Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-07
THE REBEL YELL"

The Democratic enthusiasm that exists to-
day is denounced by the Republican press as
''the rebel yell.'' So be it. 1t is the rebel
yell. 1t is protest of rebels against the
corruption, the extravaganza, the dishonesty
of the Republican party. 1t is a yell that
will resound from one end of the country to
the other, and it will be joined in by many
thousands of men who have heretofore felt
proud of being reckoned among the ad-
herents of the Republican party.
For the GLoBE's part there is no hest
fancy in adopting for the Democratic party
the phrase. The party has, in reality, rails
ed ''the rebel YELL 1t is the rebel party. It
rebels against the manner in which our af-
fairs have been conducted in the past. 1t
rebels against the delegation of powers to
the federal government that are, by the con-
stitution, reserved to the States. 1t rebels
against the theory that this is nation, in
sisting that the United States are confeder-
ated league, joined together for mutual pro-
lection. 1t rebels against the manifest
theory that the Congress has not the right
to amend or repeal laws of its own orea-
ton. 1t rebels against fraud in the counting
of electoral votes, by means of which a per-
son not elected is enabled to occupy the
Presidential office. 1t rebels against the
dictatorial system, of late growth, which
orders men to vote thus or so, believing in
the theory that men fit for freedom are
capable of choosing the men who they think
are best fit to administer the affairs of the
republic. 1t rebels against the extravaganza
that has characterized the administration of
affairs for the past fifteen years, and insists
upon more crcumspection in the selection
of the officers who are charged with the dis
bursement of the money of the people. 1t
rebels against the corruption that has for SO
long time held sway in the management of
federal affairs, and insists that all public
officers shall be held to rigid accounta-
bility for their acts. It rebels against the
illegal and unconstitutional acts by which
the Republican party has sought to perpetu-
ate itself in power. 1t rebels against mon
archism, inclusive of its near relation, CEN
trail government, otherwise denominated q
nation. It rebels against protection, for the
reason that the tariff benefits but fsw, while
it Expresses many. 1t rebels against the
present unjust revenue taxation for the rea-
son that it is levied with discrimination. 1t
rebels, in short, against the theory of the
Republican party that the government is
sustained for the benefit of the officials
rather than for the benefit of the people.
The Democratic party is the rebel party.
It need not hesitate to adopt the appelation
given it by its opponents. 1t may be proud
of rebelling against iIlegality in the admin
istration of justice and the Interpretation OF
the constitution and the laws. 1t should be
proud of its rebellion against the malad-
ministration of the affairs of the govern
ment and of its advocacy of honesty and
economy in its expenditures. It should be
willing that the "rebel yell'' should go up
from every hamlet in the land, and resound
from Maine to California, and from the
great lakes TO the gulf.