The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-07-20
WHOLE NO. 1913.

Wtpgu out BY plntituuCH ana thNN viii not
be forgotten BY the people. Tho plain
truth IL that Democracy. a. a party. has
bad reputation In this country. and IL
deserves H. IL has earned lie own de.
feats party Of perpetual shifts aud
dodges. hostile 10 liberty when u needed
friends. unpAtriotic and indifferent when
tho country was in the agony Of terri.
BILE civil war. ready 10 soil the honor Of
the nations faith aud blast its credit be-
fore tho world. depending upon tho Irish
Catholic vote a. one Of its chief rcliances.
and to-day drawing 10 itself nearly the
total vote Of the States that the Govern.
mont had 10 conquer by an enormous
sacrifice Of life and treasurc-such a par
~, we say. has bad reputation ils his
tory abundantly supplies the reasons.
The argument against Democracy con.
sists in facts Of history. The worst thing
that can well be said about Il l. simply 20
tell the truth.
There is nothing In the platform OF
candidates Of the 81 Louis Convention 10
change or modify this Judgment The
platform 90 called ia simply an essay. aud
not a series Of resolutions of definite inn
port. In which the Convention pouru out
a stream Of general platitudcs about re
form hoping 10 catch tho public car by
the repeated use Of a popular word aud
virtually asking the people 10 accept
Democracy a. the reform" party. The
difficulty with this rhetorical trick con.
sists in the fact that the party is too well
known. Even thieves can sing psalms in
= prayer meeting and, " necessary Tor
their purpose. they would formulate very
decent prayers Reform il a very pleas
ant word. but whether Il means any.
thing depends on who uses ID and the
motive that governs the use.
In the whole platform there are Just
two definite ideas; while all tho rcat has
the character Of wordy and pompoua rig.
marole. bursting with its own aatulence.
One Of these ideas IL bid Tor the vote Of
the Pacific States. In tho demand that
the Government shall seek 10 modify ita
treaty with China Ia respect 10 the Inn.
migration Of Chinese into this country.
The other idea IL a bid for the vote of
the imitation lunatics In the demand that
the Resumption Act Of 1875. fixing on
the lat Of January. 1872 aa the date AZ
which the Government will commence
the payment Of lie greenback debt. shall
DO repealed These are definite PROPOSE.
tions-the ono Of them thoroughly anti.
American and the other a square demand
for the repudiation Of the nations plight
ed faith. The Government has declared
BY law that on the lst Of January. isTp.
u will. At tho option Of the creditor. com.
mence and continue 10 pay ita hitherto
diahonoFed Frcenhack debt. aud Dcmoc.
racy. speaking through the So Louis
Convention. demands that the pledge
shall be violated The only definite
measure that has ever been adopted on
this subject ID lropudiatea. and proposes
~ a A. - a
reform party" that In lsds favored the
virtual repudiation Of tho bonded debt Of
the Government
What about tho reformers9 Governor
Hendricks ia a soft money Democrat and
Governor Tildcn uas a hard money Dem.
ocrat Put the two together a. standard
bearers on tho same ticket. and u u
rather difficult 10 tell what sort of Dem.
ocrata they are. Ia order 20 Be saie in
tho use Of n title. they might be called
s1f harf ulonrv Democrats. with prcdoms
nance Of the soft We have no disposi.
ton 10 diaparage Governor Tildcn. lie
ia a ahrewd lawyer and has the fcputas
ton Of having amaascd = colossal fortune
in railroad iobbery. Until thc tide of
events turned against Tweed. the great
New York thief ho held intimate polit.
ical relations with him and his csHfroca.
lie left the sinking ship when u was sure
TO sink and did some things 20 help sink
IL. Having the sagacity 20 zee that rc.
form was most likely 20 DO the whipping
card, he had the wisdom 10 speak In sea.
son. aud has proftcd by his foresight
To herald him 10 the community a.
model reiormer on principle will only
open the way for an inquest into record
that can be very easily punctured. Gov.
ernor Tildcn IL a thorough Democrat aud
an artful political tactician aud such be
will be shown to be long before the can.
vass IL closed lie furnishes not aoli.
tary reason why any Republican should
vote for him, aud a great many reasons
why he should not do 90. lie has no
hope Of success unless he can draw n poF-
ton Of the Republican vote 10 him.
The sum Of what we have 20 cay ia that
the ST. Louis Convention. Ia neither IL
nor its platform. has supplied
any evidence that the country would be
the gamer by ratiiying IL action. The
Democracy Of today IL essentially no
better than the Democracy Of lsbO, or
that OF 1864. or that Of lsos. or that Of
1872. when u tried 10 crawl into power
under the disguise Of Greclcyiam. There
are now just as many reasons for defeat.
ing Il as there have been at any time.
and these reasons. We believe, will pre-.
vail with the American people. Ita rea-
toration 10 power would practically BE-
the 70 establishment Of the old Southern
Democratic asccndency IN the Govern.
ment The country has had quito
enough Of that kind Of asccndency. with.
out any repetition Of the experimental
lcaat for the prcnanI