The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-07-14
ssIs THE DEnOCRATIC PARTY
DEAD.f"

Under the above interrogation, the
erudite and grandiloquent philosopher
ofthe Emporis Ledger of last week
makes another display Of his law and
latin, and attempts to cover his vanity
by pretense of discussing the status
of the Democratic party. He quotes
from the speech of Horace Greedy at
Vicksburg, the New York Herald, New
York Sun, Cincinnati Commercial, &c,
and claims to be quoting radical author
tiles, in support OfanegAtive reply to
the question, and winds up with the
folio wing specimen ofDemocratic dri-
vel
We suppose the foregoing ought to be deem
ing fairly conclusive Of the case. We say 70
the NEWs, in answer TO its cheerful prognosti-
cations, that the Democratic party stin lives,
and, for defunct organization, IL healthy,
vigorous corpse. We further say to our gem
iaI friends Of the NEWS, that they can, and
under the government Of some one else than
Ulysses the First. The handwriting Is on the
wall. Mess meme, J 1, gphGrssH: So sure
believe that Miller and Cummins will blow It
up before that year Of grace-Jugt 80 sure will
the NEWS and Its coadjutors see . Democrat
do such q thing-earefully and prayerfully
consider the situation. The old cry Of Cop
perhead, Rebel, Kuklux, win not do. The
party are dong for the country Rooa. That Is
the question which must be answered. Can
the NEWS or its associates do 1t! We think
not
There never was Democratic editor
or orator who did not say 'tnaenc,
meme, tekei Upharsin" fof the Republic
can party at convenient intervals dur
Ing the last ten years. They see the
hand writing on the wall every four
years, but, more arrogant than Belshaz-
Ear, they will not accept the intepreta-
ton Of 1t by prophet approved Of God,
(co1 poputi, eor Dei,) and thrice in
succession have they been overwhelm-
ed by the voice of the people in de-
claring the meaning of their vision :
'fGod hath numbered thy kingdom and
finished it; thou art weighed in the
balance and found wanting; thy king
dom is divided" Thus has it been,
and thus will it be. They again read
the hand writing, and 1t is safe to pre-
dict that that party will be divided in
accordance with the Interpretation of
their quadrennial ..admonisher between
the old "unwashed" and the "new de-
parturists." So long as they see the
hand writing, Republicans have no
cause for alarm, JEFF Davis bondds-
men and conservative editors to the
contrary Notwithstanding.
In answer to the question as to what
the Republican party is doing TOsC, we
dare to answer: It is faithfully fulfill
ing the promises made to the people
in the last Presidential campaign. It
has reduced the rate of taxation, and by
faithfully collecting the taxes and ex-
prnding them judiciously, has appro-
I'ria' ii 81 large portion of the revenue
49, 80 :. duction of the public debt.
For a. = satisfaction Of the Ledger, we
give the following figures from the re-
ports of the treasury department: The
cash balances due from ex-collectors of
Internal Revenue, as shown by the
books of the Internal Revenue Bureau,
amount to $2,76S,397 SO. OF this
amount there is due from collectors ap-
pointed by President Lincoln, $780,
O5S.95; from sppointees of A. johnson,
a representative of the Democratic party,
and who through the wickedness ola fire
eating Democrat became President,
81, S13, 75712; and from: collectors ap-
pointed by President Grant, SCI $751;"
or S1,749, 1856 less than under b,
Democratic administration OF A. 10 Ia
son. The custom receipts for the I -
cal year:ending June 80, are 500, 43T ,9Ji =.
against S191, 3O5, S52 for the previous fis-
cal year, showing an increase Of Sl3,-
132, 13S. During the six months of the
present year ending June 80, during
which time the reduced tariff has been
in operation, the collections were Sl04, :
49,, 1886, against 98,655,751 collected
during the corresponding six months
of the previous year, showing that there
is a steady increase in the revenue coll
lected, from the faithful execution of
the laws.
But not alone in the collection and dis
bursement of the revenue is the Repub-
lican party meeting the demands Of the
people. Through its administration, in
all parts of the Union the personal and
political rights of all citizens are guar
anteed by law, and their protection as
sured; in all the States the equal rights
of men are acknowledged; the enemies
of the Union have no place in
the administration of the govern
ment; we are at peace, with the
exception of the little affair of Admiral
Rodgers with the heather Coreans) with
all the world, and we have the respect
of all nations, as we could not have had
if the attempt of the Democratic party
to dissolve the Union had been success
full. The Republican party has sustain
ed the principle of the Declaration of
Independence, against the fierce and in
glorious opposition for years of the
Democratic party, that call men are Gre
ated equal" ct is true large number
of the Democratic party have recently
assented to accept the situation by
which the rights of every man under
the law is assured, but they do not &C
cept the ''new departure" with hearth
ness that can assure honest men that
they receive it as q conscientious con-
viction Of the truth.) In carrying out
the doctrines of the Republican party,
the land has become in fact the land of
the free, as well IS the home Of the
brave, and what it has done, it is doing,
and will continue to do. Will the
Ledger please tell what the Democratic
party is doing aOaUS
STATE NEWS.