The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-07-29

Now, CDlSit'. IIlt'. II tftl4tfd lldltOCh tNtl th.
be elected II must be by a very hearty operato.
OF all these elements the tiTteuback Democrats III
OhIo. Maine and Indiana and tho NcNt and Soilh
with the hard money men il New ork New Jcr
sey and other States; tile protcclionlsts IN one
uartcr and the free traders n another: the war
Democrats ia the North and the reactionary Gle
ments elsewhere and 70 all these elements 10
Eether. ten. Hancock II successful AT all. VIII oSc
his success and all these elements, if the success
tul party is to be maintained in its strength and
continued in power. must be satisfied IN order 10
hold them together. That will be the situation
and such the problem which the soldier. to whom
political science and management So far have been
a sealed book, viii have to solve hat VIII he
do to satisfy the hard money men without diving
the Greenbackers away What viii he DO to keep
the tirecnhackers in the party without betrhAluE
the principles of the hard money men How VIII
he satisfy the Southern element, that claims 10
haze been robbed BY an anti slavery war ana Is Ell
Titled to restitution IN SomC shape and AT the same
time keep the management OF the government
within the bounds of economy ana propluaie the
Northern taxpayer. How Will he content the
southern men in the distribution OF Offices, who
will claim that they have furnished the majority OF
votes and therefore entitled to the lion share
And how VIII he keep the Northern Denocrac! in
good spirits and ia working order by adstnbuliun
Of the patronage which will appca>e the hunger of
twenty years These are some Of the problems
which the unsophistlcated soldier President. whose
whole sphere Of mental activity has So far been
confined to the handling of troops on the Held OF
battle and TO the narrow horizon Of duty winch
army te III times OF peace comprises viii have to
solve And thes prohie HIS he VIII have to solve.
not in rHe quiet Of The closet surrounded by few
able cuuusellors III peaceful consultation, but
quickly. under the bewidering pressure Of no.
hundred but thousands of eager politicians, VIII"
till the air with label OF sounds and with pan
demonlum OF conflicting ambitions This is task
that would tax nlaH o. phenomenal genius I" The
utmost at his capacity: but what viii become OF
Que who Is unaided even by the least experience
OF political life. and has nothing but Lis inner con
scIOusnesS to measure the value OF his arguments
and preteIces which are dinncd into his ears, and
the character Of the Interests that besieEe him with
their urgency for Immediate action
4 GAMGLtNG CHANCE FOR HARD MONEY Ml%.
let us now what. view Of all this
have right 10 expect from democratic victory
Is Ii the malntenaoe OF our public ttIth hllc
there are prominent opponents OF reputation in
the democratic party, it is notorious fact that
all the elements hostile to the constitutional dis
charge OF national obligations have also gath
cred under the same banner. Nearly all ii not
ALL the States That have rePudlated or speak oil
pudlalng their own debts are Democratic States.
with heavy Democratic majOrites, furnishing DeIu-
Ocrallc electoral votes and congressman. VI no
VAL Tell NE that it is certain they will b. more
CONSCIENTIOUS with regard To the national uebt
than they showed themselves with regard To their
own! Have We a right to expect sound nan-
cldl policy While there are many goOt, sound
mouty men in the Democratic party it is equally
well known that the Democratic party has irreSst
IDLY attracted to It's fold very large majority of
the Grecnbackers. iuilatiouiSts and fiat money
men 1t has indeed in It's national platforms OF
late declared for sound money, but i'll 1876 while
X pronounced for resumption, 1t demanded at
the same time the repeal Of the Resumption
law | ask what would have become of re
sumption had the Resumption law been repeal
ed But while thus speaking of sound money
in their national platforms is it not equally true
IN a large number of the States the most prom
inent nfatonistS are put forward for the highest
honors, followed by the masses Of their party So
General Ewing, in Ohio General Butler III Mas
sachusetts, so Mr. Landers i'll Indiana, while in
Maine. Democrats and Greenbackcrs fuse in
dial embrace, and while in many OF the Western
and most OF the Southern States the Democrats a.
most 0.dSSe represent unsound financial ideas
Is 1t not true that to the last, resumption
opposed in Congress by Democratic congressman
Why, when General Hancock nominated. the
attraction for the Greenbackeis seemed to be 50
strong that the venerable Peter Cooper and Gene
raj Sam Cary OF Ohio were among the first to pay
TO him their devotion and wish hlm success. Now,
any body foretell what will happen in these re-
spects in Of Democratic victory In fact
do not know whether the advocates of the pub
lie faith or the repudatonists whether the hard
money or the inilatl onists, the strongest
element in the Democratic party throughout the
country, and which of those elements will control
its policy. | appeal to you, business men, am |
going too far in saying that all this is dark and
that i'll voting the Democratic ticket Won will take
a gambling chance, and that chance being rather
against you Are you prepared. taxpayers of the
country, to take that gambling chance under such
circumstances