The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-20

seAA uSsSt gain auDsIanllai,
cr rather, . national victory. The
truth IS, the democratic party is
not the democratic party any
lcnger;itls rather party managed
By leaders too anxious to secure
possession of the flesh pots Of
Egypt in the administration OF
the government At large. 1t IL
needless for Us to write the his
tory of each and every campaign
since the defeat Of Douglas and
Of Breckenridge and the election
of Lincoln, to prove that the
party has adopted any and every
issue after it had been abandoned
by the republicans, and adhered |
to only those principles agalnst
which the republican party wagsd |
successful warfare. These are
facts which . people have 30 well
learned that after gallant fight
on the part of the democratic
party, led by gallant presidential
leader, the majority have declded
they are not democrats. This is
enough to show that the leaders
of the party, outside of Hancock,
are bad. II we wanted further
proof on this point, we would
ind it in the fact that in their
greed for prominence in the di>
vision of spolls, the leaders d.
vide and quarrel among them>
selves until the electoral vote OF SO
great State as New York Is lost,
and with it all hope OF the party
since; by losing New York the
election was lost. We have it
from such newspapers as the New
York Sun, owing to the great de-
sire OF democratic leaders to con-
troll for themselves the official
patronage of that city, amounting
to over millions of dollars, the
State was given to the enemy; and
we hear that democratic leaders
IN Pennsylvania and other States
threw cold water upon the par.y's s
| efforts to conduct successful
campaign, because the party's
platform, in the matter of free
trade, interfered with their inter,
ests which were protected BY q
high protective tariff which they
were sorry was n ot higher! How
can party succeed with such
men as leaders who will put sell
first and forget patriotism? How
will it succeed 80 long as the
leaders in such a State as New
York, when that State is the ball
auce of power in their favor, sci
the welfare and interests OF the
party for a mess of pottage? ThC
conclusion ls newt able tha
l
there can be no substantial Of
complete victory to the party
until there are a aew set of lead
ers. But to have new leaders tht
leeches now hanging upon tn,
party, for the good the party vii
bring them, must be done away
with. How to destroy the leachei
is the main question. There
must be reason on the part 0.
these who have brains, and who
!. declare that IN order to destro,
tue leeches you must kill the
party, and commence anew with>
out them. It the new party il
born with new ideas, and without
camp>followers seeking crumbs
OF comfort at any and every ones
expense, then there is hope fol
the great number of democrats
who were once organized, but
virtually have been disband-
ed by their late defeat, aud
must now seek other abiding
places than those which knew
them for years, but through the
force of disastrous circumstances,
must know them no more There
must be new party, @ nex
name, new principles, and those
principles must not embrace op,
position to the man ulacturing in'
! terest of the country. There
was time when these United
States were without their manu-
factories. At that time a pro
tectiye tariff would not be coun.
. tenanced, and free trade was de
sirable. Those who would argue
contrary forget the past history
OF the American republic. To,
: day were the Southern States
which ouce desired free trade
because OF lacking Of manufac-
tories to make use Of their raw
cotton, are now, with the man
ntactories elamonng for pro
lection. The government ha,
changed, and it is undeniabls,
that party must not become
tossihzed, but change with the
country, or 1t cannot meet it
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