Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-04-17
a COMPASSION OF PARTIES.

The Democracy is troubled in it's inmost
soul to divine what the course of the Re-
publican party will be in the coming cam
paign. 1t is one of the infrfnities of the
Democracy that it has not true compre.
hension OF the reasons for the Republican
party and the principles upon which the
structure of its organization rises. The
Republican party represents what DR.. Hol,
land delighted to call the national heart.
Theories exist upon the surface, but the
motive power of the Republic is in the
heart of the nation; the patriotic sentiment,
beginning IL the ties of family, and extend
ing in loyalty to the aggregation of com.
munities that so to make up "the State ="
in its broadcast sense. The quotations of the
life. blood Of the Republic are felt through
Che Republican party, because it is the
best medium for its coursing. Neither
the Democratic nor the Republican party
direct the great events that are the monu-
ments making our national growth. The
best any party can do is either to move
Just in advance, or keep abreast with them.
The Republican party has run in advance !;
it has kept abreast, but the Democracy has
forever dragged behind and. tugged at the
tailbcard Ct progress. These events, which
no party can prevent but may re.ard,
are never the results of the plans, policies
or campaigns of parties, but they are the
results of the forces of our national life,
End It is for these very reasons that intelli
gent Nen unite with the Republican party.
They realize that it Dffords them the broad
est freedom of political conscience, and is
essentially the party of the American idea.
Had the nation depended for its vitality on
the Democratic party, it must have died
when the Democracy deserted it with de.
liberation IN the time of its travail. All
these generalzations are capable of being
logically proven in more prosy detail.
So we say, that the anxiety of the De-
nocracy about campaign issues only proves
it's want OF comprehension of the higher
realm of pohtics-proves that it is party
hide-boand, and that the assertion is true
that it bOrrows it's principles without leave
and abandons them without shame. The
Republican party neither lives nor dies be-
cause of the issues of single campaign,
for it is representative Of the intelligence
and progress of the people and the age, and
it keeps moving abreast with the greatercur
rent of great events that are the mile-posts
on the highway of civilization. It Crap
pies with the affirmative, and is not the
party of negation. Old things have be, n
accomplished and have passed away, and
the Republican party stands ready to meet
the new things and build with their build
ing, combating error as it develops, and
moving in the van of the worlds advance
ment. On the other hand, the Democratic
party is one of denial and negatives. When.
ever minority is driven to mere opposi.
ton to the majority, and to assaults upon
its opponent as the only reasons for its own
existence, it descends to mean and con-
temptible level, evidences It's own unfitness
to live and foreshadows its certain decay.
But tie Democracy has already opened
the campaign by its announcement of
"prineiples, and the sum and substance
of these, when tested in the fire of analysis,
is found TO reside in the p.atitude that
&c the Republican party has concluded its
mission, and therefore must give place.
An organization, the history of which pre-.
senss the record of great achievements
that have, above all Others. contributed