunes, they would nov BE- riding in triumph
over the ruinAd fortunes Of he would be
Union saving fanatics.
Bat thank God ana the patriotic American
heart, their esuss, ID var and in politics. has
met merissd and common doom. One has
sadsd, the other il ending - gig
leu re4sr V my former remark, that sif
The Dssocrssie party had he eood ,aenss i
abandon the name they have dissrscsd, and
istshs sadtass queation - ), lshxH; 49,
Again, that t'if the pembsrs q the Demo.
cratic party ysrc only endowed SisA more
sAsscity and les PRIDE" il was my opinion
thastthey hNvs-it 10 heir power 70 .eo.tol
the next Congress, il not The NEXT Preeidsn>
tAl election
You say you lido not smphatically deny
this assumption, because We don't what poll.
q Il il that, If adopted, would in his opinion
make the Democracy succsssful Well. /
will tell you' b ssrsly erphiniSs sAa. l
meant:
Firss-Tha Democratic party hsvihf bsea
The Rebel party, and ~, such, 10 the 0pusAL,
ct least, the advocates Of Oligarchy, no.hinr
Is more inappropriate thaA the mama Of De..
oeratic for party whose principal aim In.
been, for years. 70 fostss po.erfals ar;ae.c.
racy, who should weld the political pover o.
the one hand, and . mass Of slaves, 70 do he
work and drudgery, on the other.
Oh Democracyl What outragss have The
people suffered in thy namsl
Then ~ nans sAoah - isAw1A nxnxr
who have dissraced it. Lea vall.nd;.,hl..,
and others Of his school become H. .c.n.-
goats to carry Oh old party sins. Thew 8.
deserving Of all she oAisa deg. A.ve =.
ssched to the pessx name hey Inv. a.
graced. Let them have il.
Second: There are thousands Of hone..
members Of the Democratic parry Who hav.
apr'de in the nsns, anl Asvs mol he =.
eacity to discover thAs usder this ns.e
they are aiding, 70 far ~, they have The
power, the enemies OF srus Democratic sov.
eminent in tie United States ana fa,th.,
shat there sesms 70 b manifest deet;nv n
favor Of takiag ahstvOics Of the whole people
hereafter. e
Would to God that honest Denoo.-a.
could but zee through tho negro wool tAas 81
being AsAsn esse slsr syss oa IL tsooA>1
struesioa and saarass qasseisas, MD he
nsgiins dsmasogaes Of their party arc cha.s>
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