The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-05-06
PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS.
What tho Democracy of the Keystone
State think of the Sitpation---Tho APP
preaching State Convention.

State think Of the situation---The APP
aching State Convention.
From the New York World.l
PrrrsBUEG, April 2G.-The Demo-
cracy of the keystone State, especially
that part of it lying west of the Ale
ghany range, propose to give Il good
account of themselves. Thclcaders and
working-nlen in the party fully appre-
ciatc and understand the situation, and
propose to fight the campaign upon the
issues that actually exist, instead of
hampcring themselves with the fossil
remains of past generation Of politi-
clans, who, having lived out their day
and served all the good purposes of
their generation, are not prepared to
accept the changed condition Of affairs,
and cling to the "ancicnt saws upon
which the contending parties divided
formerly and expended their cloquencc
and logic.
While VIC dcnouncc the frauds and
usurpations by which Radical leaders
in Congress imposed their monstrously
unjust laws upon the people Of the
South, we do not propose to reopen Il
single issue Of the war by trying to over
turn accomplished facts. For four years
now the Democracy have been placed
Radical party, under the lead of Scna-
tor Morton, to force them into false po-
sitions, and thus compel them to fight
shadows instead of the real enemy.
We in Pennsylvania propose to make
the war aggressive.
While the Democracy opposed the
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments
while they We're pending, as being OBJ
noXious and unjust, and in a degree
subvcrsive of the genius of our institu-
tons, they set up no claim that after
they have been adopted in the form
prescribed by the Constitution, they
! can be violently overthrown. Perhaps
one Democrat in a hundred would i'll
sist upon such a revolutionary proceed
| ing, but they do not reflect the senti-
| ments of the party. They are tho mere
| handful of in1practicobiea who cling to
every party.
! Hitherto the Democratic leaders have
foolishly permitted themselves to be
put in false positions by tcmporizing
with this question. The time has now
come, however, when, if we would Sc
cure Democratic triumph, and save
| our political Institutions at the same
| time, we must have a clear and ,1ne-
! quivOcal expression Of views, so that
| the thousands of honest Republicans
who are ready to join the Democracy,
shall not be frightened out of their in
| tentions by the cry that tho Democratic
party intends to unsettlc all the reia-
| lions that have been SO badly adjusted
by the Radical party since the war.
AS not even five per cent. of the De-
mocracy propose to do any such thing,
it is about time to have a clear express
| sion of views on this matter.
This the Democracy Of the State pro-
pose to do without let or hindrancc at
the convention on the 9th proXinlo.
The entire Democratic press ofthc State,
with probably half a dozen exceptions,
demand it, and there is no reason to
doubt but their wishes will be needed.
With n platform clearly defining the
position of the party as accepting &C
complished facts, and waging a direct
war upon the corruption and eNtraEH-
i gancc of the Radical party, and Il resist
ancc Of tho cncrOachmcntS of the inn
pcrial conspirators upon our institu-
| tons, Pennsylvania can be carried for
! the Democracy by at least 20, 900 ma
jority.
To hamper the party with dead is
sues is to lose it by tho same. The Dc
mocracy of the country having for four
years at least permitted themselves to
DC IlaccN lt u ttlSsttlF;tNtlSc DN NlSctlSS-
ing issues that We're dead, simply be-
cause the subtle leaders Of the Radical
party set them up rs scarc-crOWs, and
clothed them with horrors of every CON
! ccivable kind, it is about time that they
fight the battle upon issues Of their own
making, instead of fighting the false
issues of the enemy on tho one hand
and listening to the advice of Il few fos-
sis on the other.
Tho trick of Morton to got the Dc
mocracy to fight him on his imaginary
issues has failed rs far as this State is
concerned. The platform adopted by
the coming State convention will be
substantially acceptance of &C
conplis}tcd facts; an honest and eco
nomical administration Of public affairs
reduced and cIuaiizcd taxation ths
preservation fthc constitutional right:
of the States and the liberties of The
people; and upon that we Will win.
NJ.
The cheap Republican paper caiic,
the Standard, (which was started in Nov
} York last May, had sunk nearly so, 00t
! before the close Of the wear, and it be