The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-09-26
PATTY REORGANIZATION.

PATTY REORGANIZATION.
There seems to be a decided and radical
Inference OF opinion among the leading
newspapers of the East in regard 10 the
character and effect OF the Greenback move
ment which has assumed somewhat for
midab.e proportions, and which is just
now monoPoliziug the attention Of pol
iticians The main question is: How
will il efi,c: the Democratic party ?
VIII the Democracy, By reason OF
their soft money procliyities, affiliate
with the Greenbackers, Incorporate their
| principles into the Democratic confession
OF faith, and finally "assimilate" them as
part and parcel OF the Democratic party, or
will the GIeenback party, being the greater
and more robust element, absorb the DEM
ocratic party, and annihilate it as politi-
cal organization The Head, in an elabo-
rate leader on this question, says:
The Democratic party o. the United States
| as a whole is very pronounced greenback
party, aad the Butler del, gates who have
J been sent 10 Worcester are not ignorant OF
| OF a fact which is 80 well knosn 10 everybody
| They know too well that the democratic par
| ty, as a national org anizltion, is opposed TO
resumption, and that the votes of its nIem-
beIs of Congress have been almost unani-
mously on the side OF obstruction and post
ponement. Ihey are not ignorant OF Mr..
Hendricks change of base and Mr.. Thur
mans change of base on this subject, in COM
pliance with what these distinguished cam
didaies for the Presidency and astutc observ-
ers of political tendencies know Ia be the
drift OF Democratic sentiment. Buffers
democratic friends al Worcester VIII
not b. restrained or abashed by the
the I:aTI money democrats Of Massa-
chusei;s when they know that they are
acting in harmony with the mass of the
party of other States. They feel that the
ardent support they are giving to BItler Is
a great step toward bringing the Democracy
of New England into unison with the Demo-
cracy OF the vest and the South. III Butler
is elected Governor of Massachusetts as the
Democratic candidate the party VIII stand
side b. side with the party in Ohio,
and Il great sI.de Will hsve been
made toward the fall unification of the
Democratic organic Il On on the question OF
the currency. They viii care little for the
dissent and hostility 81 the hard money old
liners in MasSac!8L L>etts when they know
that the election Of Butler by their yotes
Will bring them into cordial fellowship
with the Democratic party Of the West aud
South a. once, and with the Democratic
party Of New England Itself after a bI.ef in
tervaI. Connecticut is moving in the same
direction, and the next election in Maine Will
not exhibit thr,e parties, but two; Tor moth
ing is more certain than union between the
Democrats and the Greenbackers in that
> ate in the next electioa- IL will be the gen.
eral policy of the ID Dymocratic party through
ont the Union TO head OIL and absorb the So
called National parry by adopting its views.
There j no room for a seperate Greenback
party in the Mississippi Valley, because the
Democratic organization has anticipated and
Appropriated d its issut land now that a. a.strong
Greenback sentiment has been suddenly and
surprisingly developed In New England IL is In
the line OF political tendencies that this
unexpected movement will be absorbed
into the democratic party. The democratic
party whole being vigorous and ag-
grcssiye greenback IL II the most natural
tni ng in the world that ali The minor green
back streams should flow To the main river
however devious may be their windings af-
ter cushing forth frCm their New England
springs. IL Butter should get the Worcester
nomination for GoTcrnor channel will
have been cut for the direct flow OF New Eng
land greenbackisIn into the main sream of
Western democracy, which has swept such |
hard money statesmen as Hendricks and
Thurman into its powerful current. Butler |
will be strong at Worcester to-day not |
merely because 50 many delegates have been |
instructed 10 vote for him, hut chiefly be. |
cause his supporters are conscious that their /
democratic brethren in most Of the ether /
states Will inc orse and applaud their action
and rejoice in their success. They are likely |
enough TO think that they have a mi. sion 10
bring the democracy oi Massachusetts into
with the party in the West and
insure a great national victory in
lSS)- The supporters OF Butler cannot very
well he read out OF the party for doing their
best 10 make the party a unit Oh the chief
issue of the day.
According TO the HerGIfs opinion, as e1-
pressed above, the Democratic party will
head of the Greenback party by appropria-
ting It's principles, and leaving it without
On the other hand the Gropkic,
which Is usually about as correct ss the
Hcruld in forecastins the drift of political
events, thinks the Greenback party is des-
lined to swallow up the Democratic party,
especially in the North and West, and to
become very formidable factor in poll
tics. Says the Graphic:
IfOpa oSt-ad urha. ;s ,lo /
iween Democrat and a Republican, he
would be puzzled to tell. II he could refer to
past history he might easily find points of
Inference, but on current issues he could find
'ery few points OF difference, and these Of 6
minor importance. The war issues are COM
'letely dead, and they were dead before the /
asst Presidential election. And yet the Re Z
publican party fought and won its battle up I
N them. 1here was nothing else. The DEM
'crais have nothing 10 cry but Il -t's have ,
hange; the Republicans have held Office
ong enough" On the finances, both OF the 1
Id parties are in a muddle. There are hard {;
md soft money wings in each. A large ma
ority of the Democratic party are in favor of 1
.reenbacks, with a small minority in favor
Il a currency based on gold and silver. While
n the Republican party the position is re-
Iersed, the majority being in favor Of . cur.
ency based on coin, and the minority for ,
'Ieenbacks- In examining the political feld, Z
{ is evident that the Greenback Nationals
ire the only party with q cry. They have a !
cal living issue which they and their adver-
aries can discuss, ii, ( nd. op. and rally ]
o the supptrt Of. Il
We seem TO be about to witness the often =
threatened and long delayed disso' ution Of
he Democratic par;y Tee Creenb,ck party