The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-05-05
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seat in the Senate, the Democrats claim
ed him as one of themselves. When he
voted with the Republicans, Hill, of
Georgia, made an angry attack upon
him, charging him with deserting the
Democratic party. That attack has
been repeated day after day, in various
language, by various Democratic SEN
ators. The form of the charge against
Malone is that he ought to vote with
the Democrats; that the State of Vir-
ginia, which made him q Senator, will
be misrepresented If he doesn't vote
with the Democrats; that he was elected
as q Democrat at least in part, and not
nc all as q Republican. Coupled with
these denunciations of Malone are de-
nunciations of the Republicans for per-
mitting him to vote with them; for
associating with him; for allowing
single office in Virginia to beoflered to
one of Mahone's supporters.
There has rarely been more ridicu-
loIs exhibition in Congress. This man
ought to be Democrat; he is repudi-
ator, shout the Democratic Senators.
There never was such an unnatural eX-
hibition in the world, they think, as
repudiator not being a true Democrat.
That the Republicans should be willing
to associate with repudiator is mon
strous-he ought to associate only with
Democrats. That the Republicans
should allow repudiator to vote on
their side is amazing-his proper place
is on the Democratic side.
Why! these Republicans are actually
offering an Office to the author of the
readjusters' reputation bill, riddle
berger, who has always been a Demo-
crat," as Brown of Georgia fiercely
charged. the other day. Riddleberger
once tried to turn a colored man out of the
Virginia Legislature, said another DEM
ocratic Senator, who considered it mon
strous that the Republicans should offer
an Office to such a man, when every
body knows that it is the sole right of
the Democratic party to give offices to
such men. Malone and Riddleberger
are dishonorable, dishonest. perjured,
rascally, bad every way-they have all
the qualifications of Democrats, they
are Democrats by nature--the Republi-
can party ought to be ashamed of itself
for allowing such men to vote on its side
they belong to the Democratic side!
This is the real sum of the eloquent
Democratic growls which 60 up daily
from the Senate. Don't you know
tuttt tutSc dIo IWo CAJICAhClN oioiCputd-
BILE fellows; they belong to us; they've
got our brand on EN-; and we want 'em
on our side," cry Hampton, Brown.
Beck, Hill, Voorhees, and the other
Democratic leaders.
The people see the plainly the point
and pith of this matter. IfMahone would
only vote on the Democratic side, he
would be "a high toned Southern
gentleman" and one of the brave men
who fought for the Confederacy, an
honor to old Virginny, reputation and
all. But the moment he votes on the
Republican side he is q traitor. The
Republican party is smirched by as
ISOLATION with him; but the Democratic
party would be proud to own him.
When the Pharisees said of the founder
of Christianity, ''Why this fellow asso-
ciates with publicans and sinners!' they
were consistent, because they didn't
associate with that class. But Demo-
cratic leaders exclaimed against the
Republicans for associating with publi-
cans and sinners because the Demo-
cratic party does associate with them.
They pay plain tribute of vice to
virtue when they swear that it is
monstrous for the Republican party
to fellowship with regulators and ex-
Confederates, because the Republican
party is too pure and good to admit
such associates, who manifestly have
their proper home in the Democratic
party only. That these men seek the
Republican side is evidence of repent
ance; but the Democratic leaders do
not believe that men who have so many
Democratic qualities ought to be al
lowed to repent or be saved. 1t ap-
pears to them a scheme to break down
and obliterate the chief characteristics
of the Democratic party, and great
deal worse than Bob Ingersolfs sacri-
legious attempts to abolish hell and the
devil. Why, if this sort of thing is
permitted. pretty soon there will be no
sort of comfort in politics. If this is
allowed to 60 on, even the bulldozers
may put away their shot-guns, join the
Republican party and be good citizens
and then what will become of the
Democratic partyP-DetroH Post and
Tribune.