Middletown transcript., 1871-10-28
ran RECEsT EarcrsOss.


The result in Pennsylvania. Ohio and
l"ws. IL but smother proof that the new
dsoastuse Is . failure II has been slaugh.
tered In tho house Of its friends.
Since Il has been promulgated aud widc-
y preached. elections have heen held in
Maine. California, Ohio. Pennsylvania,
asd lows. IL oil these States the most
psoaiuest plank in the Democratic plat
form vas the new departure. and in every
one Of theu, the Democratic party has been
iSnominiously defeated. losing positive
strength where they had any, as in Cali
tornia, Ohio and Pennsylvania. aud their
vote being materially diminished in Maine
and Iowa. Defeat has been universal
wherever the party has abandoned princi-
ple aud honesty.
To the mnn who values principle. i,
matters not whether obnoxious measures
arc cngraftcd upon our public policy by
professed friends or avowed foes, the re-
bitter pill is handed to us for dcgluti,ion,
no matter by whose hand it is presented,
the character Of the pill remains unchang-
ed. The bitter pill OF accepting the four
tecnth and fifteenth amendments ms fnali-
ties. is no easier to swallow when COM
mended to lips by so-callcd Democrats,
than by the blackcst aud rnnkcst Radical
Indeed it is misnomcr TO call my man
Democrat who eau regard with compla-
ccncy the fourteenth aud fifteenth amend
nlcnts, and the vile legislation of Congress
to enforce them. And the sooner the
new dcparturists are made to understand
II the better. They are Radicais, to all
intcnts and purposes, and have no bust.
ness in the ranks Of the Democratic party.
Let the Democratic party disown them.
and cast them out us unclcan. We have in.
6niteiy more respect for an open and uvowcd
enemy than for pretended friend. We
prefer defeat, upon the time -honored prin-
ciplcs Of the Democratic party, to success
upon the reeking ro,tcpness Of Radicalism
What would such success be worth? A..
way with every false hearted hypocr,e
Who goes about with the Political can, up
on his lips that these amendments are
parts Of tho Constitution, and therefore a
finality. Every intelligent man knows
better. lie knows that they were fois,cd
into that insirnmen, by fraud and vio-
lcncc. and are enforced by the powers that
be. at the expense Of tho rights Of the cit
iscns Of the republic. and in open and Aa-
grant violation Of the Constitution
The new departure was dodge to OBJ
tain the votes Of disaiicc,ed Republicans,
and what is the result! II has not only
failed 10 secure their votes. but has driven
from the Democratic party large numbers
Of the honest aud thinking members, and
suffered defeat wherever it was brought
forward. II seems to US to have been a
strange policy indeed, to attempt to secure
the votes Of disafected Republicans, by
Incorporating in our platform the very
measures which alone drove them from the
ranks Of the Radical party.
Il cannot be charged that the defeats in
Maine, California. Ohio, Pennsylvania,
and Iowa are solely attributable to the
failure Of Democrats to endorse the new
dsparturc, because the disatfected Repub-
licsns and anti-Grant Radicals could, II
they had chosen, have changed the dcfea,
into victory. Not single prosely,c was
nsde. The result, therefore. is that the
uew departure disgusted the rank and file Of
tbs Democratic party, withou, winning a
o5oGle dsscrtcr from the enemy.
The Baltimore Gazette speaking Of the
ssooat defeats Of the Democratic party,
ss5s: The lesson is very severe and pain
NJ. bat II Il prove, as ii ought, that
''shsifs" does not always follow fawn.
ing." and that honest adherence to ap.
pgsssd principle 10 always the best policy,
~ h1son may prove = blessing. II GER
tn1nly tssehss 1orcibly and conviucingly,
lesn ~he srs not 70 blinded BY prejudice
- rsfsse to scc. that pesceablc acqui-
1880 does not necessarily imply an en-
1nent aad approval Of manifest wrongs
Gs1lljusaiss.
NJ na<iea that our nev der.riure ~.