The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-11-12
What Shall be Done with 1t?

8-ln sending money, state THE POST OFFICE
to Which the paper is -
What Shall be Done with 1t?
book which had great run some
years ago, had the unique title What
viii he do with it ~ The subject which
IS now uppermost in the public mind is
the recent astonishing victory which has
come to the Democracy. and the question
ottenest asked is what will the now aomi
nant party in the country, that the people
have turned to, do with its great legacy.
That there will be Jealous watching OF
the party which has come into power in
tWo-thlrds OF the states, and will control
the House OF Representatives in the next
Congress, there can he no doubt. The
republicans VIII scan its action critically
TO detect flaws in the policy or mistakes
| IN Judgment, with view to profit there
by, The people, with the outrages on the
rights OF t-government and the robbery
OF the people painfully fresh in their
memories. will look anxiously to see
whether their new trust is to be betrayed,
and whether they have merely exchanged
one set OF oppressors and plunderers for
another. We are glad that it is to be 50.
Popular scrutiny of the acts of an admin
lStraton, or any branch of the govern
ment Is not only a right but duty. 1t
lies at the very foundation of civil liberty
1t was this careful and Jealous scrutiny
into the acts OF King George the Third
and OF his prime minister, Lord North
which detected the purpose to Cypress and
overawe the colonies. Ii led to remon-
STRANGE, remonstrance led to resistance
and resistance led to separation and liber-
ty. In q government like ours, those in
power are always on trial before the peo-
pie. The forgetting of this fact has placed
the republican party and the President
where they are. And let the Democracy
not also forget it.
In another portion of to-day's paper we
ulatory speeches made by leading Demo
Gratis in different portions Of the country,
and brief sentiments telegraphed to meet
mgs. The party can point with pride to
the Just, generous, discreet and assuring
utterances which these gentlemen have
made in the hour Of their triumph, when,
if ever the true feelings of the heart rise
to the lips. From Castor and Tilden in
the North and East, to McEnery and Lamar
in the Southwest not one objectona-
BILE or even dOmineering sentiment has
come. There is aieeling of profound graft
tude that the power of the lane is being
Withdrawn from the hands Of those who
have dishonored it,-there are sentiments
declaring for revival of the old time feel
ings of brotherhood in common country
there are traternal hands reaching ont
from redeemed North, to be met by the
warm brotherly clasp ct an unfettered
South-but not one word of sectional bit
terness or hate. The passions of the past
are forgotten of the fierce war that ragged
for many years, nothing is remembered
save the yalor of those, both north and
south, who met in the deadly conflict
The Democratic newspapers Of all sec
tions OF the country express the same pa
cordant voice
Since the extracts alluded to were made,
we find reported a portion of speech by
Senator Gordon, of Georgia, which so well
illustrates our point, that we copy it.
ATLANTA, Ga. NoV..G
Senator Gordon concluded speech at the
great jubilee to-day by an appeal for continued
prudence and torbearance, which was the Chris
tanity of all politics. He said lone boon |
ask in this hour of your delverance. l ask you
| TO commission me, in your name, to pledge up
on the floor of the Senate your fidelity to the
L mon under the constitution; your acquies-
cence IN laws passed IN accordance with the
constitution. good and bad, until lawfully re-
pealed; your support OF all rightful authority:
your cordial friendship for every man and men
of all sections, who will aid in restoring peace
to the sections Justice to States liberty to citi-
zens, purity to all departments of the govern
ment and the constitution to its supremacy over
| Presidents, Congress, parties and the people.
| cloud cheers.) [ thank you, my countrymen,
for that response. You are as temperate in
| triumph as you were great i'll adversely. You
cherish malice to none and are hostile only to
thieves, usurpers and tyrants."
By these signs we shall conquer. Re
spect for law and the constituted authori-
ties liberty, justice, peace and common
country Descending sectional bigotry and
the religion OF hate, the Democracy will
assert their purposes in a platform SO broad
and liberal and national, that it will be
hailed with acclamations from ocean to
ocean, as the embodiment OF principles
that will render this nation great, prosper
Gus ard enduring. We believe that the
party may and will so improve it's golden
opportunities that during the last quarter
of the nineteenth century there will be no
| interruption to its rule in national affairs,
and no ebb in the country's tide of pros
perity.