Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-03-18

1874 rolls on. But none are so blind
as those who will not see. We
have high authority for saying that
some would not believe, though Moses
and Elias were to rise from the
dead. New England is hardly the
place to look for political reform. The
money power is too strong there. If it
go with The party Of monopoly, it is
matter of course. It reaps all the ben
efits of the monopolies. Yet the New
Hampshire election shows Democrat
ic gain of 1000 on poll of $1,000
six per cent since last year. AS tn e
Chattanooga Times remarks, it was the
third party, which poled only few
thousand votes, that prevented the
election of a Democratic Governor di-
rect by the people. Divide this third
party nuisance equally, or even
give the Radicals two thirds of it, and
the Democracy would still be triumph
ant. As it is, the Legislative majority
viii elect the Governor, and, what is
more important, shape the internal
policy of the State. In the face of
these facts, the Nashville Banner has
the GOODNESS to tell itsreaders sit is not
conceded that the Democrats gained
much of a victory" The Democracy
Will be content with that ''much Of a
victory" in every State of the Union;
and that ''much of a victory"
would disenthrall the whole country
from the blight of Radicalism. How
many Yeas would the Banner have the
people wait for its reorganization
fever" before any new party could be
marshaled in every State, as the De-
mocracy is, ready to seize every oppor-
tunity Of the situation? The Banner
goes on to quote a number of Repubh-
can journals dissatisfied with their own
party. Itquotes the Springfield Mass
Republican as saying the people ''are
gropingabout for new issues" We rath-
er think the people are anxious to settle
the issues raised by Radical misrule-
monopoly, extOrtion, nepotism, fnan-
cial uncertainty, centrahsm, corrup-
ton. The terribly Give" issues al
ready before us are more numerous
than in any previous era. These will
have to be met and settled before the
people Will tolerate any new issues. 1t
might suit decaying Radicalism very
wei to spring another Maine Liquor
law, or another crusade against for
eigners, to divert attention from its
own misdeeds: but the people want to
settle present issues first. The Neav
YorL; Tribune is next quoted as saying
that the attitude of the people toward
both parties presents "a situation for
which our history furnishes no paral-
lei" Why, the parallels arenumerous.
The Radical party is dying. Other
parties have died heretofore, many of
them-without pulling down the De-
mocracy with them. The Radical party
is dying in the full possession Ofpower.
So died the old John Adams party.
Others died of hamilton out of
power. The Tribune is quoted as say
ing:
" 1t is idle to talk of any revival
of the Democratic party. The issues
upon which it made its long and losing
fight are finally disposed of, swept out
into the limbo
But the fact is the Democracy is in
the field, without any superfcious pro-
cess of revival" That the issues
upon which it fights are not disposed
Of" Ohio, NAs York and New Hamp-
shire attest within the past few months.
Next the Banner gives its readers an
extract from the what-is-it Ne1y York
Graphic as follows:
Thousands of voters stay at home,
and the opposition defeats itself by in
difference and division. 1t is strange
that the managers of the Democratic
party do not see the obvious reason Of
this vast discrepancy between the real
| feeling Of the community and the cleo
ton returns. Are they blind that they
understand not the meaning of this
| broad chasm between what might be
and what is? Not until they are wise
enough to take their distrusted and OBJ
noxious organization, with all its in
fected traps and trumpery, out of the
way, and leave the field clear for a new
combination Of the political elements,
can there be any general uprising of
the people or powerful resistance to the
party in power"
Yes, let Democracy clear the field, for
the revival of Radicaism, to give
Grant a third term, with Ben. Butler
as the power behind the throne. To
disband existing forces is not the way
to overcome an intrenched foe. Hari-
kari is not the death which soldiers
dare As in Tennessee, so in New
Hampshire, the event proves that the
Democracy is the only efficient antag-
9nist against the party of ruin. Why
then does our contemporary continue
to cast its daily slurs on the De-
mocracy? Is this policy mere thought
lessness, or design? Or is it that
queer sort of " independence" whic b
always runs in one groove? If it
wants third party, why not have the
independence" to say so? But no,
while decrying Democracy, it holds out
no prospect of anything else or better,
but closes its one-sided selections with
the remark that it els not ambitious to
be considered a representative of the
reorganization fever Just now" Is this
a confession that it has capacity only
for the work of pulling down?
THE st. Louis Times says Mr.. Beck's
speech in the House of Representatives
on the 10Th inst. twas piece of I'M
placement which caused Mr.. Garfield of