Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-09-23
A Laughing Political PhilOso-
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From Harper's Weekly.

From Harper's Weekly.
The action of the late Democratic
Convention in Massachusetts is but
another proof that the party has no
common principle, except opposi-
ton to the Republicans, and no ma
tional policy whatever to propose.
In Virginia and Tennessee the Dem
ocrats vote for negro suffrage; in
Pennsylvania they denounce it. In
Ohio they demand that the bonds
shall be paid in greenbacks: In Iowa
they insist upon the strict letter of
the contract. In California they de-
clare for white mans government,
and in Massachusetts they acquiesce
in results. With the Republicans
they every where denounce extrava-
gance and demand economy. Indeed,
whatever may be said of the Repub-
llcan party, however justly it may
be reproached for the unworthy
members who always follow success,
and for such faults of administra-
ton as may be fairly charged upon
it, it is scarcely reasonable to sup
pose that the public welfare would
be promoted by the success of an
opposition which has no common
principle Or policy.
The Democratic candidates fur
ther illustrate the condition of the
party. In Pennsylvania the banner
bearer is Mr.. ASA PACKER, a gen
tleman of whom it is actually impos-
sible to say any thing but that he is
uery rich, and belongs to the Bour-
bon wing of the party. In Ohio,
Mr.. PENDLEToN is a gentleman of
education and ability, an original
Secessionist, and the representative
of the repudiating policy in finance.
In Massachusetts,, Mr.. JOHN QUINcY
ADAMS is gentleman also of educa-
ton and ability, who can not con-
ceal his sense Of the extreme come
dy of his position laughing Re-
publican of yesterday, the Demo
cratic guide, philosopher and friend
of to-day. A steady Republican
and earnest supporter of the war,
Mr.. Adams differed with his party
upon the policy of reconstruction !;
and with no respect for the Demo
cratic party, or faith in its doctrines
but apparently suppos;ng that not
to approve the Republican policy is
necessarily to become a Democrat,
upon the principle that what is n OF
white must be black, he suddenly
makes his bow as 1.-THE rising young
Democratic statesman of New Eng
land" telling his followers that if
they would win the battle their arms
must have new locks, stocks, and
barrels.
The situation is evidently as anu
sing to Mr.. Adams as to everybody
else. 1t is as if our excellent and
honorable friend, Mr.. Woodford,
the late Lieutenant Governor of
New York, should suddenly appear
as the chief sachem of Tam.nany,
directing the serene Mr.. Tilden and
his fellow statesman, Sweeney,
Tweed, and Hall, what they must
do to be saved. To complete the
entertainment at the Massachusetts
Convention, Mr.. Woodbury., the
President, announced that the Dem
ocratic party, the party of James M.
Mason, Jefferson Davis, and Wade
Hampton, the party whose chief lea
ders fought desperately to overthrow
the government in order to perpetu
ate and extend human slavery, chad
always battled for human rights. y
No one enjoys a joke more than
Mr.. Adams, and we can fancy the
smile upon his face as he listened to
this daring flight, just as he was
about to begin his own speech by
telling his owa pupils that they
must blot their record as fast as
possible.
Mr.. Adams's vote will probably
be larger in proportion than usual
because of the prohibitory move
ment. In his speech he evaded
meeting this question fairly; and
the best part of his remarks was the
shrewd satire upon the vituperative
style Of the temperance advocates
Mr. Adams said that the prohfbitory
law is an invasion of personal lib
erty; but whether it be not one OF
the legitimate invasions of that lib
erty for the common welfare, which
is the ground upon which its friends
place its justification, he did not
say, but,
Smiling, put the question by
There is no doubt, however, that
the laughing Republican gave the
Democratic party very sound advice.
If it would prosper, it must stop