Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-07-17
THE RUTLAND HERALD.
FRIDAY. JULY II, 1878.
,,,r DEMOCRATIC PART, .

u,,, DIuOCRATEC PARTh.
ono not endowed with the gift OF |
..annccy can now tell what will be the
...a, issues that will divide the people
..t, n,rtics. for the presidential contest
a. ts-f II is too early to speculate up
oo the cxigencies of the nation, or
..antbar the next great political battle
..nrba faurht. as the last was, by a
..r,lioafion of all the dissatisfied ele-
.,.nt. of society, who are ready to bar
rr every principle for success, against
t,a great party that has saved the ma
finn from destruction, and safely pilot
IL. rbc ship of State past the breakers
of fr.he)Iion. and brought her to anchor
IN oufet and prosperous harbor; or
,.be,lor ON the other hand, the great
oapstfons of temperance, public virtue
and economy, will absorb all others and
leave the fight to the people without the
,idance of the great leaders in poll
tir, who have in the past marshaled
na ballots of free people.
Our only purpose now, is to call atten-
tion to the expressions Of Senator Thur
man of Ohio, in his opposition TO what
+. known in that State as the ''Allen
County Movement, not that the light
of those expressions will be cast forward
for three wears, and give us a glimpse OF
ibc issues we are then to meet, but as
noraying what is the present position
of the democratic party, or its leaders,
for that organization has, during Its
whole existence, followed devotcdly its
acknowledged leaders and showed dis
ciplme never cqualled in politics. Sena-
l.r Thurman is one of the ablest lead
rrs of party democracy in the land and
his supremacy in Ohio has been long ac-
knowledged by the party, and but few
In the nation are his peers in authority.
This Allh County movement was crys-
nIized by a convention in Allen county,
and has spread from a small local begin
nirr until it has excited great discussion
throughout the entire West, and its reso-
ntions are thrown before most of the
Liberal or Democratic meetings recently
held west of New York and Pennsylva-
nia The effect of the platform OF this
meeting was that the dominant party
must he defeated at all hazards, but that
as the Liberals and Democrats combined
are not strong enough to work out that
Grand result there must be a closer union
of all opponents of the Republican
party. under a new organization and a
newuame. The meaning of the resolu-
tons appears to be that the game OF de-
ception must be played more adroitly
than last year, and that as the abandon
meut of party lines last year was unsuc-
cessful they might now have better
chance by discarding their party names,
and selecting one around which there
would cluster no unhallowed recollec-
tions. and under which no one would
feel bumiliated by reflections that he
was fighting under the banner or an enc
my against his former friends.
Many of the leaders of democracy
have repudiated this new departure, and
advised a strict adherance to their party
organization and a return to old issues
and PRINCIPLES. Senator Thurman comes
to his old place in front and condemns
the movement in unmeasured terms. lie
indulges no prophecies of future achiey-
ments, and tells his followers that II
they will cease to look for immediate
yctoes, and be contented to continue the
existence of the democratic party in its
integrity, they may well hope for re-
turn of a long season OF TRIUMPH
and power. He bouys up despondlhs
hopes resulting from twelve years OF de
feat and humiliation by pointing to a re
cord of three times twelve years OF sue
cess in national triumphs. lie counsel'
the party to adhere to the old adage thai
Honesty is the best policy" by laying
down as a truth established by history
that "a mere change of name affects
nothing. and an attempt by politicians
to form new party, with no higher ob
jcct than success, never did and neve'
will succeed. "
We think this manifesto from thu
able Ohio democrat, forshadows tho
position Of the democratic party in th'
immediate future, and that after th'
crushing defeat of last year, when they
abandoned everything to unite with JOIN
Cochran and a few thousand followers o
the Cincinnati movement, they win MAKE
the old democratic party adhere to thei
party name and organization more tie
naciously than ever before, and that |
their latter-day allies desire their coop
Grafton in political work, they must as
sumo the name of democrats and worl
IN the party harness.