Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-07-29
Democratic Discords.


The Democrats were allowed three weeks
in which TO find out tina, they had made
blunder. They have found il out. and are
pitifully beseecbing each other TO get up
and do something at once. The prospect Of
post Offices, eustom-houses and clcrkships is
growing dim. The Regulators in Virginia
have failed TO aecep, the Democratic cleo
toral ticket, and anxious Democratic journals
say that, If the thing is no, fixed speedily,
the State will be lost. The Democrats of
Indiana have tailed to carry gu, the private
bargain TO indorse DE La Matyr as their
candidate for Congress, and the Greenback
people thereupon swear that they will he
fooled no longer, and proceed to nominate
candidates Of their own for other Congrcs.
s;onal Districts. A leading Democratic
journal discovers that this wrangle also. If il
cannot be stopped, will cos, the party the
vote Of the State.
To the Democratic eve. these seem to he
local and sporadic difficulties That fool
ish wrangle in New York. or Virginia. or
Indiana, they say, must be smoothed over
| soon But the obssr,ant and philosophic
outsider has some doubt whether the trouble
is not more serious and lasting than Demo
Gratis suppose. The distinguishing feature
of this campaign is an ATTEMPT to weld
together. into one compact and homogene-
| Gus mass, the most antagonis,ic materials
that can he oonocivcd the Union soldier OF
Gettysburg and the Confederate soldier who
| shot Of him the colored Democratic voter
an! the Democrats Who opposed colored
suffrage: the great Democratic bondholders
and bankers and the men who hate bond
holders and bankers; the distinguished
| Democratic capitalists Who are the chief
creditors Of Nirg mia and the distinguished
| Democratic politician Who is trying to re
pudiaie their claims the conscrN alive man
ayers Of railroad. insurance. ard other cor
porations. and the reckless communists who
| believe in "wiping out" such corporations
ut,erl, and mercilcssly. The difficulties at
tending so extraordinary an effort, it mus,
be admitted. are not unlikely TO be general.
lasting. and serious. And the antagonisms
Of political rivalry appear to be no, less
serious.
Herr is set of Democratic politicians.
| 'ov example. who care not one bauhec for
any principle under the sun. for an, plat
forms or pledges, or for anything else cN-
| ccpt plumber. They want offices and Jobs
| Part Of them feel thu, They will have all the
cream II Hancock should bc elected and
will leave TO the Others nothing but skim
milk The though; gals the other persons.
no; unnaiurally. If they cared for Demo
/ cratic principles. ihcy could stand firm and
| hgh; Kcalously: ba; ihcy would fifty times
I rather sec an indifferent Republican than a
hostile Democrat dispcnsing the Offices
/ How i that difficulty To be met The
/ trouble j. radical and lrrcmcdiablc. Il lies
~ the fact that the WORKERS Of the party
I carr nothing FOR principles and everything
I for spoils. Even body knows that : the
I truth. The difficulty NAV hc healed over
Z h!is times. but Il will break out again ID
most unexpected way' and with most dIsay-
/ trou' results. II Tslden and his iriend. are
/ going 10 have the ear Of General Hancock.
I John NELLY and hls friends are No, going %
I have Hancock elected. and r,c, rcy1I. VIVA,
/ patching or pouluclnc can get rad # tina,
I .orr2
I AGAIN, here arc politicians whose sole
/ claim 10 any place IN public life j. that they
I have advocated rrpudlaiion. State or Ma
I ional II that Is.ue goes down, ;hcs drop
Y nat 81 sight into oblivion and iniamy. They
have spent wears in educating Democratic
I voters 70 sustain them, and they know that
7 am baking do~n on their part would mcan
7 political extinction. Oh the other hand
/ here are the men Of fat purse. sho contrib
g;c 20 the manifold expenses u Democratic
I campaigns. mule having iu,iudcd Tbs,
l have bonds. or are bankers. ar have hrayy
! claims against rcpudiating States. They
/ want ~ knoN whether thci arr giving
none, 10 insurr their own robbery Per
hap' they INA, push categorical question.
I and INSIST upon specific pledges. PcFhap.
T they ma, sglk. likr Achilles IN hi, tent IN
! less the hgh, IL conducted 10 their sa,isfac.
/ ilun. Ru, What Is going To be done about
I i, The active workers and NOISY p0llii-
I cians arr not gong 10 help any arrange
mcnt 20 cut their own throat. The con
scrNat'r capitalists are no; going 10 help
/ any arrangement TO empty ,hcr o8n pock
I cts
( The trouble i no, accidental. local Or
Z temporary. II result. from the yer, nature
I Of the Aniasonisiic element which It Is the
aim n this grr4, .vindlc called ncmpcracy
10 brins together. They Wiil fight a; the
[ polls; BE- sure Of i. The CERTAIN thing j.,
I that the .o-eallcd Democratic elements vii
not all fight on the same side y. L.
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