The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-07-14
The Republican Party's Future.
From the Portland Register:

From the Portland Register:
With the Lincoln administration the Repub-
lcan party first acquired prominence 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
many able men and accomplished statesmen,
who sooner or later lost their influence with
the party and became detached from its sup
port.
1t is a very significant fact that with the
single exception of one whose absence was
requested and who left in rather bad odor,
every member of Lincoln's original Cabinet
became antagonistic to and left the party.
Greeley, Sumner, Fessenden, Trumbull,
Adams, and that class of men were denounc-
ed, and totally different class of men came
to the front and assumed control.
From that time forward, while adventurous
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 a long accountability, such, Tor IN
stance, as
The Boss Shepherd Ring frauds in the Dis,
trict of Columbia.
The safe burglary iniquity.
The whiskey frauds, reaching to the White
House.
The Freedman 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.
Tho Indiana bribery in 1880,
And the Star-route frauds, not to mention
a long list of other offences, any one OF which
ought to and would overthrow any other pc.
litical 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 il
has been false to ais its first principles, and
become party of pretence and hypocrisy.
Intrenched in power as it has been so long
with all the offices and emoluments IN It's pos
session; with unlimited resources and an army
of willing servants at its command; with IN
Vulnerable dependents tenacious OF then
places and ready to do anything required to
keep the party in the ascendancy, it is no easy
matter for the sovereign people ever to over
throw this huge monopoly of power.
Recent events indicate pretty clearly tha
the people have taken these things to hear
and intend to act accordingly.
The Republican leaders will, of course
blind the eyes of the people as much as pos
sible by ignoring their complaints, and en-
deavoring to divert their minds from the SIM
of the party to questions of policy upon which
they suppose people may differ; The people
however, are in earnest, and what they wan
is honest in elections, economy in public ex
penditures, and a thorough reform in all thu
affairs of Government; and this they wei
know cannot be effected unless there is ;
change of the men who administer the Gov
eminent.
The influence of names is no longer felt
the catchwords of party can neither rally, MOI
do they alarm the voter as they once did
The honest Republican who means reform
does not hesitate to act with the honest Dem
ocrat who votes forit. The Independent vote
takes the responsibility and casts his ballo9
where he thinks it will do the most good
We have seen this in the last elections in thu
different states; and this movement will con
tinue, and the whole country will again re
ioice in an honest administration of Govern
ment under new men and a new order o
| things.