, 1873-03-10
LIBERALS AND DEMOCRATS


LIBERALS AND DEMOCRATS.
We print elsewhere n good-tempered article
from the Carlinvi1lo Qll.) Enquirer Demo,
cratic), commenting upon q recent article in
The CHICAGO TRIBUNE with regard to tue future
Of the Liberal party. The burden OF the En-
quirer's reply is to the effect that Democrats
cannot abandon their party to Join tho Liberals.
and that whatever tho latter hope to accomplish
must be done by recognizing the Democratic or
ganlzation, If they expect any help from Demo-
Gratis. The Enquirer says: s'The principal OBJ
| lection which these Liberal Republicans, as
! given by TIE TRIBUNE, have to the Democratic
| party, is it's position during the war We
| thought they had turned their backs upon the
past, and were desrouB Of forgetting the past
years Of Strife" So they have. But it does
party made at that time is such as to commend
it to popular confidence Our belief is that tho
Republican party will hold together and be VIC
torious, however rotten it may be, SO long IS
tho Democratic party holds toeet1er-and no
longer.
general statement Of what is necessary to
the success Of the Liberal party will answer our
purposes better, however, than reply in detail
to the Enquirer. The necessity for reform IN
the Administration Of the Government, which
Cincinnati last year, is no longer matter Of
political theory but q demonstrated fact The
abuses and corTuptions which we're charged
in the Cincinnati indictment hare been
clearly proven in the Congressional
Investigations OF the Credit. Mobilier.
the Louisiana usurpation, the Pomeroy and
Caldwell election frauds, and numerous Lesser
corruptions, North and South. None OF these !
have been punished. The Republican party has,
therefore, shown itself either unwilling or un-
longer worthyto be entrusted with tho functions !
Of the Government. The Democratic party, by |
it's record on the slavery question, in the war Of
tho rebellion, and in the corruptions of Tam
many, has put itself in such position that tho !
people will not trust it. as has been shown over
and over again. This does not necessarily i'm
ply animosity against individual members OF tho J
Democratic party, as the Enquirer infors.
1t being improper for the Republican party, and
impossible for tho Democratic party, to adminis-
ter the Government at all, aud impossible for
the Republican party to administer it in the in
terests Of honesty, economy and Justice, that
duty must deyolye upon some other party sooner
or later In order to accomplish this resnlt, the
new party must be unit. It must be united, !
compact, with single organization, with all its
powers inhering in itself. The experiences Of
est November show what utter folly it is to ex-
pect that double organization. working by DIFF
[erent machinery, can accomplish anything. The
party must pull together in one harness. This is
! free country, and there is no law
prohibiting Democrats and Republicans
rom remaining in thoir respective parties, but
s long rs they do 80, they do not belong to the
liberal party, and cannot work With it. The
oily Of double organization, working under I
Il sorts of leaders, without g common agree- G
aent, and with the IDEAS OF the old parties still
linging to them, cannot again be repeated e
he Liberal party must be composed Of the c
oncst men Of both the Republican and Demo- p"
ratic parties, uniting tor the common good in
ne party under one name, one creed, and one u
adership, aud under no other condition is Il
1ccess possible, either immediately or re- it
otely, tt