The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1869-09-04
WustcG AdUice.

The democratic papers throughout the whole
country are resorting TO their old plan of brag
and bluster, ard take particular pains to assure
their readers that Republicanism is on the de-
cine-that is has won its last victory-that
henceforth democracy is to rule the land, &c.
We have heard democrats predict that they will
carry the next Presidential election beyond
shadow of a doubt; prediction which must,
however, be taken with many grains of allow
ance, when it is remembered that the same cry
has gone up previous to every election which
has taken place during the last ten years.
In 1860, the democrats had fair chance Of
success, in the Presidential contest then pending,
but by their senseless quarrels and divisions upon
questions of great importance, they lost the cleo
ton, and them because they had lost, the south
ern portion of the party plunged the nation into
that terrible war from the effects of which the
country is still suffering. In 1864, their pros
pect was fair until they held their convention,
and made their platform, the terms Of which was,
in plain terms, a surrender to the rebels, and
nominated Mcclellan and Pendleton thereon !;
then they were distanced past help. When a
party makes platform which it thenceforth de-
nies or evades, and nominates a ticket half Of
which is an invincible reason for not nomina-
ting the other half, intelligent politicians know
that there is no chance for that ticket to win.
So in 1868, Grant and Collar made very
strong ticket, and could hardly be beaten but
a ticket composed of Chase and Hancock, or
4 H.,
would have given us all We could do TO defeat it.
Seymour and Blair, on the other hand, were
known to be doomed from the hour of their
nomination. There were no other two men
beaten as badly as they were.
Now, if there was any prospect Of Democracy
prof,ing by these experiences Of the past, there
might be some sense in their prophecies OF coming
success. Light votes will he the rule for year
or two, and as three-fourths of those voters who
only come out on great emergencies are Repub-
licans, it may be that Democrats may carry cleo
tios!scontes,s~ rs where they ought to meet
defeat. And this will prove their ruin. By the
time of the next Presidential election, they will
| imagine that they can elect whomsoever they
choose to nominate, and we will see them put
forth other candidates like Mcclellan and Pen
deton or Seymour and Blair, only to be defeat
ed. The fact is, democrats can't bear prosperity,
and will run themselves aground, as they have
| done twice already. The National Debt is a
rock on which they are sure to split, il there
were no other. As party, they hate those who
| lent the money that was one essential means Of
our National triumph hate it because it put
down the rebellion. If they had full swing to-
morrow, they would cheat the public creditors,
not probably by voting directly not to pay,
but by abolishing tax after tax till there would
be nothing wherewith to pay. They cannot for
give those whose money clothed, fed and paid
the armies who made that famous March to the
Sea and conquered Lee at Appomattox. And
their hate is SO binding that they can't help
showing it, even when it darkens their prospects
to do SO. In point of fact, they gain no votes
by promising to pay the debt in greenbacks, or
patronizing any kindred device of reputation.
They simply feed an ancient grudge, while they
alarm the holders of bonds, and impel them to
do their all for the Republican ticket.
On the whole we judge that Democracy may
very well cease their prophecies of evil 10 come
to US. When their brains become pervious to
| the influx Of common sense, and when they ac-
cept the issues of the hour, and resolve to main
tain and defend, in good faith, the national hon
or, then they may be successful but not before.