The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-04


publ fan Ep7 Intative in Co Fe0 DIN
n York So Eli the Demo( bic M
Of d ~ L to book BY 1U ION
Il the |ah 6hd 18th Amend euts I've
been duly ratified and are part Ii
tuition, upon which all the Democratic MEM
hers vote no. 1t is true that the Democratic
majority in the New York Legislature sub
stantially recognized the amendments. But
i decline 10 % %. p'r AZ a.! f ss.i cel
commend that certain questions, Be Esg.rded
Il; Il s4Sa
they do not consider the validity Of the
amendments among the settled questions.
The World, indeed, sneas at IL Kentucky
members Of ID party as 'shide- hDund." But
the value Of the W@H . representative
and influential party eegan may e IDLY
esinoed. 1pssleeIedA ~. Ch.se as ffes-
denaial eandidaae in 1eo9, md Mr.. Seymour
was nenieaAsd taPusd ssy repudiatins
tone N tie platform a.d i vis made to
favor virtual sePadiatSo0. Il called upon
Gen. Blair to withdraw, and its plEty cursed
II. 1t denounced the Ring in New York,
zad the King put Il in It's pocket. The World
may he wiser than its panty, buff docs not
in the least influence the fasty policy. It,
breaches Of Discipline are remembered
agsine it and all It's suggestions ne ne
ceised with suspicion by the real ISsty man
ayers. --s-.- a -
If the Democratic party in 1865, when the
Rerntliean. were firmly united By srpoaiiitn
70 the n,ischieyo,is psspOses of Andrew John
son, and BY enshusiGRm 6xthe hero of the
war, General Grant, did not hesitsDe to place
itself under the leadership Of Wade Hamp-
ton, and to declare itself for Reputation, bow
little likely is it to shrink, sl,Onld it We sue
c,,ssfaI in 1872, from umloing everything
that has been done ard from, opening every
vexed question? 1t cannot he to oilen urged
upon the voters of this country that the DEM
ocratic party for many year has been d.
rected BY its most unscrupulous managers.
Its policy was the extension Of slavery. rs
masters were, therefore, the great slave poll
ticians Of the Southern States; and their ends.
could be accomplished only BY encouraging
the very worst passions Of human nature.
Slavery Is gone, with many of the politicians
who served il. But the ignorance and de-
moralizati0n of the party remain, and it has
such managers rs such elements require and
imply. Having NJ statesmen for leaders,
it has no ability to adopt great and wise
policy. The most positive clement in the
party to-day islntred for The negro and sym
pathy with the rebel doctrine and spirit. Al
party, it was Copperhead during the wal,
and it is COpperhead still Should it carry
the country at the next election, it would
plung us into confusion of which it is i'm
possible to forcsee the end.
Congress has failed to apprehend this fact.
The Republican majority has not seen the
vital necessity of party union. When Con-
gress adjourned the country should have
been able to zee 1t a glance the Republican
platform. That platform should have been
firm adherence t. the settlement of the
Union; a vigorous system of defence for the
purity II The polls; a palpable reduction Of
taxadkns, and the prompt repeal 0i-thc in
come tax; foreign policy vigorously MAIN
tanning our just rights, honorable to our
laws and treaties, and unsolicitous Of annex
alton, and a domestic policy of reform in the
civil service. Had Congress by its action
shown this to he the Republican platform,
satisfaction and dependency which undoubt-
edly exists in the party. Yet this is the very
moment for such feeling, if such there
ulssss uc. TOI thc iccilISSs 10 ltscil u WAIuiuS
and alarm. 1t spurs inquiry, and reveals
difficulties and perils, And there is time
enough to fully comprehend the situation
and to secure the future. The Republicans
will lose in the next House, but they will
not lose a majority. They will easily retain
that majority if they nominate men who
favor such principles, and who have the
courage of their opinions. They can not,
u
succeed upon that, as is advised in some
quarters. Honest and able men, who have
decided views upon maintaining the national
settlement, upon reducing taxation, upon
the public service, and who are
able to comprehend what Is called the neces-
sity Of the case, which implies concession and
Cancellation for a great general benefit, these
are the men whom the Republicans should
nominate and elect; and these are the men
who would make Republican success as sure
in 1872 as II was in 1868.