The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-03-31
Democratic Policy and Democrat
&c Mistakes.

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taThere has never been time In our
political history when the election of first
rate men to high Office has been of more
advantage to The party choosing them.
Suppose that instead of electing Mr.
Eaton, Connecticut had sent Judge Fos-
ter back to the Senate; suppose that in
stead of wrangling so long over a half
dozennobodies and then picking out Gen.
Cockrell, the Democrats of Missouri had
reelected Carl Schurz to serve them and
honor them in the Senate more than all
the generals in the Confederate army
could do if they were let IN in a batch,
how enormous the gain would have been
for the party throughout the United
States. Such acts as these would not
only insure for the States honorable and
able service, but would at once give an
effective contradiction to every charge
which now works against the Democratic
party N. Y Tribune Liberal Repub
lican.)
1t is impossible to overestimate the i'm
portance of the suggestion contained in
the above; for it reveals the main eIe-
the future. At such crisis in political
affairs as that through which we are now
passing, there should be nothing like
pure partisanship tolerated, much less
encouraged. The real question to be
settled, and the only question, In which
the masses of the people are deeply in
terested, is not who shall have the honors
and emoluments of office; not who shall
be rewarded for past services, or put in
places where services can be rendered
hereafter; not who shall be vindicated
from this or that accusation, and given
vantage ground from whence to discom-
fort rivals or demolish enemies-but who
can best consolidate all the forces of the
opposition for the attack upon the com
mon foe x X x X x x
Take the lost opportunity in Missouri as
an example Senator COCKRELL Is
doubtless worthy of the larger share of
that praise which his friends have so
lavishly bestowed upon him; but what
can he possibly do in the next four years
which will come anywhere near balancing
the influence which the reelection of
SCHURz would have had in the campaign
of 1876? The latter was not only the
ablest man in the United States Senate,
but he is the acknowledged head and
front of the Liheral-Republican wing,
and the representative of a powerful body
of foreign-born citizens. He is not a
Democrat, but he harmonizes with the
Democracy on the great issues which
will enter into the battle of next year.
st. Louis Republican Democratic).
No reasonable observer of passing
events will deny that there is force in what
is above said SO well by representative
Journals of the two organizations which
compose the alliance, which it is hoped
will accomplish a change of national adj
i'll 1876 But, then, while
this criticism is INDUCED, at the expense
of the Democracy Of Missouri, who sig
nalized their triumph by cleo ting Cock
rell i'll place of Schurz to the L, S. Sen
ate, the course of the latter in the State
canvass which ended in his own over
throw, must not be forgotten. Not only
was Schurz known as an opposer of the
Democratic and Conservative State |
ticket, but he took the stump and went |
On pilgrimage from county to county
to the people to reject that
ticket at the polls and to defeat the can
lidates of the same party for the Legis-
ature. His speeches were violent and
intensely partisan. He. utterly failed in
1is attempt to hand the State over to the
ender mercies of the same crew from
whose misrule they had recently been
delivered. 1t would scarcely have been
n keeping with reason, much less with
luman instincts for those same men,
whose defeat he vainly struggled to &C
'omplish, to turn around after their cleo
ion, and restore him to the L. S. Senate.
to the neglect Of men who had co-opera-
ed with them i'll securing their victory.
We have no doubt Schurz would have
cen reelected to the Senate, if his
curse in the canvass had been different.
Senator-elect Cockrell will have ample
me before the Presidential canvass
pens to vindicate his party from the
barge that they have elevated to the
osition adorned by Schurz, either an
lcapable or mere commonplace, Sec
onal agitator and brawler. c