The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-08-18
- PennsrIlania 0MIoak.

In 1857 the people o. Pennsylvania
elected William t. Packer,.a n Dem )crat,
TO the Office OF Governor In 1882 a
party which has not had control of the
State Administration sinee the year FIRST
named w Il probably return to power
and elect Robert r. httison to the
highest executise-oliice q he Common
wealth \ quarter OF spcentury under
Republican rule has eifeded the result
VIII ch might have beenfxpected. AT
the outset il was BELIEVED that the Re
publican party was based upon eternal
.jusiice. lis leaders whih not at all SUI
perior 70 tho Democrat & chic ta.ns in
ability or honesty, were thought to have
more liberal views on current issues;
were regarded as lit men . guide aloyal
people in q great crisis. aud they were
accordingly placed at tie front. The
emcr1 1encics OF that day aic not those of
the present The glory has departed
from Israel and the oice united and
everywhere victorious paay which, from
the Northern standpoint, tpheld the dig
n.ty OF the Republic, is fastening to its
fall
1t has now become nothing more than
n machine; it has divided INTO numerous
factions, each OF which IS impelled by
base and selfish motives; its campaigns
have become. not the assertion of prin-
ciple but mere struggls for the spoils
Of Office. Henceforth The peop'e of the
keystone State viii have no sympathy
with Il. Republicanisni a a partisan
watchword, is dead in Pennsylvania.
1t is a grand sindicat Dn of the rujsoH
Gcfre OF the Democratic party, that it
has so lone mlintainedits organization
and held the masses within its ranks,
while unable TO reward lis adherents
with Office. The course of a political
party. once il is dethroled from power,
Is generally downward enc. Fewmen
have the courage toychly stand up that
they may be knocked Down. Only those
who are animated by IN oyermastering
desire for the public oDod. are capable
OF sacrificing social Standing, personal
friendships and. bliSiuess interests.
Contrast the standing of the Demo
cratic party in the North with that OF
the Republican part in the South. The
latter placed in control by the National
Administration, had every imaginable
opportunity to propagate its theories
and TO change former enemies into
earnest part sans. Reinforced and sup
ported rs it was. by the men who con-
trollej the Government it might, by
very few concess SONS and kindnesSes,
have intrenched Itself firmly in the con
troll OF the Southern States. But what
was its course? Just as in the North,
its Administrations were so corrupt,
their irregularities 50 shameless, that all
good men took partin the revolt against
it. To day there is no Republican par
ty south Of Virginia; it exists in the
North chiefly by suaerance. The peo-
PIE of Maine have set it aside; Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio viii doubtless do the
same. With such candidates elsewhere
as have been presented in these three
sta es, with The earn st, enthusiastic
work which ii is capa de of doing, the
Democratic party may sweep State after
State and early in the future again Sc
cure control OF the National Govern
ment.
The Democratic party accepts defeat
without discauragemeat, for it knows
that sooner or later right will win
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