Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-07-30

relnarks dolcfully, eff the Democrats
Of Ohio are defeated this fall the bull
linbists may sicze the Democratic par
IS as hey have the Republican party,
and then farwell to prosperity.
Very likel". The Democratic par
ty Of OHIO is trying the imitation
dodge, this year, to save itself, if
20 sibIc, from the defeat to which
its two years miserable conduct
Of offi ,ir. in that State so richly
entities it; Tut If the effort
Shall fail, Gu will next year hear the
entire Demo ratio press of Ohio sing
ING out in concert that "tbe Demo-
cratic rarty was always the hard-mon-
cy party of the country" 1t is the
old game-s'anything to beat"
"A Repudiated Debt, Currency in
unlimited quantities." say the Ohio
Democrats. GA sound currency Of
coin or its equivalent" say the Maine
Democrats. GA tariff for revenue"
say the Ohio Democrats. GA tariff for
revenue only" say the Maine Demo
Gratis. And yet the Ohio and Maine
Democrats call themselves by the same
name, and profess to belong to the
same political church. Lancaster Her.
old.
Well, Notwithstanding these apparent
discrepancies in their creeds, the Maine
Democrats and the Ohio Democrats do
"belong to the same politician church, y
together with the so-called "Reform-
ers" of Wisconsin, the can't -monopo-
lists Of Iowa, and the Democratic
Republicans" of Minnesota, and all the
other defendants and lawful heirs of
the old Democratic party.
We look in vain to its declaration
on the currency and tariff questions, or
indeed on any question, at this time,
to find the thing which holds the Dem
ocratic party of the several states to-
gether. That was relegated to the
back ground, a few years ago, to await
favorable opportunity for its fresh
presentation, but that it still exists is
evidenced by the fact that victory of
the party in opposition to the Repub-
lican party in any State--no matter
what it calls itself, or what principles
it professes-would be rejoiced over by
every Democrat in the country. Let
the hard-money, free-trade Democrats
of Maine be victorious, and forthwith
the inaationist Democrats of Ohio and
the protectionist Democrat of Pennsyl-
vania will arise and shout, sour party
has carried Maine p Let Tammany b y
no matter what means, roll up large
majority in New York, and every Dem
ocratic "Reformer" in Wisconsin will
rejoice and say sour party has achicv-
ed another glorious victory in New
York" Let the negotiating. State
rights Democrats of Kentucky roll up
their seventy-fve thousand majority,
and at once you will see your so-called
Democratic Republicans of Mime
sofa ready to shed tears of joy over
''good, old, faithful Kentuckyr'
They are call of heap"
The Democratic party seems to have
adopted the plan of protesting in each
State whatever it imagines will gain it
the most votes there, and to have taken
for its motto,-"Power first, princi
pies afterwards" And the fact that it
still has national organi cation, in
spite Of the diversity of its local pro-
LESSONS and names, shows that it is
held together by the same old opposi-
ton to the progress of the last fifteen
years, and that to restore it to power
would be to undo, so far as possible, all
that has been accomplished therein.