Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-10-26
THE DEMOCRACY.

when We consider that rs \ party the
democrats have n VI i thing hut promises
70 recommend them I" the confidence Of
the coun;ry-when VIC rccol!ect by their
csrrupt on, their treason and their high.
handed rebellion, ,ley na'c themselves
od!ous in the eyes ui the civilized world,
We canno, help but be astoniel.e,i st the
cftrontery with which they come forward
and offer their .crvicts in the work Of
reformation which they assert is SO
necessary in she interests ot the public.
6uch Impresence never WAS witnessed be-.
fore since the beginning Of time. Nero
the sixth Roman Emperor, although he
assassinatcd his mother, and put to death
his wife, and set fire to the city Of Rome
and amused himself during the contlay
ration by singing to his Tyre. had this to
recommend him, that he Suffered death at
the last by his own r>a!:'s', knowing tina,
he WAS UNI! longer to p"llu,e the earth;
but the democratic par'y-guilty Of hay
ing pespc,ra.rd every conceivable crime,
affects to bc l,urrilel at what republicans
have done. and ask to be entrusted with
the civil control Of he government which
they were powrr!c<s 70 destroy, either by
ircasor'or the art OF WAY. Had Anna.
Mas set himself up az model Of truth.
Sefceys cl;.inlc>s 10 bc an impartial medi.
un for the d.si1ensa'i,n Of justice, or Cleo
patra the mistress o.: Cesar and Of Antony.
TO be the most virtu"us ofEg! p,ian women,
there mi .:ht he something in the life OF
each to give col Of rls:!t to the claim
hu. the avowsl Of Ii" democracy that
they src loyal. that they sincerely d,sire
the curly and hap'incss Of al! citizens,
tina: they seek to exprl corrupt men from
places Of trust, To r>tor,A the civil service,
to administer HE g''veIumea, economic
ally, and 'o'perpv!ua'e the union Of the
states upon the basis of national sover-
eighty, is Z prctenSe so at variance With
the record OF that party as 10 excite only
derision and contempt. IN this arraisn.
,nent We d, not include that honorable
class of democrats wh" opposed the re-
bcllion, and who fought to put it down.
They were true pariots--all the more to
be honorcd because in remaining loyal
they sacrificed party affiliations and parry
aids, for the higher considerations Of jus
tice to themselves and duty to the country
Of which, they were citizens-such men
are to he exempt from the ma!cdictions
which We invoke upon democrats as
party. Against such we pronounce no
auathcma. "REFORM!" Tint is their
watchwarG Tildea the companion Of
Tweed, the leader Of the Tammany Ring,
the client co-opcra'or in the work Of max
Ing frau:!ulrn' election returns, the man
who pronounced Lincoln \ tyrant and
y Moustcr-.his Tilden is their great
"Rs :ornur!: Do VIZ listen with com.
plaisancy to u il"mily from u murderer
upon the sacI cdEc>s of human life, and
tue right OF every person to complete inl-
munity from violence: DO We listen pa.
tien'ly TO p'"tcsta'ions ct loyalty from
those whose hands are I'd with the blood
of our brolcr-: W. we get our notions
Of integrity and virtue and obedience to
constituted authority from Them that are
living in open apd shameful violation OF
every principle If tho moral code? III
not, Why .;n We take lessons from The dc-
mocracy: Was there ever un insurrection
in This nation, and they no, guilty Of it:
Was thc:e ever treason in high places,
that WAS no; inspired by them: Was
there ever an indiscrimina1e p;undcriny
Of tho resources OF the government in
which they were not the leaders and the
sharszs: Was there ever rebellion in.
saguratcG that they did not create: Was
there union soldier shot, or manned, or
starved during the war, ant; they not the
nrccuurs and the cxecuiioners: Does
reign of terror exist in the south to day,
sad tl.sy haze not created il! Have in
noceat negroes by the thousands been
killed within the last six years. and dem.
ocrats have not done it: And yet they
come forward covered with iufamy aud
ask tho country 20 accep: them as para.
gons Of virtue and innocence-they ask
us To invest them with the habil:mcnts OF
power, With the ermine Of justice, and
with the panoply o! freedom: Such i,n (.
puaepce is mopstrous. and is without a
parallel ip The history of nations.
We desire to say I" our party friends In
the iIxN districts whicl, eleci Gncl, \ iCnln