The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-05-11
RArHsQY AYygRNiSG
THE ISSUE IN NOVEMBER

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action will depend for .raii6ntion upon
The DsmoeEssic party. II is not nsces 81. II
~ 70 question the motives. Of th. leaders
and fonowsfs Of the Cfneinnati move. :
ment, although With many of them bsr-
sonal and not patriotic 'hiotives muse Be
inferred. Leave the question Of nsetfvcss
aside. Sappess that ths ConvSusisS
nominates the best maa who has bee.
named. Ssppose that ~ zplat6srms de-
mands every good Fs(os0 ~asd asserts
every sound principle. The faet wilt
still remAin unchanged Tho hard. crhcl
btal fact-that the cSnaidata mum look j
for hia elseiion TO DsskeorSf;k 49,. ,MD
the greater purity and economy of ad-
mln'stzation' which will - demanded.
must be expected of-the. Democratic
party.
We are told that this is an idle and
foulish fear. We are aske6 X old issues
are not settled. and whether ~ propose
70 slay the slain forever. Il . dsctS.ed
that the name oi tho Democrstie pSrsy
b . bagaboo With which children nav be
scared, Tut not men and that L NAV
be trusted for Ill good purposes and re-
forms, with the protection Of the new
citizens, aod the payment Of the debt. and
the pac'ncatlon Of disturbed parts of tbs Z
country and with every other living iss-
ue. Is surely g the Republican party.
Meanwhile, however. there ara certain
facts which are perhaps as welt
worthy Of considerations ss rosy asser~=
tons. The. election in New Hsmpshire
resulted well. but the figures show a
compact ANA organized Democrats party,
the Republicans carried Connecticut. bat
it was lean majority enough. we
grant not 80 wide as church door. but
enough. Yet in that State also there is a
compact and organized Democratic party
In New York, whens the Repuolicau
teud IS aercest, the World claims that
Cincinnati and tho Democratic party
will carry the State Ly hundred thotis
and majority. Every whore, indeed, the
Democratic party IS thoroughly organ
lied, and every where it has been for
two months aler. with hope 20 il calcu-
lated the chances At Cinciunati. -
And what is the Democratic par,y2
It is the political organization to which
the great body ofthose who were known
as rebsls eight years ago belong. It in>
cludes every element not only Of opposl-
tion to Republican administration. hu. of
hostility to tho Union and tho Rcvern-
ment. Il Is the party whose active
leaders and members to day were .edu-
Gated in the dogmas OF State sovereignty.
and in the Virginia and Kentucky reso-
lutious. as sound doctrine, who were
trained in contempto OF the equal rights Of
the colored race, aud who many of
them-the active Democrats leaders OF
to-day-palliated the rebellion. and
sought in every way short Of actually ia
king up arms to embarrass tho govern
mene, struggling desperately for exist
ence. 1t ts the party whose National
onvention four years Ego was controlled
BY WADE HAMPTON and men who ex-
nlted IN declaring themselves rebels,
which pronounced for virtual repudiationi
and which nominated for President Coz
ernor SEYMOUR, upon whom rests, in our
Judgment, terrible share Of the respon-
sibility for the New York massseres Of
July, 1868, and for Vice. President GEN
eral BLA1a, who had just written the
BRoDaEAD letter. which plainly sugges-
ted revolutionary overthrow Of recon-
structio1. II is the party whose last
administration We describe elsewhere
the worthy tool Of slavery and treason
II is. the party which steadily resists in
Congress every measure for equal rights,
which Is vociferous for Interference for
doubtful Am ricau citizens in other
countries. and hostile to the defense soi
4 the most haplcss and incocent of Ameri
can citizens hunted and murdered in
their native land. go s
4 This AMI such as this il the Demo-
cratic party. But it We say it, we ara
told that it is undoubtedly SO, but tha
this is the sentimental view Of parties
We ore assured that parties chsnge, anc
that party chiefs adapt themselves e
situations. We are told that the doctrine
OF State sovereignty is dea |, that slavery
can not b restored, and that repudiatiof
is improbable. But tbs active msa@ o
both parties havs not chsngod since IN,
war. There are new voters, doubtless
but few new leaders.
1t is, therefore, not sentimental theory
is simple question in human nature and e,
perience. Do Republicans OF go, '64. and g
trust the Democratic party, call IL what 70
will, and making allexceptions and condition
that you choose ! Do you who have prove,
who knew only too well, the party and ii
men who sustained the aga ressions OF 81 ,ver,
the party and the men who tried to throt,
liberty in the North IS she WAS crushed in ii
South--do you, who knew and who still kno
the rarty and the men who made the ".
possible, Who palliated is, who pr. longed
and uuder whoee cruel hsel the flower ],
American manhood WAS trampled ip bloc
! do you, in your souls, believe that this part
and these men eight years afteewafd can |
: safely intrustsd with the government whic
!. was - hardly saved san ~
Il . not vindictiveness, Il 10 not folly, it
l not refssal to accept the present s;tuatio
J nor insistsnee upon fighting battles that a
: won; 70 declare that It would b grave d.
for the countFy when the Democrats pari
Q / under whatavsr na1ss the party and the ,sue
8 whom We all know. return to power. And y
e are as sure that such is the dep and wi
!. conviction Of the great mass OF patriot
American citixeas a. We are thatit d ourow
r and that it is because General 0sAxr, il fe
= r. be the representative ofthe new epoch no
, / tile to that party that he 10 the sponta7eor
candidate Of those Who hold that couvictiol
t Great political tendencies, tha traditions
y generasions, theories and principles long As
serted and defended, habits and prejudic,
!. carefully fosterej. the hates and bitterue.
!. of civil war, party pride, and party spiri
are not forever 81 an end, because victo.
, has been won at the polls; and in politicl
action under such circumstances, while ~
i do not fear animosities, We must csstainl
= not ierget them. te
= II the Cincinnati Convention nominal
o candidates who are adopted By the Dem
q cratic party. And they are elected, that par
, will return to power. It will not pro6ab
= undettake 70 restore caattsl slavery, but i