The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-01-13
The Policy OF she Opposition.

peratc situation. a fair, open and
manly contest is not to be thought
ofhy them for a moment, for then
all Of their Inconsistencies, contra
dictions and departures weu,d have
to come to light. 1t would then
have to be confessed that while they
Lave the lame Democrat, they have
but little else which unites the faith
Of the party togetEcr--nothing sub
s;antial upon which the Individual
members OF the organization can
plant tier feet and feel that they
are ore in principle. They would
lave to make a frank confession of
their diForganised condition, and
their utter Inability to get up a
magnet, in the shape Of o platform,
or code of principles, sufficiently
strong in its attracting properties to
bring the widely-diverging ele-
mcnts Of the party into uniticatloD.
There seems TO Ike but one course
for item to pursue which holds out
any hope ofsucccss, and that is for
them to keep their own de!ornities
i'll tie back ground, bid out Of sight
81 far as possible under weighty
charges, real or imaginary, brought
against the Republican party. If
they can OILY succeed III occupying
the position of the aggressive party
all the time, aud thus compel the
Republican party to fight on the
dstelsive, SO far as position is COLI
ccrncd, they will fight at an advan-
tage. They are now making a strcn-
nous effort to secure this vantage
ground. The Tammany exposures
10 sooner began, than Democratic
journals commenced making a great
outcry about Republican stealmgs.
Their zeal and anxiety, however,
caused them to go, in their imaginary
allegations, beyond the Units ofpru-
dence, and nobody>held up his
hands in horror, Ip6m the simple fact,
that tie chaTes were not believed
by anyone( As most Of them were
pure iWentions. That this was
tie lKam hold of the opposition,
howe Ser--this spirit Of aggressive
Misrepresentation has recently been
illustrated in the United States
Senate in a debate upon the civil
service abuses. The opposition ell
deavored to convey the impression
to the country there, that q regular
system of corruption and stealing
row exists in the civil service, which
the Republican party are endeavor-
ing to shield from investigation.
Such an allegation is false, because
the Republican party are willing to
assist in the most searching inves-
tigation which can be made. As
Senator Wilson of Massachusetts
raid, "Eeither the Administration
nor the Republican party had any
thing to conceal. Everything was
open to the full light of day. Any
investigation which any Senator
might call for should be made. 1t
was not honorable nor just, how
ever, to try to produce the imrrcs-
sion that theft, robbery and corrup-
tion were everywhere the rule
and honesty the exception. The
Administration was vigilant in de-
tecting and punisllilig crime, and
concealed no case of embezzlement
from the country: Cfthe Immense
sums disbursed by Republican Off |
ciaIs, but few comparatively had been
lost. During the administration
of Van Buren,, ninety-two out of
nincty-eight receivers of public
money were defaulters. Nothing
approaching it is now the case.
The New York Post says that
Gov. Hoffman renounces his long
cherished adherence to the Demo-
cratic party. lie is for a new
party, and is ready to act with the
"WAat ! know about farming" man,
or any other of that stripe.
John Quincy Adams, who says
he regards the administration Of
President Grant as national calam-
ity, left the Republican party be.