Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-10-28
The Imitation Madness.

Our young NJ. C. was elected by
the imitation demagoguery OF Sam.
Cary, and he verify believed that
democratic success in 1875 was fore
shadowed by the campaign OF 1874
in the Eleventh District, so he and
his admirers went to the State Con-
yention, on the 18th of June, 1875,
filled with Sam. Cary and imitation.
They made a great noise on that oc-
casion, and succeeded by the assist
ance of Tom. Ewing and other haf-
lequin sort of fellows, in committing
the party to the infation-repudiation
heresy, against the protest of the old
Jacksonian Democrats. The result
is known. The people repudiated
the dangerous combination. Now
they are spit upon and kicked by
their own party friends; there are
none so low as to do them reverence.
The South was calculated upon to
uphold the banner of the new depar-
ture, but now that victory follows
the flag of Honest Money and Ma
tional integrity, even the South goes
back on imitation, and only finds
words of condemnation for the de-
parture of the Ohio Democracy from
the faith of its fathers and prophets.
The following extracts from leading
Southern Democratic newspapers
prove this beyond dispute:
The Mobile Register says:
s'The Democracy, then, has not been
defeated in Ohio. 1t is masquerading
Democracy that has been overthrown-
Democracy under false garb, and un-
der colors stolen from the common enc
my, in the vain, and fatal, and coward
ly, and miserable hope to catch votes
from the foe at the expense of the solid
prestige and honor of its great party.
Aliens defeat in Ohio sinks out of sight
a heresy that was a snare and danger
in the National Democratic party.
The Little Rock (Ark.) Gazette says:
This result, while unexpected by
many, is not surprising. 1t teaches the
Democracy that honesty is the best poll
cy; that if it hopes to be restored it must
be by advocating Democratic principles.
Throw away the demagoguery of infia-
ton, big prices and rag money. More
Ia a
version of two dollars a day and roast
beef, forty acres and a mule,-catch
phrases designed to take with the ignor-
ant and unthinking.
The New Orleans Times says:
How it was that party calling itself
Democratic could throw away the very
right bower of Democracy-a doctrine
which is an axiom of all sound political
economy and the teaching of all sue
cessful attempts at civilized government
lis something which, like the peace of
God, surpasses all understanding"
The New Orleans Bulletin saws:
From this decision there is no appeal,
and we may as well prepare to number
the Ohio platform and the Ohio leaders
with the things of the past. 1t is too
plain case to admit of argument"
The Memphis Aralanche says:
s'That but for the miserable misman-
agement by the tricksters who seized
the party machinery and controlled the
State Convention, the Democrats could
have carried Ohio last Tuesday on full
vote, there could be no doubt. They
permitted victory to pass out of their
hands, and the public verdict will be
that their defeat was deserved. 1t was
not Democratic defeat, but defeat of
men who, obtaining temporary direc-
tion of the party, prostituted it to their
own unworthy ends"