The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-01-09
THE SITUATION AND THE OUTLOOK


Congress reassembles on the 10th inst. If
we are to believe the half that is reported
the fight between Conkling and Hayes will
be renewed. Hayes will prove stubborn,
and Conkling's aggressiveness will have a
keener edge. What of it? Simply this:
Radicalism will be employed in destroying
itself. But it seems that efforts are to be
made by democratic senators to keep it on
its feet and rescue it if possible from utter
annihilstion. The Washington Post is a
jealous advocate of protecting Hayes in his
fight against Conkling. 1t processes to see
the shadows of wonderful events that are
coming. As, for instance, Conkling is going
to bring about solid north in his favor
which Will make him president in 1880.
Hence the necessity of sustaining Hayes by
antagonizing Conkling. This pine poppy
cock and unadulterated gush. The policy
of the democratic party is to permit the
radical party, like Kilkenny cats, to destroy
itself. The good Lord will remove some of
the leaders, others will be sent to the peni-
Tertiary, others still will be retired from
service by democratic victories and in
due time the ascendency of the dem
ocratic party will be secured. 1t should
be understood that the reign of the bloody
shirt is ended. There is absolutely no such
thing possible as a solid north against the
south. Carpet-bagism is played out. The
reign OF common sense has commenced. The
policy of the democratic party is not solid
north or a solid south, but a solid country
a union of hearts, a union OF interests a
union of prosperity. a union in which the
principles of free government shall be in
destructably stablished-against which the
waves of fanaticism may beat forever without
disturbing or endangering their perpetuIty.
The democratic party can not afford to
indorse Hayes. 1t has compelled him in
one or two instances to abandon the wrong
and pursue the right, but for this he
deserves no more credit than attaches to a
burglar for surrendering his plumber to the
officers of the law. 1t does not obscure the
damning stamp of fraud that ]. Madison
Wells and his co-conspirators burned into
his forehead and made as ineffaceable as the
fry track of lava flow, Let Conkling and
Blaine and Chandler curse him, let them
spit upon him and denounce him. Let the
hot breath of the peoples scorn burn
him. Let him stand in the pillory
while honest men wag their heads and
pronounce his punishment just and right
eOus the only man that ever mounted
into power on a ladder of soul damning lies.
1t is enough for the democratic party to
watch him, stand guard over him, keep him
from pursuing policy of devilishness and
compel him to hesitate when he intimates any
wrong act. ToiDdorse him is contamination.
He is in Office by fraud. He is a pirate on
the quarter deck of the ship of state. For
tunately ne can not steerthe ship among rad
ical shoals and breakers. Look at him. The
country wants relief from the curse
of contraction. Hayes proposes to reverse
their will by veto. The venal creature of
bOndholders and money sharks, he proposes
for their benefit to veto the reconciliation
of silver and the bill to repeal the resump-
ton law; and the Journal of this city advo
Gates the veto programme. The democratic
party need not be uneasy about 1880. RadI-
calism has no more chance to win with
Conkling or any other man than the devil
has to transfer his dominion to heaven. The
democratic party is in position to make
Hayes tote level" Beyond that they need
have no concern about him.