Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-10-08
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That the Vermillion Republican is
as much Of 9 democratic paper as is
published in. Dakota is evidenced by
the contents Of the last issue. While
all its u~tterances are contrary to re-
publican doctrine and teachings, yet
the editor in his last effort seems to
have spoken his political belief with
out regard to the party flag he wish
es TO sail under in the Territory. To
show that we have cause for charg-
ing him with being q democrat, we
reprint some Of his thoughts:
II seesns. from present indications, that
II Is . than probable that Gen. U. s.
Grant will be nominated by the republi
can party next year for president. His
supreme military prestige, his courage in
the use of military power, NJ against the
civil. II required for the interests Of his
friends or his party. his intense individ
ualism, impatiencc of restraints, and his
evvrpowering disposition to build up
about him : personal government, cen
tfAlixing and mUnarchial in its tendencies
mark him q the coming man to fulfill
the objects and general purposes, as indi
Gated By the present drift Of republican
teaching.
He charges that the drift Of repub-
lican teaching is monarchial in its
tendencies. Whipping Southern
traitors and compelling states to re-
main in the Union, must be monar-
chial in his estimation. But what
do you think Of the following?
II il to be regretted that the republic
canism Of 70 day 10 leading away from, If
not contemptuonsly ignoring the old
land marks whichLguidcd its earlier foot
steps in the administration Of constitu-
tionsl government. The studied effort
70 alarm the people by leading republi
cana, with the cry Of threatened revolu
ton and subyersi0n Of the national
supremacy, il vicious in tho extreme and
naturally paves the way for a liberation
of IN extravagant interpretation Of leQit
innate authority and the preparation Of
the very abuses which it claims to be
guarding against.
In the above q vein Of pity is very
apparent. The Republican regrets
that the party is too corrupt for it to
remain any longer;-in fact it con-
siders its former utilization a thing
to be regretted. But to get a better
excuse for leaving the party, and
making its readers feel at case when
il summersaults, it says:
Republican platforms declare loudly
for national supremacy ~ though that
supremacy was menaced by q threatened
subversion OF the organic law OF the land
which nobody believes, is based on fact
~ even probability.
But what better proof could be
asked Of the Republicans solid dem
ocracy than the following para
graphs?
The solid South. Well what of il.
Has the south not . right to be solid
nader . fprm Of government, or in
otlae words, to be Of any political CON.
gAp9 the people see fit to give ity
S13AkeEfpublican party no further
than the pcrpctuation of the
a~niniosities and bitterness Of a war which
was closed fourteen years agos
The republican party is altogether too
prtsum ptuous to arrogate to itself all the
virtue, all the honesty and all the patri.
otism there IL in the United States
Because : man votes against it. it does
mot follow that he is a traitor, and
because the South. so called. vote agains,
It, it does not follow that they arr all
traitors.
VIZ refer to the Republican, change
Of base without any personal malice
or spite; but do SO to warn all good
republicans against the fallacy of its
position and to stand aloof from il
as q leader Of the party in Dakota.
The position Of our contemporary is
IN direct opposition to all true re.
publican principles, and, iffollowed
would fill our legislative halls with
arrant rebels, and in time work in.
jury to this nation.
But there is a feature connected
with the position of our Clay coun.
ty contemporary that we mcnn tt
notice even though it pinches. Thu
Republican claims to dictate to and
lead the republicans Of Clay count,
and Dakota, IN q way. 1t has n.
interest in common with the party'
successes; but by its long rang affil
iation for the purpose Of working
dissensions, the party suffers by hi,
presence. An open enemy is less t.
be feared than q traitor in camp
We believe in the manhood capabl,
Of forming an opinion with courag,
sufficient to express it, and we ar
led to believe that the editor Of TIL
Republican, by the drift Of his recen
articles, has made a personal appli
cation Of the thought, and may sool
come to the surface as 4 full-bloodes
shot gun democrat.
On the question Of who is to b
the coming delegate, the Northern