The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-02-08
WELLINGTON, LoRAIN COUNTY, OHIO,
The Break.Up Of Parties.

A Washington correspondent. of the
New York Post reports q United States
Senator as saying: 1.-The fact is there
are no distinctive principles left to either
party. Politics have degenerated into
mere personal intrigues. If the South
breaks up, as now seems likely, it will
be impossible to keep the parties to-
gether much longer. - ',i-- -'
One hears q good deal of this sort of
talk nowadays There may be many
who prophecy the speedy passing away
OF the existing political order. Repub-
licanism is to go, Democracy is to go;
and on the ruins of these two great par
ties, new parties are to arise with new
aims and new principles. We indorse
these interpreters of our political future
just one-half. That is to say, we believe
they are warranted in predicting the
passing away Of the Democratic party
at q day not far distant Democracy is
staggering along under terrible load.
Its career for the last quarter OF . cen
/ tury has been a career Of blunders. It
Is fatally handicapped by its record 1t
stands convicted in the eyes of the
American people of shameless subserv-
iency to the slave power before the war,
of rank copperheadism during the war,
of sheer inability to deal wisely with the
great issues that have arisen since the
war. Wrong ON slavery. wrong on
State rights. wrong on secession,
wrong on the fights being "fail-
ure," wrong on emancipation. wrong
on Greenbacks, wrong ON the National
Bank system, wrong on reconstruction,
wrong on the solidity of the South,
wrong on pacification. wrong ON re-
sumption, wrong on the supposition
that the Union that could not Be shot to
death on the field could be starved to
death in Congress, wrong on the tariff
how can party that has been so often,
SO seriously, so consistently wrong, hope
to commend itself to the American peo-
pie, the majority of whom are devoted
TO whatever things make for the rightp
Under. the circumstance, therefore, Is
seems clear that the most sagacious
thing the Democratic party can do is to
die. II has outlivedc It's ancient useful
ness, and so long as the platform of
common sense contains the plank, ga
tree is known by its FRUITS Its history
will prove blight to its prosperity.
Doubtless it is the realization of this
truth that now impels the Tammany
Hall division of the Democracy Of this
State to arrogate to itself the name of
:" anti monopoly" 9- otcl zC 81
But the talk of the breakup of the
Republican party is fortified by no such
inherent probabilities. Its history is
inseparably connected with the glory
and honor and prosperity of the country.
Ever since it came into being it has sue;
cessfully dealt with the momentous is
sues that have arisen, and to-day it pos
sesses the irresistible strength which
comes from being firmly intrenched in
the popular confidence. For twenty
five years it has borne the burden and
heat of the day and has rendered the
country services whose value is mex
pressibly great and precious. This year
of grace finds it better able than ever
before to grapple with all the problems
in which the common veal are involved.
Its membership is constantly being re-
cruited from the ranks of the most intel
igent youth Of the country, who in
stinctively turn to the Republican party
as soon as they attain their majority and
its consequent political privileges. It is
yigilant for its own best interest, con-
stantly reforming from the inside, to the
chagrin of bosses and the destruction of
machines. To prophecy the death of
such party is to fly in the face of rea-
son, and make no account of palpable
facts. Some day it may pass away.
And so, too, some day the Bank of En-
gland may pass away. But at present
both are good risks. Albany Euenipg
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