The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-05-12
THE DEMoCRArIC ADDRESS.

dians over twenty-one years old which
have been determined and set off.
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THE DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS.
The address of the Democratic Con-
gressmen, with which the country was
was issued several days ago.
We do not notice any visible change IN
matters and things in general. The
country moves along about as usual.
One of the most noticeable features
of this addressfs that the troubles of
the country are all directly chargeable
to the Republican party. In view of
the oft-repeated charges to this effect
we arc surprised that the Repub-
Iican party does not surrender the man
agement of the government to the
pure( p and innocent souls who run the
Democratic machine, without further
objection. For years their efforts have
been mainly confined to New York
City, and there is not room enough
there for all the Democrats. There
may be after the next election. They
have managed to steal millions there,
but 1t is not enough to go round. They
want the country for field.
The address abOunds in charges
against the Republican party and its
leaders; accuses the President of all
sorts of wrong doings; says the reve-
nue. is squandered by dishonest officials;
don't like the action taken by Congress
to make the Southern Democrats be-
have themselves, and hundred other
things. But not q word is said as to
how the Democrats propose to remedy
the evils they point out. So far as their
policy for the future is concerned we
are as much in the dark as we were be-
fore this prosy dirge was issued. The
Democratic leaders have got SO in the
habit of grumbling. that they can do
nothing else but find fault. That the
Republican party has made some mis-
takes, and has within its ranks many
bad men, no one pretends to deny, but
what is the good of continually whin-
ing about it? Why don't the Demo-
cratic party propose something better
if it expects the confidence and support
of the American people? Itwould seem
that the northumberland men,
bers of the Democratic party in both
branches of Congress ought to have
brains enough to get up an address that
would command the respect of the peo-
Pile; that they ought to point the way
out of at least few of the troubles in
which they say the country has fallep,
by well defined ideas and suggestions
which they propose to carry out. In
stead of anything of this kind, they
simply give ms the old cOpperhead
whine about Republican extravaganza
and Republican usurpation-thats all.
The address accuses the Republican
Congress of "devising such. legislation
as will, in their view, best preserve
their ascendency." That is bad. The
Republicans ought to change their
course, and legislate in such manner as
to secure Democratic ascendency.
Then those pure patriots who issued
this address will give the world anoth-
er, in which they will sing praises to
the Republican party. Ali that's the
matter with them is that they are the
outs. They never legislated to keep
themselves in power % o no; you
wouldn't catch a modern Democrat at
anything of that kind. The difference
between the two parties is that the Re-
publicans try to find out what the peo-
pie of the country want, and legislate
accordingly, while the Democratic par
ty, when in power, spent its whole
force and influence to legislate for the
benefit of three hundred thousand slave
holders, who got up rebellion as soon
as the people ousted their political
brethren from control. Now, we sug-
gest that it don't look well, or sound
well, for these same Democrats to ac-
cuse the Republicans of partisan legis-
lation. If the memory of the past ten
years could he blotted out it might do,
but with that ten years. history staring
US in the face, such accusations from
Democrats are inconsistent.
Tho charge, IN the address, that the
President has been formally announced
as a candidate for reelection" is I'M
true, as nearly all the others are, and
would not amount to anything if it
were not. We have always understood
this to be free country, and the right
of any American-born citizen to be a
candidate for any Office he may want,
without the advice or consent of the
Democratic Members of Congres, has
heretofore been unrestricted. We
are aware that General Grant has
given the Democratic party much
trouble and pain, but we were not aware
that it was q crime chargeable to the
Republican party for him to be men,
toned in connection with the Prcsi-
dency. 70
Much is said, also, in this last speci-
men of Democratic literature, about the
high taxes AID the uncollccted revc-
nue.. The authors of the document,
however, fail to mention the facts That
the high taxes are levied to pay for a
rebellion gotten up by members of the
Democratic party. and that the only
formidable and organized resistance to
the payment of the revenue comes from
the Southern wing of the Democratic
party-the Ku Klux. The fact is, this
address leaves out all the real Jaets.
But we have neither time nor space
to follow it further. If this is the best
showing the Democratic party can
make for the next campaign we pity it.
The entire brains of the party were en-
gagged in getting it up, and we conclude
it is the best they can do. 1t is inef-
fably weak. 1t has fallen ''still born"
1t has scarcely created a ripple on the
political sea.
STATE ITEMS.