Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-11-25
A Disguised Democrat.
THE SOLID SOUTH BADLY soLD-A NEW
ORGANIZATION CONTEMPLATED.

| THE SOLID SOUTH BADLY soLD-A NEW
ORGANIZATION CONTEMPLATED.
A prominent Southern Democrat, who i,
| making a short visit to the capital, says thai
the result of Tuesdays election has CLOSED
his connection with the Democratic party
| Said he-We of the South have realized
that the Northern Democrat is not a relia-
Bile individual to tie to, politically. | was a
delegate to the Cincinnati convention, and
with many others from my section swal.
lowed the glowing estimates Of what could
be accomplished with General Hancock and
Joined in the movement for his nomination.
We promised him a solid South and went
home to prepare TO deliver the goods.
All through the early part of the campaign
| we we're informed from time to time, that
the country would be swept from ocean to
| ocean for Hancock. Then came the cleo
| tons in the October States, and the result
looked to US As though there had been
some mistake in the programme in Indiana
A number of US who happened to be in
New York Just about this time called at
the heaquarters of the national committee
to find out why the Republicans were cap
turing Democratic States. We we're as
suEtu os i1h"P NouiiS Hiai III tlt NtasNts
that it would come out all right in Novem-
ber that it was only the personal unpopu-
larity Of Landers, and a far different aspect
would be presented in November when
iancocks weight would be thrown in the
scales. We had been to Governors Island
and concluded il it was simply q matter Of
weight. our candidate would pan out all
right.
We returned home, put the screws on an
Independent Democrat who was ambitious
to come to Congress from our district, and
made the regular candidate solid, The day
for the final struggle came, and We went in
and carried everything straight-out Demo
cratic, even to the pound dog killer.
At midnight We were paralyzed by tele
gram that Garfield had carried New York
by 10000 majority. knew this was set
tier and | started North 70 attend TO some
business matters which had postponed
until after election. Since ! have been in
Washington | have been astonished and
amused TO see Democratic Journals up this
way hunting up reasons for our crushing
defeat
Among other things it has been loudly
proclaimed that We Of the solid South did
IL This rather stirs up my bile. When
remember the many promises and magniti-
cent estimates Of Northern Democrats at
Cincinnati. and see the patty twelve elector
al votes that represent their best efforts in
last Tuesdays struggle. am impressed with
the fact that We have been allowing the tail
to ~ag the dog in all our movements for the
past eight years.
Now ! am willing 10 admit that We have
been wholly wrong in this matter, and furth-
er that with stupidity unparalleled, we have
again been the dupes Of few pot-house
politicians and wire pulling schemers at this
end of the country, who, as the Democratic
party Of the North, have been loud in prom
ises, but ~oefully deficient in their fulfil
ment.
We Of the South are dragged forward as
seapcgoats, charged with having compas>ed
their defeat in their own strongholds, when
TO pieces through their own rottenncss and
corruption. shall return to the South
within the next ten days, and | propose to
inaugurate a movement which when our
people realize the position into which our
Northern allies are endcavoring to force US,
will find many supporters.
will propose to my fellow Democrats Of
the South that meetings shall be held all
over that section and steps taken to have the
electors chosen by US last Tuesday cast their
ballots for James A. Garfield. II We can
make this thing unanimous, except the
twelve votes which represent that big
sweep" from ocean to ocean, there are some
hopes that the Northern Democracy may
realize upon whom the responsibility for
Hancock defeat rests.