, 1880-01-24
TILE POLITICAL SITUATION.
From u 1turnl Point OF vlow.

Hf0m n 1kutRB HOlnt OF Vl0ws
1Vaukspan {Il.) Republican.
It must DO apparent to even careless teai.
Or Of political history, that the approaching
portant rs any since 1850.
tered little whether tho tariff question WA
voted UP or down, but there is great occasion
Tor alarm when tho fact Is patent TINT DOW.
erful combination Is accomplished between
the Northern Democracy and oil tho States
Is s. equaiy apparent IL tSat ossyeeat success;n
combination Of this kll,tt must result In Dc.
Btroylng oil tho fruits of tho ]ate War, eY.
ecpt, possibly, the OLD form Of slavery. to Be-
repfaecd by another form Of opprcsslon
:. II tic Republican pnrty ever had a mission.
1t hns one now, mid 1t will be recrenut TO ia
high trust rcp0sel In 1t II It should now, In
the presence. OF danger, make atty tnistakes
Thcro MUST be O llcaltllful diagnosis Of tho
case,
Oyer and beyond the question rs to who
shall hold Office, there Is q deeper and broader
0nc,-.-tllat Is: Upon what principles shall
this Government bB administered ? Involving
the further question. Who shall administer
Gen, Grant retired from the Presidency On
the 4th Of hlarch, 1877, closing. tho fourth
term to Whicl, q President had been elected
by the h. Republican party; The election .!
M1 ayss as 6s ss2fRsea fae snd wv ssa
and with tho loss Of New York, Indiana, and
New Jersey, which Ind formerly contributed
to Republican SUCCESS tho loss in part being
supplied by three Southern States.
1850 for the Kopnb!!ean NOMINEES II Is use: :
less to spend dollar in the attempt, for Il
thora were a clear majority 1t must bo II.
mcInbered TINT all the Returning Boards, y
yell as Congress, belong to tho Opposition.
Thinking Republicans should not DO d.
cciveI BY my protestatfons OF loyalty Of hon
esty, OF proposed acquiesGcnce In any new
departure. The result Of the concfllatory OK.
pertinent made BY the present Adninlstra..
tho hollowness aud insincority Of Southern
leaders and Southern people.
The question now arises, and 1t 1B serious
one, Whom WILL the party place at the head
q the y ,tieketS L is not, Who ean comma1a
will vote for any tolorably reputable noml,
INC Ictisl opposttfo7l ,-
Mit! With al the S9ut4ern '} s Stats gone-wtth th
NV Yee Ra9eisS ID Rfs1ss ns Gass stft scsn
q Vital question, the responsibility Of answer
Ing which rests upon the people themselves.
Is thore man In the Republican party who
will not be opposed,
EAIaLs w LltG ElClbt NktAs5 Ql NbIlllIl8. WHO
have always favored IN honest adninist1a-
ton OF Governmental affairs?
Second. BY a worry largo class OF pelsons
within the Republican ranks who nro neither
politicians nor 0fflce-scekers, but who, con.
scientlously believe In O healthy CiYil-Seryioo
reform2
Third, by q largo class Of Republicans
who do. not bofiova that tha emergency
demands that the pFecedcnta Of 100 years
Should he Ignored In regard to q third
term?
Fourth, by a. largo class who believe
(whcther correctly or not) that some OF our
former Administrations were not such mod
els Of purity lin the expression OF Its agcn-
cies) as should again be followed?
Can q convention Ignore these several
classes OF voters?
Wo must romomber that there has been no
Solid South stnce 1851.
:. Ii is easy to accomplish nominations under
the cover Of gongs, horns, nnl brass bands;
but the people do not long subsist on no!sa
and wind.
AWaYe is no wave unless It Is OIL tho tins
wave.
It Is not now question Of Stalwarts " Or
NeforMers." It Is question OF life and
death, to be mot squarcly and honestly, aud
not to DO settled by sharp political tricks
nor" " sharp thlngsh y in the manipulation Of
caMci,scs and conventions.
Unless tho people shall be made TO feel that
they have been treated fairly, and that there
has been an open, FREQ, and honest expression
OF opinion and choice, defeat will inevitably
result.