Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-09-17
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Tur Democracy has at the prescn, time no com.
,Ssi that sss%S6s yiikE nsssSsis iftA'V'g' o'rr''-
Never was truer statement made. We
only wonder that the leading organ oil DE.
mocmcv In the most Democratic State of
the Union should make so frank conies-
sion. To confess the utter decentralization
of the party Is 70 weaken It's prospects OF
success in thngIFnding rrnpundgns, " any
such prosbttt Exists Tie confession y
not, however, so lmpolitic as one would at
first suppose, for the truth itself Is too
obvious to be ignored There Is only one
point In common, and that Is hostility TO
the dominant party. In a general way
they concur inaenouncing the Admlnistra.
ton and its friSndsl Btt even here Il Is
not safe to be very explicit, because that
would bring up the clashing opinions of
the party.
The Democracy of Massachusetts Is on
posed to fepAlaihtlo and lie in favor ef
throwing up the sponge in the combat
against impartial suffrage. mother words,
J. q. Adams and company are stunning
the rock on which their bark had previous
ly been XffQk(d, antl also the whirlpool
which thfPhtenb 70 epgllf a. in Ken.
lucky the other extreme Is adopted Let
us, is practically the language of those old
Bourbons, try perform the astonishing
feat of At once 'dashng against the rocks
of negrophobia and being gulped down
by reputation. The difference between
these two. positions can readily be ex.
planned. In Massachusetts, the party
has fed upon the ashes of disap-
pointment untifit Is ready 10 surrender
every distinctive feature in the hope that
clad ins she armor of Republicanism, Il
might achieve victory. But IN Kentucky
the Democracy is 50 strong that there IL
no needkof concesling or borrowing On
straight Democratic Issue the State can
be carried beyond doubt, -a ...l
II is obvious that the real character Of
political party is to be studied in localities
where il i dominant. Who're il is In n mi
nority il naturally tries to hide its pecu-
liarities, sceingthey are offensive TO ma
jority of the Yotcrs. This fact invests the
Kentucky DcmQcarCy with an unusual i'm.
terest, and justifics the. statement TINT If
the party only dared to show its colors,
the two hemisphercs Of its political creed
would be hostility to negro suffrage and
reputation of the national debt.
Tennessee, judging from Andrew john
son, the leader of the party In that State,
will go with Kentucky nn the latter point
but the Negro having the ballot In that
State, it win not do TO ride the old hobby,
uN lthSl lpI NllS nIVScnL II may nc tndl rs
the State once before gave Sambo the right
TO vote and then deprived him of the
privilege, so twill agIlin AT least it Is
quite possible that the Democracy win at
tempt IL. But notatpresent As matters
now stand the party in that State is mid
way between the other two States named.
Ohio comes the nearest to Kentucky of
any State. Tits opposed to the Fifteenth
Amendment, and Is for virtual reputation
of the five-twenties. In the nomination
of Rosecransr an attempt was made to
adopt the progressive policy but the party
soon got back ipto the groove of Bourbon
ism. Floundermg in the sea of popular
contempt, it has not found and cannot
find place of safety. Reputation Is the
resort of scoundruls without honor.
There are those who shrink from this,
either through principle or policy, and
hence tho party has no common ground
TO stand upon, and no policy TO offer" It
lisa wreck that drills aimlessly ina troubled
sea, kept rom sinking only because the
leaders persist in adherence TO the old
name and organization, even at the ex-
pensc OF continued disaster Chicdgo
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