The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-11-17
A PROPHETIC PAPER.
A REMARKARLE EDITORIAL From THE
PHILADELPHIA TINES"

The following editorial, printed in
the Philadelphia Times on Tuesday.
the morning OF the election, is copied
to show how prophetic the writer was
concerning the results. 1t required
remarkable courage to make such
sweeping predictions at time when
they might have been postponed
twenty Jour hours. The article was
titled "The Political Revolution Of
1882" and was as follows:
To daywill witness the most remal k
able revolution in the history of cur
century OF frse government. l: will
consummate tie first sweeping polit
ical rsvOiution ever known IL this
country against the party in power.
when the general business interests
of the nation we're prosperous. In
deed it will b. the frat political re7o-
luton 10 any forn OF popu;os govern
ment. Ia sny c0QatTy. against a
party dominant "a number3 and
authority, when business reynl-ion
and distress we're not Gestures in pull
itics. The political revolution of 1900
that overthrow federalism and in
augurated the Jeffersonian republi-
caHism of that day, was wrought
kslt'by universal business depression
rs mucTEas by the hatred OF federal
The revolution of 1910
was simply ftful tempest Of re-
sentiment against hard times and
bankruptcy. The revolution of 1S4S
was created by the business depres.
sion that followed the Mexican
war. The revolution of 1860 would
have failed but for the universe
prostration in the channels of in
dustry and trade. The revolution
against Grantism in 1874 was made
irresistible by the panic of 1S73,an
the revolution of 1877 was the log
ical sequel to the unrest and almost
universal distress that prevailed il
all industrial circles.
The year 1882 finds the country
exceptionally pros porous in every
department of productive enter
prise, and the party in power tina
can be defeated with prosperity il
every section of the land must have
| forfeited every Yestage of popula
trust. Yet to-day will presen
the most sweeping political rev
olution Of the last generation
! Not only every debatable state viii
be lost to the republicans to-day, bu
some of the Gibraltars of republi
canism will be oYerthroWn orrockeC
| to their foundations. The peopl
| will to-day elect democratic govern
ors in New Hampshire, in Conecti
cut, in New York, in Pennsylvania
in California, in Nevada; they viii
elect their staJe ticket in Indiana
and they will make Massachusetts
Colorado and Minnesota tremble il
the balance, if they are not revolu
tienized. This revolution will neces
sarily carry a democratic popula
branch in Congress with it, and tn
popular majority against the sta,
Wart republicanism of the north wi
| be overwhelming. New York an
| Pennsylvania alone will score littl
if any less than one 100000 majorit
against the boss system that rule
the party in those states.
This great revelation will be sig
nifcant and memorable because
will not be in any degree the cres
ton of business reYulsion. 1t wi
be a revolution solely created by til
most considerate reprobation of des
potic republican leaders by inde
pendent republican voters. 1t wi
be accomplished without any ger
eral change of the people from II
publican to democratic convictions
and it will not be in any prope
sense q democratic victory; but
will be a crushing and hopeless re
publican defeat, and it will
noticed that there can be no repui
lican victories in the future withoU
the restoration of republican author
ity and leadership to patriotism an
integrity. 1t will be simply the en-
phatic demand of the people fC
honest government, and notice to a
parties that henceforthin America
, politics the leaders who serve the
country best will best serve thei
party.