The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-11-22
THE REAL NEED.

THE REAL NEED.
1t will pay the Democrats to pre-
sent deaf ear to their numerous ad-
visers at this time. We refer partic-
ularly to the so-called independent
press, which is just now SO lavishly
thrusting it's suggestions upon us.
They may possibly be sincere in their
protested desire to set us right, by
pointing out the errors Of our past,
that we may avoid them in the flu
ture. But they all, so far as our
observation has gone, have hit wide
of the mark. 1t is not too much soft
money or too much hard money, it 10
not too great tendency to protec-
ton or too positive leaning to free
trade, it is not the Revolutionary"
conduct of the last Congress or lack
of backbone in that Congress-, it is
not that we have courted too much
or too little the GreeBbackers at one
time and the Liberal Republicans
at another, that has brought upon us
such defeats as we have sustained.
Though it is impossible that we have
been guilty Of them all, it is doubt
less the fact that every one of these
things has cost us, in one section or
another, more or less votes. But we
never have been and never shall be
able to name ticket or agree upon
platform that will not do that same
thing for US.
What the Democratic party wants
is organization, discipline and Wig
orous party literature. Mr.. Tilden's
immense vote in 1875 was, we sincere
ly believe, due more to his being him
self perhaps the greatest organizer
and party disciplinarian in the coun-
try. than to all other causes combined
He flooded the country with docu
ments, he had the best takers in the
party constantly on the stump In
every direction, he had faithful and
earnest lieutenants in every State
whose energies were successfully
Bonded to organizing and bringing
to the polls the whole Democratic vote
Wherever we have had perfect organ
ization we have made gallant show
ing. Gen. Ewing's remarkable sue
cess in Ohio-for it was remarkable
that he should have polled 5000 more
votes than Tilden-was mainly due
to the plucky and untiring party
press in that State, the activity and
persistence of the General as work
er, and the admirable committee
management of the canvass. The
same earnest work and unity of &C
ton in New York and Pennsylvania
would have given us the former by
10000 and the latter by 10000.
Democrats, to win, must take coun-
sci from the soft money Republicans
of Ohio and the hard money Repub-
licans of New York, the free trade
Republicans of Iowa and the high
tariff Republicans of Penna., the un-
equal suffrage and proscriptive Re
publicans of Rhode Island and New
Hampshire and those ofopposite faith
on this subject but in the same party
! Ill hduSdS sluQ OtICl OudtSS, Uiic1
must not wait until the candidate
and platform suits them in every par
ticular, but being of one mind upon
the great basic principle of Democra-
Cyan indissoluble union of wholly
equal and indestructible States
must pull off their coats for whoever
is nominated and 60 in to win, trust
ing to the future, as Republicans
do, for a reconcilement, within the
party, of their differences upon minor
topics.
A million majority of the white
people Of this country, quarter of a
million majority including the blacks,
are Democrats. We don't need an
other voter. What we do need is to
organize, and discipline and preserve
stiff upper lips to the voters we have.
If we do this, it dosen't matter much
who we nominate in 1880, provided
he be an honest man who knows no
North and no South, nothing but one
whole union of coequal states, each
sovereign in itself except as to the
reservations of the Federal Constitu-
ton, and provided he has the pluck
to be President when he is elected.
The successor Of the Fraud now in
the White House will be a Democrat.
Union Leader.