The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1872-01-30
DEMOCRATIC POLICY.

II II ivy 'N
such an appeal, and attest the patriotic
| disintereStedneSS of its own motives in
making it, by waving its claims to
make the usual party contest for the
Presidency in 1872; if, n the Demo-
cracv of Missouri did, with such bene-
ticent results in 1870. the National
Democracy shall abstain from the
| Presidential field, and surrender the
solemn duty of reckoning with the
authors OF our misgovernInent to the
people u~ndi>turhed by otherquestions,
we cannot doubt that the effect will be
the overthrow of the dominant party
and its policy. the re-estabiIshment of
the Union and re affirmation of the
Constitution. 49, Missouri Democratic
Address.
There has been a gooddeal of non
sense written and said about the So
called "Passive Policy" by many
whose IDEAS on the subject are more
or less ~ignorantly or wilfully
obscure. Others of good Judgment
are not ready TO agree to the course
indicated by the Missouri Democrats
through a feeling of natural pride
a dislike to anything which may give
a color to the charge of abandoning
a contest. There is one grave error
which seems to pervade all the
reasoning of the opponents to the
policy advocated by the address.
Men say they dislike to give up the
name of Democrat-dislike to aban-
don the Democratic party, &c. The
mis-named ''passive policy is stig-
matized as a motion TO disband the
party. This is all wrong. We do
not understand that anything of the
kind is contemplated by any advo-
cate of the measure. The DemOcra-
tic party abandons no living issue,
surrenders no principle, and yields
up no organization. Simply e%n,}orS-
ing a nomination made by another
organization, enlisted in the same
cause. as the best thing it al do I'M
der adverse circumstances, Is GER
tainlv not disbanding the party.
Inviting an ally to engage with it in
making a fight for common pur-
pose, does not imply any surrender
to that ally. The Democracy would
make a fight as bold and active as 1t
has everdone. 1t would be strength
ened by forces which instead of pas
sifyiug would make it more UggreSstre
than ever before. As well might
the patriots of the Revolution be ac-
cused of a passive policy when
they induced Lafayette to unite the
armies of France withthose of Wash
ington to free the country from the
odiOus administration of the King of
England. 1t is the policy of a pow
erful. efectual warfare, which would
concentrate the entire opposition Of
the United States upon the single
objective point, the Presidency
kindling with the very prospect OF
success a force and enthusiasm that
would irresistably sweep all before
it. To court allies, to make their
way smooth and coalition possible,
implies no surrender of anything in
the Democracy, either in name,
principle, or organization.
OF course every Democrat would
personally prefer to vote for a
straight-out, old-fashioned Democrat,
who believes as he does but perfect
~uniformity of belief on all things is
seldom possible. If we only votefor
men who coincide with ourselves in
all things every man would be a
party by himself. Sensible men do
not ask for perfection, but are will
ing TO take the best they can get.
1t is better to elect aman who thinks
with US in the main, than n who
is wholly against US. Gratz Brown
for a President, and Charles O'Conor
for Vice President is preferable to
Grant and Blaine. If a Democratic
National Convention, during the
Summer should meet, and decide to