Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-06-02
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rae Lessen 81 she Deadlock.
For years 1t has been the stupid
fashion to apply the epithet "Bour'
bon' to the Democratic party.
Temporarily engulphed by the trs'
msndous cataclysm Of the Doug.
las Breckinridgs division in the
party, overtaken by phenomena
And memorable war, which the
great body Of the leaders, and the
masses Of the party, had sought to
postpone or evade; out of power,
with no voice In the councils Of the
nation, the Democratic party has
always been inspired by the nil
dsspsrondnn spirit. It has hoped
against hope; and, with the eapi.
tai Of the country arrayed against
It, and multiplied q hundred.
fold since 1850, 1t has come
to the ''scratch," time and
again, with = pluck, persist.
sncy and aplomb which should ex-
tort the admiration Of any one who
10 net . fool. A minority party, 1t
has had . hard row to hoe. For
twenty years the Democratic party
has not smelled the flesh. pots of
ofice. In sober verify, 1t has not
cared . baubee for thsp. 1mbued
With . fine republican and propa-
gandist impulse, 1t has been con-
tent to walt. While the least en-.
thusiastic Democrat would have
welcomed . national dispensation
which would have given the party
about one hundred and four thous-
and Federal offices, the party has
not been. at any stage Of Its histo-
~, In the least dispirited by that
faulty of the American people
which has, again and again, en-
trusted with power Republican
bArnacles who were, already many
folds encrusted with plunder. The
Democratic leaders and masses
have smiled stoically and waited.
Secure In the consciousness that
the Democratic party had made
the country all that 1t is, they have
known, in their souls, that their
party would be summoned. at the
right moment, to complete its uni
form aud patriotic work.
But, while the Democratic party
has not rioted in the vulgar delights
Of oince, it has really shaped The
policy Of the government Of the
United States. During tho war it
gave to the Union armies most ci
the men Of muscle, resolution and
purpese who made success against
tho dauntless resolve of the South
possible. The Democratic party,
which gave to the Union the
Northwestern territories, and for.
ever excluded slavery from that
magical section; which gave the
country Florida, Louisiana, and an
Immense belt of country fruitful In
sugar and cotton; the Democratic
party, which gave to the Union
California. Arizona, New Mexico
and Texas, while 1t has been ex.
0ludsd from Office, of late years, has
really shaped the destiny of the
United States-has, in fact, coerced
It. The Republican party desired
to ride roughshod over the South.
srn States. II Stanton had been
allowed to have his brutal
aud violent way, the excesses in
La Vsndss, which excited the dis.
gust OF Hoche. who subjugated that
loyalist section Of France, would
have paled in view of the atrocI.
ties which would have been prac.
tiesd on . valiant and heroic por.
ton Of the American people. The
extreme Republican programme
called for harrying the Southern
people with more than the ferocity
with which Dundee, under James,
hsrried the Covenanters; with
moro than the atrocity with which
the followers Of Dundee were In
turn harried under William Of Or.
Ange, with the massacre of Glencoe
% the salient episode of the latter
era Of brutality. The Democratic
party, during and after the war, has
always been able to say to North.
ern fanatics, entrenched In national
power, "Tbus far shalt thou 60 and
no further" 1t was Q noble office.
No party has ever. hitherto, been
able to acquIt itself Of such q Gig.
nal service to its country and to
mankind.
Naturally, for years, the Demo.
eRstic party, being, under our com.
plex electoral system, in q dis.
aeling minority, has not figured
q the full advantage which at.
tends : triumphant majority party.
Hat Il has uniformly done its per.
foot and patriotic work consum-
nately we'll. The late special sss.
Non Of the United States Senate
hog demonstrated the fact that the
Denneefatic leaders have regained
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