Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-03-26

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Y nav uoanaasa u Party EssImsses.
II looking over the American
ntees one 10 struck with the low
Vlsw which 10 commonly taken Of
n6lltIcs. With some people the
Whole embodimsnt Of political
iaoas ana the pollty Of govern.
Saeat takes the concrete shape OF
~ possession Of the sfiices. Thus,
6nting the past fifteen or sixteen
yoarA the Democratic party has
aone . work incalculably bsneh-
elal 70 this country. It has re-
poatedly arrested the Republican
0eoefamme Of undue national con-
oolldation, and has compelled .
tullhquishnsnt Of the Republican
pelity Of governing the Southern
uentes BY military procensuls. The
tneasy power, knowing how inim-
loal cemplsts Democratic succeas
Uoald be to their control Of the
GDvernmsnt, have for several sue.
oooolvo Presidential elections
throWn their whole weight into
~ scale against the Democratic
: Gnnaidates. Aided by an army Of
r. o,helders and their friends and
oGkogants, ct the critical moment
!! ~ Hspublican leaders have been
~ 70 buy and ecerce slender mar
Elns Of the popular vote, in critical
4 ntates. The Democratic party,
! vithout : dollar Of outside support,
- without . cent from the ma
I tiopal revenues, has always made
~ fights calamity and brilliantly.
Svory dollar Of the money expend'
a In ssttIng it, squadrens In the
~ was voluntarily contributed
~ men to whom success in the
1opublican ranks was as easy as to
any ether men. When, Overborns
A such crucial States as Indians
~ Republican money, which had
hoen largely wrung from clerks
Voe1ing for humble stipends and
lavishly contributed by the purse
pgoad men whose punctilio 1t is te
eentrol the policy Of the govern
I nent Of = Republican country, and
when the signal had thus been Civ
/ - g every lickspittls Of power te
~ down on the winning side, The
Dsnooratie party had lost Presi'
Z dsntial elections by margins &c
o1lght ~ to make the victors draw
. breath Of relief, q great howl hai
gone mp about Democratic blum
dem. The Democratic party hal
e9mmltted the capital error, In .
1lppant and volatile age. of cher
lshipg . genuine patriotism. 1T
!. mistakes have been those Of the
& head, mot Of the heart. While we
- net claim perfection for it or ita
leaders, We do assert that 1t is to-
day thoroughly imbued with the
splelt Of its founder, Thomas JEFF
( fsrson, and of its great later exem'
\ plar, Andrew Jackson. 1t has new
q bowed tho knee to the Baal Of
he money power. 1t has never
ozEsred sacrifices to the Moloch ol
oeepoEatlon acquisitiven ess. II
hAs never consented ia
ths taking from the pso.
pie Of IN acre of our public lands.
Il hes done its utmost to prevent
Shs Republican party from giving
away. to public corporations, ar
assa greater than that of the or,gi
nal thirteen States. It is due II
4 The wisdom OF three suceessiv.
Deaoeratic Houses Of Representa-
tlvss that the country il now pros
psSeus; although, during the pas
tWo years, the old Dem ooratic pol
isy Of rstrenchment has been los
sight OF with, We are afraid, latent
dlsaeters ahead for the Republic
OF course the Democratic party
hes here and there fool and hot
bsad and = corrupt man 10 iti
"a AHRsotssssoIpil Sc IiltBs tBsslennsp lnssr and Bah Bah
oook was heavier than the loins o
oyen Boss Tweed himself. We de-
/ 11ips 70 accept the mere fact of th'
4 Dcosession Of the ofices AZ tn,
6laAdard Of party usefulness. Whil'
4 ~ control Of the policy Of . grea
{ Govsrnmsnt is an object Of legiti
& nale ambition, We do not see tha
~ fact that = miserable lot o
o1ogks and other officials are turn
: - eut Of once to make room 70
Z ouethsr lot labeled Democratic, th
0oteer 70 60 through, In their turn
= demorslising ofiics.holding ex
peFiencs, has anything to do will
~ ssssntial dignity or efilcacy 0
pestjes, although, to avoid rang
Z ~ eursslvss with = snifllIng Peck
oof8 band, We avow our entire be
~ In the theory Of rotation In of
& ~. We do not desire to sec grow