Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-04-23
g Whar is de Liberal Republican
Party"

We saw at one of the ward polls yester-
day colored citizen going about, wide
mouthed, inquiring, {" Whar is de Liberal
Republican party?" Whether he was an
old.line Republican or one of those black
swans who affiliated with the Liberals we
were unable to find out, but he seemed
sadly puzzled by the mysterious disap-
pearance of party that, in his ward, had
been significant political force.
SO far as this city is concerned the Lib
eral Republican party is nowhere in
particular. 1t has vanished mizzed-
gone out. There is no trace of it in the
result Of yesterdays election as an entity,
an individuality. And yet it was prom
ising child, of robust constitution and
healthy growth, and a fair future be
fore il.
We helped to foster that infant, and
mourn its early departure off, as it
seems, in the flower of its youth. The
taking away of a child is always a sad
event. We know not what possibilities
were wrapped in the future of its exist
enCe. There might have been a great
orator, a great statesman, a great poet, or
great soldier. Who can tell? The sad
dest of all words are, says the poet, ait
might have been"
And so the early demise of the Liberal
Republican party becomes regretable.
Had its existence been prolonged had it
lived until its muscle was developed and
its faculties of mind matured-it might
have worked valuable reform in Amer
| lean politics; it might have introduced
| honesty into Office, economy into admin
! istration, purity into politics, and genius
and culture into high places, There is no
| saying how great Il revolution it might
| have wrought in public affairs.
1t was a lovely child as far as il got, but
| it did not get far enough. 1t died died
/ in the city that may be said to have given
| it BIRTH certainly where it received the
| kindest and most tender nOurishing. So
| singular and sudden taking off of 50
| promising an infant is what distracted
the brain and gave pathos to the tones OF
| the inquiring cOlored citizen.
Our readers have all heard of the man
who made bet that he could eat six
dozen hard-bOiled eggs He won the bet,
but he died of the performance. The eggs
were too much for him. This was pretty
much the disease of which the Liberal
Republican child died 1t was a case OF
indigestion. 1t undertook the feat of de-
vouring hard-boiled Democrats-the en-
tire party in tact-and an insutliCicnCy of
gastric juice led to fatal consequences.
The Democratic party survived this eff,
fort to holt and digest it. 1t lived as
miraculously as Jonah in the whales
belly; and in its turn it swallowed the
Liberal infant. Our Colored citizen, who
was in search of the infant yesterday, viii
find the returns otthe election this morning
the only evidence we now have that there
ever was such Il thing az the Liberal Re
publican party in Cincinnati. And so
passes away the glory of the world, and it
may be said of it, with slight paraphrase,
rs was said of one of old: Gle hath
flown away as dream and cannot be
found; yea, he hath been chased away rs
a vision of the night. The eye also which
saw him shall see him no more, neither
shall his place any more behold him. j.
Cincinnati Commercial.