Middletown transcript., 1875-10-23
Honesty the Best Policy.

Honesty the Best Policy. :
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The recent defeat Of the Democratic
party in Ohio i another and powerful
evidence Of the truth Of the aphorism
Honesty is the best policy. No ar
guments. and no evidence. are needed
to prove that the Democracy Of that
State placed themselves IN . false posi-
ton when they declared. in their con-
vention. for : greater imitation Of the
greenback. Of national, currency. Ever
since the frst issue Of that paper in
1861, the Democrats as individuals and
as party. have denounced il and the
Republican pary that put it into circu-
lation, and for years il was a great po-
litical hobby horse on which partisan
stump speakers delighted to ride; and
the illegal tsnders' furnished the basis
f0rpatsidtic orations Of young. aspiring
Democratic speakers. The Legal
Tender Iando "National Bank acts
have ever beep copdsmnsd BY them, "a
unoonstitutiopal, and a infripgements
upon the rights Of the States &c.. And
no man could BE- expected ,to believe
that 80 complste :, somerset bad taken
place as Ithat indicated in the Ohio
resolution. ss -
Men having once become convinced
Of the truth OF falsity Of ! position can
not change their convictions as they
would their costs and that class Of men
who attach themselves unalterably to
neither party. but cast their ballots for
the candidate Of either as their own
conscientious ideas Of right and wrong;
Of the good or evil intentions Of that
party, dictate to them, could not be
persuaded that1there was any honesty
in the imitation policy Of the Ohio
Democrats They could not help but
see that the authors of those resolu-
tiops, distrpstfula Of the legitimate
strength Of their party, were seeking
to draw to them the aid and influence
Of bondholders, discoDtented specula-
tors and others whose selfish interests
oppose q coin currency. z e 3ta'
The Democratic party has ever been
notably d ''hard money" party. and had
they sssuck to their principles
and entered the contest under their own
colors. instead Of seeking TO gain .
questionable assistance from doubtful
sources by catering to . dishonest policy
the result to their ticket would, doubt
less. haveibeen materially different. In
1879. .twhen one of the brightest pros
poets for success that have ever light
ened the political horizon Of the Dem
ocratic party since the dark days of
1860 when . disruption Of the party
caused its defeat, shone over it. the
Ohio politicians. and those Of the West
generally. in their anxiety to secure the
aid of the Liberal Republicans" foist-
ed upon the party Horace Greeley and
the Cincinnati Platform. and again in
1875 they have destroyed their own
prospects for success BY the imitation
heresy. With such record ordinary
modesty should suggest to them the
propriety Of holding their tongues, for
at least . while, in tho future, and
leaving the management Of the party
reins to others. They can hardly have
the presumption, in the face Of their
late defeat. where victory was thought
to be almost sure, to advance candi-
date for Presidential honors in 1876.
If they desire to have man placed at
the head of the ticket who will do honor
to the party. and the country If elected,
and who will come nearer to carrying
the party to triumph than any other
man in America, let them join with the
South and us and give their aid and in
flueuce to De.sware's Senator, Hon. T.
F. Bayard. ss.