Litchfield enquirer., 1877-10-18

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 Hraa impossible for us last week to do more chan t0 record and regret the afaot that the New York Republican Convention bv a lnrns n,aiorify has refnsed. to approve the eaEufgs of 4i5e Administration to carry out tAA declarations of the party. The C0uvamfi0n had a great opportunity. It was cOnEsnpfa9nslT thsoNna aWay@ The. Conveusf0h ss0nld have 1estoxed ko Nhe Repabllsah hazhe its old patrioti6 glory
 IL hes done more to disgust and disheart
 en an important body of Republicans than any Republican Convention every assem- bled. 1k has ofensively repeIled theif co- opemti1m, and it has made impossible the sympathY of that large class of indepefid-
 enk ciAiaens i'd tho State who prefer ito sustain the Republican organization. but do not wear any party muzzle or collar. The Convention. one of whose two imme~ diafe bredecessofs had demanded "a just. gsner0ns and t0rbeafingy Southern pol icy, and the other had made the reform
 psrnur2bhS 0f Mf. Hayes's letter it's ~es- pecial plAkforsn, wds asked to commend the emdeav0rs of the President to accom- uii.h the results that two successive New York Republican Conventions had approv- cd. It vas not asked to- approve every thing that had been done Or that might be done, bnt to. commend the Presidents efEofs as conIgEmed t0 hls own pledges end the expressed opinions of party Gov veuti0ns. But the proposition was scorn- fuGlY FEieets1 9Ie ons thing that WAS nos toIerated in this Republican Conyen-
 ton vss good word for the Republics D Administration. We have seen Conven- tions where the political enemy was r0uBdly scored. We have seen Conven. tions wEen6 a President falseto his party was deuounpsd. This is the first partly csnse the President was not permitted wish0nt rsaistance to be stabbed with in- nuendnss. he and his Administration and its supporters were deluged vi with is.l dirty water. sr sa ss-- ga -s1l s --s'l sers.-erg b5
 Inc pldtform derives all its significance from The speeches of ita buildeTs and ad1 vccnkes. Whatever it may say.swe know what it means. It means, so far as it's builders can speak for the party. that the Repubiinan party does not accept theIe- sp0nssbfiitY of fhe Administrations It's advocakes stated that they were in favor of svsFy thing honest and wise in it's course. -S0ought they to .fayor what ris honest and vfse in any Administration of any party. But it is very silly for men sofemnly to resolve that they are in favor of wisdom and virtue. The practical quessiun fpr . political party Conyentions is vhssnsr ft sfssaihs those whom ie has placed m power. When the New York Conventions of other years warmly com msnded General 1rant, dld they. mean to say fhak nveKy thing he did vas wise, or that t1sV Wonld eOlamend any thing that vas dhIaohssls No; they meant that upon the wII0IB. c0nfding m his integrity dhd good purpose, they wished to declare their sympathy with him. The true criti. cism upon the action of tIes Rochester CouventlOn is that its platform denounc. ed the Administration by insinuation, and condemned it by indirection. It would eertainIg have been much manlier course tD condemn Ipointsdly and plaihIy the Presidenf's ofder tlnn to put forth that exceedingly clumsy, third section, which is intended ko oppose 1t. Whatever course
 was taken should have been frank and nns missakable.s Yet clear expression -lwas obtained oHlY by opposing the nasked battery of the platform. a Except for that opposition, the real feeling that lay coiled in all those elaborate phrases might still have been concealed. The opposition served YtO0 reveal that feeling unmlstaka-
 Those xho think that the welfare either of the country or of the party has been promoted by the action of the Conven- taon, hold an opinion that we do not share. The power of mere party spirit has been miscAlculated. The situation of the coantEy and of political feeling has been misunderstood. The Rochester Couvuuki0n could have done very much to make the Republican the party of the next generation. as 1t has been of the last. The gaeas opportunity has been not merely lost. but scOrned. We acknowledge fully. and unreservedly respect the sincere con- ws doubt whether there are many Repub. licans who really wish that their party shaIl represent the progressive, patriotic, and inteIIikAnt senEiment of the country, who are p.ond of the New York Conven
 ton of 1877. It is for every Republican who believes the general course and prom ise Of aha Administration to be patriotin and ze u dseide how far he can sustain an action which vehemently opposes and deEides it. Parties ore but associations to secure the public welfare. and when in any State those who speak for party de. noaues elEurfs which equally patriotic par
 tnsmnn believe to be indisDeusable to tl1ai welfare. they force upon these last tlt ques1z0a, shat patFiotisni and loyalty tt the purposes of the party require. The New York RepubIican Convention hal lowered and sD0rnfully defiled the stand ard Of the party The party spirit and puxpose have been degradef and debased And what would the real aim. and chafae ter of Che party gain if the practical resul of the election in the htate, should b
 skream0ns opp0aikion and obstruction t
 the nAaionmE Admlnistratiohf This is tll
 ssri5as question for Republicans Tn, Republican party is a means to an ogend Is oze oftAcse Aeads Go dlscfedit and crip ple d Republican Administration whicl sesks national pacihcation and admlnistra tive reGorms ~As2N'A'1l ~s11
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 old eSRhfy-five cent water-proofs oil win Ger IonR. nnisss her husband' s iottef
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