The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-04
More About the Dorsey Disclosures.

The Dorsey disclosures continue to be
thS feigning sensation of the day. The
blow was dealt With such vigor, and the
statements supported with So fhtieh cir.
cumstantial detail, that sweeping deni-
ais were useless, and the Republican
party leaders have been forced to con-
tent themselves with counter attacks
upon Dorsey. Never in the history of
the dominant party has there been such
d disclosure made of its political meth
ods, and, coming from a man who was
intimately connected with the party
since its rise, to power, it has a force
which no amount of defense or eXpla-
nation can weaken.
That this damaging attack of Mr..
Borsey has been widely read and COM
ment6d tip6n by the whole country, the
course of the Republican party pfess
fully proves. And that it has produced
great havoc in the Republican ranks,
The various comments of the press also
clearly show. Coming at time when
the country is weighing the recent his
tory of that party with view of de-
termining whether it is tiot the exercise
of the highest patriotism to drive that
party from power, it has peculiar sig
nificance, and the party managers are
not slow. to perceive it. Such revela-
tions as Mr.. Dorsey hts made of the in
ner workings of the Republican orgatt-
ization ought to cause every citizen to
stop and reflect whether party capa-
BILE of s1ch intrigues, and governed by
such bad policy, is not menace to
free institutions. and positive hin
drance to the welfare and prosperity Of
the country. The unbiased intel
ligent voter can come to no
6ther conclusion if he compares the
statements made by Mr.. Dorsey with
the public acts and known history of
that party since the days of Lincoln.
Coupled with its distinctly avowed doc
trrines If eentralization-the old Federal
ist principle e-afid Intensified by the
greedy grasp for continued power which
has been so marked a peculiarity OF its
principal leaders, it seems they have
added system of debasing party man
agement which has had no parallel il
the political history of the country.
| Acting in the maxim that the lend
| justifies the MEANS" they have stopped
at nothing and attempted everything
which cottld insure success. That q
party managed after that method should
breed public corruption, and fffark its
course in our National history by series
of fragrant usurpations of public and prl,
vate rights, does not seem at all strange
TO men who have a knowledge of human
history and Can analyze the motives OF
men and of parties. That any. good
can come out of such an association oi
evil policies and wicked purposes, nc
sensible man can believe. and that when
Dorsey lifted the veil and revealed the
whole rottenness of the party managers,
he told the truth, no one doubts who
has kept himself informed upon the
record of the times.
The whole history of the Republican
party, eliminating in the events which
made General Garfield President, viii
pass in review before the people in the
coming great campaign, and there will
be plenty of reasons shown why the
best interests of the country and the
well-being of the people demand tina
the Republican party be deprived O.
further power and driven in disgrace
from the position it has held already
much too long for National prosperity;
1t is not simply a change that the peo
pie want, but restoration of true
Democratic methods and principles, s
wholesome system of public policy ant
a revival Of honest, economic forms ot
administration. The return of the
Democracy will be the harbinger o.
better and brighter days for the Repub
lie, the end of humiliating and degrad
ing public scandals and the earnest ol
an era of political conscience and indi-
vidual responsibility to public opinion
This is the pledge the Democratic party
makes, and if entrusted with power i
will make good its promises.-America,
| RegiSter.