The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-09-25
The result h Maine and the wiil

The result IL Maine and the wide
spread prevalence okthe greenbaek
idea are the first steps in the utter
disintegration of the Republican
party, and their leaders are so COM
pletely stricken with dismay that
they ewilling to makeany and
every concession to the Greenbackers,
hoping thereby to staye off the day
Of reckoning and secure a little long.
er lease of the power they have
abused. 1t has long since been ap.
parent that the Radical party lack
ed the capacity to guide nation in
time Of peace, where economic
questions are mainly to be consid'
cred. Itrodo into power, as o war
party, on a tidal wave Of public feel
ing, a kind Of mobocracy, that swept
all before it. Ikea successful war
parties it attained great popularity
for a while, and exulted in its power.
Corruption followed, The founders
Of the party, its purest and strongest
men, were turned, and then its worst
clements brought to the front. The
result is part of the history of the
country. Its downfall is assured.
The handwriting ia on the wall.
The fat has gone forth. 9saH
On the other hand the Democratic
party is stronger to-day than ever
Its history is contemporary with the
nations life. Under its wise and
frugal management Of public affairs
the country has known its years of
fullest and richest prosperity. 1t
has seen party after party rise and
fall, but it still survives as full Of
fresh blood and vigor as in its early
youth, when it shaped the, dcstipies
of this people and gave us the Gle
ments of all the prosperity We have
since had, 1t is today the only
party which meets the live issues Of
the hour, which recognizes the ex-
listing evils of hard times andmisgov-
eminent andofersa way out of them.
Look at the platform adopted by
the Democratic Congressional Con-
vention at Charleston last August,
and the one adopted by our County
Convention. Do not both of said
platforms demand all the financial
reforms that the Groenbackers advo-
cate? The platforms demand The Nb-
clifton of the National Bank system,
the retirement of the National Bank
notes, and the substitution Of green
backs in the place Of them, and that
these grcenbacks shall be issued by
the government in such quantities
as the business Of The country may
dOmand. Both platforms demand
the taxation of the national bonds,
and the free coinage Of silver; also
the unconditional and immediate re-
peal Of tho Resumption Act. If all
this is done will it not be sufficient?
Parties may ridiculc, if they choose,
the idea, but we say Democrats, stand
byyoarp party. Ridicule proves moth
ing. The best, dearest, hottest and
purest interests, loves and affections
Of humanity have been ridiouled-
even the Bible, and all tho promises
and hopes it holds out to our lost and
ruined race, has been ridiculed and
sneered at. Still We would not sur
render any of these things-at least,
not until we had an assurance of
something better. So with your par
ty-you have chosen it because you
believed it to advocate correct na-
tional principles. Do not leave it
until you are satisfied that You are
mistaken.-M.
The Monitor seems to have tried
itself for tho past few weeks, in the
application of contemplate epithots