Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-11-13
DEFEATED, AND WHY.

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lorh World in apology for the over
whining defeat Of the coalition. lts
excuse is only an attempt to conceal
the true cause from the Democratic
masses, aud like The dishonest policy it
exlenua,es the plea is doomed to failure
1t il true that the INN. nse majorities for
Grant aud Wilson should not be regard
cd as the measure of Grant s popularity
But more truly these immense maoriiies
measure popular contempt for Democratic
trickery. The adoption Of Mr.. Greeley
by the Baltimore Convention was a pal
pably dishonest act. 1t only needed
that to knock the bottom ont Of Liberal
Ecpub icalism. 1t needed just that to
disgust the sincere rank aud file of the
remocraiic party. This trick, we have
be,n over and over assured, was the work
of Democratic statesmen. 1t is not
worth while to dispute that assertion.
PeiLaps it is well enough to ecccpt the
assurance, and lei that silly scheme stand
as Tie measure cf Democratic statesman
ship.
The disadvantage of falsehood is, tlat
it require no end of falsehood to defend
aud excuse it The nomination of Hor
ace Greeley was fragrant deception, a
IL ssreprese nlation Of motives, of purpo
ses, and of objects 1t met the doom Of
all transparent trickery. ignomimious
failure The coalition is stone dead
Living, it Was curse to It's parties; and
dying, il leaves the conspirators without
Il rag to cover them. Ihe cause of it
annihlaion is not obscure, and it may
be stated in twenty words-popular coa
tempt fox party which declared in ma
tioual convention that it had no principles
which any body is bound to respect.
that is the explanation of this fearful
overthrow. Dtmocratic organs may fill
their editorial pages full of reasons, aud
yet the reason is precisely a. we have
stated it above Having made an mex
cusable blunder at Baltimore, the Demo
cratic leaders show their cowardice and
hopeless Bourbonism by endeavoring to
lead public attention away from the fact
This is new evidence that they are inca
pable Of learning anything, even under
the rod of popular di-pleasure.
As for Llbela al Republicanism, its chief
organ rushes into the extremes of folly
in trying to hide away from the well
merited contempt of the people. The
Tribune hastens TO assure the public
that it was only question of dollars
and cents, and as the Republican party
had the most money, therefor it has tri-
umphed What stupid libel upon the
intelligent masses of the couutryl 1t Is
stupidity that borders upon idiocy.
Does the manager of the Tribune be
lieve that the masses stand in the mar
ket places and sell their suffrages to the
highest bidder? He knows better; or. if
not, then he is not qualified to conduct a
public journal. The reason why Libe
raj Republicanism dropped dead in its
tracks is not obscure. Every observing
man in the United States knows what
that reason is. Liberal Republ'canism
was projected on the supposition that it
was only necessary for leader 10 jump
the fence. and the entire party would
follow at his heels. Then over went
Mr. Schurs. and the Gernlrs were ex-
pected to follow. But the Germans did
not follow Mr. Schurs. Then over
went Fenton, and Sumner, and Banks,
and Faruswor,h, aud Greeley, and hosts
OF Republicans were expected to follow.
But hosts of Republicans did not. AT
last Governor Curtin was induced to
take the leap, and hosts of Pennsy'va
mia Republicans were expected to fol-
low. And nobody stirred. Now, after
all this experience, even the stupidest of
Liberal Republicans ought to compre-
hend that the movement failed because
it was projected on false hypothesis.
The Republican party does not depend
on its accredited leaders for its opin
ions. If it permits any man to lead, it
is because it regards him well ground
ed in the principles upon which it was
founded. The day in which even the
greatest of its members abandons prin-
ciples, the party abandons him That
is why New York rebukes Horace
Greeley; the reason why Massachusetts
rebuked Sumner and Banks. and the
reason why Pennsylvania rebuked
Curtin. These gentlemen may turn
any side and all sides of this over
throw to the light, and that reason
will be seen in unmistakable handwri
ling Perhaps it may teach them that
the country is greater than any one man
or any dozen of distinguished men.
These men, WHO admitted that the Re |
Publ can party had done its work well.
and who, in order TO destroy it and