Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-05-28
ps~ssa for U.isy ana ACTON.

The condition OF politics to-day
n this State is simply chaotic.
There Ii nothing respectable or re-
deemlng about it. On the one hand
We have . set Of social Pariahs try
Ing to ''boss' a new Constitution
party, which sets itself up as the
local God and morality party as con-
tradIstinguished from that tradi.
tIonal God and Morality party-the
Republicans. or course we allude to
the De Youngs, of the Chronicle.
The speotacle is one calculated to
make angels weep rather than
smile, II angels are disposed to in
dulge In merely human emotions
: thing we doubt. Next we have
the robust and horny handed Kear-
ney, who 10 invested with q mo-
msntary rsspeetability, because he
u found differing with the Ohroni.
ete, . journal which has, heretofore,
aimed to be his lick-spittle attend
ant and devout pander. Certainly
no Sir Pandarus Of Troy ever hung
around an ancient Troilus and
Crosslda with . more debssing
servitude than was shown by the
Ckronjole, until the other day, in
IT, Bringing and proffers Of base
DervIce to Kearney.
Next we have the Republican
party, and here we experience
momsntary throb of respect. That
ofGanixation 10 strong and power
fni. It has now, and it has always
had. an aspiration for long party
life and for enduring political force.
We don't like the Republican
party, but we now respect it, as we
have always done. We have for 1t
the respect which a man has for a
robust and manly highwayman. 1t
has, In its time, been a very "cut-
purse Of the empire and the rale."
II has been very Lambro in rob-
Der enterprise and manly bravado.
We heartily desire to throttle the
Republican party, In the interest of
the American Republic, but we
feel, to the bottom of our soul, that
Il II . fosman worthy of any party's
steel.
Back Of these three parties which
We have named looms up the Dem.
oCratie party. 1t is now, and it has
always been, the champion-the
tribune-of the masses. No Ro.
man gladiator, exposed in the TO-
rum for the amusement of Roman
Emperor and Roman populace.
ever showed more Drawn or muscle
Or more victorious pluck than this
political champion. It has been
tho victor In thousand hard
fought fields. and it is as generous
and kindly as it is strong.
The question now is whether the
Democratic party, never in a more
respectable attitude nationally
than 1t is to-day, is to be left, in
California. prey to the jackals
and vultures which hang around
vigorous creatures which are sup
posed 10 be in their death agonies.
The Democratic party ought never
to have been stronger, In either
California or the nation, than now.
The fact is that the party has tre-
msndous latent strength. 1t re-
quires but the giving of the word,
seconded by a manly energy, to
arise stronger than ever, even In
California, where 1t appears just
now to be weak.
All we need 10 work. By putting
forth q genuine Democratic plat
form, and placing upon our tickets,
State and local, Democrats of recog-
missed character and force, the
party would really be masters of
the situation. Let the giddy head
cd multitude, guided by leaders in
test upon Office and nothing else,
run after Constitutional parties
and Workingmen's parties. All
the Democracy has to do is to stand
fast BY Its Inherited and historical
principles, and 1t will rally to its
banners . mass of voters that will
prove Irresistible.
Let every Democrat who honors
the name and the principles of his
grand old party at once apply him
self to the work of organization.
Unity and action are all that are
needed, with an aggressive assertion
Of the party as Democratic and
nothing else, to guarantee that vic
tory shall perch on our banners,
Kearney, the Chronicle and the
devil to the contrary and notwith.
standing.