The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-09-23

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II Il not surprising that lhe Rcpub-
lican press il manifcsting a intense
anxiety g % the man whom TIE Dom
ocrats have In training for tho next
Presidential canvass. II seems 20 be
pretty well-Setfled fact with our con-
1emporarics that their party interest In
the Presidency will cease with the pres
cnt term. Not even tho most sanguine
politician imagines that Mr.. Garfield
Cor, in case Of his death. Mr.. ARTHUR.
will ever have Republican successor.
Naturally. in view Of this fact. specula-
tion runs riot as TO the Democrat who
Il 70 oil the place. Al the DRIFT Of
Democratic politics inerges into
straight ont Democratic principles, Mr..
Tilden begins TO focus the Republican
eve. They see in him the ablest Dem
ocratic leader and the most consum-
mate politician Of the party. They
know that q canvass shaped by him
means campaign on Democratic prin-
ciples. pure and simple, and that the
party organized on these principles Is
invincible. The people have never yet
IN popular election recorded their OPP
position TO The doctrines OF the Demo
cratic party. In the campaign which
Immediately succeeded the war,
terrorism. produced By bayoncts,
gave 10 the Republican party success
Il could not have procured in any
other way. The Greeley campaign was
q Democratic suicide. That huge po-
litical blunder Is without parallel In
political lunacy. But Mr.. Tilden came
forward in 1876 to redeem for the party
the opportunity il threw away, and his
canvass still continues the wonder and
admiration Of his party. But ii Is easy
20 see now how his success in procur-
ing the popular Endorsement was made
so easy. He stood squarcly on Demo-
cratic issues and made his canvass on
Democratic principles. The Democra-
cy had no entangling alliances in the
campaign Of that year. Il was an open
deliverance OF battle between opposing
parties upon clearly defined issues The
Democratic Convention which nomi-
mated him declared for financial sys-
tenn in harmony with the usage and ira
dition Of the Democratic party. IL re-
pudiated the fat money heresies which
had 50 disorganized the party in West
crn States. refusing alike alliance or
assistance outside Of the Democratic
organization. Such IN attitude com
manded the popular respect and enlisted
the popular enthusiasm. The result
was the largest popular majority for Mr..
Iilden ever given to an American Presi-
dent. These facts naturally attract to
Mr.. Tilden the apprchensive scrutiny
Of the Republican leaders. They see in
him their most dreaded foe. They
know that. II the Democratic party
again places him before the people,
neither schemes nor intrigues will i'm
pede for moment that popular vindi-
cation which belongs TO him as . de-
frauded President and = statesman Of
the old Democratic school The re-
pcated declaration Of Mr.. Tilden that
he will under no circumstances be a
candidate for the Presidency again. has
no effect in allaying this Republican
apprehension. The party takes coun-
sci Of its fears and Is haunted even in
sleep by Tilden's gigantic shadow.
which seems 70 darken al is hopes Il
forgets that il is not Mr.. Tilden but the
grand principles he represents, and 50
clearly defines. that stirs the hearts 81
the people. A Randall or : Bayard
standing on Tilden's platform would be
no less fatal 20 the Republican future.
Il i the principles Of the party no less
than the man which win the favor Of
the people. ~ Omaha Herald