The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-10-11

has no policy to lnforce against
the viii Of the people. Trained
= in that school where the first les
lson taught 10 to obey your supe
riors in power; ne At once, in as
) Stunning the duties of the high po-
sition which he now holds, CON-
, Iprehended the fact that the people
are the power whose viii he must
obey, and whose viii he has
obeyed. It is because he has
Obeyed the will of the people, over
. the dictation3 of . few politicians,
, that the republican party, which
embodies the will Of the people,
desire to keep him at the head of
affairs four years longer. That he
= Ia aligreat soldier, and that he
adopted . policy which crushed
the rebellion and saved the Union,
are reasons Why Al loyal men, IT.
respective Of party should sup
port him. The constitution makes
I him commAnder-inIchief, and his
: knowledge Of military affairs gives
him an additional ALLEGATION for
the discharge OF the important du-
ties which deVolye upon him in
the exalted position OF chief ma;
igistrate OF q great nation like ours.
Many men to be known must be
tried. Grant was Onelof them. We
have tried him and We know him.
Pour years ago we knew him as q
, soldier, now We know him as CT
ISxsfSA,.. - H. -, ksy, NJ an o~oo,,
| tive officer, whose administration,
like the blessed sunlight, diffuses
its warmth for all; and I tell the
opposition they might as we'll I'M
tdertake to rae the Rocky Mount
aims with soap bubbles as to beat
down the republican party at the
November election. The ballots of
| the people, as Train puts it, twill
rattle through their motley ranks
Hike. lightning through q goose
berry bush." They acquiesce in
the measures OF the republican
party, but oppose its candidates;
they charge corruption, but prove
nothing; they parade figures but
conceal facts; they talk republi-
can administration nerth and dem
0cratic administration south; they
present themselves to US in their
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS as
Ipect, as
"a woman to the waist, and fair,
But ending foul in many sealy fold"
Yet We are exhorted to abandon
the Republican party-for what?
For this peeping liberal republican
chicken, with with q web foot.
just Matched from q democratic
egg, with part of the shell still
sticking to its rump. The eagle
is yet in the custody of the repub-
lean party, and the people want
no such swap ofbirdS to represent
American aspirations on the ma
tionaI ensign. No, gentlemen, we
must not play with the ballot, but
vote with the same precision that
we would aim at q mark. a ballot
lOr Greeley is a. uncertain as the
old Woman'e test for good indigo,
when she said "put it into a pan
of water and it will either sink or
swim, I really don't know which"
This hberaldemocratlc coalition
has Just been formed. Had we not
better wait and see how these dem
Ocrats and so-called republicans
will get along out of power for the
next four year ? Four years will,
perhaps, test the good faith of the
coalition, and entitle it to more
confidence than we can bestow
now. We had rather
Bear the Ills we have,
Than ny 70 others that we know not
Of
bear with the falsehoods charged;
bear with abuse and threats, than
to cast one uncertain ballot where
the interests Of forty millions Of
people are concerned.
When 9 democratic committee
in the United States Senate, no
farther back than June last, and
since the Cincinnati convention
was held. say in their report con-
corning the Ku-kfux, that the late
Amendments to the constitution,
and the. legislation under them,
will be sustained no longer than
the republican party shall be con-
tinued in power, white, men, and
especially colored men, have great
reason for doubling the honesty
OF the democratic party;in accept
ing even the Cincinnati platform.
This -liberal-republi-
can party is not agreed as among
its own members upon anything
except, perhaps, . division of the
spoils. It is not in a shape, not in
Q, condition to assume power. and
do justice to itself, say nothing OF
tjuBtice to the. whole country. 1t
should have we'll defined princi7
pies Of its oWn--it should have q
policy on all the great questions
With which the people are con-
cerned, and it shonld present its
principles and its policy to Us clear
lily and honestly, before it can be
Esafely Entrusted with the admins
tration Of the government. la. !,
| ] have said the democratic-lib-
eFalrepublican party is agreed
upon nothing except, perhaps, a
division OF the spoils in the event
of success. Let me quote nom a
pamphlet circulated among the
delegates at the Baltimore conFen-
ton, giving reasons why the dem
ocratic party at that convention
should nominate Greeley and
Brown The fourth reason given
i IT WILL, SrRENoTHkN THE DRMo-i
CRATIC PAkFE.-H0WeYer deplorable
the fact, Ii is IN axiom In politics, that
the existence of parties depends main
tly upon the sPOlls OF success. The
world fBDToe Hirtuous enough 10 pro-
duce patriotic men in such numbers as
ItopsfmiS Of governing party OF that
Iclas8 In any country, The result is
that parties are based ON other c0nsid-
erati6ns. . With the headers the honor
and dignity Of position are for the
most part 4, Gufacient incentiVe'to com
! troll action : bnt with the lieutenants In
the8erfiee, who drill and drub tha rank
and nle, @the loAve8 and fishes" are the
tests, OF party cIaims, and the price
Of their activity. II they can see no
materialism or his character In the
prospects of . srty, the principles of
that party mSy De asserted In vain
they win have mons Of IL.
T. Hence C q that in our country no
party can long survive without some
/ mes6ure Of success &c the polIs-with-
out spme means OF reWaEding It's sub
otdinate agencies; sad each defeat l.
disastrous With Losses. 30 Our party for
tmAay years has failed 70 convince
the masses Of IL ability 20 carry the
country, and obtain the. dtspensstions
Of power; and lt has consequently re-
manned In the minority. Its ability TO
achieve success noWs unaided, Il doubt
ed still more than ever, and that fact
renders it Idle 60 attempt b. We re-
quir0 assistance 70 gain the vantage