Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-12-17
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from the Fayetteville 6azette-1
We agree with those of orr South
ern coiempararies who advocate such
a policy for the Democratic Conserva-
tive party as will secure to it the CO.
operation of the moderate Gepubii-
cans OF the North. The country needs
relief, not party victories, salvation
from rogues and corruptionists, not
new sroilsmen and new place-seekers.
. Wilmington Star.
That depends on circumstances, as
far as we are concer. ed. Ii securing |
the corporation of the moderate Re-
pubiicans of the North" is to n4ean the
inangur alton of another Horace Gree
lev tfdscO, we want to reserve for our
selves the right to oppose any such |
movement about as streuttously as we !
do unqualified Radicalism. The cam |
paign of 1872 drove adisrupting wedge |
il to the solid organization of the |
Democratic party which We haven't |
quite pulled out yet. We cannot ex'
actly see what particular course we are
10 pursue in order to obtain the good |
will OF Republicans; our party princl-
pies can show for themselves certainly
it is not intended that we shall fals1fy
them to gain the following of our re-
cent political foes; aud of course We
are not expected to set the new con
verts mp IN high places, AID welcome
the strangers to rule in the household.
If the 'modt rate Republicans Of the
North" are tired of voting with Grant
and his corrupt, nepotlc admiDlstra-
ton: if they have wearled Of support
ing a party which breaches loyalty and
practices thlevery; If they are nause-
ated tia Morton anj Butler and
Chandler and Garfield; If they have
repe nted OF their sins. ard are willing
tn join their political allegiance to
better pa, ty than they nave hitherto
followad-well and good: the Democ-
racy will be glad of their support. and
will reward them with the benefits OF
II good government when RadlcAlis'n
is defeated in 1876
But we all remember what the
''Llberal- Repnblioan-Dem cratic-C Con
sentative" coaii'lon meant in 1872 1t
M cant that few hundred disaffect ed
mer bers of the Radical faction
approached the Democracy With offers
of IA compromise, which amounted to n
dicsati1n of terms from the few bun
dred to the hundreds of thousand, as
a rbItrary and unreasonable as terms
con3d h. TINS disaffected handful,
switched off from great party. demand
the leadership and control of the Dem
ocrat:c ranks and, strange to relate,
their demands were complied with
What was the consequence? The
most woful defeat that any party ever
r. ceivea, Gu mir ating, as we have said.
III disorganizatio" from which We
have not VET recovered. The spectacle
OF Hor, CT Gre ley leading the Democ
tacy on to battle was political mon
| Strosity that men stood off and EyaZ d
! upon with opened mouth wonder; and
the great philosopher aud sage, with
| all his abilities and ali his virtues a.
nun BIZ to gain the confdeIce or win
| the full support of either of his old or
his r"U-found friends.
And where are they now? Where
are al! those 'Irhe, al Republicans
that ssk.d rs to ''shake hands across
| he oio.d, asm 2 Nj. Greeley, who
believed ,n the Justice of his cause as
de- voutly as if it had been taught him
from telveu, sank under his failure,
| and Died broken hearted. Where are
| the rest? Are II ey still fighting against
the party which became so corrupt
that they could no longer endure 1t ?
rhere is not one-so far as We eau
iearn-whO ls nos how back into the
folds of kadicalisu. Sumner GOD
help his sonD. is dead-but he lived
long enough after 1872 to recant ell his
moderate declarations, end return to
hs old political faith with renewed
acrimony and vigor /; Fenton in
New York is Blarneying Radical
conven sions Tor Radical votes and
even that great and good Dutchman---
that Teutonic Necker of finance
Carl Sob lrz is working as hard now
for the administration as he did three
years ago for Horace Greeley and
Gratz Brown. Victory would have
hastened their political reformation
and turned the m into full hedgeG
Democrats of the most unpromlslUe
kind; but the chillin.:, blasts of defea
froze the very marrow III their bones
and they turned their backs on priu
} ciples which they had just espouss Il
Fastening to walIow again in the Cor
rupt filth they had jsst repudiated.
We are in favor of giving the bact
of the baud to no mans vote. let hin
: call himself what he may hut the
! contest next year Is one tetweeI
: Democracy and Radicalisn. aud W.
trust TINT the great issue will be falrl,
met ana fully tested. we nave no ue
sire to see Southern men on the tick eft
= but we do want men there who have
Z been foes to Radicalism ever since
the faction had an existence. Let on
Presidential ticket be good one. al,
then let us call Upon the "moderBt'
= Republicans of the North to vote 70
{ it-but in heaven name don't lei then
make the ticket for us again
We agree with the Star that 9Th
country needs relief" but we Can
= not help thinking that in our esteemed
cotemporary's words we can detec
the same spirit that in 1872 allowed
minority to rule majority, and no
only accepted the aid of moderate
2 Repubi cans, but put them in the leat
, and followed bhndly after. We think
too, that it is poor compliment t.
pay to our own party, to intimate tina
without help from the moderate Re
8 publicans of the North" we shall
hsve only party victoriee" aud "nev
spoilsmnn and new place seekers.
I For ourselves, we believe we woult
rather trust Bayard, or Thurman. o
Stockton. than even Schurz, or Fen
ton, or Adams.
THE new Texns constitution forbid
, the practlce by Transportation. insur