The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-07-26
The Future Ct the Republican, Party.

With the Lincoln Administration the
Republican party first acquired prom
inence and power, and by combination
Of circumstances it was called upon to
do its best work at the beginning of its
career. To it were attached mafiy able
men and accomplished statesmet, WHO
sooner or later lost their influence with
the party and became detached from its
support.
1t is very significant fact that, with the
single exception Of one whose absence
was requested and who left iii rather bad
bdor, every member of Lineoln's original
Cabinet became antag6nistic to and left
the party. Greeley, Sumner; Fesssen-
den, Trumbull, Adams. and that class
of men were denounced, and totally
different class of men came to the front
and assuiied control.
From that time forward; while adven-
turous politicians have been rushing to
its standard, the better element of the
party-the men who gave it character
and .standing-have been leaving it.
Give the Republican party credit for
all the good it may have accomplished
and still there follows long account
ability, such, for instance as
II
District of Columbia.
The safe burglary iniquity.
The whisky frauds, reaching to the
White House.
The Freedman's Bank swindle.
The Belknap impeachment:
The Robson naval frauds.
The Sanborn frauds.
The Indian Bureau frauds.
The Pension Bureau frauds.
The Black Friday rascality.
The theft of the Presidency in 1876.
The Indiana bribery in 1880.
And the Star-route frauds, not to
mention long list of other offenses,
any one of which ought to and would
overthrow any other Political party that
ever existed in this country.
Those who acted with it from the
start, and held out with it as long as
self-respect would allow them to do so,
admit and assert that it has been false
to all its first principles, and become a
party Of pretense and hypocrisy.
Intrenched in power as 1t has been sc
long, with all the offices and emolu,
ments in its possession; with unlimited
resources and an army of willing serv-
ants at its command; with innumerable
| dependents tenacious of their places and
ready to do anything required to KEEP
| the party in the ascendahcy, it Is no easy
matter for the sovereign people ever tc
overthrow this huge monopoly of power,
Recent events indicate pretty clearly
that the people have taken these things
to heart and intend to act accordingly
The Republican leaders will, of course
| blind the eyes of the people as much as
possible by ignoring their complaints
and endeavoring to divert their mind:
from the sins of the party to question:
of policy upon which they suppose peo
pie may differ The people, however
are In earnest, and what they want il
honesty in elections, economy in public
expenditures, and thorough reform il
all the affairs of Government; and thi:
they well know can not be,effected un
less there is change of the men who
administer the Government.
The influence of names is no Longer
felt; the catch-words of party cal
neither rally, nor do they alarm thu
voter as they once did. The honest Re
publican who means reform does no
hesitate to act with the honest Democra
who votes for it. The Independent
voter takes the responsibility and cast
his ballot where he thinks it will do th'
most good. We have seen this in tn
last elections in the different States; ant
this movement will continue, and tn,
whole country will again rejoice in al
honest administration of Government
under new men and a new order O
things. (Me.) Register.