The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-01-25

LIS organization is the republican party.
| IL has past present, and futurc.-G Gazette.
! There is an old saying and "a, true
, one, that. talk is cheap, and do con-
fess that ne never saY q better illus
tration of this saying than the article
in the Gazstte otsyesterday morning,
entitled Republieanism and .Democ.
racy,' of which the above, is the first
three opening sentences. We can seq,
no wit or point in such reckless asser-
tiens. For almost seventy years the
Democratic party had bsen tho ruling
political organization of this country.
1t has a great and glorious past, IN
comparison with which the Repu6f
hcan party is but mushrooms that
has sprung up in a night out of tFrg
fetid prejudices of a section; and; will
as surely and suddenly decay Its
doctrines, as enuncia ed by Jefferson,
Madison, Monroe and Jackson, are
cornerastones, upon which The fabric Of
Republican Institutions rests. Mo-
prating. prate nor scribbliRg scribe in,
the Republican. ranks can find argu.
lnents with which to glose over their
political hereses without @inissquoting
and distorting the sutteranees OF these
Democratic Sages. The history OF the
grand old Democratic party is tilerec-
ord 'oi the couniry's PROGRESS sanf
presp, ity. 1t gave To US the valley
OF the American Nile, the golden.
shores o; the Picific,. the wide domains
OF Texas, and the golden yibbed guIch-
:es of the Rocky Mountains. It gave
US our flag, and then made it respected
in every quarter OF the globo- There:
is.not u single achievements in the his.
tory OF The country that an American,
can remember with pride nnallcyed
with sorrow that does not belong to-
the Democratic party. Were 1t pos-
sible to etface the rccoIections of the
long years OF Democratic rule, Amer
lea would almost be without history
| Yet this silly scribbler of the Gazettd5
has the audacity 10 say it has no psst.
That our party has live, vigorous
and healthy organization to-day, let
the late elections evidence. With all
the machinery of the general and 4o-~
cal governments under their CONTROL
welding that immense influence that
naturally belongs to the Abread and
butter brigade" we met them in a.
square stand-uP-ight, aud whipped
them at Almost every. point. Although
over third of ihe country they held
sway at tie point of the bayonet, and
forced US 10 march up the polls be-
tween files of soldiery, yet the people
in their majesty asserted their rights
and placed the seal of condemnations
Oh this villainy. BAfled, beaten, ,.ands
ousted from power in the South, they
would now use the strong arm of mil :,
itary force to hold what the people
have declared them unworthy to hOld.-
The Gazette boasts Of their present
and eXults over their prospective fu-~
turs. What is there in it that Is sos
cheering? Do they find in it the
sclthing articles Of the st. Louis Dem.
ocrat, Chicago Tribune, Cincinnati
Commercial. or the New York SUM-
Has Grants. administration. been 50
eininently successful, and are the peo-
pie so perfectly satisfied with 1T that
they feel the fears of its Endorsement
in 1872? We think not. The read
ers of the Gazette's article cannot fail
to see cropping out in every sentence
rear and trembling, despite. all the
b )asts it contains. The writer of tho
article evidently sees the. impending
dissolution of his party, and seekssto-
encourage its falteripg friends by words
full OF fury, meaning nothing. Dis
guise it'as the leaders would, the mas
ses of the people 81 lssinE eenf fdence
in their party. There is really no po-
1itical organization in this country but
the Democratic party, if discipline lis
the result Of organization. Whore can
you find in the Democratic party four
such powerful, able and enterprisings
journals ;,s those We have named, fly
ing the Republican colors, yet boldly
making out a line of policy for them
sell es, and in effect organizing new
party. If the Gazette can find solace-s
in such agloomy prospect, we are glad
they are so easily satisfied The Paper.