South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-20

the wisdom of the expefihSent il
Missouri, and, at least, suggest it
repetition. in q larger field. 'Th.
!; feontradie.oFys and discordaEt ma
ture of the several State platforms
I both ABemoefst;c and Republican
that were presented TO us in tht
past few months show that botf
lpaftiesshs ys. lost thelr yeekeei,sg
4 and are bestiBg about e5newha
i wildly : ThaC Cons6tGtionALA&sha-
J menls and the legislation of Con.
gress since the war have, eliminated
several very important subjects Of
difference and dispute from our ma
tiopal policies, aud The result las
Vacuum which seonfuses both par
ties. SIke-oriy co nfh onseonvict1n
in the Republican party is that il
ought TO be .kept in power, to gIvs
1us such eprt Bdn legs aeienhsft 6as
given us in tho past SIX years; and
the preemlnent conviction OF the
q DemoeratIc party, to; which Hall
lqiestionsy6f tariff, finanee, annexa-
tion and foreign relations are SUBJ
-eEdiRate,- -thas1he--Re
party ought to be overthrown, and a
and q gen1er policy nbstitut5s- -fol
the reign effnresw " whiehsitdhss Civ
en- US. = Tbs virginia conseryf&ves
in their late State CopyentIop, de.
Feline 70 adopt tbe 1suaf resoidtIons,
and 7cententedg themselves with, pro-
i-claimlng as thelr sole platform, top
position to Radiealism.iafs The fact
| dxpressesa commbnsD DcThoeratic inE
,Estidct, and expresses, too, feeling
which ali Tie liberal snd rejecting
element of The Republican party
tsba.9s. But how Cls7Tthis oppasi-
ttion to be successfully How, Is the
Republican, party to be ldifplaced?
How is such co2summatlOn TO be
teffeetedSin which .he teeth efrthe
5rigoroas, semi military LAWS which
it has devised, expressly to enable
litto carry elections and protect it,
self from defeaG How is the. Al
m,nistratioh' 'SArty to be beatehAin
1872, when the people halt believe
that it wills nos submit 10 defeat,
ard will uphold President Grant in
any measures he may take to avoid
1it2 Or, even If We could have. a
perfectly free election IN al! the
States, without Executive interfer-
ence and with the eertaintystlfat
the party IN power would choerfnl
fly submit to the result, what ass:sr~
Lance have the Democrats that thoy
can carry the eounHyywith IA .nonl-
inee Of their party, in-the face of
fLlle defeatssthey have recently en-.
/ coantsEed IN Galif5rnia, P5IEsylTa-
MIA and Ohio?
\ These arethe questions winch
tihe advocates eE tho no noinlnas
tion policy ask themselves; and
ssen fEthey are not c6nclusiSe Of
! the merits of that policy, thoy are
I&eagbty ,lisandz adeservedsHzpo ibe
thoughtfaily pohdered.. 1t Is urged,
wlth much REASONS liatl tirS 6oun-
try can3ll Rforisanmh en- foarspsass
of Radical rule, with-the- Union
maitiSaidedtin its presaut abnofmAl,s
iuurestored aceEri iion, Ku KluSl dis Z
lorders and Ka KIux laws continued.
Executive interterenee presIsted in.
anG the progress of eeBtraliza ton
made . CO Hplets5 and that,it-these
things are 10 be arrested at all the
icatpsfty anaskhs Tnlseated at
Washington, Just as it was u nseat7 ;.
ed in Al issonri JIby t5e Democrats,
abstaihiag ftoafa p Fesientlal nom
lnatloa, and IeaElngHthei nominal
ton otaa ticket whleh tEey may
support to the iihrral element, Of
the other party. .EgsrKif the DEM
ocrat could hope to nominate a.
Press dehtiM Ticket and oleetltsiwtb,
Gfoesbeek, or Hancock, Hendricks, !,
on Chase, ior sany- one else at .he
head would not stus victory lis
Naked, be empty and bafrenS
Would not tbs Radical CoIgtess
tie the' hands Of She Democratic
Presideat, aad- give ,rs-the history.
iYf the AEdssFEyphtspn Alpinis-
tration over again? On the other
hand; with GrsRt-aHd4ae Admins.
'tratlon party o1ers9helmingly de-
fei.te5, as, McCiIrg was defeated in
Missouri, aFbersiana patriotie Re,
ipubiisans made; PFesldent, and ! d
5najontyoof Democrats and Iiber-
ais ehosensto Congress, would not
the result, though plat terially, differ
ient fron-a full Dem8cpatic triumnh,
be an inestimablc Improvement on /
the present order OF ethings2 it
would, ,sit Is true. 1nvelEe teQpees-
sions lwhIehIthe Natfdnal' Demoeras
cy would find it h;sTdi. to make: but
would not the happy 6eisyefehce Eot
harassed Southern States, and their
restoration to the CO. eqoalifyI and
dignity they are now debarred
FROM boa Rffciept com peusatlon
for these concessions? And would
not the real restoratl0n.of the Union
winch followed the triumph of the
new party be ITS prepetnal claim on
thegratltude and confidence of the
people2 ,p7-aT Bissf -,
sf'le9 'si,.-lil 7I.fsIs or
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