Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-09-17
LET WELL ENOUaH ALONE.

The principal argument OF the De-
mocracy in favor Of transferring the
government and administration into
their hands at the coming election u
that q ''chsngs" would be beneficial and
operate well for the country and the
peopls at large. Where or how those
benefits would be made manifest they
do not clearly show; but 1t Is pretty
plain that they have q selfish motive In
the matter. and Whatever benefits there
would be in the change they would en-
deavor to appropriate to themselves to q
considerable extent. 1t will be borne in
mind that under the last Democratic
administration the country was going to
ruin ut an extremely rapid rate. and
Floyd. Davis aud numerous other lead
ing Democrats stole ell they could OF the
public property and then attempted to
steal about halt OF the country. And
vet the Democracy have howlsd fraud
and charged ,hisvery upon the Rspu6-
lican administration ever since.
Whatever OF corruption and stealing
there has been among the government
officials since the wal can DO traced
directly to the disarrangemsnts and
other results caused by that very war
which tho Democracy plunged the coun-
try into. During Grants administra-
ton especially q considerable amount OF
official delinquency and crookedness
was unearthed. but it was discovered by
Republicans. not by the Democracy. and
in every case the frauds were corrected
aud the offenders brought to grief by
the government itself. 1t is q pretty
good party that is able to discover and
correct its own mistakes.
The Republican party has been in
power for twenty years. yet has not nee.
sssarily become demoralifsd and increas-
insly corrupt. On the contrary. there
has been less and hess OF corruption.
fraud and m~alfeassncs in office year by
year ever since the war. During the
past three or four years, especially. the
administration under President Hayes
has been exceptionally pure and salts
factory. Not even Q Democrat can
honestly fnd fault with 1t in any re-
spect. The administration Of Mr..
Hayes must stand on record as n Of
the clesnest and most prosperous In the
history Of the Republic. Ia fact, not.
w~ithstanding all the fault found with
him and his Southern policy at first. the
last two years speak well Of him and his
administrative ability and judgment.
The Republican party took the country
in . state Of chaotic Generalization
from the Democracy aud brought II
through Gre and sword publication to .
frmer. proudsr aud more prosper status
among nations than ever. Everything is
going along smoothly and well. and
every step 10 forward. never backward.
A change to the Democracy would be
simply a ruinous backward step. 1t 10
by far the safest to judge the future by
the past and let well enough alone. The
San Francisco Arconaut says:
The Republican party. instead Of being
debauched and demoralized by power. be-
comes. from year TO year. purer and bet
tar, till IL stands today without IN equal
among the parties controlling the civilized
soyernments Of the world. for honesty Of
financial administration. It's management
Of the national finances has proved . mar
vel OF success. There 10 no similar Incl
dent in the worlds history. II has chal.
lsnged the admiration OF the statesmen OF
all other countries. and American credit
stands today better than that OF any other
government ia the world. II there 10
an uuansverable argument against bring
ing the Democratic party back to power,
ID lies in the fact that we do not desire any
change, aud that the nation cannot afford
TO have any; aud least OF all. Q change that
will bring the country under the political
control Of the men who endeavored to de-
stroy 1.-THE payment Of the national debt
under the management Of the men who
created 1.-THE preservation Of the nation
al credit In the hands OF Southern rebels.
whose arst movement would be to repudi-
ate it-such Q change would be . national
calamity. aud 10 only demsnded by Demo
cratic onaeesesking beggsrs-now ont OF
employment.
The history and record Of the Demo-