The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-02-17
"S0wing " DissensiOns.o


has made the alarming discovery that
the policy of the Republican party for
1884 will be to "create dissensions in
the Democratic ranks" The country
will receive the intelligence with q
shock. For although it Is well known
that the Republican party has revealed
depth of depravity in its treatment of
the Democracy that is wholly without
parallel in the history of politics, it has
not been thought possible that human
nature could be SO base as deliberately
to attempt to disturb the peace and
tranquility of party whose unaniInity
and harmony are at this moment the
delight of all good men and the admira-
tion of the world. The infamous con-
duct of the Republicans in the last cam
paign. in denying that General Garfield
was liar, perjurer and thief, and in re-
fusing to believe that he wrote the
Morey letter, is well known. For this,
however. there may be faint shadow
OF justification, since they had placed
him in nomination and had to make a
show of standing by him. Wicked,
obstinately wicked as was their behavior
in this regard, it did not go to the
length of attempting to SOW dissensions
in the ranks of the great and powerful
and united party opposed to them.
But it seems as if the appetite for
crime grew by what it fed on. From
this statement--and it must be truthful,
for it comes from a newspaper not
easily deceived. one that could not be
imposed upon by General Garfield's
denial or the forger's confession, but
still believes that Garfield wrote the
Morey letter-it appears that the in
human Republican conspirators have
fixed their evil eyes upon Democratic
harmony and determined to destroy it.
Coming from any other source we
should be unwilling to credit the re-
port Unhappily, we know too well
that partisanship leads to extremes.
But we did suppose it had its limits.
And now to think that it deliberately
proposes to fling the apple of discord
break up that happy family-it is too,
too much. When we consider this
great and united party, cuddled to-
0ether in a common disaster, ovvins
over each other in fraternal sympathy,
braiding their fingers in each others
hair. and swapping griefs over lost
post-offices in terms of mutual endear-
ment, it does not seem possible that
anybody in human form, much less
great party, could think for q moment
Of disturbing such unalloyed domestic
bliss.
The newspaper that has discovered
this conspiracy gives us no details as to
when or where the dissension-sowing is
to begin. Let US at least hope that the
unhofy enterprise will not be initiated
in this city. Here at least, where there
is so much harmony that there are not
halls enough to hold it, and as fast as
one gets filed they open and fill an
other; where disintegration and reor-
ganization are constantly going on with
q view to complete union and greater
love among the brethren; where Kelly
and Cooper lie down and roll over to-
gether, while Waterbury and John Fox
comfort them both with q paddle-here
let there be no such interruption Of the
Arcadian state. Indeed. it is scarcely
credible that Republican madness
would 90 so far as to undertake to Gre
ate discord here. And If it did. it is
very certain not only that the gentle
men who have hired so many halls and
brass bands to bring about this pleasing
state of affairs would stamp out any at
tempt to disturb it, but that the general
public, charmed and delighted with the
daily demonstrations of affection be-
tween the brethren, would rise up in
opposition to any interference with the
show.
Still less would the public view with
any sort of favor an attempt to sow dis
sension among individual leaders. To
distrust the cordiality existing between
MIR. Kelly and Mr.. Tilden, or between
Mr.. Tilden and Mr.. Hendricks. or be-
tween Mr.. Hendricks and Mr.. English,
or between Mr.. English and Mr.. Wat
terson, or Watterson and Hewitt, or
Weaver and Sparks. or Cox and Spring
or, would be in the public estimation
an unjustifiable and objectionable Of
fense. The spectacle offered by these
gentlemen locked in each others affec-
tionate embraces is one that the COM
munity to whom it has been so long IA
miliar will not willingly give up. Any
attempt to set these leaders at variance
would be Indignantly frowned down.
In fact, we do not see where the Re-
publicans can begin +" sowing dissension
in the Democratic ranks" with any
reasonable show of success. Let us
hope the fendish design will be aban-
doned, II not on account of its brutalf
ty, then because It is impracticable.- e.--