National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-10-20
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"esty is the best policy" In this it will
labor under serious difficulties, us it will
have to reform the whole thing fundamen-
tally, for from root to branch the word
honesty" is unrecoguized rs a practical
element of action within thesphere of Dem
ocratic political existence. In referring to
its own herculean efforts at reform the
CoUrier.Jour,dl comes to the confessional
in this wise. We give its own language:
1t is now just ten years since the Courier
Journal began the movement i'll the Demo-
cratic party which, after much travail, crys-
tallized into policy with the nomination of
Mr.. TILDEN at st. Louis. An unequivocal &C.
ceptance Of the Constitutional amendments,
just and liberal course of domestic legsla-
tion and treatment toward the colored popu
lation-honest money, home rule and free
trade were the items set down in the bill of
particulars submitted to the people of the
South as indispensable conditions to change
OF parties in the Government.
This confession of the C-J. that it is re-
sponsible for Tildenism, which is the embodi-
ment of all that is fraudulent and corrupt
in politics, is not good showing for future
capital in the way of public confidence and
respect. 1t is very much like making q mer-
camille assignment where there is nothing
behind for the creditor but hopeless ac-
counts, broken bank bills and counterfeited
notes and bogus coin. The nomination of
Mr.. TILDEN, with prentense of respect for
the Constitutional amendments and q just
and liberal course of domestic legislation
and treatment of the colored population,
honest money, home rule and free trade"
is the confessed work of the Courier Journal.
| What stupendous failure it made of this
great enterprise Home rule" overleaped
the Constitution, stripped the colored popu-
lation of their rights led to cipher frauds
and corrupt attempt topurchase the votes
of whole States with money. This was the
outcome of the Courier-JOurnars attempt to
rig up political machine within the Demo-
cratic party that was to run ostensibly in the
interest of fidelity to the Constitutional
amendments, a just and liberal course of
domestic legislation and treatment toward
the coored population. The Constitutional
amendments have been despised and disre-
garded, Home Rule having entirely over
shadowed it and its requirements. The
treatment of the colored population, instead
of having been liberal, has been oppressive
and murderous to an extent tina has formed
a blotch upon the page Of American history.
The Democratic party instead Of standing
by honest money under the TGLDEN regime,
has been in futile dalliance" with the
Greenback craze and fiat moneyists until
both have been consigned to defeat
The scheme of the Courier-JOurndi, to
which it alludes now with 50 much paren.
tai tenderness, did not secure the election
of TILDEN for the simple reason that the
developments of the campaign gave alarm
to the country, and the Electoral Commits
sion decreed, in obedience to public senti-
, mcnt, that TILDEN had not been elected
President of the United States The ma
chine failed to accomplish its intended mis-
chief, for the reason that not only it, but
the man in whose interest it had been in
vented, were transparent frauds-and the
. American people will never indorse mol
condone fraud. Then, as we understand
the history of that critical period when the
question of the Presidency hung tremblingly
; in the balance, one hundred thousand
unarmed men were invited TO the
National Capital to usurp the pow.
ers and rights of the Constitution
and put TILDEN in the Executive
chair upon their own determination, instead
ofabiding by the requirements of the funda-
: mental law upon which the Government
! structure is based, in bringing that question
l to a final issue, That proposition as we
, recolect it, was a wheel within the whee
2 of the Courier Journals machine, which die
not work, for the reason that the Govern
, ment was in the hands of firm and fear
less man who would not consent for ont
moment to have revolution inauguateC
by the hand of faction or dislOyalty Mt th
seat of National power, Like every othe
part of the Kentucky machine the one hun
dred thousand men who were invoked t
form under the dome of the Capitol a rab
BILE, mob, a gathering of lawless and un.
3 prncipled Democrats, who were to usurl
the powers of the constituted authorities
also proved a signal failure; and thus thu
TILDEN farce ended, with its stage appoint
ments and machinery a broken and scat
tered mass OF useless anu unsecmly run
bish. What the C0urier-JOurnal proposes Il
do with it, remains to be seen. The proba
, bility, however, is that in 1880, what re
= mains of the TILDEN machine will b.
crushed and trOdden into the earth by TIN
= people, who, in their might and integrity
v will take the Presidential question int
- their own hands and place it where II
electoral commission will be necessary t
decide whether or not the distinguishe
. standard-bearer of the Republican part
:, shall be declared the President.
20 THE COLORED LEGISLATOR.
IL The Cleveland Herald makes the follow
n ing reference 10 the colored member of tn
State legislature who was honored with
nnnt hv thn VnEns of Ihn Rnnn hlirnna a