The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-09-15
70 Our Democratic Press.


this ate rises before the Mortified
gaze g Democratic journalism, there
may96 seen from time to time in
temperate utterances, which we pre-
fer g 1elieve are the outcome of fear
ana aesperation rather than of defib-
erafe eonviction. There are some of
our Democratic contemporaries, we
regrek 10 see, that mistake coarse
Writing for strong writing. and who
appear to rely rather on vituperation
than argument. They seek to kindle
the wrath of their partisans by awful
descrlptions of what the Republicans
wQuldQ0 if they should come into
pow''r and to infiame their resent
nc recalling the painful memo-
lrh5 af the war period. Tn the columns
ofthe rural press may sometimes be
seen very scurrilous abuse of every
thing hat is Republican. This is to
be regrtted not for our sake, bat for
/ theirs.
Our eseemed Democratic contem-
poraries hould not only make up
their min6 to the inevitable Repub-
lican yictoE, but should. if possible.
learn to do Mis- gracefully. 1t would
not be wise for them to burn their
boats, nor to cut themselves off by
violence fromthe sympathies of the
majority of the people of Maryland.
Anything that h y may have to say
by way of argument may be said
with all the emIhasis that they may
desire; but they will find that they
will simply be laughed at if they try
to terrify people by making a bug-a-
boo of Republican victory.
Now, there is phase of Democratic
journalism that relies on cracking the
party whip, and trying to force its
former partisans into the harness.
1t scolds, it entreab, it threatens.
Like hen that has hatched brood
of ducks and sees them taking to the
water, 1t screams out its expostula-
tions and warnings when it sees
the Democrats seeking the waters of
purer government. That sort of Jour-
nalism-which takes upon itself the
duty of telling the party just what it
ought to do, and which holds it up,
% to speak, by the tail. dreading to
let go lest it should tumble down
into everlasting smash-is often very
amnsing,. but always impotent. Peo-
s pie this year are no more willing to
be "bossed" BY newspap pers than by
bosses. More especially they will not
be controlled by boss organs.
We earnestly advise a more tenn
perate and modest tone. We hope to
live upon good terms with our Dem
ocratic contemporaries after the Re-
publcans come into power in this
state. We hope to see them remain
in favor with their subscribers. But
we feel sure that they will lose what.
sOeyer of confidence their own people
may have had in them if they do not
keep their tempers sweeler and theil
judgments clearer. Many Democrats
this year haYe ceased to fear Re-
publican victory. They regard it as
the only possible method of getting
rid of the parasites and sub bosses
that are bringing the party to dis
grace as well as to ruin. To attempt
to scare them out of this belief by
painting the 'thorrors" of Republican
rule is like trying to scare with q
ghost story a man who dosen't be-
lieve in ghosts. The people see that
the Republicans will come into power
in Maryland, as a business reform
rather than as party triumph. They
will come in as the rescuers of good
government, ana not as the ministers
of vengeance. The Republicans as 8
party have no wrongs to avenge, nc
foes 10 beat down. They simply de-
sire to take the governments, state
and municipal, out of the hands o.
the corrupt faction that has already
been in too long, and that grows
more corrupt and more despotic with
every new lease of power. In short
the Republican party in this state
and city is the only true reform party
1t is the only party that will refuse
to make terms with the corrupt rings
and sub. bosses that always come
on top, however Democratic leaders
may change. Democratic journalism
therefore, in fighting the Republican
party, is fighting reform as reform il
understood by the most elevated class
of Democrats. The fight should there
fore, be conducted with decorum anC
good taste. The beating of gongs
firing off of "hoss-pistols," callins
names and seeking to scold or wheedl'
the Democratic stragglers back int
the ranks is all mere foolishness.
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