Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-11-28


II nneA~n1Euuznnmn
i The New York World, in speaking
EOf the result OF the late elections
says: "The Democratic party stands
like the storrn- beaten peak OF Mount
Washington rock-rooted in the crust
OF the earth and buttressed witt
eternal hills, still lifting its hoary
! summit into the sky after clouds have
hidden it. for many days. The war
j clouds and the political storms which
I have obscured the Democracy for a
long period could no more annihilats
Its principles than concealing thick
weather could drive away the noun.
tains which tower in everlasting gran
| deur and whose foundations are as
deep as the world. Democracy is the
permanent creed of Americans. 1t
lies at the basis Of our institutions,
and both the name and the principle
are dear to the hearts of our country
men. The fact THAT it now rises again
with power at a time when so many
political seers had pronounced it ex-
tinct, shows how deeply it is rooted in
the moral consciousness of this great
youthful nation. These elections have
proved that wild darkening storms of
the longest duration wage vain bat
tie against principles 80 deeply i'm
planted, and that what the people so
constantly and deliberately approved
for the first sixty years Of this century
retains its former hold On their con-
victions. Even its opponents and its
late deriaers must now concede that
the Democracy VIII continue to rank
as one Of the two great political par
ties Of the country. All talk and all
thought of a new opposition party
will be abandoned among practical
men of sound Judgment. For the
present, while the Republican party is
in power, Democracy is the master
current into which all the minor cur
rents>of political opposition will flow.
We are safe in asserting that the per-
manenee Of the Democratic party is
one Of the things which the late cleo
tons have established, and that our
politics are silnplifed and cropping
hesitation relieved by reducing the
choice of voters to an election between
the Democratic party and the Repub-
lican party, as tho two great contend
ing forces in American politics. It is
fortunate that this is made plain so
long in advance of the next Presi-
dental election. This early and ire
yersible decision Of question of such
Wide-reaching practical consequence
will save great deal of political
laundering, misdirected effort, and
squandering of opposition strength.
The Democracy will now confidently
say: lie that is not with us is against
us, and he that gathereth not with us
scattereth abroad
: Another thing decided by the re-
cent elections is, that it is safe and
polite for the Democratic party to
take the strongest and highest ground
on the question of Free Trade. The
timid, trimming, hating platforms on
this great subject have had their day,
and hereafter the Free Trade banner
will be boldly unfurled by the Democ-
racy in every political contest. The
monopolists and the protected inter
ests will always rally around the Re-
and it is simple suicide for
the Democracy to make any compro-
missing attempt to conciliate them
There is no better way than a stead
fast, courageous adherence to princi
pie, accepting whatever good or i'll
fortune may attend a series of battles
for TRUTH