Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-06-17
Are We - Fight ON Principle.

Before the wanning Of another moon, the
National Convention Of the Democratc par-
ty will have decided who its standard bearers
IRE to be in the great struggle between the
masses Of the people who believe in their
capacity to and right to govern, and the
pampored adherents and claquors Of mill.
tary oligarchy. The great heart Of tho peo-
pie is beyond all question, right upon the is.
sue involved in tho approaching contest
They have felt, and continue to feel, the bit.
ter, crushing burden Of taxation and debt,
that, while exhausting their energies and
sapping the life Of the producing millions,
coins wealth in the Golfers of the opulcnt
capitalist. After night Of wild delirium
in the fannisa possession Of competence,
the laborcr and producer has awakened to
realization Of the terrible truth, that what
he fordly believed to be on enduring pros
perity, is an empty bubble that spurious
imitation brought to the surface, only, like
the ignsis tlutus Of disordcred brain, to
vanish when its enjoyment seemed nearest
at hand 1t is not at all remarkable that
this sudden awaking from pleasant delus-
ion to reality altogether its opposite, should
produce fever of discomfort and foreboding
that only the strongest remedies can subdue.
The leaders and moulders Of popular SEN
timents, if wise, will give heed to the un-
mistakable determination Of the masses to
fight the pending campaign purely upon
principle, leaving policy for the nonce, to
take care Of itself. Tinkers, trimmers and
political wheather- cocks anticipates storm,
and per consequence, are casting vigorously
about, and trimming their sails in order to
be in readiness to mount the reactonary
wave that instinct tells them is about to
sweep over the political ocean. The only
difficulty experienced by this class of non
discripts is that they are by no means certain
from which point Of the compass to expect
the current, and therefore their line of poll.
cy is of the good Lord and good Devil"
style, with the chances about evenly bal
anced and a keen lookout for the main
chance. The question uppcrmost then, is
shall the people select their own standard
bearer, or shall few self-constituted leaders
and caucus manipulators do it for them? If
those who claim to be wise beyond common
wisdom think that success can be achieved
by turning aside from the plumb-linc of
principle, they will, to late too remedy the
mistake, diseo7er that the receeding wave
has let them nothing but dissolving quick
sand of factions, in which they will speedily
be buried.
In this crisis let the people insist upon be-
ing heard and let wire-pulIers and political
brokers keep silence. From Connecticut,
where the star of Democracy first rose out
of the darkness and chaos Of puritan into-
crance to where the slogan ofvictory bursts
against the snowy peaks Of Oregon, the
rank and file Of the Democratic party de-
mand leader they can elect and one that
can be trusted after he is elected. They de-
mand standard bearer, fresh from the peo-
ple, with q head full Of brains and hear.
which elects warm, sympathetic blood
through the arteries, instead of the chilly
tide that crceps sluggishly along in the fos-
sils of another age The would-be War
wicks will find that in this campaign the
people will play the role themselves. - Gin
ton Democrat
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Destructive Fire ia Michigan.
CHICAGO, June "a very destructive
, fire occurred at Marquelton, Michigan. las
night. Over one hundred buildings in th'
business portion of the town, including fort.
stores, the United States Land Office, Gus
tom House, County Treasurer $ Office, will
all the records, were destroyed. The rail
road office OF the Lake Shore Road, and th'
Superior Ore Docks were also burned. TIN
loss is estimated at 81 100000. 1nsuranc
very small.
. WHAT IT MEANS. The supporters o
GRANT and COLFAX, wherever it is neces
3 sary, deny that they are in favor Of negr
suffrage, Notwithstanding the fact that thei
resolutions declare openly for it, throug hou
, the entire South--the only section Of tn
country they have the power to enforce tn
obnoxious doctrine. The avo val that ne
, groes should vote in the South is simply Al
: ovouol th,t ooa of thase thick -linned lOn @