The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-08-07

suits Is not now in order, unless II be
sort Of speculation we might fanci-
fully style the philosophy Of histo-
~, which searches among the debris
Of a great ruin for the cause Of the
disaster. There is kind Of reason
ing known among logicians as poste-
riori--in plain English, the searching
for the cause from certain effects. We
have the effects, or results before us!
Shall VIC search for the cause; or docs
Il appear to us intuitively, without the
trouble of hunting it by any special
form Of reasoning'
We confess to great disappointment
we confess il publicly and privately.
The defeat Of the Democratic party
in any of its constituent parts, or in
whole, is grievance and trouble to
any true Democrat. But we do not
propose to waste time in giving vent
to unavailing grief, for, finding in the
disaster the necessity for renewed Wig
or, We shall recognize its demands, and
pursue the course Of our journalistic
life with frmer purpose to faithfully
adhere to the Democratic party as the
s'icc;en,hor of hope. and to ever respect
It's ancient forms and principles.
In looking to the causes Of our de-
feat, we do not propose to regard for
the present, the illegal means used to
accomplish it. That squad of forty
or fifty negroes, recently from Vir-
ginia. now at work at Kings Noun
tain Tunnel, voted at Waynesburg,
and then marched to Hustonville and
repeated, is, as we are assured, SOL
emn truth. That negroes from Gar
rard, 10 the number Of fifty, voted
hese at Stanford and returned to Gar
rard and repeated, is likewise true, for
the names Of some of them are now
in our possession. That the same
fraud and farce were enacted at Crab
Orchard, no one can doubt who will
trouble himself to inquire into the
matter. But these things we purpose
ly omit to urge upon our readers at
this time; prefering to point out an
other cause Of our defeat. 1t was not
the regular Radical candidate for the
county Judgeship who defeated the
Democratic nominee for the same of.
fee. The so-called Independents are
responsible for that. Nor did the So
called Independent candidates for the
Circuit Clerkship and Attorneyship,
defeat their respective opponents
Thefr coordination and utilization with
the Radical party accomplished that
end. In forming such combination
with Radicals, they have accomplish
ed no good to the country, and done
their old party great injury-an in
Jury not confined to the party of the
county, nor limited to the late contest.
They caused our defeat for the Com
monwealth's Attorneyship, and have
made hazardous our Congressional
race. 1t is needless to expatiate on
the extent of their folly--calling it by
as mild a nane as possible. They {
know it as well as we, and some Of
them might, in the unforeseen happen
ings of the future, be under the neces- ,
sity OF repenting it. As the case now I
stands, there is no use endeavoring to
disguise the fact that the Radicals have s
gained victory in old Lincoln, and |
one that may be considered of impor- I
lance to their party. They have the ,
vantage ground, ard it rests with the |.
Democratic party whether we close .
our lines and promise each other bet
ter faith for the future if We ever re- |
gaiu our prestige.
We arc not of that class that whines
and begs any man to join or rejoin
the Democratic party; much less are
we disposed to drive any one into it.
Against the united strength Of the
Radical party of the county, and
scores of those whose names are regis
tered upon the record books of our
own I'VE made a gallant fight.
We sufferS II tn but we retain the
teys of o9 I'D b ration, and hold
with iron grip'ts SSld banner. The
doors of our party, llG the doors OF
the temple of Jan1S'durinslho war
like period Of Rome, are constantly
open. The~1atch string is on the out I
side. We do not beg, and We do not
drive. The road is free, and the coun-
try is free. III any man wants 10 en-
ter, either as a convert or prodigal,
he knows his privilege. If he wants
to 60 further and fare worse, he has
his birth-right of free choice. Let
him exercise il and take the conse-
quences. We have nothing to say at
this time against men deserving the
Democratic party, nor against Radi-
Gals damaging us all they can within
the limits of their power. But with
the emphasis of unfeigned disgust at
double-dealing, we protest against the
prostitution Of the name and tho colors
of the Democratic party to the end of
accomplishing its defeat. We are
willing and anxious to make war
against an avowed enemy--one who