Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-08-10
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The Democratic party seems III
capable of coming squarely before
the country on clean-cut issue
and measuring with the Republi-
can party in the open field. Con-
scious that there is nothing in its
history or motives that will COM
mend it to the thinking, upright
voter, it resorts to puerile trickery
and catchpenny expedierts to win
the support it cannot hope to com
mand on its own merits. Its can
didates for the Presidency fer a
quarter Of a century have been
chosen solely on the ground CT ex-
pediency, and its platforms during
that time have promised anything
and everything that it was thought
would capture votes. They have
agreed in but one thing-bitter
abuse and misrepresentation of Re
publicanism. The history of the
last FIVE Presidential contests show
these facts clearly.
In 1864 the Democracy nomina-
ted Union soldier cClellan-
who had been removed from his
command for incapacity, in the
hope Of catching votes among
Union men who might sympathize
with him; and he was placed on
platform of ''copperhead' utter
ances. Lincoln was triumphantly
elected.
In 1863 this scheme was reversed.
The candidate was ''copperhead"
statesman. and the platform was
made Union in sentiment-three
years after the war was over. Sey-
mour was beaten, and Grant en-
tered the White House.
In 1872 the whole party organ
ization and its principles we're sur
rendered to crowd Of Republican
boilers. and Greeley was made the
nominee. The spectacle was al
amazing one-to see political
party pass over the statesmen in
its own ranks, men whose lives had
been passed in tie advocacy Of
Democracy, totake for its standard
bearer a man who had all his life
been that partys Gncompromising
enemy-an original Abolitionist.
and one Of the founders Of the Re
publican party itself. The platform
was made Up Of equal parts Of abuse
Of Republicanism and general gush
On all ether topics. Grant was re-
elected.
In 1876, they nominated T;lden,
solely because he had done some
good work as reeormer Of abuses
in the Democratic government of
New York, which abuses had be-
come SO outrageous n to make the
party a stencil in the nostrils Of all
honest men. They placed him on
platform which was nothing but |
a yell for reform" and an appeal
for power. The hollowness of the |
cry Of reform and the character
of Tilden were both shown up
clearly by a most astounding at
tempt to defeat the will Of the peo-
pie. For the first time in Ameri
can history a set effort was made
to buy up Presidential electors for
money, and to reverse the verdict
Of the election in entire States by |
the most gigantic treachery and
frauds. 1t failed, and the Democ-
racy went down again in ignomini- /
Gus defeat.
In 1880, all new expedients being
exhausted, they tried the soldiers
dodge again, and nominated Han
cock, simply because he was a
Union soldier with a creditable re-
cord; and because reform" was
good catch-word, made it and "a
tariff for revenue only" their plat
form. The soldier dodge did not
work as they expected, and think
ing men repudiatcd the free trade
heresy. Over they went once more
and sat in the dust in the valley
of defeat, chewing the bitter cud of
disappointment"
This year the signs of = more
overwhelming defeat than ever are
glowing in the political Heavens.
Mrs. Blaine, according to