The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-07-24
DEMOCnACY NOT DEAD.

Governor Hendricks, of Indiana,
who presided once the Democratic
State convention held at Indianap-
oils one day last week, made a
speech. After giving his views on
various questions he delivered him
self as quoted below In reference to
the question a. to whether the
Democratic party is dead or not:
1t Is interesting to hear their Re-
publican orations assuring their
followers that the Democratic party
is dead. IL establishes ones genius
for originality; it has not been re-
peated moro than n million times,
and each time the followers laugh
and cheer-they are 60 glad DEM
ocracy is dead. They wish il, but
they feel that IL is not so. The
laugh and cheers are hollow and
without Joy. If they were sure of
il, they would say kind and gener-
Gus things OF so great and power
full an organization. It is not
brave, not noble, TO strike even
dead lion. But few years since
they boosted that the DeNocrats
had no Governor in the Northern
States, and but few in the South !;
but now there are Democratic Gov
errors in Indiana, Ohio, New
Hampshire, Wisconsin, Oregon,
Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee,
Virginia, Georgia, and Texas. Ar
kansas may now he added tn the
hist OF Democratic States, for the
bands who corrupted the balloI-boX
are broken AID scattered.
organizations may be broken
and pass away, but Democracy can
not. IL is endowed With the ina
mortality of truth and right.
Whenever, in all lands, men who
pass To higher, ireer, better govern
ments and purer liberty; wherever
there is sentiment that the gov
eminent Is made for man, and not
man for the government, there is
spirit 0r Democracy that will en-
dure and yet achieve mans enfran-
chisement and elevation"
IL is a significant fact that the an
ti-monopoly governor of Wisconsin
is counted in the above list. Gov
enor Hendricks is one of the smart
NnA IN y anu
no one knows better than lie the
value of such II triumph as that of
the mixed party in Wisconsin last
fall. People who arc talking "naw
party" and all that sort of things,
had better watch their driftings.
Without intending to do SO, they
may assist ia doing the very thing
they don't want done, tO-wit, plac-
ing in power the Democratic party
again. After all that Is about the
shape this question takes. There
are only two parties in this coun-
try, and all efforts at so-called re-
form movements, aud "third party"
movements have been utter failures
for fifteen years in theis country,
especially as national PARTIES. The
Democratic leaders are more hope
ful to-day than for years. They
know the value OF any division that
can he made ia the Republican
ranks. Therein is their hope. a
third party triumph in Kansas this
fall would be nailed from one end
of the country to the other, by
Democrats. as the next best thing
to the election Of mn out AID out
Democrats ticket. IL is enough
for us To know that to-day every
old Democrat is aiding the new
party" movement in every way in
his power. Let the "uew party"
men think what they have done in
Missouri and Connecticut. Eaton
and Bogy. two OF the worst old
country in the II. s. Senate. AS
Hendicks declares, the Democratic
party il not dead, and the only ef-
feet of "new party" movement In
the western states will be TO give
the country 20 the Democrats in the
next presidential election. If that
is what some of the "new party"
men are aiming at why don't they
join the Democratic ranks at once
and not try to deceive their neigh
faors by sailing under false colors.
RLe advise those who want to he
-Gapslied under the old Republican
banner not To be fooled by the syl-
van aGRg 40 sweetly sung In their
ears, "If we want purity we must
break up Tie Republican party"
The blessings we now enjoy have
cost too much blOoe and money to
be fooled away aud delivered into
the hands OF the old enemiss or The
country.