The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-03-21

Since 1t is fsst that politics is the science
of government. there is likely to be in the
future, as In the past and present, wide
divergence # opinions in regard to methods,
policy, institutions. and purposes OF the
science, and as q legitimate result parties are
about as certain to exist as the tides are to
ebb and flow. The existence of political
parties is all the more certain from the fact.
most humilistingly demonstrated in the
late history of the United States, that
the radical thief party made it posi-
BILE to degrade politics 10 the lowest level
of infsmy. The Journal. in its issue Of
yesterday, with a modesty peculiarly char
acteristic Of the radical thief party, which it
represents, captions an article "The Duty of
the Democratic Party" and opens its bate
ries by saying:
history Of its politics. The real development
of nation Is not illustrated by the wars which
Il engages in, the military victories which 1t
achieves or the territory which IL conquers
and snnexes. but rather by the growth of NOR
al ideas and the advancement OF those prtnci-
pies and sentiments which make people In
herently great and strong.
II it were possible for an ass to kick
itself to death. the writer Of that paragraph
must be about the deadest ass in the Jour
nails editorial stable. since its purpose, in
ferentially, was designed to impress upon
the readers of the fatulent cholera NOR
bus organ OF the dead legged senator. that
the great radical thief party is the party Of
moral ideas and those principles and, sen-
'timents which make 3 people inherently
strong" We say. infercntially. this was
the purpose of the radical thief party organ,
because the writer immediately adds:
Judged by this standard. the democratic
party has never been anything but an element
OF weak ness in our natfouaf character.
This paragraph certainly vindicates the IN
ference drawn. And il anything else is re-
auired to triumphanty establish the claim
of the writer to whatever honors belongs to
the Journals ass the following will suffice:
II has indeed done something towards en-
was done with no wOrthier motive than ex-
tending the domain OF slavery. Ii mas. by
purchase or by conquest, added good many
I'm the hope that every acre might be Guilt
waited by slave labor.
We make these extracts chiefly for the
purpose of drawing few comparisons be.
tween the national democratic party and
the radical sectional thief party. The
democratic party in extending the ares
of the nations domain indicated the
manifest destiny of the country. In
prescience was greater than that of any
other party. Its statesmen were of grand
er type. AMI Of Larger brain. They saw thu
country's growth in population, and pro
vided for the expansion. They saw the out
stretching wilderness and prepared to oc
cupy it BY generous legislation they in
vited the oppressed of other lands to thei
shores and provided them habitations and
home. Louisiana, Florida, Texas, New Mex
leo and California were brought under tb
starry flag" that the founders of the rad
ical thief party characterized as ''hauni
ing lie," by the national democratic parts
Lands for empire stats and precious metal
In exhsustless supply. nsvigable rivers. il
land seas, and country ocean bound-tbes
were the achievements of the national demt
cratic party from territorial point Of view
What hse the radical thief party accom-
plshed In extending the territorial bounds
ries Of the country Alas! Alaska.
In this comparison the radical thief part
looks SIN III It will be found in other r
spects. when impaired TO the national den
ocratic party. th.tit Is not only infnitel
small but infinitely infamous The nj
tional dem cratic pxrty has always been u
party of Law. The radical thief party vi
conceived In violation of lsw. born q bs~tsr
having no legal paternity. and has ceasiess'
Opposed las s.sce 1t had an existence. I'll