The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-08-20
The Democratic BOswOrth.

The perturbation felt by the leading
Democrats and Democratic papers over
the probable course OF Butler, st. John,
Pomeroy and q number of others whose
actions are supposed TO have some in
iiuence in determining the course of
affairs, is too evident not TO attract at
tcntion, and too outspoken not TO come
from the heart. 1t escapes inadvert-
emily in thousand ways, but IS chiefly
manifested by hy5terical attempts to
prove that no matter what the uncer-
tain elements in the canvass may at
tempt, they will succeed in doing moth
ing but good to the Democracy and evil
to the Republican.
II this were true, nothing is more cer-
tain than that the Democratic papers
would keep their mouths shut about it,
for in politics rs in war, movement to
be effective must either be made openly
with irresistible force, or secretly by
strategy in default of sufficient strength
TO insure the success Of an open attack.
1t is conceded that the elements outside
the two leading parties have not, even
when combined. sufficient influence to
contend successfully with either party,
and the Democracy having a well-de.
fined and reasonably grounded suspi-
cion that the Independents are going to
recruit at Democratic expense, are try
ing 20 create the impression that the
Republicans and not themselves are to
be the sufferers.
While tho fallacious argument de-
ceives nobody, it serves to Indicate be-
yond doubt the present state OF the
Democratic conscience. On the night
before Bosworth Field, The king who
was TO die on the morrow saw rising
before him the ghosts Of those he had
done to death, and each specter, rs it
appeared, reproached him with his
crimes and foretold his approaching
doom. There was justice but no mercy
in their tones, and, with each reproach,
the remorso OF the unhappy man be-
came more profound until finally he
could bear no more. So at present, on
the eve of the Democratic Bosworth,
the ghosts Of a generation of failures
rise up, and each has only reprosch for
the men and condemnation for the
policies that have deserved and earned
nothing but defeat.
The long procession is headed by
Bell, Breckinridge and Douglas. with
their halfway theories for pacifying the
South and reconciling the North, and
then comes Mcclellan. who went from
a beating by Southern Democrats on the
Peninsula to lead his Northern Demo-
crats TO not less disastrous defeat.
Then rises the ghost Of Seymour, who,
against his better Judgment, consented
TO be the standard bearer in another
rout, and after him comes the shade Of
Greeley, who also was sacrificed, after
having entered the Independent move
ment against his better Judgment and
almost against his will; then the Sage
of Gramercy Park, who confded in the
size Of his bar'l rather than in the num-
Der OF his votes; and last OF all, that
good and great man who, in spite of
both mental and physical rotundity.
could not refrain from writing one little
letter.
With all these ghosts sitting heavy on
the soul Of the Democratic party and
speaking encouragement to Republican
ism, It Is not wonderful that any and
every device that could tend In the
smallest degree to raise the spirits and
inspire the hopes Of Democracy should
be cheerfully welcomed. There is an
exceedingly small allowance of COM
fort TO be drawn from the outlook
even when all the encouraging features
are taken into the account, so It Is
probable that no Republican will grudge
the little that may be found. Il will
doubtless prove q Dead Sea fruit,
tempting the eye but turning to ashes
on the lip; but that is not matter for
Republicans TO grieve over. After all,
while the aillictions of the Democrats,
continued during these many years,
can not be In the nature Of chastise-
ment, for "whom the Lord Ioveth He
chasteneth," they must be intended for
punishment, and the sooner this pur-
pose Is recognized and due repentance
ensues, the better for the afflicted party.
st. Louis Globe Democrat. q''