New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-12
WHAT KILLED TaE DEM0cR1uc PleD
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. WITH LrPuoy,
DEMOCRATIC LEASINGs, TELLS THE WHOLE


AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. WITH LIPgLoy,
DEMOCRATIC LgASINGs, TELLS THE WHO'LL
STORY.
The recent Presidential election has sboy,
that there is inYncible reason WHY zoe Danocr,,r
party can never "A rational vlcf0ly l. i.tbsiT
youth Of tbs Republic Is not Democratic. The sons
Democratic fathers nave grown up r Dleans 50 loas
"a slavery aud the war tnger Witliu che aemorg =
Americans. the youth OF the Republic ~l continue "a
grow up Republicans ara slavery aud Tie War III -
remembered long the iuOc school s5stu exi,t.
The public schools have SLAM the DcmocFaiie es,,,
with the textbooks.
II IL vain Tor statesmen 70 declare That there Vsrs
many Democrats a. Repu1tc1rs IN ile IT, on Aay n
Il vain To- tlirn Tat the war f0r the n ~
Union could BOT have been carried 10 .u.ce... ess
without the assistance OF tAe Democrat p4fty 4
die for philanthropy TO suggest tnat the attitude ~
mat paT.y toward tine war tIr b-Ennng vas,
hlmaue one; that It was Inspired ly lle Agacrsj
better wish that the cause OF tle III 20 sLoaa B,
nv broihers' bands avoi'ei. TGe D.a,o.,ts,,
party Las been Ideally id'nuIad wIf slavery sei
savehOdng. The Republican patty is llr DIS 'dennai
with cmauclDatoa aud tie WI. No. 'ti'. l- tle y9uE
nf the uutry Incapable ~ uci D-HHr' 'lc. larrA
tore the Democratic party can mover sin .iona y.
tory. It's Old men are dying away 4Ae poys va
catch tie baO,s tAat fal from their s III laa.s az
XII. fact cannot Dee denied. Il v' d5 ODD r1oat oqar
rei with Il. All other causes wach ltyt olefalede
diminish tHr number q. Democrats aII icresers
number Of hopunilcais are in-iei1hcai 'e.de u-sqs
ha poisoned blood ano rot'rd tnc bone ftle Dane
cratic garty. Toe m4llcctO on II Je "Ar I'D. pale 10
HE young vie who hell ihe h,bcuo TO issthe iaihr
"a he Lurg.d 10 The puf bis d-1arlu, fasilnent ai
no. suogled Democrat. The weary foot " lherg
evan mother wno watched fI' ch,ldtan wiLc tle We
chair that ghc s0iii, f-fa LcJ over cane bc FOO 81 aa
lot been climbed upon i5 D-Wocfii-. H. tIsm
cost that us cOmr1!r- c.I.ci DC" vas eat " ieFAna
ckcl> bul not one iac r5.d tie Dee ri OF % y meu1
Toe raIti 'd mnssrt tlat fn Co., - Alu Win hi go aO
became the th0ughtc- 10Y OF his Doyr hut i'i hand
he he kissed owed and crJwed fot return. sei
suaWI, ,iug md snered notes 2. n9, rom is
which The mother 0ud IN tie iOn, Ger evenings
,ii tac BOYS clustered ~ her knee, doc no' ian Bpa
Democratic cars. TIE .ii, sops, i4ratiHg v ID iAs
=. ,fb-t'. wprDinc aid not make =. a's Il ta.,
brothers. Perhaps the father Lad been D.n. emit al
he children 90 TO school There Is not % d moerai
on its beucnrs The nist redn"r contains PORTRAYED
Abraham LncO'u-'hIt kind and stufdy face never
made a Democrat. On us slhne pas, IN NOrs Of
onr or TWO Syl abes, Is tc iLe story OF his oIith ani
death. I al story never madr a Democrat. ia t1s
prauks @. TIE play fOUhd IN name licences lhr H0lr
some and makes th3 jO.est grave. 1Lat name never
mace "a d mOcrat. In toe 'ures that l-bt uPtas
geography are The irng EOtt STUNT aa1 ne ccstl
o. Ellsworth. Ihns. pctures make 40 Democrats Tbs
first page OF the history contains reprern tou % hs
SURRENDER If Lee ut Appomattox. BOY z on that
ana ever after avOws Inns II q Democrat.
IN the higher grades the same subtle and unresissei
inf rene. Is AT work Tho textbooks contain cXraeii
from patriots speeches during he Those speeches
make Democrats. lie great baiI, aie WcT
described TIE narrative has no Democratic Istc en-.
The strain % marital music suns through me rCaacE.
and music makes no Dem 5crat>. IKE ces Of ths
great general, are elvcn thrr brave deeds arouse re
enthusiasm Of Tie lads. bit there Is no Diaocat accrs
tnem TIE horror. aud su rEgs o. Tie slaves 2re told;
the maGdentd God that NOUNS the boys checks i B9
Dem rruf!c blood Tlc curse O slavery has rufued
rhe Democratic party, aud Mas bounded Il o IL, deIh
Therefore. let il de aud 20 hp Vii be ion1d 70 say
PRAYER over the grass on III grave.
Tie late defeat need not be attributed 10 any olhf
cause Ocher causes were a w"rk-hu. they we're ony
incidental. The iauf Was one. See ionalisn VAS
second. Let vel enough alone Was a thlrd IAs
OcOuer failure H. Indiana was fouith but ai ilcss
were trivial and together could not nave aeeomplsase
the r,snt. the result accomplished orc1Hss te
you.h OF the Republic u not DemO'r Inat ptfV
l. therefore without a futurr and without hope lts
uaiedctOn OF the war has paIScd It, niain he cure
OF slavery has poisoned its blood aud tOtd lis Doa'
LEI II die