National Republican., 1880-07-21
The Garnerinrs of travelling Democrats.

The GarneriDgs of Travelling Democrats.
THE REPUBLICAN yesterday got hold of o
democrat who was a copperhead during the
war, and had some unplcasantness with the
military authorities of his state on account of
his strong auti.war proclvitics, who is intell-
gent and wide-awake observer and listener,
and it derived considerable political comfort
from his narrated observations and experiences.
He is q constant traveller, VIII minglos with
the popular masses. lie has been in Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana Illinois,
Nebraska, Iowa and Wisconsin of late, and has
chatted with all sorts of people, and he gives
it as his deliberate judgment that each aud
all the states named will give round majority
for CART old and Arthur. Tho great fear that
pervades the public mind seems to lie the con-
sequen COS that will follow the surrender of
this government into the hands Of II party
which has sought to destroy it. The more
thinking classes Of tho democrats seem to be
impressed with the thought that tho
southern brigadiers can neither he
controlled nor trusted should they
gain control over the nation. They arc ad.
monished by the action of this class during
the extra session Of congress that when they
are safely anchored in power they will strike
at the laws of reconstruction, ut the rights of
freedom and citizenship, at tho freedom of tho
ballot and the purity Of the election franchise
ut the north and west as they have during the
past eight years in tho south, and that the
fruits of the war will be all FILTERED away. 1t
is not so much because they distrust the
ability or fidelity Of General Hancock us that
they have no confidence in his power to resist
the schemes of revolution of the party that
stands behind him in this contest in which le Is
u mere fgurehead and decoy. They fear and
will not trust party that has once proved It,
self the direst enemy the nation has ever had
| They have property Interests that will be
placed in jeopardy by giving power to the late
rebels, aud they will not, for the sake Of
party, expose them to danger. Fol
| these and other rcusons this informant says
considerable percentage Of tho democratic
party will either remain at homo and bear nc
part in the election, or will. perhaps, support
their local ticket and cast their electoral votes
furtivcly for Garfield. lie is of the opinion
that Hancock Is not near as strong now as he
was the day after ho WAS nominated. while
General Garfield is much stronger now than at
any previous moment, aud will continue Ia
grow in popularity up 10 the day of tho cleo
| tion, whilo that of his opponent Is and will
continue on the retrograde,
| Such information, coming as II does volun'
tarily from the camp of the enemy and from
creditable source, is not without its comfort
ing influences. 1t shows how hollow are all
the pretended confidence and boastings of the
democratic hornblowers and claokers through
out tho country. But 1t is all Of n piece
Democratic loyalty is sham and its patriot
ism deception. That party seeks to deludc
the people to get power, that its votaries may
plunder the government, wipe out the laws oI
reconstruction aud turn tho finger back Ou
the dial of progress. The people will moi
trust the democrats