The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-09-04
Harmony.

me IJpmocracv SI Onlo occupy tO-uhN
q commanding position in one respect.
They have set an example OF harmony.
Cue wear ago they took a position Of
coumand, which was recognized when
victory crowned il. Against enemies
W iihout and faint-hearted friends with
iu They were brave aud confident. In
the nane OF public virtue aud OF the
Democratic party they fought the battle.
aud. without coalition or comprnlnisr.
they won the victory. Fnint hearts
.auon1 the people. iimid politicians
lnm"ng The leaders of the people. tremu-
ious Sirtc Democratic organizations all
around ~. a Democratic. ar M ex- Dem
ocrntic prrss every where fostering our
defeat, we nevertheless won. Our tri-
lnmph prrfaced the Democratic victories
of the last year. out of threatened dis
,inicginlinu " wrcstcd unity. aud ouf OF
dr,,nf which faint-hcar'rdurss brings IL
drew triumph. The Democracy ot Ohio
met llr danger Of one year ago success
fully. They settled one question: the
perI~,uii, of the Democratic party aud
IL. capacity for winning power. 1t L.
now ! recognized fact that the fight oi
the iutnr.. 80 Tar a. the eve OF man can
l,irrrc. il la be bet twern the Democratic
aud Republican parties The Rcpulli
can party acknow lc,lge- this fact. Ii has
~ Thin IL all the elcueuis of, aud tcn-
denotes toward. di-inicgration. II was
composed uf dis.in,ilar parts. and built
on IN issue which j. buried. Its disso-
iluiioi j. certain and near. Nothing hut
the .poils make IL cohcre. The most
desperate effort is making to hold il to-
geiher. II issues M address 10 the peo-
pie which j. pathetic plea ior unity.
Grant. the foremost candidate for the
next Republican nomination for the
Presidency. vetoed currency bill tor
which majority Of the party in Com
grcss had voted. The bill related TO the
question ot first Importance to-day.
The veto humilaicd The leader of the
Republican party in the West. who had
been foremost in the advocacy ot the
hill, but when the Indiana Republican
Convention assembled Morton telc-
rraphcd In terror that il must indorse
Grant Blaine. the Eastern competitor
with Grant for the Presidency. in an
elaborate letter. cooily treated the cur
lrcncy question rs settled. praising tho
bill which Grant signed, and saying
nothing about The bill which he vetoed
IN either case il was harmony that wa
I sought. The leaders of the Republican
party. directly aud indirectly. and will
great emphasis, have recognized the fac
that in unitizing alone lies their saliva
ton. In this alone is their strength
But their weakness Is in that they CT!
harmony, harmony, when there is ~
harmony. The duty of the hour for tn
Democracy Of the country Is harmony
!. aud here. again. the Democracy Of Obi
J. lead the Democracy OF the Union.
Committee of usurpers at the Sherma
House in Chicago abused auihorii
; which they had or hadn't. and PARTIAL
= succeeded In placine the party IN n fals
position. At all events, they produce
10 discord. Tn various quarters there Is c'
: idencc Of similar. though less, nnwisdon
\ But the Democracy OF Ohio are unite
They teach the lesson Of the hour. Th
wear, also, they will emphasize their II
=. struction by victory. One year ago
w. was courage aud honesty, or devotion
the party name and to the party's pri