, 1873-08-01
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
What "nn Old jackson DcmO-
crnt" Thinks Of 1T.
"sawing Of Dry Bones" by tho Missouri
Republican,.

PALMYRA, No., July %, 1873.
70 the Fsfitor n Tic CHICAGO 2fibuuc:
SrH: DO where sou will, ovon In Missouri, and
talk with any fair-mnted, thinking man about
what III callod tho Democratic party, mud ho will
ut onco agrco TINT it's powor to accomplish good
for tho country
IS GONE.
Tint tl,iH conviction hns obtained North aud
Eaat, and cannot DO removed, wo suspect no ono
will deny. Certainly all SEQ TINT tho North thus
unitod as ngainat my party malcs 1t, II 1t con-
tnucs to oxiHt nj MI, n moro local afrair.
Tho Missouri Republican, in it's lcatlor Of tho
1Gtll init, boasts TINT tho Democratic party has
tho ascouloncy In tho aovon statoH of Maryland,
Missouri, kentucky, Goorgia, Tennessee, Texas,
aud Virginia, md inBists that It still lives
and is ready to fight. What If 1t do hold u.s.
contloney III said seven Statca2 What toos TINT
aecondoncy amount to2 Give it eovon more
stnteB, MI Of tho so-cnlad Southern States, II
you please md yot what docs the naconilotloy
amount to7 30 fur ns tho control of the Federal
oxiatilg tendencies to tho utter decentralization
Of tlle politics Of tho country" it amounts to
simply
NOTHING AT ALL.
It nuv hero and thore lift into Office petty
politician wlloBo lovo OF country Ia strictly
bounded by his hopes OF individual proformont !;
but, for oil practical md nsofnl purposes III tho
proper and horcss administration Of the affairs
Of this great milton, it must over romain a
"dcnd-boht"
How lH it maintained In it's present woak and
powcrleBs conditon2 Why docs it not pnss
nway2 It Is vol known TINT it owos its ascond-
cncy in tho acyon statcs not to any policies Of
government proclaimed by. tho purity and ill.,
TRIO, at various points, ao-callcd Democratic
platforms and pocioR Aro published; but tlley
nro 70 diverse as to show tint tho Democratic
mind laY
NO COMMON roIIoY,--
no common political bond Of principle.
The Democratic Convention III Missouri, in
1872, indorsed tho Cincinnati Platform. That
tndorsemont, If honest. would havo buried doop
politicians would hive boon deprived of all their
political capital, and could 10 longor hayo hoped
to control thoir respective localities rs to
nnre to themselves the Offices Of Shorif, Clerk,
Conatablo, &c. But tho Endorsement was d
fnrco,
Many Of tho would.bo leaders, fresh from tho
Convention, condemned tho l,latform they Ind
voted for, and foil back upon mud operated old
1var-isaucB in tlio Slate and county ca1vaHsoa.
With these wouId-bo leaders tho Missouri Re-
publican holds strange relations. Again anu
again Inns that organ uttered III bold torms Its
decided and honeSl conviction that the Domo.
cratic party is poworless for good, and ought to
resolve itaolf back into tue people. And ns often
hnvo the muttosingD OF those littlo leaders III tho
State driven it back into old party-ruts, and It
han folt compelled to
RAW THE Old, DRY HOMES
Of Party, to reinHtnto lteolY in favor and retain
their patronage.
10 this saving of dry bones by such papers as
tho Missouri Republican, md to this conetnnt
effort Of little local politicians to work tlom-
solves into Office oil dead isHuoH the Democratic
party oweH ita present existence, aB woll as its
great foebienena. BY such means nlone has 1t
boon maintained since tho War; But for theso
it Ind long since paesc;l away, and Il new, heal
i.s prlaco. -
Tho people generally. North aud South, op-
posed to President GRANTS Administration, were
disposed to como rs American citizens, having
one great, common intercst to tho support OF
tho Liboral movement Of 1872; but tho
LITTLE COUNTY AND STATE POLITICIANS,
Fearing tlloy could not, i'll that stnte of casc,
control tho loca! oiiicora, and aided by such
psnoss as tho Missouri Republican, detcrrnined
that the Democratic party should support
Greeley and Brown, if Mt all, fully organized aud
etanrHed, with bannersAuttering, md mike them
it,. candidates..
rashly procIaimolthat this would give tho Deuloc-
racy tito right 10 control Grcoloy'a Adu,inihtra-
ton aaa its rat:onaSss.
- ''stl ST T. held e together by tradition. habit, or
something e'se, and possessing tho ,nnconquera:
did get upon tho back Of the Iiboral movement,
and did claim Greeley and Brown as itn candi-
dates. and, from tint moment, tho movement
lost it's prestige f:nl power in tho North, and
MAS ~: UTTER FAILURE.
Gsn. Grant aAked Only tEat the Democratic
party woutl do tl:iH. a,d it did it. And its prin-
cipal organ In the West, with singular HntfBfac-
ton, points now to tho ruin That followed.
But let ,ls for n moment examine it's +" uncon-
querable instinct Of making battle"
It fought i'll 1860, and was scattered to the
winla.
It fought in 1864 aickly, feeble fight, losing
-all.
l. fought in l8cs and WAS scarcely felt in tho
~. II fought In 1879. and carried faw Southern
o'ISos !ra.a never Sn claimed BY tho Republicans.
erat IT, oHs nBhts established beyond questions
second, tint it is ''@''''A"' S'1'o''
A DEAD AND CRUSHING WEIGHT
u;td uu any moyonet to Which 1t may give ita or-
fighta?. ~ s>~A A''S'fAo1s
s,,a OF som,e'A'"9 etse, and poasossing tho uncon.
Whcro was this "lnstinct'' wl,on tho suI corr1Int
doiorn,ed hiaooas hend OF Credit Mobilier waa
tSe'g uncovered in its presence in congrcss
grab was pending? VIII tho Republican toll
II u VOL understood that tho host lighting ma
torial term of n party il always sent to CONGRESS-.
Whoro was the "instinct"2 Was It asleep
NItei Eelutt NDfe Rtlch opportunities afforded q
party for "maklng battlo;" never could thoro bo
louder call to aroilao the "inatinct" Yet not
q n!ow vas struck. Nor did tho party stand with
folded arms; but, witle-nwako,
IT TOOK LARGE pAnT
in tho foul work. and ia today equally rosnons-
bio viii! tho Republican party for thoHo robboros
Of the National Treasury.
II certainly allowed "instinct, NOT. howoyor
for battle, but for tho "son'eAting clse."
9he truth in, both the old political partiea are
~ asep Disgrace, and deserve not tho confidence
OF no nation.
INC Liberal element must tako tho load Men
must bo men indeol and break the ghaoklos
petty domagogueh would faston upon them, and,
party, '0'
r nut FOR COUNTRY
Tho Ohio Allen County Democracy recognized
sno Hesehaity Tor thin whom, i'll n,asB.meoiils re-.
eeutly, 1aey pronounced az followa:
no Of tho political partoH have aonoo
staeu tat iny hre pnwrrtps to chcck or cnpf ta
sehsaey ~ toward tho utter dcmoralizat!on Of