Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1873-10-29
rHE pENoosATro PARTY.

The value of the late elections III
Okio aud Iowa to tho Democratic or
caassatioM 10 clearly csimccd IN the
attached to II by tho nd
papers. Whilst they
nrefcss to believe It has no signisi.
cnnce, they labor sc,lalously and per-
sistcntly to prove the resul. due 10
any aud every other cause rather
than the true one, to-wit: Loss OF
confidence in the Republican party by
Western people, and determination
TO make a change In the administra-
ton Of the government. The ST.
Louis Globe admits the pcrilous
nature Of the situation, aud pro-
cceds in the character OF purity
censor. which 1t knows SO well how
to assume, to cali the Iowa farmers 10
account for their presumption !"
voting as frccmen. Says tho 3iooe'
IN its virtuous iudignatiom:
no what sort of party have they
attached themselves? To party
cmhr:cinr more than seventy-hvc
thonsaud old Democrats. do they
| fancy that one nian Gu" raIe ven na.
they have left party IN winch more
than two-tl,irds OF tue memccis were
farmers. Aud the party which they
have joined has no power. whiie me
party winch they left had auu SUI,
has the power, both in THIS state anu
IN congress, to do whatever The just
wishes of farmers require. lhsy
have leapci out Of an ali.powcrtui
majority which they could have eon-
,rol.cd into II powcrlcss mihofit!
which they camMo, controi!
"TLey havo lcaped out OF an all
powerful majority which they could
have controlled" SC. That's cool
assurance, in the face of the legislative
history of the country for the last
ten years. Republican officials have
uniformly distinguished themselves
by independence OF their con-
stitucnts and impudeut disrc-
gard of their just demands. They
have always been lavish Of promises
before elections, but have never fail.
cd 10 go back on those promises when-
ever the cxisencies Of party, the i'll
teres,s OF friends or the ambition OF
favorites prompted. The fact that
the farmers OF the Northwest are
and have been powerless to control
or even direct in any material re.
spcct this all-powcrful majority, il
occurs to us is one Of the most sub.
stantial and tcnablc OF all reasons
for cutting loose from it and casting
their fortunes with Il feeble minority,
which they certainly eau control, al
least in part, by judicious use of tho
balance of power now in their hands
! The Democratic party has always
been i'll sympathy with the agricul
tural classes. lis greatest strength
in the days when It controlled the dies
TIMES of the country was in the agri
cultural districts, and its principe:
arc still cherished by the same clas:
in the same sections.
During the last season at ever!
| farmers convention aud meeting helt
in the Northwest, resolutions were
passed, cmbodying the distinctive
principles of the Democracy, whicl
arc rs old as the constitution itself
The Republican farmers III c'i, there
fore. have 10 fear of becoming help
ilcss minority in the Democraticparty
for it is evident that they can MAKE
their strength available Cor reform
only by cooperating with that or
ganization.
The warning contained i'll the para
graph quoted is, however, worse tha'
S useless, if the following "er-cathedra
n and ill-tempcred dcliverance may h
y relied upon as expressive of anythin
e but the school-boy rage and v!rag
$ yiciousncss of the Globe. Wheneve
+ n gentleman condesends to emplo
l. vile names and abusive cpithcts
If lieu of argument, lie and his case al
G generally considered hopeless:
II The lesson is that 10 considerab
number of Republicans can ever
4 drawn into ANY alliance or conbin
ton in which the controlling elemc
" is to be the ignorant, prejudiccd, III
d slayisb mass of Democratic voter
rs led bv a set of dishonest and unpri
r. cipleti dcmagogucs. The Democrat
u. politicians may as we'll undcrstal
- that earth has 10 use for them. Th
ud can die to advantage, and the soon
stfthey die, leaving no heirs or succ'
he sors behind them, the sooner I
v, country may see decent opposil
,o party.
q Lied by set of dishonest and
principled dcmagogues!" For S.
u lime assurance and natchless iml
Il" dence the average Radical editor
"a. "a, to say the last oft, decidedly pccuii
IN Where are the Christian statcsm
~ Pomeroy, Caldwell, Patterson
.. Brother Harlan? Where, o WHIT
q" is Smiler, the seraphic! Where
'1 Bingham and Butler, and the enlis
~. ~ cned and patriotic carpct-bag
NV Let them come to the front, and
~ ~ what they known of dishonest
20" mo unprincipled Democratic DC
D"s ~ sogucs. Their opportunities for
ouS Jus acquisition of full and reliable in
.'o nation on the subject have been
class, and their deliberate uttera
%. % would help the cause Of wan
o. Radicallsm infinitely more than
. ond hand editorial abuse.
-, The concluding paragraph OF
Globe article We commend TO
W" whole country. AS q confessio
the sins and shortcomings OF i
'. I calism, it is so purely child-likc
,."' -. bland that it is absolutely irresistI
''" Finally, the lesson for lsepubli
ee" is one which they will not fail to
| IL rhev must in this, as in every Z
u!ur question, take care that the /
represents the most auva
.,,, thoughts aud aims Of it's most sii
gnu ami Intelligent members. The
ra'lt ~ Iowa was lardy in conprchen
anu liz need of ofirgislstion for the pr
,ich lion of producers. Ii will not vel
.,.., to postpone their just demands a
s'ee' We trust 1t will do no injustice.
the It will not forget that the great
rods. ;ority of those who do its "