Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-10-23

In the auud4S q inc 0uD4au race lUtIe
is exhibited no grander spectacle than the
progress of the American Republic
under the benign influence of the coun-
sellers of Democracy, who swayed the
destinies of the American people during
the first sixty years of their independ-
ence. 1t was only when the faction of
pseudo philanthropists, who preached
abolition, grew into party recruited by
mslcontents of every shade, that our in
ternal peace was disturbed and our ad-
vance interrupted. When in the future
the merits of Democracy and Republi-
canism come to be weighed in the cold,
clear light of history, the verdict for the
one must be that of approval, and for
the other that Of execration.
Radicalism has held sway for the past
two decades by methods disgusting to
every man capable of compromising
the duties of citizen and the obligations
of a freeman. Whenever met on the
national arena, it has not scrupled to use
all the agencies that cant, hypocrisy and
cunning could devise, and its main re-
lance has been-especially of late years,
since sectional hate has ceased to be
availing-the cry of danger to our
business interests" In every election
for the past sixteen years this cry has
been reiterated by Radical organs and
orators, and in the campaign of 1880 it
was the most potent factor in bringing
about the election of Garfield and the
defeat of Hancock.
The assertion that the restoration of
the Democratic party to the control of
Federal affairs would be injurious to the
material prosperity of the Republic is,
however, the silliest twaddle, and is re-
futed by the indisputsble fact that De
mocracy musters under its banner the
great majority of the intelligent voters
of the land. Undoubtedly, Democratic
supremacy would not be agreeable to the
lords of capital and the protected .barons,
who are given license by Radicalism to
prey and fatten upon the people in return
for their support of the "grand old
party" but that the return of the Demo
cratic party to power would be product
i've of beneficial results to the people
was amply proven by the savings made
to the taxpayers of the land during the
recent brief period of Democratic ascend
ancy in Congress.
In a land famed for its educational
facilities and diffused intelligence. the
''cheek" of the Radical press
and orators in picturing the dan
gers of Democratic control is
colossal. Nevertheless the trick has
been effective in the past, and is now
being played once more by the Radical
candidate for Governor in New York.
When a representative Radical makes
such plea he both reflects on the intelli-
gence of his hearers and cOnfesses the
disgraceful alliance between his party
and the benefciaries of its countless acts
of special legislation, enacted at the cost
and to the detriment of the
people. Compared with such a
weak and unfouded argument, the de
tense of Hubbell for his highwaymanism
is sublime, and the regulation prOfes-
sions of Radical platforms are marvels
OF memorable logic.
The assertion that the actual majority
of the intelligence of the Republic can
not be trusted to direct its affairs is ut
terly unf6Jndsd, impudent and AFRO
CANT, and should be rebuked
at the ballot box. All American citi-
zens. be they Democrats or Republicans,
or what not, are alike interested in the
good order, we'll being and future of the
Republic. The signs of the times are
conclusive that, after submitting to the
tyranny, usurpation and spoliation of
Radicalism for two decades, they-the
people-are disposed, despite all the
bugbears the Radical party can conjure
up, to once more confide the destinies of
the country to the hands of the old
Democratic party, under whose guidance
the Republic achieved its greatest fame,
and commanded the highest respect
among the nations of the earth which
it has ever, enjOyed.