Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-04-26

bilty that these teachings may so in |
tensify the repudiating and Communist !
ic feeling of Democratic voters at the !
West that, hopeless of controlling that
party, they may in large bodies break
loose from it altogether. In some To-
calities Democratic leaders will cOunte-
nance support of National tickets as
piece of strategy, TO arrest the return
of Republicans, by making 1t appear
that the new organization is growing
and Is no longer mere tender to the
Democratic machine. But voters, once
started from motives of profound STRAIT
egy, sometimes stay. The hostility be-
tween Eastern and Western Democrats
is not diminishing. Votes and speeches
this year will increase It, Nationals
will take pains to foster it by pointing
to the control of Eastern Democrats in
the last canvass, in the organization of
the House, and in the legislation of
Congress as to many matters. II will
be seen, too, that the South, essentially
aristocratic in organization, and above
all things hungry, will inevitably and
always take part at the pinch with Tam
many and the compact Democracy of
the East.
Out of these things it may come to
pass that Western Democrats may go
over to the National organization in
such numbers that permanent force
arises. Then all the Encouragement of
many years of defeat, under the Demo-
cratic name and with the Solid South to
revive continually recollections of the
war, will have effect Many sagacious
leaders will say that it is time to change
the name of the party and to get rid of
the perpetual mortgage which the South
has upon it. They will reason that,
with the growing West, with some part
of the South, and with Communism
springing up in all the manufacturing
towns Of the East, the new party may
have better chance of success than
Democracy can ever hope to have.
Then the sly Eastern managers, whose
only principle after all is to succeed
and get a share of the spoils, will go
with the tide, while Democrats of hon
est convictions will be drawn to the Re-
publican party as the only defense of
good order, rights of property, and
public faith.
These things are merely possibilities.
But great many Democrats are con-
sidering very seriously whether the
Democratic party is long for this world.
1t has no common purpose, except to
get office, and in the intense strife of
Eastern and Western factions it is seen
that one faction or the other must lose
the hope of power and the control of
patronage. It's record f&lblack, and,
like the ghost of Banquo, starts up to
cause alright whenever a feast is
spread. Its behavior in such power as
it has is not help to it. Southern
claims and sympathies make it certain
that the party can never prevail in
many of the Northern States or dis
tricts. To get into some shape, so that
ambitious and active men throughout
the North may not be generally and
permanently excluded from power at
home, is an object which will appeal
strongly TO those who live in Republic
an States, districts and towns. They
have learned the enormous persistency
of Republican opinion as against the
! Southern Democracy, and know that
even after a great defeat the Republic
an party might, by little reorganiza-
ton, sweep the North again. Beyond
all is the fact that the National objects
are the only objects which have vitality
for great body of Northern Demo-
Gratis. They are in spirit and purpose
Communists, and the National plat
form appeals powerfully to their rooted
feelings. If party that means some
thing has more right to live than a
party that means nothing, there is a
chance that Democracy may at last give
place to open and organized Socialism,
called the National party.-M Y. Trib-
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