The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1874-09-17

We lay asiu, ATTIC OK
changes, and admit q confusion c
ideas never before experieuc
few years ago we could locate DE
mocracy in our sleep; but now, will
our eyes open, and in the full pos
session of all our faculties, we ar
puzzled to know where to find it
In vain we read tho State addresse
Of the unterrifed the more we rea,
the more we become befogged ant
like skipper in the midst OF New
foundland fog bank, we are forced I,
guess at the situation, and accep
with caution everything we hear an,
see. Like the bill-poster's dream
we see protection, free trade, inha
ton, contraction, paper money, spe'
Gle payments, redemption, and repu
diation pass before Us in such hope
less confusion that we despair Of find
ing but one point of agreement
among our Democratic brethren
and that one, opposition to tho Re-
publican party We believe on thi,
one point the Democracy of the coun
try, from Mainc to California, ar,
united. They are willing to accept
any creed, preach any doctrine, abid,
by any faith, to effect the overthrow
of the Republican party. In ono
section they favor the practical repu
diation of the public debt as the cas-
lest way to Tighten tho burdens OF
taxation; in another they would have
the nation keep faith with its credi.
tors. and do away with promises to
pay by single stroke Of legislation
In the South they would use the
party TO check the growth of intclli'
gence among the blacks, and in the
North they agree to accept the situ-
alton and favor the education of al
Glasses They clamor everywhere
for what they term q constitutional
exercise of personal liberty, and YET
denouncc as an invasion Of theiI
rights any effort on the part Of the
General Government to protect and
secure the exercise of personal liber-
ty on the part of our citizens every
where. While they stand ready to
applaud the Government in its efforts
to protect single citizen in n foreign
land, they stand equally ready to dc.
nouncc as tyrannical the protection
Of American citizens in our own. In
n word, the Democratic party to day
is without policy. except the vague
one contained in five words: Oppo-
sition to the Republican party Yet
to tens of thousands of thoughtlcss
men this one declaration is sufficient
to unite them in combined move.
ment to overthrow the party in pow.
cr. They never stop to ask why
they seek its overthrow, or TO specu-
late on the consequences which would
follow: The destruction of our
financial system the depreciation OF
our credit ut homo and abroad; the
terrible dangers which would threat
en- our newly made citizens; the par
alyzGtion of our commercial. mer.
camille, manufacturing, and agricul-
tural interests, arc nothing to them
compared to party success. 1t is
from this class of unthinking men.
who blindly follow the fortunes OF
Democracy, that we have most to
fear. To defeat their combinations,
and thus turn aside the deadly woap-
on which they would aim at the heart
Of the Republic, calls for the closest
union Of patriotism and intelligence
IA union which rises above mere
partisanship, which has for its object
and aim the safety of tho nation and
the Advancement of civilization. Our
greatest danger lies in our over
whelming strength. 1t tends to bo-
get feeling of security which may
prove fatal to our cause. In the
presence of an active and unscrupu
lous enemy We should loove no point
unguarded a thorough organiaa
ton of our forces should be complct
ed in every town, city, and State.
Every thoughtful man who has
weighed the consequences of Demo-
cratic rule should be urged to join
hands i'll the common defense. Local
ISSUES should be laid aside until the
national work is over. Keep the
General Government in the hands Of
true men, and with this assured we
can settle local questions at our lois-
me. Remember tho political battle
to DO fought this fall has for its stake
the House Of Representatives, Per
NIT Democracy to gain n foothold
there and the wheels of progress
will be turned back at least score
of years. .-Rpu6ijc,