Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-07-30
why the Republican Party Cannot
and Will Not BE Beaten.

A safe proposition 10 lay down and chal-
lcnge opposition Is, that no dominant poll
teal party was ever wholly OverlhrOwn
except when an issue that everybody could
sec and feel was presented In antagonism
thereto. What hope, therefore, have the
elements in conflict with the Republican
party for succcssY What issue do they
present in conflict with the ruling idea of
the dominant political party of the coun-
tryY What has the dominant party done
To forfeit the confidence of the people
These are queries which we purpose
scanning and answcring
I. What hope have the elements in con-
fict with the Republican party for sue
ccssg Surely none founded upon reason,
or aught save prejudice and lust for office.
Some, when questioned rs to what they
base their hopes upon, say that II is upon
frauds pcrpctratcd by Republican officials,
and with apparent carncstness inquire II
VIC deny that corruptionists have been re-
vcalcd within the official fold of the Re.
publican party? We answer, No" But,
coupled with our answer, comes the qucs-
ton: "Who discovered and exposed the
corruptionists 2" There has not been an
Administration, from that of Washington
down to Grant, under which corruption
has not shown its hidcOus head and con
irontcd the power that made it. But
Notwithstanding the fact that not
until the Republican party came into
power were opportunities for plum
der so manifold, the Government
has been, proportionately, more ex-
empt from loss under Republican au-
thority than while the Government was
administered by any other party. The
war and the condition of things resulting
thcrcirom occnsoncd the creation and
maintenance of many more offices than
were ever before known to our political
system The Republican party did not
generate the necessity for these offices.
Those opposed 10 the Republican party
did, however, and the Administration fol
lowing that of Buchanan confronted the
war and its attendant incidents as neccs-
sity demanded AS rule every corrup-
ZIONIST developed in the Republican party
has been drawn into the light by the hand
of the party which clothed him with
power or opportunity to steal, and in q
majority of cases the Government has
been made whole and Penitcntiary doors
have swung open to receive the pcculators.
We take il that if a son commits theit OF
which his father has cOgnizanCc, and Is
handed over 10 the authorities 10y SAID
parent for trial and punishment, compile
ity would not rightiully attach to the
name of the family, however much dis
grace the son might have brought upon
himself and his own character. Fortu-
nate would it have been for many Rcpub-
Leans, honorcd with positions of trust
had they never sought or accepted such
places. They owe their fall to themselves
and their exposure to the party whose
confidence they violated.
9. What issue do they present in con
Hiot with the ruling idea Of the dominant
political party of the country None
and it is fact known to every political
! student that no party in this country was
ever ovcrthrown save on sharp and clear
| ly-dcfincd issues, antagonistiC to sucl
| party and in consonanCe with the scnti
mcnt of the people. The reader need bu
turn his minds eye back TO three year
ago, when all the odds and ends were as
sociatcd with the Democratic party t
disintegrate the Republican organization
but there being no principle to sustain
| them, and no issue save that founded up
on personal or political prejudice, the at
tempt was impOtcnt, covering the partic
to the scheme with shame and confusion
| g. What has the dominant party done t.
forfeit the confidence of the people? Ii
all our reading from what falls from
tongue or pen of those in antagOnism Il
the Republican party we have failed T.
note any substantiatcd charge of want q
fcalty by the Republican party To it
pledges or TO the best interests of tn
country Charges are not wanting agains
representatives of the party from th
President down to the most subordinate G
his subordinatcs, but they are the otlsprin
of hate and malice, bearing upon thci
face the impress of their origin. 1t maj
tcrs not that the national debt, which tn
| Democracy were wont to say could ncvC
and would never be lifted, has been matcri
ally reduced, diminished to an cXtcI
which demonstrates as we'll the ca
pacity 20 pay it off ns the wi
and design of. the party in powc
TO pay il, and this, too, while the work {
unloading our people from the burden
of taxation has been going on. 1t matter
not that every pledge in harmony with tn
platforms upon which representatives {
the party were elected have been TC
deemed; still pencils are worn out, in
wasted and breath exhausted in dcnOunC
ing the men and party who and which dt
serve plaudits for preserving inyiolat
their plighted faith. No, the Rcpublica
party has done nothing to forfeit the COZ
tidcnce of the people.
We argue from these premises that I'll
Republican party cannot and will not /
defeated in 1876 Nor indeed, do we b.
lcyc that its mission will bc wholly fu
filled in 1880, nor until the life of pr,
fcsscd and pronounced Republicans is {
safe in the South as that of Democrats
and always has been at the North-an'
further, until the principles which unde
lie the organization are accepted and
lustratcd by all the nations of the cart
1t took well nigh century for the SET
sown by the fathers of the Republic
spring forth, and it was only through Il
agency of the Republican party that
fruCtitied-that our country became
fact as in name free, and we have faith
believe that the practical workings of
true Republic-a Republic founded upC
the consent of the pcoplc-will spread an
permeate until it takes hold upon all Il
governmental systems of the world
Republic Magazine.