Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-10-30


birth. While tho details Of tho re-
cent election in that State are not
complete as we write, yet quite
enough is known to indicate the sac
cess VI the Republican ticket rs far
as regards the State officers who
were to be elected, while in the
choice Of members for the next
House OF Representatives the DEM
ocrats have been less successful than
they had u right to expect FROM the
advantages they gave themselves in
the new superintendent OF the Con-
gressional districts.
Our readers do not need to be
told that we find in this result sal
utary exhibition of retributive JUS
tice in politics. We huve sought in
all our discussions of the financial
question to deal with it as ques-
ton which should turn for its decis-
ion on considerations OF reason and
fact, of history and of science. The
party platform which arrays itself in
opposition to any one OF these con-
siderations IS predestined to ultimate
defeat, but the party platform which
arrays itself in opposition to all these
considerations at once, is predestin-
to a speedy overthrow.
And that this result is beneficent
one for the Democratic party is as
clear to our minds as that it is a
beneficent result for the country. 1t
would, indeed, be cruel reflection
on the Democracy if it could be sup
posed that party which prides it.
SET on its peculiar devotion t. pop
ular rights and popular interests
could have rights and interests OPP
posed to those of the people. "The
right divine Of kings to govern
wrong provoked the sneer of the
British poet in the days of Queen
Anne, and certainly no political par
ty can claim for itself mt this late
day, the benefits of AN exploded doe
trine which was buried in the grave
of Sir Robert Filmer. The party
which falls upon a stone OF STUN
bling in the matter of a sound con-
stitutional currency will be broken
by it. The party on which this stone
shall fall will be ground 10y it to pow
der. The Republicans have already
realized the truth of the former
statement, in the divided councils
growing out of heretical currency
octrines shared by Kelly and others
which, in some States, have MARI
ed the unity and impaired the
strength of the Republican organi-
cation. The Democrats in many of
our States are in fair way to real
ize the truth of the latter statement,
unless they shall learn obedience to
eason and truth by the tribulations
they are called to suffer from their
own infatuation.
We are we'll aware that the Gull
rency doctrines espoused by the
Democrats in Ohio, and in the West
aud South generally, are not identi-
cal with those OF the avowed green
hackers and inhationits. We frank-
ly admit that Senator Thurman pro-
fesses an undisguiscd aversion to
"tiat money" and the Democratic
platform in Ohio. while proposing
the substitution of greenbacks for
national BANK notes, did contain, 10y
implication, reservation against
the wild exiting" of the currency.
But this reservation has naturally
proved entirely worthless for the
objects designed by its authors
worthless for the purpose Of ''carry-
ing the elections" 10y throwing a tub
to the greenback whale, and worth
less for the purpose of preventing al
exodus from the Democratic ranks
into the ranks of the "unterrified'
iutlationis.s. The men who, in the
present aspect of the currency bat
tie, are neither on the side of sound
constitutional currency nor of un-
limited mat money!" but who, as
the kentuckiaus say in their unpic-
turesoMe yernacular, "are a little
sort of one aud a little sort of 10th
En-" are bound to be crushed between
the upper and the neither milestone.
The issue between hard money
and onnar ,oonav hof,Caap money