National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-07-29

clearly has no proper place in political dis
cussion in this contest in this country where
brotherly love is the dominant clement"
THE first large demonstration Of tho cam
paign in tho ncighborhood Of Philadelphia
took place at West Chester on Saturday night
when the republican voters of Chester county
turned out by thousands to listen to speeches
from Hon. Galusha A. Grow, Congressman
Ward and local orators. Tho meeting aud the
parade constituted one Of the greatest political
demonstrations ever witnessed in the county,
and indicate that the majority in Chester this
year will not be far from 1000.
Hon. r. w. THOMPSON, secretary of the
navy, delivered speech at Denver, few
nights since Ho read q letter of General
Hancock written to Hon. s. i. Glover, St.
Louis, July IL, 1868, indorsing the platform
aud candidates of tho democratic party of that
year, which platform declared all tho con-
stitutional amendments, the cnfranchisoment
of the negroes and tho entire work Of recon-
stiuction null and void. The letter also in
dorsed Frank Blair's letter to Broadhead ad-
vocating sending the army south to undo the
work of reconstruction.
Of Indiana has been claimed by the democratic
press as q recent convert to Hancock democ-
racy, but he tears the lie in pieces in this wise:
81 consider General Hancock's nomination by
the rebel democracy as simply deooy to en-
trap democratic soldiers to support the ticket,
and thus enable tho southern brigadiers, with
the aid Of their northern allies, to get peace
able control Of the government they failed to
shoot to death in the war and attempted to
starve to death by legislation in congress UNI
less tho laws to protect the ballot box from
fraud were repealed"
ALL along the line the intelligence comes
that the democrats are closing up their ranks.
Tammany has laid down the Ratchet peace
has been patched up in Philadelphia, and in
Massachusetts, amicable overturos have been
rendered, which are expected to bring most
satisfactory results in Mano the fusion is
completed by the entire surrender Of the dem.
ocrats to the groenbackers, and everywhere
personal prejudices are being sunk for the
general good of tho party. This means that
the republicans will have to work harder tC
achieve success. A united democracy in the
north, with a solid south behindit, will obligC
every republican to come out and work.
IT was an extraordinary spe ctacle which
was presented during the recent investigation
of the election frauds in New York. Two
democratic United States senators, sworn to dc
their duty, appointed presumably to develop
the truth, and bound by every public and hon
orablo obligation to pursue fair, searching
and impartial inquiry, appeared as the attor
neys of convicted party and the apologist'
of demonstrated fraud. Instead of probing
the crime, they so light TO cover IL up. Instead
of rectifying the wrong they attempted to ar
raign aud brand the public official who do
tected exposed and resisted 1t. Their dut!
was that of investigators and judges, but they
acted as partisans and defenders.
THE Nyack Journal makes this pertinent con
trast: "Dehind Ga rlcld stan DIS a consisten
party, which, from its organization, ha
labored for national unity, national prosperity
national power, and national honor, which
from its first president and platform to this nom
inee and platform, has never swerved hair
breadth from the path it mapped out. BEHIND
! Hancock stands party which for twenty -fou
years has displayed ono succession of blunders
which has labored to destroy the union, to op
pose government, 10 debase our credit, and t
bring this nation into obloq ny and contemp
which, from James Buchanan and the platform
of 1856 TO General Hancock and the platform
of 1880, has never twice introduced the sam
planks, but varied from candidate holdin
one view to a candidate holding another view
till ut last it has nominated a candidate hold
| ing no views"