The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18
THE SAME OLD TUNE.
Among the Expectations of the Demo-

THE SAME OLD TUNE.
Among the OK pec1ationS of the Demo-
Gratis as to their success in the, next Presi
dental campaign, nothing is clearer than
that they calculate on carrying, by hook
or by crook, the whole of the former slave
States. 1t makes no matter to the party
managers how it is TO be done, the object
alone being considered. Yet is possible
that in the desperate effort 10 accomplish
this they will so alarm the people Of the
north and west as once more to reunltc
the entire mass of the old Republican par
ty. Of course the Democratic organs are
too sanguine over the victori OF 1874 to
see this now. But the preliminary strug-
gle, begun by Democratic folly in Con-
gress, is already doing muca to compact
together the Republicans, to infusc dis
ciplinc into the ranks, and to arouse once
more the enthusiasm and energy that
worked such wonders for twelve success
siye years.
Left to itself, and without any formid-
able antagonist TO fight, the Republican
party became the prey of internal dissen-
sions, of local factions, of personal jea-
lorsi4s and ambitions, and Of State
alimosi.ies. All parties that are over
whclmingly powerful meet the same fate.
I The Democratic party did so under Pierce,
whose majority fairly used up the Wing
party. But there comes a time when, if a
party be strong enough to survive these
losses and disasters, a reaction in its favor
occurs, as VIC see has been the case with
the Democrats. The reaction in favor of
President CRAFTS administrator that
followed two years of unmeasured abuse
and yituperation, was marked in 1872.
That the country was not satisfied with
Congress was shown by tie revulsion Of
1874. And now, upon the threshold Of re-
turning power, the Democratic party
manifcsts all its former tone and char
acter, and is driving together the divided
and distracted Republican elements.
II the Democrats continue as they have
begun nothing can save them from q
sweeping defeat in the Presidential cam
! paign of 1876. They rely upon the pre-
JUDGES of race and caste to sustain their
present course. But they did SO in refer
ence to equal suffrage, aad TIE campaign
of 1872 routed them entirely, and endorsed
what the Republicans had done Their
very first act is to place themselves in
Congress in direct and violent antagonism
to the only true Democratic doctrine of
the right OF the majority to rule, and in
favor Of the opposite doctrine Of the right
OF the minority to nullify the action of
the majority by blocking the whole pro-
gress of legislative business This is a
legitimate consequence of the old nullifi-
cation doctrines so long maintained by the
south, and ground into the very nature of
the combination which miscalls itself the
Demo ratio party. The party never yet
has recognized the inherent right of the
majority to govern except when itself
controlled the majority. What it did in
Kansas it has followed up in Arkal sas,
in Louisiana, in Alabama, and wherever
else it could get chance to do so. When
the Republican party is legally defeated
il submits gracefully and bides its time.
But when the Democratic party is defeat
ed legally it rebels, as it did in the whole |
south in 1861, ANA as it did since il Ark
ansas and Louisiana.
No political truth is clearer than that
party that does not know how TO bear
adversely honorably, peacefully and with
dignity, is not tit to govern The Republi-
can party bore adversely in New York /
and Connect cut in way that insured ii !
subsequent success. So it did also in |
Pennsylvania and New jersey. But at /
the first chance Of the Democrats after /
their adversely they show the insolent and +
domlneering spirit that recognizes no
rights on the part Of those opposed to
them, and prove that they have learned I
no wisdom while they were in the minor
iiy. and entertain no more respect now
for the Republicans than they had for
them when the Senate refused to put such I
me- as Seward, Chase and Sumner on the
regular committees, on the ground that
they belonged ''to no healthy political or
8 imitation"
IS to lie machinery b. which the south
is to be again made TO appear entirely
Democratic, the investigation just made
in Alabama shows that a. The last e,ect:o-
1t would have given ten thousand major
ity for the Republican ticket had It not
been for the terrorism Of the hite Lcague.
which is in fact, lis Sheridan termed
it, body of armed bandi.i. Bat the
mistake of the Democratic party lies IN
sapposing that il can divide the north and
west and use the united south to decide
the contest. The next great political bat
tie will be fought in the north and west
where no White Leagues exist, where
terrorism is impossible, and where liberty
81 speech, OF the press, and of political
agitation is unrestrained. And in such 4
region the errors of the Democratic larty
cannot possibly stand the light of day
and the searching analysis of discussion
and examination by intelligent and indie
pendent frecmcn. This is the true KEY to
The futurc.--Paita. North Imericaa.