Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-11-19
THE DEN OCRACY AND THEIR
vICTORY-THE DANGERS THEY
STAND IN PERIL OF.

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According to the New York Herald,
the Democratic leaders may be per-
mitted some extravagance Of rhetoric
in the flush and glow of their aston
ishing triumphs. Their joy may be
regaSded as akin to the joy of the Is.
raeffses when they came to the prom
ised land. Since 1857 they have been
wandering in the wilderness of oppo.
sition, for while Mr.. Buchanan was q
Democratic President his adn,inlstra.
ton was thrown into a minority on
Kansas and Nebraska questions, and it
faded out in ignominy and seern. The
fact that amid all the defeats of the
past seventeen years, the distractions
Of war. impeachment controversies,
panics and financial revulsionS, the
Democratic party has held its organi-
zation intact and i'll time has won a
marked victory, shows that the Amer
lean people have a profound respect
for the Democratic sentiment which
came into our politics from Jefferson.
1t would be an error to suppose that
the recent victories were inspired by
any fanatical devotion to the princi-
pies of Jefferson. The mistake which
many Of the Democratic leaders seem
disposed to make is in so considering
them. Here and there we hear ven
cradle Democrats advising us to ire
turn 10 the principles of our fathers
TO repsai tue recent amendments TO the
Constitution, and turn every office
holder out Of place. One of the issues
of the eanvass was the back pay out
rage, and already we have three Rep
r~esentatives who took part in it non-
mated as possible candidates for Speak-
er. Another issue was hard money.
aud Yet Congressman elected proclaim
their purpose to II for imitation.
These are signs showing the %in>incerity
of the victory, and lead US to the fear
that the victorious party will pass into
the hands Of trading and professional
politicians, who will Use it to their own
gain, and who are 10 moro worthy Of
confidence than the Republicans who
have been rebuked Tor their unworthi-
ness and thrown out of power.
The Democratic party may be re-
sarded as a position resembling that Of
the Confederate army of General Ear
" on a certain memorable occasion in
the valley Of the Shenandoah. The
C~onteaerates attacked the Federal
forces, defeated them and drove them
from the field. Instead, however, of
pursuing the victory they began at
occe 10 plunGer the captured camp. In
the meantime Sheridan came to his de-
ieated troops, rallied them, gave them
new hope and courage. led them to a
new assault, fell upon the gorged and
unsuspecting victors, and before night
came "sent them whirling down the
valley and destroyed forever the Con
federate power in the Shenandoah Val
ley. The lesson which poor Jubal
Early then learned, and which he has
never ceased to repent, is that when an
army wins q battle it should reap all the
fruits of the victory. Above all things
it should be sure the enemy is de
stroyed before it takes to camp plum.
dering. The Republican party is de-
feated but by no means destroyed
1t would be wise also for the Demo.
cratic leaders to consider these cleo.
tons as a sudden outburst Of anger or
the part Of the country toward the Re
publican party, and not the expression
Of . calm, definite, matured and DELHI
crate purpose. 1t was only the othe.
day that Maine, always a close Stat,
politically, voted for the Republican
party. We have had elections in New
Hampshire, Vermont and Connect.
cut, but with the exception of Mr.. Pc
lands defeat, there We're no special in
AAColi'ilo " lAc lHunl wave. LII
first signs CANT from the West, anc
however much We might wish it 9th
erwise, they came from the section.
most devoted to ''free money" ant
"Grangerism." Now We all know tina
sudden and passionate anger does no
always last and that lovers quarrel.
are generally SURF of reconciliation
1t will be the aim of Grant to win bacl
some Of the love which gave him tn,
victory over Greeley, which surround
his military successes, and whicl
recognizes that his name and fame, ne
matter what may befall him, are in
separable from our history. Remem
Der that We had a ~''lovers' quarrel" ir
1862, between the Republicans anc
Lincoln. when Pennsylvania was car
ried by the Democrats, when New
Jersey elected Parker by more thar
fourteen thousand, when Seymour wa;
elected Governor of New York, beat.
ing Union soldier like Wordsworth
by more than ten thousand majority;
when Ohio, Indiana, Illinois went Dem.