The Lincoln County herald., 1871-06-15
THE HERALD.
fROY. No.. JUNE Is, 1871.
Flrse Ulrsse lsperialls..


. change 10 the administration Of the
eountry will begin 10 earnest Already
The skirnish,ug Of the contendins politi
sal armies has commenced. Az usual,
huodrsds Of would b. leaders and cap
taios sriss With enthusiastic avowals Of
pr'sc'plss and pIans upon which the
great battle should be fought In tho
ranks T the Democracy moro particu
Isriy 10 suoh the case and the eonss
qusnos is, what would otherwise be .
very elective organisation 10 weakened.
In 90 numerous 40 array Of plans. it is
not strange that great many weak points
arc presented, nor 10 il strange that the
greatest strength Of our opponens 10
hurled against these. aud they made more
prominent, uotil what At 6rss appeared
but consequent become leading issues,
aud the stronger ones are hidden BY the
surrounding smoke and excitement.
In this way the questions regarding the
Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments
have been made to OCCUPY . great deal Of
attention in the preliminary skirmishins
Of to day, aud almost forced upon the
Democracy a. the issues upon which the
coming campaign is to be conducted
and notwithstanding the fast that apon
such grounds defeat meuacingly threat
sns, some Of the platform makers cannot
separate them from other and at the pres.
sut more vital principles. Contendiug
that they are live issues, they refuse to
cease agitating them. or course they
are live issues. There 10 no such thing
- dead issues" in the grand scheme of
civil government. That which may at
. proper time be resurrected cannot be
termed dead. 1t required time, and work,
and war. and steady progress toward a
desired end on the part Of the dominant
faction Of the country, to attain its close
proximity to Imperialism and whethe.
these amendments we're forced upon US
BY fraud, they have been recognized (at
the late elections) In almost every state
as fxed facts; and if they are ever revo
lutionized, it must be done by three.
fourths ratification of the states, and then
at time when the people are not so
svsrse to such q change. We believe
that majority even Of Democrats would
oppose such . move now and besides,
when . people have once been enfrau-
chised, who will esteem it a light task to
deprive them of that right?
It is for the Democracy to unravel and
undo the network With which our insti
utions have been surrounded-or least
that which is oppressive but no more
can this DO done 10 one campaign than
that the summit Of a mountain could be
reached BY . single bound. All that is
oppressive must be done away with grad.
sally. as the people, the majority, require
it; and in order to reach this point, we
must first dethrone the powers Of Radi.
ealiam, remove oppressive laws, and as OF
old, let the majority rulc-let genuine
republican principles prevail.
Easy enough to talk about, but how
accomplished? Easy enough accom-
pllshed, too, il the voice of reason we're
only listened to. There are thousands of
good men all over the land who despise
the actions Of the Grant faction and its
corruption, but who cannot reconcile
themselves with q party that aims, or
as they are led by certain productions to
believe aims, At . revolution of all the
old issues Of the war; holding that one
extreme is as bad as the other. With
the ku.klux aud Federal Election laws
in the hands Of Grant it is impossible to
win while advocating extreme views that
even the advocates of have no idea will
ever obtain. We have no time to be
disputipg about the time. .honored priuci.
pies Of Democracy. The country is iu
danger, and it is the duty of all who love
liberty to unite, despite Of past party
differences, iu overthrowing the present
corrupt administration, and 10 restoring
. spirit Of justice. Then, when this is
accomplished and the country saved from
the clutches Of imperialism, let republi.
can principles prevail, and if laws are
rsmodslled, let it be done by a fairly rep :
resented majority.
Tho Radicals, and = few Democrats,
ore making . great fuss over q recent