Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-22
DUTY And DANGER.


structive as it is startling. The party hav-
ing its origin in the great idea of cham
pioning universal human freedom, claim
ing exalted purity of purpose, and appeal
ing to the best impulses of the human
heart, went into power to give practical eff
feet to its high pretensions.
The war of emancipation ensued, and a
subject race were set free. The great
fell in the very moment of
successful accomplishment by the blow of
a fanatical, Infatuated, bloody minded as
sassin. With him fell the high aims, the
lofty patriotism. the purity of purpose
which signalized the action of the head of
a great and triumphant party.
Immediately intriques, cabals and
feuds crept into party councils, fired by
the personal ambition of leaders, and in
famed by conflicting views and projects
in regard to measures of reconstruction.
Grant, at last, came into power, crowned
with the glory of being in at the death of
the rebellion, he was the idol of
all loyal people, and so slightly
allied was he to any party dogma, that he
stood in such anomalous, equal, political
equipoise, that either party could have
nominated him for the presidency with
equal consistency. The Republicans cap
tured him, and he came into power with a
corrupt and corrupting gang of partisan
cormorants focking at his heels.
He was no statesman, he
was no civilian. He was soldier, edu-
Gated in military tactics and
modes only. The corrupt parasites took
advantage of his inexperince in civil af-
fairs and led him astray, corrupted him,
if that work had not already been done,
and vast corruptions crept into his admin
istration, and his second term illustrated
the gigantic rascality of INSCRIPTIONS,
base, reckless corruptionists.
His second term, under the circumstan-
ces, almost as matter of necessity, Gull
minated in direst corruption. Schemes of
public plumber of the most audacious and
reckless character were devised. And ev-
cry means, however vicious and criminal
were devised to secure perpetuation of
power. In this second term Bossism,
Stalwartism and machine politics had their
distinctive origin. In the weak ad-
ministration that followed the corrup-
lions of the former were kept fostering,
rather than given active force, till at
length at Chicago, an attempt was made
by the emboldened, defiant bosses, to resume
their unlimited sway of corruption by the
bestowment of third term
of power on the most corrupt admins
tration of political affairs, known to our
nations history.
The plot failed, and the rage Of the dis
comfted bosses knew no bounds; and the
administration called into power by the
election of 1880, after few brief months
of official life went down in blood.
In the tragic death of Garfield, bossisn
received staggering blow; but the Stall
wart chiefs have been struggling ever since
to resume their sway. In the corrupt com
pllance OF the present acciden-
tai, anomalous administration, they
sought to gain unlimited power. But the
people, awakened, at last, to the danger of
corrupt boss rule, have risen in their
might, and hurled stalwartism to the
moles and the bats. AS one has we'll said,
by turning with vigorous con-
tempt upon the base machina-
tons of INSCRIPTIONS boss-machine-stal-
wartism, Republicanism has revenged Gar
field on those who have done d;shonor to
the cause he was elected to signify and eff
foo h.
of which came the bolt that struck him
down in death.
Now what is the duty and the danger
of the hour? The duty is not to claim
this political whirlwind as party triumph,
but to acknowledge it, as it is, a patriotic
uprising of the people. aroused by the alarm
ing strides of Stalwart corruption, break
ing asunder the shackels of party, and
endorsing for the right, and for salutary
reform. The danger is that narrow parts
an marplots may claim it is party
triumph, and attempt to turn it to mere
party account.
1t is encouraging to see
that laboring and enlightened
Democrats, and the strongest leading
Democratic journals are taking the right
view in regard to the results of the cleo
lions in the numerous states voting this
fall. They claim not these results as
party triumph, but wisely and justly &C
knowledge them as triumph of the peo-
pie.
Let these aroused, earnest people be met
as reformers, and thus secure their future
cooperation in accomplishing needed re-
forms; and let no random attempt be
made to secure them as partisan annexes of
the Democratic party. Such an attempt
will blight all.
The Albany Argus, the leading Demo
cratic journal of the capital of the state
of New York says: ''Let no man boast
party triumph. 1t is peoples triumph
using party as an instrument looking
at party to see how as an instrument it
will work. We believe it will work well.
We call on all Democrats to see that it
does SO. The people have risen in their
might-and what mighty people they are,
when they rise.' These are ring.
ing words, and worthy of all