Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-11-07
From the At anita Herald.
BACK TO BRASS BUTTONS AND
HUFF KNEE liREECIHES.

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political situation, which editorial is
evoked bv the late astonishing Demo-
cratic victory in Ohio.
Mr.. WattersOn SAYS there ia scarcely
n piece of sound political argument
| which does not point squarely to the
conclusion that a hberaliZing of the
Democratic party will, aud alone will,
conduce to its triumph. YET, though
all theory points this way. the practice
of this theory has invariably proved
disastrous, and its exact converse chat
ISL the tightening tor BourbonZing)
of Democratic ilres, alone has ever eff
fected really serions opposition to the
Administration. or gained victory
for the anti-Radical minority. Our
past bellum history is full of examples
showing this. The Greeley combina-
ton met with the most disastrous de-
feat almost ever known in our politics.
And vet Ohio which. under the Glib
eral'' contest. gave Grant 81, 500 on
straight Bourbon fight. gave the Dem
ocrats 1900 majority, and that, too,
with Liberal candidate in the field.
Mr.. Watterson concludes that while
theory is a good thing in politics, as in
all other things, still actual results
should not be overruled, and when con-
tinual1y recurring adverse to theory
should be obeyed.
Hence, the COuritr-JOuynaI, which
was of all journals in America the most
prominent and effective Greeley advo-
cate, and always an extreme Liberal (if
we may lie allowed the expression), an-
nounces its return to the Bourbon De
mocracy as the only party which, OF
for the next tour years, will be able, With
any show Of strength, to combat Graut's
intention Oh the third term, and subse-
quentlv on the dictatorship Of the re-
public. Mr.. Grants election in IA the
Cor,j"r-.Jrnr"m belivcs will be fatal
to Republican institutions iu America,
or productive Of a revolution.
Mr. Watterson goes even further
than We have intimated, and wants to
return to the Democrac. OF Jackson
and jefferson, skipping OYER the
later Democracy iii whose body Tam
many fcstcrcd a1d Tweed fhttened, and
90 back for inspiration to Monticello
and the Hermitage, fo1!rts that are
pure and full Of prccept and sugges-
ton.
He SAYS (anI gracefully, as he says
all thingsl
There WAS time when the Demo
cratic party was il party OF tolerance,
the party of progress aid the party of
the Union. According to oI,r reading
of history, Mr.. Jefferson was as broad
in his political teaching as Mr. Lin
coin, and we know nothing in the ca
reer of Gen. Grant which entities him
to be considered a better patriot or a
more progressive statesman than Gen.
jackson. The revival of the historic
Democracy, whose story is divided be-
tween the interesting volumes of Mr..
John Covode and the equally entertain
ing records of the society called Tam
many, the Democracy of slavery, seces-
sion, Boss Tweed and obstruction need
not be considered if good men of all
persuasions, good old-line Wings and
good old-line Republicans, will come
together on platform of "wipe out and
begin again." sketched upon the origi-
nal slate, the reverse side of which con-
ta1ns the maximg and exploits of Jeffer-
son and Jackson. Thoughtful, unpre-
JUDGED people can easily see that good
may come from rival of that sort. 4
little blue-coat-and-b brass buttons, buff
breeches and top boots, mixed in with
swallow tailed and d-white-cravatted vii
lany of modern politicts, may not be SO
bad after all, and at least has some rel
| nvarcv to N" approaching centennial
Fourth OF July and the prospective,
and as we think, the certain candidacy
OF Gen. Grant for third term. If he is
elected for third term, and if the Lib
era1 Republicans turn themsevels into
Bourbons and play the O'Conor move
ment over again to his profit, why then
we shall simply come to the inevitable
--an empire and dictator.
! 10 Gba1 ,1,ot c1, O
are suggestions merely We mean to
review the signs of the times, and not
to lay down terms or give advice. For
the moment, the superficial aspects of
the situation are against us, and it costs
us nothing to make them as plain to
our readers as they are to ourselves
We have at all times looked to some
thing higher and larger and nobler
than party lines and party names, which
have never been of much concern to
us. We now look only to the means OF
defeating Grant for third term we
are ready to make any and every sacrl.
fee to accomplish that we are ready
to follow Thurman as sincerely as We
followed Schurz, albeit we like Thur
man less; and, if we succeed, we shall
be content to come off without glory OF
reward It is the substance, the resto
ration OF the national spirit, the re-es
tablishment of sectional fellowship an6
sympathies. the material and mora
emancipation of the South, that We
look to exclusively. The politicians
may take the loaves and fishes, and We
J will take the husks and labor, know
ing very well how and where the reali
zation of their present programme vii
be employed to work against the use
fulness and influence of the indepen
dent press.
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Church of Baltimore about $500 pound