Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-10-17
NATURAL ALLIES.

party lead into the Democratic camp
said Frederick Douglass two years ago
to . mass meeting Of his brethren. In
this enc sentence is explained that other
sentiment snunciated by Col. Ellis be-
fore the Independent State Convention
at Carson City. ''In this contest"
said he, ''ths Democratic party and the
independents ore natural allies.
There Is no doubt Of this, yet the ALI
ancs Is q strange one. II is very like
that Of the monkey and the cat, the
Democratic party playing the role OF
monkey and the Independents paving
the political chestnuts out OF the FIRE.
Show US a single Independent victory in
tho late elections in Ohio, Indiana.
Iowa, Nebraska and West Virginia.
wherein the result has been anything
savs an increase Of Democratic repre-
rsssntativcs in Congress. In Ohio and
Indiana the votes Of the Independents
were literally thrown away, unless in
deed ID be the highest aim OF the third
party TO elect Democratic Congressman,
and finally to place in power the party
which they do not hesitate to say is even
worse than its great opponent. All last
Summer the Sacramento Union sounded
the death knsll Of the Democratic party.
II sven went 30 far as to declare 1t dead
and buried. and in language far mere
rhetorical than sensible. announced the
advent OF the tidal wave OF a third party
which would sweep the country and
blot out Of existence both existing Or
CARNATIONS.
What is the result? Look over the
returns from Ohio and Indiana, and
what do we ind' just what we have
all along contend.d would be the in
svitable result. In every district where
a Republican candidate has been de-
featsd in Ohio, the man elected to I'LL
his place has besn-whatl Not an In
dependent. but q Democrat; a member
Of the party which has been pronoun-
csd dead, and over whose "putrescent
corpse the Onion and all other "Inde-
pendent" party journals have sung
requiems for two years past. Every vote
that has been absorbed by this phantasy
Of . third or Independent party. has
gone to aid the Democratic party. Every
Republican who has voted an INDIE
pendent ticket. has given one vote to
Democracy. Does any n doubt this
proposition Let US see. A Repub-
lican who votes his party ticket not only
counts n for his party, but neutral
Tres one for the opposition. II he vote
for q third and unsuccessful ticket the
vote cast by his Democratic opponent is
not Offset by his own, because that vote
IL thrown away. This is the plain sf-
feet Of the third party movement in
svsry Stais which ws have mentioned,
and the direct result has been to change
Republican for Democratic rule. This
Is the reason Why Col. Ellis truly said,
that Democrats and Independents are
..natural allies" SO they are, but that
alliance ia only successful in putting the
Democratic party once more into power,
and. a. We most honestly believe, i'm
psriling every result sought or gained by
the friends Of this Government through
the late war.
Il matters not that the Independent
party disclains sympathy or alliance
with the Democracy. The result is just
the same. These men have sworn to
tear down the Republican party, to trail
its banners in the dust, and. under the
plea Of reform, by means Of a third and
hopelsssly minority party, seek to draw
support from the Republican ~orsaniza-
ton. That they have done so in Ohio
and Indiana is apparent. They have
defeated the Republican party in those
two States; and here again We ask. with
what rssulti The answer is: The trans
fer Of Offices and power to the Demo-
cratic party. Do Independents claim
that the Democratic party is better fitted
to rule this country than its Republican
oppenent' They have not done so here
but. on the contrary. while
severely c~ondsmning the Republican
party. have still more bitterly cursed its
Democratic rival. And yet the first and
most palpable result Of their secession
from the Republican party and attempt
TO form q new one il the success Of q
party which thus far they have claimed
to dstest even moro than the party from
which they seeded.
Are Republicans who have bolted and
joined the Independent faction in Ne
vada prepared for this RESULT Do they
desire the State to have as representa-
tives in Congress two Dsmocratsl Arc
they anxious to have this State classed
hereafter a. Dsmocraticr Does their
dissatisfaction with the Republican party
impsl them to give their supper, to its
only powerful opponsnt9 These ques-
tons are not only vital but sminsntly
practical. n Republicans, who have
joined the Independents in Nevada, are
anxious for Democratic success, they
cannot take . sursr although they might
have selected . moro honorable method
OF securing IL. Were w so bitterly
opposed To Republican success that we
would hail with JOY the victories Of the
Democratic party, we would Join that
organization at once and not throw away
our vote. And so it seems TO us. would
any man intelligent enough to perceive
the real issues OF this and hon.
CRADLE enough to act according to his
calm convictions.