The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-08-28

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duty
THE APPROACHING TRIUMPH FoF
DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES.
The critical eye of the skilltul read
er of political signs, has long since de
tected those marks of disease upon the
organism of the Republican party
which were an infalible indication o
the inevitable approach of wreck anC
decay. And now as the murmurs o
disapproval, that rise up fpom the lips
of whole nation, ripen into II robust
determined sentiment; and as new
facts are gathered up daily, on every
hand, with accommodating powers of
moral conviction, it is absolutely appa.
rent to all save the blinded partisan,
that the party which has been the
strong and unbending instrument in
the accomplishment of so many won
derfuI and impressive changes in the
current of affairs; that used its iron
hand in the attempt to demolish insti-
buttons that were consecrated by the
touch of the genius and patriotism OF
| by-gone times and into whose life
ages OF burning events have been
crowded, has fully entered its dissolu-
ton stage. The death spot has APP
peared upon its vitals, and continues
to spread with rapidity that appalls
the hearts and unnerves the arms OF
the most Jealous vOtaries. And as
limb after limb, and member after
member, begins to tester, and then
drops from the trunk, the symptoms
increase with chilling certainty, that
the once muscular form and elastic
tread Of the Republican party, are
about to be palsied forever.
In ourpolitical system, there is a set
of elementary principles, that are in
separately intcrlaced with the atlGc-
tons of the people. These principles
run through the entire length and
breadth of the industrial and political
fabric like "thread of goId.' They
are the great truths which the Amer
lean people have at all times, save in
transient fits of passion, been ready to
defend with the natural instinct which
| impels Il mother to protect her young.
They are The principles from which a
nation, great, brave and strong, has
drawn its nourishment, and developed
that bold hardhood, which knows no
tlfa min oinlsr ~ "Jiio ltruJnu IONLug;
but over-burdened and oppressed
from the teudal governments across
the ocean. They are the principles
that, treading in the peaceful walks of
life, and responding to the gentler as
pirations Of man, have gone hand in
hand with the designs of thrift and in
dustry, and planted the great city by
the river side, opened mines of wealth,
cleared forests and filled a continent
with activity, and put its workshops
in motion. They are the principles
that lend inspiration to eloquence, kim
die and sustain courage upon the bat
tie field, and hold out their hands to
bind mankind in Il common bond of
freedom. The national Democracy
recognizing these great truths rs the
bed rock upon which our free system
rested, anchored its faith and its hopes
to the same; and through all the mu-
tations which swept the country, has
their steady and unflinching |
protesting against each out
rage upon the constitution, as an af-
front and an injury to every American
citizen. Fifteen years of unbroken
peace in the South, has borne its nat
lral fruit. In that period of time, the
nation has re-assumed its ordinary
rain of sObriety i'm taste and Judgment.
The earnest and dignified appeals, of
,he national democracy, by their press,
md in their conventions, warning the
people against the dangerous tenden-
y of the government while in the
ontrol of the Republican party; its
Oud protests against the misuse of the
of government TO perpetu-
tie its own vicious rule, have subdued {
ii sectional asperity in a common
)ve of country. Step by step, !
he Democracy fought its way {
p from the position held by a 7
seble minority. With a firm faith in {
he unfailing attachment of the peO- !
lie to the principles of the Constitu- I
on, it has moved steadily onward
lpturing stronghold after stronghold, Y
storing to each of the Southern q
tates its own proper robe of soveignty; a
nd wrestling the Congress in both "
ranches, from the hands of its II
1ponents. q
And when, in the coming election, T
it'll an unrestrained and lawful use {:
the ballot, and with a sense Of the Ii
niger and responsibility that now Il
st upon the country, the people q
Sc up in solemn Judgment against it
lie party, whose executive heads n,
ave filled long catalogue of crimes W
sainst man aud heaven, the sanctity a
government will be vindicated, and oil
wholesome operation restored te
rough the triumph Of Democratic IN
inciplc. Y,
JAMES BARRON HOPE, editor, and IN
ayor Lamb, both Of Norfolk, Va, Is
re apparently anxious for each al
hers gore, but kind policemen inter 70