Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1876-09-07
was then tboupht bv the wings to be


was then thought by the wings to be
a sovereign panacea for the ex;<''lS
disorders in the currency. hnt' b''y
Can tell what remedy tie dam '.:i't'"
party proposes to administer j" tie
present conjuncture. 1t is ridiculous
to expect that the country will have
any confidence in Il doctor who tells
the patient hat he is alarmlngy sick
but writes out no prescription that
can be sent to the apothecary, The
who's in 1910 prcscribeda remedy in
which they had undoubting conf
dence, the democrats in 1876 are
unable to write out a specific formula
Doctor Hendricks does not agree with
Doctor Tilden, and while the latter
consents to throw resumption in 1879
ss the dogs he Ii nothing precise to
Rbstitute in its &place, The demo
cratic doctors disagree; but the whig
doctors in 1910 knew exactly @hat
medicine they wanted to administer,
and they therefore gained the conf
dence of the patient.
We do not dispute at all that the
prolonged business stagnation under
which the country so severely suf-
fers creates universal dissatisfaction,
which would naturally wreak itself
on the party in power. 1t took this
direction in tie elections of 1874, and
led to the great revulsion which, in
the political jargon q the day, was
called the tidal wave" But in the
following year the imitation disease
broke out like a hideous eruption
among the Western democrats, and
the tide which beat against the re-
publican party was set back, and has
since flowed in the opposite direction.
This is the main reason why tie par
allel does not hold between 1910 and
1876. The whig party then propos-
ed specific remedy; the democrat
ic now merely rejects the republican
prescription. The patient is left to
languish while the democratic doc
tors quarrel among themselves, make
imbecile concessions to each other,
and fail to formulate a remedy which
anybody can understand. 1t is this
broad difference in .he matter Of rem
edies which precludes the supporters
of Mr.. Tillen from expecting a repe-
tition Of the great Harrison cam
paign.
There is no sort Of resemblance
between tile present fiat and apa,
thetie canvass and the tremendous
popular t'M9yc which set the whole
country agoA in tIe days Of "rYppe-
Canoe and Tyler TOO" AS earI1 as
April in that remarkable year the
streets of all our principal towns
were paraded at night by torchlight
professions, preceded by bands Of
music and bearing miniature log cab
ms and mimic barrels of hard cider
on the shoulders Of whig enthusiasts.
The excitement grew with the pro-
gress of the canvass, and when, in
September,
"Maine went hell bent
f'or Governor Kent,
there seemed good grounds for the
apostrophe to the democratic candi-
date in another campaign song
evan, Van,
You are used up man.
1t is, of course, ridiculous to COM
pare that spirited campaign of stormy
enthusiasm with the present. Where
are the Tilden campaign songs
Where are the emblems and devices
which in lS40 gave broad touches
Of the grotesque by sober daylight,
but made the nights picturesque,
though hideous? There was never
such campaign before or since, and
Mr.. Tildens friends only emphasize
the slecply tameneas of the present
by suggesting such a contrast.-N.
Y Herald.