St. Landry democrat., 1880-11-06
Waterloo Again.

diana election In OCTOBER, thinking men
had very little hope for Hancock. In
diana was Democratic State, and the
home OF English, the candidate for
Vice President on the Democratic
ticket. If, in the face of these facts, it
went Republican just a few days before
the Presidential election, there was no
good reason to expect it to go for Han
cock. New York was considered the
State Of all the North, that was sure for
Hancock and it gave Garfield fifteen
or twenty thousand majority.
In 1868 the Democracy supported Sey-
mour Of New York, and lost. In 1872,
the dissatisfied, or Liberal Republicans
as they were called, organized and nom
mated Horace Greedy, the founder of
the Republican party, the man who did
more than any other to build it up and
make it great power, the great opp0-
ser of slavery and friend and advocate
of the negro the Democratic party, in
| national convention assembled, also
nominated him; and yet with the NOM
ination of two parties, the regular Re-
| publicans defeated him most disastrous
| ly with man who had been Demo-
crat. The defeat, the loss of confidence
of the Republicans, broke his heart and
he died.
In 1876, the Democracy supported
Tilden with his "bar'l Of money" and
elected him, it is believed but the Re-
publicans counted him out and beat
him at the "Game of Fifteen" which
kept him out-prevented recount.
The Republicans then committed
their master stroke Of political policy
they withdrew the military from the
South and let the State governments
there fall into the hands of the "oldest
and best" This stopped the cry of OPP
preston aud persecution that had been
steadily going up North from the
Southern Democracy, and under which
the Republicans were as steadily losing
ground. They then uttered the proph-
ccy that the South left to it itself would
suppress the Republican vote and be-
come solidly Democratic; over this they
waved the Bloody Shirt, and set to
work to redeem the ground they had
lost by military interference in the
South, and to make a solid North
How well they succeeded, the election
last Tuesday shows. The North is now
solidly Republican, and the South solid
| ly Democratic. The two parties are
both sectional. The Democratic par
ty at the North is no more than the Re-
publican party at the South it has
power in conventions, but no where else
it has power to nominate, but none tG
elect; it is name, title without pos.
sessions; it is merely the shadow Of
that great party which ruled the coun.
try before the war. The only .Democ.
racy that deserves the name is the De.
mocracy OF the South; and it has beer
tackled as tail to Northern kite, and
the tail was too heavy for the kite.
If the South ever RECEIVERS her former
position, or her just position, in the
Union, she must do it by some Other
method or tactics then she has thus fal
tried since the war. 70 break up as {
solid Democratic South, and make new
political affiliations, would be one way
but this way is not to he considered OF
thought of. Remaining as she is politi
cally, she had better withdraw entirely
for awhile from national politics, as fa1
as voting for President is concerned
ond practice mastery inactivity" She
should not send delegates to nationa
Democratic convention, nor nominate
Presidential electors, nor vote for any
but let the solid Democratic South bt
carried by the Republican electors
merely holding on TO the State govern
ments and electing Congressman. She
would have then all that she has now
and by such mastery inactivity" or
her part, the Republican party voult
sooner or later break and fall to pieces
by it's great weight. Having the field
entirely to itself and no opposition, dis
sensions would naturally arise in it thai
would cause it's disbandment. The frs
change would be the disappearance Of
the Bloody Shirt, for every Southern
State would be carried by the Republi.
can presidential electors. It is the op.
position of the South, in national affairs
that keeps the Republican party togeth.
er remove the opposition, and dissolu
ton begins. The people Of the Soutl
would hardly object to this method; fol
if nothing should be gained by it, moth
| will be lost. The only difficulty is fol
the political leaders, the politicians, tt
| give up the hope-born of greedy desire
| of electing President who will give
them the Federal offices. Remove this
difficulty, suppress the politicians, ani
the Southern people would willingly ig
more presidential elections; and com
paratively soon they would be offered
invited to take that for which they hav,
SO long struggled in vain.
/ ELECTION NoTEs.-News in the las
papers received before going to press
show that Hancock carried the sole
1 Co,rf1, y California Naxyada Now Iopeo.