Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-10-21

The LESSONS OF THE CAMPAIGN.
Sixteen or seventeen days and the Presi-
Dental canvass OF 1879 will have passed
into history. So far as the Republican party
ia concerned the battle will have been fought
and won the illustrious general whose fame
ais the world, whose deeds are the most
glorious deeds of the republic and the
modest, faithful, patient President, who dur
Ing the last three years has heard without q
word of reply or Of remonstrancc the most
terrible personal assaults ever made upon any
man In public life since the birth Of the ma
tlon, viii have received tho highest proof that
tho country can give him Of iia unbrokou
confidence and la uuwavering faith In bis
ability, integrity, genius, aud patriotism.
So far rs the Democratic party Is con-
cernod, Il will again have retired, beaten
and bafled, stripped of every principle,
covered with lgnominy, with no earthly pros.
pect before II save a dlshOnorod grave. Had
Il fought the campaign alone and single
handed; had II not made a coalition with a
mere soreheRd faction; had Il chosen to rep
resent and champion something excepting
the personal hostilitles, animositles and bitter
nesS OF few score of politicians, II could nee,
defeat without dishonor and party disgrace.
II might be in position four years hence TO
raise its old standard aud sound It's old war
cry; Il might have held together Its dlscom-
fted ranks; but all that II has thrown away
forever. Democracy In the future IL a mean
ingless name, a mere glbberlng ghOst Of q
once great party, wrapped In the old white
garment Of soured and disappointed ,polltl-
clan, who was q traitor 10 every principle and
conviction OF his life.
The canvass through which We have Just
passed Is fruitful Of lessons which our go
called statesmen and politicians will do we'll
10 ponder. It has proven, first Of all, that the
day Of mere personal leadership has passed
away, and that 10 politics, at least, IL IL i'm
possible TO get along without something like
4 conscience. 1t has proven that the reign
Of shAms and humbugs is at On end; that 20
lltical chaTlatancy and chicane-y do not de-
ceiye the people. II the masses could have
been gulled by any men, or set Of men, the
coalition that has just been shattered Ia
pieces would have done IL. From FIRST IA
last the plot to bogullo the country was well
and carefully laid II was well sustained
from beginning to end from the hypC.
critical performance at Cincinnati to the
hollow and lnslncere fanfarronade at Balll
more. Mr.. Greeley, In the opinion of a large
number Of people, had a romantic reputation
for honesty and integrity. He had been bC.
fore the country for thirty years, leading q
sort Of q whimsical life, eccentric, earnest Ia
one or two things, but, for the most part
Maynard and unstable. He had license tc
do what no one else could do. HiSSery eccea.
tricltles were his best recommendation
ave will sing him into the White House, >
said Theodore Tllton. Trumbull, who wa
never In a good humOr in his life, thought
that ii would be campaign of mirth, and
that Mr.. Greeleys election was assured as q
sort Of huge national Joke. There were
others, like Mr.. Sumner, who, blinded and
incensed by personal prejudices, imagined
that the country was really In danger, and tool
the whole thing In the most serious way pos
sible. But from first to last the coalition wa.
nothing more than conspiracy based on the
idea that the people were forty mllliOnI
mostly fools, who could be scared into elect.
ing Greeley, or who could be led by couple
Of hundred so-called leaders, whose only
ground Of complaint was that they failed OF
obtaining Office for themselves or their
friends. 1t was animated by no principle.
For months and months 1t searched for on
Issue, and at last succeeded In arousng the
spectre OF a dead rebellion. Cincinnati
started Outwith reform, but TWAS abandoned
a. the end Of thirty days, when the Fentons,
the McClures and the DoolIttlcs, in the char,
acter Of reiormers, were Kissed of the pollt.
ical boards,
To the Democratic leaders the lesson of tho
campaign Is, that their party must die, or
rather, they must realize that II Is dead, and re,
move the body as soon as possible. There is nc
way in which 1t can get into power. 1t Is non,
sense to talk about Capitalization, and State,
rights, and the resolutions Of 0s. The re-
public has OutgrOwn 1t all. To tho South the
lesson Is, that the war ended in 1885; that III
issues cannot be revived In 1872, or, II they
are revived, that they are to DO crushed oul
at the ballot-box as they were crushed out il
the roar and clash Of the battle. To the
mere trucking, trading, trafflcklng politician
1t sends the lesson that In this age OF progress,
and enlightenment and advancement, with
Its steamboats, and railroads and telc-
graphs, we cannot have q repetition oil
the 1910 humbuggerY and tomtOolery, with
is lOg-cablns and hard cider and merl
men. To the country at large 1t car.
ries the lesson that for tho future the mis-
sion of tho republic Is peace-peace to al
men and all nations who will let Ii have
peace. The republic Is weary and tired of III,
strife of factions, of the wrangllng Of polltl
clans, Of the rivalries, the spltes, the jeal
ousies and the ambitions OF so-ealled leaders
Mr.. Sumner Is nothing to the republic save
as he stands for an idea or represents a prin
ciple. Forty million of people do not care 4
Flip whether Mr.. Curtin is out Of the CabIne
or Mr.. Jones 10 In IT, 50 that Nj. Jones Is 4
good and faithful servant. We have come GU
Of the feudal era of our political history
Andrew Jackson era-when split Into SO man,
highland clans we rallied around political chief
taius, giving TO them blind, unreasonIng ale
glance, Even the slave Of few years agc
has outgroWn and outllVed It. The Noyem.
Der sun will go down leaving Gen. Grant the
most successful candidate who ever ran for
the Presidency. We have followed him In
this campaign because he represents the ma
tlonal Idea as distinguished from the mere
personal Idea. The leaders have deserted.
but the people stand firm. When Mr.. Sum.
ner went into the enemy's camp, he went
alone. When the great German Senator
went, he went unattended. The bugle blast
of Pennsylvania war Governor, whose notes,
we were so confidently assured, were good
for one hundred thousand men, did not rally
a corPorals guard. The barbarlc age of our
politics Is passed away forever, and each man
Is leader unto himself.
TUE MASSACHUSETTS COMPRESS TICKET.
The Republican nominations for Congress
In Massachusetts have all been made, and
we say only the truth when VIC state that q
stronger or ADLER body of men have never
been selected by any State in the Union,
They are nearly all possessed OF national, and
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