The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-02-15
Prospects Of the Denocracy.

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probabilities. the prospect that the Dem
ocratic party viii two years from now
go into q Presidential campaign united
body Is very slight. In: several States
Of the Union 1t Is badly rents In New
1ork-which has always been necessary
10 Democrsticn sneeess, though by no
means always sure to give success to the
Democrats. If carried-sthe party is sdi-
xided between two factions apparently
irrecoucilable one with the other. One
facfion Processes 70 exist for the purpose
of crushing the other,e and the second
with no avowed purpose except To bid
defiance to- the first Between them
the party, asa party. If il may be said
TO have, any right 10 m individual exist
bence, Is in . position of imbecility, It's
eager lust for power being excelled only
by its mpotence to gratify il when the
opportunity presents. In Virginia,
which also has its peculiar reputation as
o keystone in zthek Democratic arch,
Democracy has gonei completely to
pieces. A strong minority has combined
with the Republicans and seized the
Government Of the State. The consid-
eration to- Republicans is the eo-opera-
ton of the representatives of tho
State in Congress in, the most con-
spicnous National issues. Possibly this
may prove q bsd bargain for the Repub-
licans in the long run; that will depend
very much on the use they make of their
endorsements; but it is obviously fatal
TO Democratic supremacy In State
which, only two years since, was, sup
posed to be absolutely trustworthy. In
Ohio, another very important State, from
| which the Democrats will be asked very
urgently to take their next candidate
for President, there is o bitter quarrel,
largely personal, but involving some
very serious questions of party manage
ment In, Indiana there is not only q
very sharp personal quarrel, but the re-
spectiye factions have taken up the ques-
ton of the tariff, and represent views
quite as widely opposed AS those of the
Democrats and Republicans. In Missis-
sippi, our readers will remember the
distinct issue raised by independent
Democrats against the proscriptive poll
cy of the party managers. In Louisiana,
Congressman Ellis, q man of prominence
and influence in his party, has sounded
the note of warning for q like movement
In Georgis there Is similar and even
more pronounced division, which, if it
does not promise successful permanent
organization, makes Democratic triumph
there very insecure. I'm North Caroline
party lines have been strained to the ut
most, and within q year are very likely
to be snapped. 9al 20 Aat s,5;
These various Instances of discord
might be regarded as the ordinary
squabbles of party leaders after an ar
duous campaign, In which much money
and energy were expended in vain, and
from which much angry disappointment
was inevitable. But the discord is too
widespread and too logically connected
with influences of decided force in the
party to be thus dismissed. The DEM
ocratic. party has been held together
for the last half dozen years in the
South by race and sectional feeling, in
the North by the hope of capturing the
Government by the aid OF the solid
South. This fact partly induced and
partly compelled the Democratic lead
ers when they came into possession of
| the House of Representatives TO adopt
such measures rs were supposed to be
| hand, and on the other would keep 1t
solid. This was the motive for the per
sistent and extreme measure in regard
| TO the Military and the Election law,
which occupied so much of the time
| and force of the Democrats, and
which gave Mr.. Hayes the opportunity
for his series of vetoes. The Demo
cratic leaders showed neither courage
nor sagacity in this course, for there is
no question that it had Just the opposite
effect upon both sections of the country
from that which It was intended to have.
| 1t gratified a small body of reactionaries
in the South, but il disgusted the great
body of sensible men there with both its
shallowness and its reckless miscalcula-
ton. 1t concentrated all the lingering
passions of the North against the
South, and rallied the country to one
more struggle with what was believed
to be the reviving spirit of disfoyalty in
that section. II was blind and hope
less pottering with the past, when the
need of the party was 70 be doing
something practical for the future.
When it failed, it was found that the
old force by which the Democracy had
been held together had died out. The
obstinate quarrels to which we have
called attention are the natural effect Of
the removal of that powerful pressure.
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