The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-07-01
MODERN DEMOCRACY.

All of the principles and measures which
the Democratic party held and maintained
sssiVYty have s either been b. or
peopiej secondly, all OF the principles and
are either in direct sntsgonism to those which
direct antagonism to the will Of the people
struggle for as,iohai eSistence.-TSs Nation.
Tho above paragraph contains as much
truth as 1t were possible to crowd into SO
small spaeej and yet we see this same party
making prodigious effort 10 gather Its forces
In New York on the fourth Of July to make q
now start In the race for success. II such q
party, so demoraiized, can achieve . victory
in this juncture Of our nations history we
may well despair OF the Republic. Our nber-
tics are clear gone and gone forever.
When we take into confederation the fact
that the managers are at their wits end, and
that they know not where to flnd a candidate,
We need not feel surprised. How can a party
without principle, without any axed purpose,
n party that only seeks to wipi a party that
will take any man or any platform or no plat
form, commend itself to the oonsiderate judg-
ment Of the nationi
To suppose that such conglomerate mass,
governed and guided by no principle, Influenced
by no high sense OF patriotic duty, a mere
combination OF Adventures, held together by
the selfish dogma Of the cohesive power Of
public plumber, can win, is to suppose that the
American people have taken leave OF their
senses.
Istt at all wonderful that such a hcteroge-
ncous mass Of people, with no guiding prinei-
pie, with no pole star, should be all adrift and
totally In the fog; that they should be Without
any Discriminate principles In the selection OF
q candidatei What difference does Il make
whom they select 1t may be Hancock or
Pendleton or Seymour or Hendricks or Chase,
or some unthought-of and now unknown
person. What Is the diferencef Such man
will only be set up to be defeated by Grant. II
IL Of no account whom he may be. One man
is as good as another. 1t matters not who
this nondeseript party may set up TO be
knocked down by General Grant, for knocked
down he most assuredly will be.
In the mean time, q furious discussion Is
going on In the "happy family" Already
there Is quite a gathering In New York, but
those who are there are mostly from the
South, and they viii demand OF the Conven-
ton distinct recognition OF their old sfsfas J
especially win they call upon the party 10 re.
instate them in their domineering position, 10
exercise the same power that was their won
In plantation days, when the colorcd people OF
the nation wers their slaves, and tho North
ern deugh-faced Democracy were their tools
were, In serviiiy, little lower than the black
slave himself because their submission was a
voluntary submission.
The ruling spirits from the South are such
men as these; Raphael Semmes, Simon Boil
var Buekner, Albert Pike, and Edmund
Rhett, and these men and their coafroa will
demand their old positions Ia the party, and
they viii dictate terms and why should they
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1t ia useless to predict what will be done In
New York. There Is no man wise enough or
far-seeing enough to tell you what will be
done. And the reason for this lie, that there
are no principles In the party. The one idea
is success, and success for the spoils; no mat
ter how or by whom this Is achieved.
There are some Republicans who think, or
affect to think, that this Democratic party has
some show OF success. II 1t have, then has
our nation filled up the measure Of Its iniquity,
and the days Of the Republic are numbered
Ichabod Is written upon our doorpostsi the
glory has departed. We are not Of that faith,
and don't therefore believe in the success OF
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