New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-04-15
ELnHTING FOR PIRLTE-

tIGHIIAG fOH i I MI :.
That is what Senator Morgan, Of Alabama,
SAYS the Democratic party is doing. The
secret has been well kcpt-SO well, in fact that
not a human being outside the Democracy
suspected ii was doing anything Of the kind.
The information was loosed upon the Jehcr-
sonian banQuctcrs at Newark, Thursday even
ing, and seems to have east an added gloom
over AN already dismal feast. Mr.. Morgan
occupied the larger part OF the evening III I'M
parting his revelation, as he found it
necessary to prop up his version Of politi-
cal history with many new and inter
esting interpretations. He said the party
was born with the Constitution and JEFF
ferson and then added this beautiful flight of
the Imagination "The strength Of the great
democratic party is based on lis faithful adj
"heson to the Jcffersonian doctrines as to the
"lmitations of the Constitution and its in
destructibility is the result Of the zeal of
"mcn who are welded to the truth, for bet
ter or for worse, for richer or for poorer,
"for its own sake and for the good Of the
"peOple."
This is an original view of recent history.
IL was because they were welded to truth
for its own sake that the Democratic party
sympathized with rebellion; it was because
they were welded to truth for It's own
sake that the Democratic party opposed all
attempts to resume specie payments after the
war was ended. and did their best to break
down the public credit by aiding all schemes
of reputation; it was because they were
welded to truth for its own sake" that they
Joined in the Grecnback craze and the
silver craze; it was because they were
"weddcd 10 truth for its own sake" that they
aided and defended all the schemes in the
South for depriving the negroes OF their rights
aud for returning them to a second slavery it
was because they were welded TO truth for
its own sake" that they invented the CIPHER
conspiracy and cndeayorcd to buy the Presi-
dency it was because they were welded TO
truth for its own sake" that they forged the
Morcy letter. They did all these things for
truth and the good of the people. Mr.. Morgan
is endowed evidently with a very original
mind.
He showed this even more strlkingly when
he reached his pororaton. Facts went down
before the food Of his eloquence like beam
poles before n cyclone Fighting in defence
"Of liberty, and not for the emoluments of Of
" fee OF the love of power, the Democrats win
"great and substantial victories for the people
"when they hold in check, even for II time, the
"aggrcssons of their enemies" just what
they have been holding in check recently he
was careless enough to omit to mention. But
he went on beautifully "Our mission is the
"highest that ever engaged the services of man
"kind in temporal affairs" He omitted to state
what the mission was, but he probably had in
mind the party's long and valuable service rs
a horrible example. "Our first great leader"
he continued twas the wisest, b0ldest and
" truest friend Of liberty regulated by law
"and secured by irevocable guarantees" One
would naturally suppose that he would say
something about the second third and other
great leaders, down to the last, but he didn't.
Perhaps he could not in the impetuOus rush
of his eloquence. think of their names. We,
who are viewing this question with entire
calmness can think of none of them, and are
not surprised that he passed directly on TO his
next picturesque misstatement: "Our con-
"victions of duty unite us in an honorable and
"enduring brotherhood. Ou hopes are not
"dimmed by weary vigils. Our hands are not
"weakcned by frequent conflicts. The history
"of our party has been enriched by the honest
zeal and faithful devotion of many OF the
greatest of American statesmen. It is the
"history Of a civic strife for liberty and the
"Constitution, IN which every page is en-
"blazoned with great and patriotic deeds
OF its kind that il one of the handsomest
whoppers il has ever been our good fortune to
behold. II is large and round and beautiful,
and is not disGgurcd anywhere by anything
which bears the slightest resemblance to a
fact. Mr.. Morgan is undoubtedly man of
artistic instincts.