The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-20
GRANGRRs AND DEMOCRACY.
They are Natural Aliies-An ArGsmeus 70
Uniting for the Campaign Of 1876.

Several prominent Radical newspapers, and
among them, notably the Chicago Tribune are
expressing great alarm lest the Changers unite
with the Democrats in the Presidential election of
1876, aud sweep the west because of such alliance
Devoted TO the general welfare and prosperity
of the farmers professedly and naturally distress
ed at the contemplation of any movement which
would require on their part the least degree of
association or affiliaton with the played-out and
emasculated Democracy, it is difficult to keep
the ordinary feelings of humanity from being
vigorously aroused in the presence of so much
real and conscientious disinterestedness. But
such manifestations on the part of Radicalism
would have been infinitely better ten years ago.
1t is not the part of human nature to attach
much importance to death-bed repentances.
Fate and the devil both hate the emaciated sim
ner who gave all his rioting and rollicking days
to the service of the flesh, and who in the eley-
enth hour would slip through the great gate on
the propitiating wings OF q husky confession or
a sepurichal belief, as sepulchrally expressed in
the all expansive merces of an atonement that
never was permitted to come into the house
through one door until death had looked in at
another.
Grangerism and Democracy are natural allies.
Affected by the same unsupation, robbed by
the same rings, preyed upon by the same mouop-
olies having in common the same feeling of self
preservation, if they do not unite and fight the
same fight together, it will not be because De-
mocracy is in the wrong or unwilling to do its
question of q third party has long ago been set
tied. third party, no more than q grist of
corn, can exist between the upper and neither
.millstone. Whatever else may be done, Radical
ism and Democracy would most certainly grind
this into meal as fine as the boil of the cotton
wood orthe spray of the thistle The farmers
have many aud serious grievances. They have
stated them over and over again in platforms of
principles, and these platforms are truly and
soandly Democratic. They oppose monopolies; ;
tariffs for protection; the determinations against
agriculture that have made q perfect skeleton
out of the VESTS most vital interest; they wage
war upon the exclusive privileges given to one
industry over another; they declare emphatically
for peace and good government in the South;
they regard Radcalism as q common enemy and
cry out against it upon all occasions, and in
every one of these propositions thus laid down
they go hand in hand with the Democrats. In
addition, the Democratic party is the rising sun;
the Radical party is the setting one. 1t is still
above the horizon, however, and ii two separate
and distinct organizations are to oppose it, it
may never be made to go entirely down. The
Democratic party is powerful and disciplined
host, national in its organization, connected
with every glorious smemory, tradition, or achieve
ment of the country, and is marching steadily
and irresstibly on victory. The Grangers
are sectional, purely in a geographical point of
view, not coherent because divided by topo-
graphical lines, and utterly devoid of training,
election machinery, or clear-headed leaderships.
Therefore, if Grangers do not want TO let the
advantages their number really give them slip
through their fingers, and if they do not want
to make hopeless and insulated assaults upon a
stronghold, il will require the united effort of
every patriotic voter in the United States to car
ry, they have but to do as soon rs possible what
Radcalism, above all things, would hate to see it
ic party alliance both offensive and defen-
siye.-M LOuis TImes.