The national Republican., 1868-11-28
". J. MURTAeH;:..E Editor and Proprietor
THE DErUNCT DEMOCRACY.

"And what shAll We do nowe Our advice
would be to disbsnd the NJ nooratie party at
once, for II 10 pretty eff, .'v killed Of and
organize now conservative ta y to support
Grant, II his course shall jusIi,, 1t. In this
way tho radical leaders may be siaughed of
from the Administrstion and great conserya.
tive party butt up that will control the desti.
nies Of the county. Tho Whig party went
under In 1852, when it was not worse beaten
than the Democracy was on Tuesday, and had
. better odor In the North than its successful
rival has now History Is philosophy teach.
ing by example,. Let US profit BY 1t and try
to make amends for the errors OF the past
three years"
We have seen the above la several Northern
journals, which state that II is taken from q
leeding Southern paper. We do not know Its
exact paternity, but Is It 10 In harmony with
many Of tho suggestions which come to us
from Democratic sources, we accept 1t as the
programme Of tho demoraiiIsd and defuuct
Democracy. 1t is the plan OF tho defeated
leaders to reconstruct their e6ts and played.
out organization. How far they will succeed In
their schemes and endeavors remains to be seen.
Our opinion Is that this effort on the part Of
tho Democracy In the present instance will
signally fail, ., all efforts Of . like nature put
forth by this party in the past have proved
abortive.
The Whig party, It is true, went under In
1852, and tho party which took It's place and
became the antagonist Of the so.csilsd Demo.
cratic organization was not conservative,
but radical It was, and Is, the Republican
party. Will men never learn w.Jdom' Will
they forever read history backwards? The
party Of the future which 10 to control the
destinies Of this nation 10 not to be conserva.
tive party in any such sense as those men who
now talk Of supporting Gsnerul Grants sd.
party bo unfaithful to its trusts and reereant
to the great work which the people have
called 1t to perform, 1t will assuredly 60 down,
but 1t will not be succeeded by q conservative
party. One more radical will rise into power
aud take its place and do the work which God
and humanity requires at IT'D hands.
When mon talk like this, that Radicalism
may be skOnghcd of from the administration
aud great Conservative party built up that
will control the destiniss Of the country" they
talk nonsense. Neither history nor common
sense teaches any such thing We take no
steps backward. We do not taake, in this
connection, any defence of the Radical lead.
ers, or any other leaders, for they need more
at our hands. Those who are called the
Radical leaders may die, o. they may 60 out
Of Office, but others will take their places The
world moves. We besesoh, therefore, those
people who arc looking to the past to "let the
dead past bury its dead" "to lay no such
aattoring unction to their souls, that they
--- a-''' ~ in any sense, such conservs.
they imagine II they will not
.u ~ must 60 on In the dark. for.
hey live in the nineteenth cen.
nago Of progress
s,tateInent Of this writer which
We accept as true ani we can but hops that
the man who has opened his eyes to 90 i'm
portant fact will see more light, and embrace
the whole of II. He thinks the Democratic
party "is pretty a7ectuaiiy killed off," In this
we most heartily agroe with him. and We add,
'let all the people say amen" We may say
here and now, that we have not the slightest
objection to any support which the people who
voted for Seymour and Blair may chance to
give the administration of President Grant
but when they make it a condition precedent
to that support that the Radical leaders must
be sloughed of, and a Conservative party, such
as they may choose to organize, must take the
place Of the party which elected Grant and
ColfaI, We say no; most smphatieaQy no