Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-05-06
The Democratic Party.

10 the imnicuiate uenCitncN bAi, pfoNiuinK
for the appointment by the circuit courts Of
special deputy marshals Of elections. repre-
senting the different political parties from
which we clip the following:
The difference between the Republican
party and the Democratic party is founded
on this principle. All parties &C, from a
common average. There is a grea, deal
more Of the government of the people in this
country than is generally admitted even by
ourselves. The people express their average
intelligence ever, time they come to the
polls. and every party expresses its average
intelligence. The reason We have been right
and they have been wrong has not been tina,
they had not brilliant leaders; 1t ia because
the average Of intelligence with us has been
higher than the average Of intelligence with
them. That is the whole secret OF il. and it
is an "open secret" TO any man who looks at
the history Of parties for the pas, few wears
These are general principles let US de-
scend little TO particulars. say that the
Democratic party for the last thirty-six years
has not had an homes; heart heat north Of
Mason and Dixon's line. | say tina, they
have continually come forward as party Of
false pretences. Why. look q; the acts Of
this session. Only the other day they came
before Us and delayed this very bill which
we are now discussing by bill presented by
the gentleman from Indiana, Mr.. Hostc,lerl
which was TO deprive of the rights Of citizen
ship every individual who had claim
agains, the government, including, as Was so
eloquently said by my friend from New York.
mr.. Richardson the very soldier who
fought for his country. And for day or
two they actually kept up the pre,encc Of
pressing that They we're beaten and over
thrown; Ne, jus, think Of 1.-THE Democrat.
ic party AZ this moment Of all Others pro-
claiming against the use of money in politics
Why. in the very instant Of one Of their cat
sleptic spasms of virtue let Samuel J. Til
den but stand ,isihy before them. pointing
his fingers 10 the very leas, Of his barrels.
and straightvay there would leap into ,hs,
old. wircned, decrepit and paralyzed frame
a strength and vigor mighiier than ''the
might Of France !" for in that attitude would
be the potentially Of swinging the whole
Democratic party. North and South. by It's
nobles' par',its long. majestic, and prehensile
tail Laughter. And vet. with tina; pict-
ure on the canvas visible 10 a whole CONT
nen,. they come forward and pretend to talk
about suppressing the use Of money in pol
itics.
was greatly struck by an instance Of their
prcteHses in the elaborate speech which was
delivered BY the gentleman from Tennessee.
Mr. House He rrsurrec,ei ~ha; never
expected TO see dug up in this house-ihc
committee for the investigation Of frauds IN
the las, Presidential election. WHY, there
has no, been such a resurrection Of dead and
L.,r..l ,,a1.,f. L =, - -.
ME. Of Peru rise and range Themselves on
the seacoa.; line Of South America. Well
do remember the launching Of tina; illus
trious committee. Never was there on earth
such an awe-inspiFing pageant. The air
was thick With the coming storm Across
the leaden "a, had famed Anderson. red
haired portcn,. who af,er~ard proved TO be
the loft,,s, liar of historic Christendom.
Men went about with hushed voices, whis-
pcring TO each other Of dreadful possihili-
ties. The face. Of the Democracy we're IA
diant ~iih a solemn joy Nov a, las, the
usurper who had done them much harm
should be hurled from hi. throne and Til
den Samuel j.. the wise. the ylrtuou.. the
innocent, the reformatory. should stand be
fore the world vi.ibly what he had always
been spiritually. The Lord. anointed-
We. for our part. sat here solemnls round
ing our backs TO meet the coming storm.
When the speaker announced the member.
OF the committee on the other side. j, be
came perfectly apparent that the supreme
hour u battle had come and the household
troops had been ordered up. There a; the
head was a polished and able gentleman.
taken some wears ago from our ranks. and
Who had voted With Us often enough since
TO give the people the idea that he was re
spectacle and 10 b trusted laughter "a
gentleman TO whose fairness and impartiality
In everything except his report bear cheer
full, cordial. aud Wiling witness. Next came
M, friend from Ohio Mr.. Mcmahon. keen
and subtle. than whom there = no man in
1--WE Kingdoms ADLER TO dig pit for n ~i,-
and svee;ly Goa, him into il. And
there, 10 give 4 tone Of ehivalry 10 II, was
nv friend from the seventh district Of Ken
iucky. Mr.. blackburn. then a. now IN
dsllying and undoub,ing, and consequently
undas,aTdixed and undamned. Laughter
Time would fAIi me 20 give an Homerlc cat.
alogue Of all the great soul. Of heroes ~ho
went down TO dusty death. Laughter !;
is enough 20 say that they were the bright,
consumma,e flower the cream. or. 10 use a
metaphor more suitable TO the subject the
combined sweetness and strength, the very
rock end re" Of the Democracy. Taught
e,.
I saw tina, expedition Sc, forth with much
boom Of cannon and much eo., of flags
Five months aiterward saw j, drif into
port dismasted and disman,led- In silence
and sadness, the Borrowing survivors, on
the heel of the session jos,led By every job
and hustled BY ten-dollar claims, disem-
banked their precious freight in two parcels
"A little one containing what they had 20
say about our alleged frauds. and big one
containing their real ones. What Vas the
reason Of all this shpwreck Of bright and
high endeavor' Why between those DAYS
had rolled twenty seven hundred pages Of
printed testimony. Now | shall not say
We, am afraid nv friend the gentleman
from Michigan Mr.. Horl will never for.
give me for not saying-l shall not say tina,
such is the nature Of printed matter and of
education and Of intelligence and Of types
tina; il would be impossible 10 get together
twenty seven hundred pages Of printed mat
ter without there being q condemnation Of
Democracy somewhere between its leaves.
But do say that the people day by day ex-
amined that testimony; and when they got
through, ali that vast pretense Of fraud van
ished into thin air, and the public saw that
Rutherford b. Hayes had not played the
knave and tina, Samuel j. Tilden had
Time would fail me TO enumera,e all these
matters. bring isese simply as samples
showing what they have done. affirm that
they have not throughout all this Congress
come forward with a single measure which
they believe in. All their noble energies
have been spent and exhausted in attempts
TO catch US in some mouse-trap or other,
like tbs bill Ct the gentleman from Indiana.
Mr.. Hostetler.1
All this arises from the inherent nature of
the collection [laughterl called Democracy.
do no, mean to say the difference between
their average Of intelligence and ours is so
very great, but ] say that the difference is
just enough to make Us take right positions
on an average and for them 70 take wrong
ones on an average; that is all. Laughter.
With this picture or panorama thus care
fully and considerably drawn, Mr.. Chair
man, want TO contrast 10 just nRe or two
words, and then have done, the action of
the Republican party Of the United States.
| belong to it, and have always belonged to
it; and beg to say am proud of the honor