Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-04
Aancaster ft,tellsgenrer.
Notable Nonsense

Notable Nonsense.
The Chicago Times recently expressed
its views of the future of the Democratic
party, in an article which the New York
Sun styled, in reprinting it, the most re-
markable that has appeared in modern
journalism. Under the stimulus of this
criticism we read it with interest /; but
were hardly more struck by its singular
ity than its sense: neither was great,
in our estimation. 1t would take very
strange expression from the Chicago
Times to astOnish any. one acquainted
with its ambition, which is only to make
q sensation. The editor, like the elder
Hennett, would rather he kicked to be
talked about than not be mentioned at
all. So it is not strange to find him de-
claring, even from the prominence of his
supposed position as Democratic oracle,
that the Democratic party is dead, and
that the reason of it is that the young
men of the nation are growing up as Re-
publicans that the mothers of the re-
bellion period, with their husbands
away at the wars, never sucked Demo-
cratic babies; and other stuff Of like
character. We think we ought to be ex-
cused for a failure to he impressed by
the force Of the IinesS logic and the
truth Of its prediction, based as
it all is upon the sole and most
inadequate fact that the Democratic
party was beaten in the late election by
the small majority which gave New
York to the Republicans, while it polled
Onc-half of the whole vote of the nation
for its candidates. Its vote has increased
by equal steps with the Republican
vote, and the two parties have stood for
eight years with locked horns, the De-
mocracy being sustained but by its ill.,
herent strength and without the abun-
dant resources provided for its opponent
by the possession of the federal power.
Where then, in this situation, is there
cause from which to predict the death Of
SO vigorous and self-reliant party:
And if that can be predicted how can
it be said to be impending because the
wives of the loyal soldiers in the civil war
did not suckle Democratic brats. Prob
ably the honest wives OF the loyal SOL
diers of that day did not but it is un-
justifable to charge the dishonest ones
with being all Republicans. There has
been no appearance yet of this horde Of
young Republican voters, the product of
rebelliOus times and it is the widest
speculation OIL the part of the Times to
believe that it will appear in time for the
coming presidential election. Such u
conception in q Democrat would he
worthy only to be credited to night
mare while Republican who should
give it utterance should I've considered
weak in the upper story.
But Is it not surprising what nonsense
may he written by newspaper of PROM
inence and psss current as wisdom, and
what stupidity may he applauded for
brilliancy? This is il remarkable Illus
tration of the fact. This Times fancy,
than which nothing could be moze ab-
surd in our judgment, is copied into
another leading newspaper, that gNes
it's efforts to the Democratic cause, Ia =
beled with it's endorsement rs the most
remarkable deliverance ever made by il
newspaper. The SIN does nat agree
with the Tines that the Democracy IS III
danger Of death, bu; III receives its con-
temporary's opinion With respectful
Difference. of which, we conceive it to be
wholly unworthy.