The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-08-25
A Democratic Congress.

A peculiar, sweetish smell Of the
breath, the surgeons state, is sure In
dication of the disease called pyamia,
or blood-poisoning. We are forcibly
reminded of this circumstance upon
reading, in q Dem ocratic journal an
earnest appeal to the party TO "do for
the name Democracy here what the
XLIVth Congress did for, it in the
country at 1argeAmake it sweet-smell-
ing in the nostrils of the people,
That the Democracy did get into the
condition of a pyemic. patient, and
was near deaths door from poisoning
of the blood, had been suspected be-
fore, but it is little surprising to find
a Demoe ratio journal admitting the
fact. -, -.-s.rg 80. ,....i, y, -.l..'..--,
But how marvellous it Is in all seri-
BUSINESS, to find journals speaking In
such terms of approval of the XL1Yth
Congressi Does it not forcibly, Illus
trate the absolute incapacity of Demo
cratic leaders and journalists for ap-
preciating the state of public opinionf
In plain truth. the country had never
been more completely disguised by any
Legislative or other political body with
in the memory of living man, than by
the behavior of. the Democratic major
ity in that Congress and the disgust
has been increasing. Men may possi-
bly, differ as to the justice of this feel
| ing. The fact that it existed and still
exists has been demonstrated in, the
most convincing manner, and 1t is q
wonder that single Individual can
| anywhere be found, even among that
purblind class, the leaders of Democ-
racy. who has not observed the mani
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many of the abiest Democratic Jour
nalists frankly and with great pain
have admitted that that Congress had
brought the party into disgrace, had
impaired public confidence in the party,
and had gone far to insure q Repub-
ican victory. In scores of articles
these journalists sternly rebuked the
Democratic majority for I" throwing
away the best G hance the party had
seen for many ye ars."
The failure of the Democratic party,
in spite of rare political opportunities,
in the elections of, ,1S77 and 1873, and
its overwhelming defeat at the elections
last year, was sufficient proof that the
behavior of Congress had disgusted the
people. At its latest session this Dem
ocratic Congress behaved not better,
but even worse. 90 In financial matters
it brought about q needless and violent
panic. In matters of taxation it out
ragged the, business interests of the
country by negleeting everything that
ought toih have been done. In politics IL
insulted the country by turning out
duly elected Representatives and by in
sisting upon the repeal of-an laws that
aim to prevent fraud in elections. Hay-
ing been previously restrained by a Re-
publican Senate, Congress disclosed its
spirit fully when both branches were
Democratic. Base, unscrupulous, blind
and malignant partisanship ruled its
action, and the people saw IL SO clearly
that thousands of independent and con-
servative voters, in every State where
the voting is free, turned from the
Democratic party and voted against it.
In the face of all these facts, could
there be a more absurd untruth than
the assertion that q Democratic Con-
gress has :. made the name Democracy
sweet-smelling in the nostriis of the
peopleP"
The one fact which more than all
others makes the Democratic party in
competent to gain or to keep power is
that it is utterly unable to perceive or
to understand public opinion. Itnever
yet mas -recORnlzeU the IhcI InaG In0
country holds the Democratic party re-
sponsible fer the rebellion, for the pro-
longation of the war, and for all the
dark and bloody deeds which followed
the attempt to establish loyal Govern
ments at the South after the war had
ceased. 1t never yet has perceived that
the sober and conservative thought Of
the country was shocked and repelled
by its repudiating spirit and aims. In
a word, not q single one of the great,
controlling and enduring movements Of
public opinion within the past twenty
years has been perceived or compre-
hended by the Democratic party. No
wonder, then, that it fails to appreciate
the great disgust which was caused by
its behavior when intrusted with law
making power. The country win not soon
forget the only Congress for many years
in which there has been q Democratic
majority in both branches, its unspeak-
able stupidity, its reckless contempt for
consequences, its-base and shameless
patisanship, its desperate endeavor to
destroy all purity of elections. So well
does the country remember, that il
will probably be long before we see
lanother. Democratic Congress.-M y.
Tribune. .s-,f-rt.,,1