National Republican., 1880-07-15
Demoeratic iiull,Iozing.

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SIR: When We coino to scrutinizc closely
tho different characteristics of tho two ma.
tonal political parties, we find that libcrality
and fair play is the rulo of action for the re.
publcans, whilo illiberality, tyranny and
diversified methods of bulldozing character
ize the democracy. Who ever heard of II
democratic moeting being interferod with by
republican mob? Republicans north and
south have too much decency TO stand around
u democratic meeting to boot and iecr ut the
| speakers. Not republicans, but democrats,
use eggs to call opposing speakers TO
order. At Hannibal, Mo, during the visit
| there of party Of distinguished republicans
| some months since, eggs were n3cd on them as
means of communicating democratic disap.
probation. In Montgomery, Ala, Garfield
ratification meetings have recently been
broken up by breaking up eggs upon them
But the democratic leaders say thoy cannot
restrain "the boys" aud hence are not re.
spousiblc for all these shameful scenes The
country WON'T believe that plea for moment
But the country does believe that the intolli.
geuce, the leadership, the press and pulpit of
the democracy are indirectly responsible for
such scenes, because they do not attempt to stop
them. Who has heard u democratic preacher
denounce these disreputable scenes from his pul.
pit? Has auy stump speaker or editor done so
Aye, who of us can but believe that all of them
secretly if not openly encourage 'the boys -
What defense can the democratic pulpit make
before tho bar of heaven for it's failure TO cry
down the Chisholm murdercrs? When the
swamps, the silent woodland graves and the
slumbering river-beds of tho solid south arc
called upon at the judgment to yield up their
treasures which they have received at tho
hands OF this reputed party Of liberty, what
answer can the leaders of the democracy
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tious? Yes, gentlemen, you can prevent
these scenes that disgrace your party.
When the better men OF your party in oach
community determine to inaugurate u better
state of affairs by supplanting these wild and
reckless "felders" by more respectable class
of men, it eau be done. But rs matters at
present exists, the heId-work of domOc ratio
politics Is dcsgnedly placed in the hands of the
mOst irresponsible and most reckless men TO
bo found. This has become with the democ-
racy necessary evil, in order that the
republican party In the south be broken up.
Tho plan is Il success. Tho present cam
paign gives promise OF little Improvement over
its predecessors. The springtimo of tho
campaign is upon us, and already the vperous
tsclcians of the bad-tempered democracy
are crawling from their dcns with the
same old hiss upon their tongues. These egg.
singers are tho potent agents of success for
tho democracy, and they are again coming
forward, basket on arm, to enter the contest.
little more than one week since II company
OF pe0ceabe republicans, who had assembled
at Hyattsvile, Nd, six miles north of this
city, TO erect Garfield and Arthur pole, wcro
iusulted by tho democracy, who had the bad
manners 10 come on the grounds with band
OF music TO drum up counter-meetiug Their
purposes, rs they clam, were to honor Han
cock, but they hoped to muster men enough
around the Hancock banner to hold a deuO.
cratic meeting ut the same time and place
advertised for the republican meeting
But, bo II said TO the credit of the
more prudent, if not the more honorable,
membcrs of the party in the community, that
the movement ignominiously failed after the
band of drummers aud iter had marched aud
countermarched Tor tho space of an hour
about the village, aud the leader Of the move.
ment dismissed the band, remarking that it
would have 10 be given up. Let the people of
this government install in power party of so
little honor that it seeks to deprive its op-
ponents of free political speech and the right
to maintain party organization, and the mis-
take of this couuLry's life will have heen COM
mittod. Roy.
WASHINGTON, d. G., July IL, $780,