Daily Republican., 1880-03-15
The Danger OF the Hour.

Auo Anobty qutbtion VI Wnas bono
> cratic candidate for the Presidency cal
: carry New York State still remains un
7 solved, and it looks now as If Tilden an,
q his bar'ls would be accepted for th
: sake Of supplying the Democracy will
r the sinsws of war. This plan may no
9 succeed in carrying New York but i
Q will furnish the Democrats with tn
9 money which they will need in carry
9 ing on the campaign of fraud which ha
/. been blocked out. There can be n,
doubt that It is the intention of tn,
: leaders Of the Democracy to seat tn,
Democratic candidate in the Presiden
tial chair whether he is elected or not
Representative Hill Of Georgia, let that
much be known some weeks ago, When
, the National Democratic Committee met
in Washington to fix time and place
for the meeting Of the National Demo.
cratic Convention. Mr.. Hill at a pub
lie meeting held at that time is report
ed as having said that the Democrats
would nominate their man at Cincinna.
ii and they intended to inaugurate
him whether elected or not. " Windy
bombast is part of the inheritance
which the Democratic party has de-
rived from the Lords of the lash of other
days, and under other circu instance s
We might be induced to pass such re-
marks by as being of very little conse.
quence, but when deliberately made by
Democratic member of Congress to
Democratic audience, eliciting loud ap-
plause from the multitude who listened
and drank in tbs words as sound views
Of Democracy, we may well pause and
consider where We are drifting. The
Democrats in order to break the mis-
chievous force of Mr.. Hills remarks,
have reported they were made under
the influence of alcoholic potations. 1t
often happens that out of the abundance
OF the heart the mouth speaketh, and |
it is quite likely that Mr.. Hill has only
blabbed out under the influence of rye
juice that which cooler Democratic
heads had planned in secret caucus. 1t
must be admitted that the conduct of
many leading Democrats is such as to
Justify this belief that they never expect
to elect another President, and never
intend to submit their cause tc another
popular verdict. The apparent mad
ness OF their course, the superhuman
folly of insulting decent public opinion
with extra sessions of wrangling Con-
crosses, revolutionary threats, Maine
Garcelou swindles, plots to GUST Repub,
lican members, all show that the
Democrats have no intention during
the present year Of relying upon the
popular verdict. If they mean to carry
a pretended election by fraud, and to
accomplish inauguration by force, they
may naturally care but little whether
they disgust all law abiding citizens CT
whether they carry New York or not.
Under these assumptions Mr.. Tilden's
war against Tammany remains 10 long.
or inexplicsble. II the Democracy mean
10 reject the votes of certain States on
pretexts which can easily be msnufac-
.ured in a Garcslonish manner, and
thus to throw the election into the q
House or to prevent any declarations of !
election by the people it is not strange
hey care but little for the vote of New
York, and are now willing to make TIL
len their candidate. It cannot be de- !,
lied that things are assuming such
hape in the Democratic party that the q
Inference may safely be drawn that the,
eaders Of that party have decided that
he Congressional delegation from Min
lesota must be made Democratic BY
'usting Mr.. Washburn and admitting
Donnelly. This would give the Demo. I
rats a majority Of two States in Con.
'ress and will insure Democratic "a
resident if the election goes to the
House. The only way to prevent the
onsuumation of this dastardly plot is 20
or Republicans to throw aside all little
minor differences and unite to make
he Republican majority 80 overwhelm. !
ngly large that it will deter any at :,
empt at fraud. The Democrats do not al
nesn to let the Republicans have the
'ext President even though be should ~
70 fairly elected by them, and the soon J
this thought can be ground into the Of
Kinds OF the people, the sooner will 1t q
larm them of the danger of the hour, 2,
nd enable them to so act that the dan F
er may be avsrted. ~
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