National Republican., 1880-10-01
THE CRY OF ALARM AND DESPAIR.

THE CRY OF ALARM AND DESPAIR.
Any one who perused the democratic
organ of yesterday morning and gave at
tention to the bcggar's petition which its
editor parades over his own potential sig
nature must be convinced that the demo-
cratic cause is in great extremity when it
resorts to such expedients and such agencies
for raising the wind. The sum and sub
stance of this cry of alarm, this help me
"CAssIUs, or l sink" is that democracy is
on its last legs, and inevitable defeat stares
1t in the face unless this piteous appeal is
needed and money is poured into the treas
ury of the mule-buyer like water, and that
too, without delay. This frantic appeal
shows, what most people have understood,
that all the brag, bluster, brass and vapor
that have been injected into the canvass
from tho democratic side is nothing but
wind-mere wind and empty sound This
also evidences the fact that thus far in the
an igRiS fdtuus and that
Dream after dream ensues,
And still they dream that they shall succeed,
And still are Disappointed
"Pity the sorrows" of q poor, old party,
whose trembling hand reaches out for
charity as it totters to its grave. This ap-
peal is virtual surrender of the whole
case. In referring TO Indiana, it says " If
Indiana were 10 vote on the I'd of October
instead of the 18th" 1t would do great
things, but rs 1t does not, the inference is
that, in the opinion of this beggar it is to
peter out on the 18th, and such no doubt
will prove to be the fact. Then follow
other ifs so abundantly that the reader is
impressed with the irresistible conclusion
that the democrats have lost confidence in
everything, and regard defeat in Indiana,
Ohio, New York and elsewhere in the north
ms inevitable as the DEGREES of fate Nothing
certain is left for them but the solid
south" and that may be shattered by their
redundance of ifs.
Now, let us pass over the piteousness of
this appeal and scrutinize its financial
prospects, as set forth in pathetic terms:
Aud yet the republicans have great ad.
vantage in their ability to gather and apply TO
legitimate or questionable campaign purposes
capital and capitalists easily, and, Unnecessary,
repeatedly. Including the money wrung out
OF the officials 1t Is fair to estimate that they
have already raised and applied over million
OF dollars. To Offset this, the democratic ma.
tonal committee has not been able to com.
mand one.tenth that sum. 1t may be urged
that If there is the good feeling aud enthu.
sasm for HANCOCK l have described not
much money Is needed. The theory is pretty
one, but 1t is not true. To defray the legiti-
mate expenses of the campaign in Indiana
alone fully $4,000 are needed. On an average
there are hundred democratic meetings held
every twenty.four hours in that state, and not
one Of them costs less than $25. That rate of
expense would quickly run up to 500 600
Then there are barbecues and rallies" Of
tons of thousands aud grand state rallies
like that proposed for the 9th of October at
indianapolis which cost all tho way from
$500 to $4,000. Besides all this must be
counted the tons of reading matter now being
printed and circulated, and tho expenses of
speakers who are brought from distant states
To guard the polls on tho day Of election and
furnish conveyanccs for tardy or lukewarm or
iuhrm voters there should be ut least fund
In the hands Of the Indiana committee OF
$4,000.
The following paragraph wears n suspi-
cious look, and it may betray the nnimus
Of the whole appeal. 1t is barely possible
that it is prompted by personal disappoiut-
ment in not realizing expectation from the
democratic national committee. 1t bears a
queer appearance;
Rich or well.to.do democrats SEQ the en-.
thusiasm all around them aud conclude that
money is not needed If they give Mt all it i.
only when solicited, and then grudingly. Not
one of them will be absent, however, when tho
fotfp Of i {. III.
The victory,
After this slap at rich, Indifferent and
niggard democrats, the appeal gives q
glowing description of the facilities pos
sesscd by tho republicans for raising funds
1t then falls into its wonted lachrymosC
mood and INDUCES in the following lamen-
tatons:
On the other hand as I say, tho democrat,
comparatively have no money aud do not seem
10 be able to get any The largest contribu,
tlon made to the fund of the national com
mlttee so far is $4,000, which was given by
Mr. TILDEN-and that was only sent In last
week-whereas il has been asserted over ant
over again that the old gentleman has given
100000. The next most liberal contribution
was from that sterling aud most liberal ant
stcadiast Of democrats, AUGUSTUS SCmELL
who gave $4,000. Judge HILTON, l sec b.,
the papers has given 100000, Its not tru,
not ono-twentieth part true. Altogether
the collections of Mr.. BARNUM's committc
up to this hour, are less than 100000. l vio
late no cOnhdeucein these statements becuus
the information has come to me outside Of al
official channels, nor do vonch for its scrupu
lyus correctness But there is no doubt thu
1t is, in the main, true.
The inventive genius of this appellan
for aid then proposes that the hat boposse
around among the democratic party, s
that every man shall have the opportunit
of dropping in his nickel; thus-to US
tho eloquent terms Of the memoralist-
the money would roll in responsive t
"such call by dollars, tens, hundreds an
thousands"
We have treated this matter somewha