New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-10-11
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The recent Presidential cloclion hns ahoH
n.tt, can MAYER Via Nntiena victory, u r. that tho
Souha 81 thls i'rHn" arc not i"lnn",,d,, ,g
~ slavery aud tho wal, lingot ~ ne m.mu, 81 Nm',,
cna the Youth oi tho lcplul" win '"nilh - ff"" NJ
ltrr innc,n- ard -atcr und tho war viii hn iomem
ini,i "A. long - thr public a,hunl " aleu- oAlal7'
IDa lnhiio s,lois nave slain the nruorl,,tl' ruiy
will H. rAt nnL,. II H. lrr nac-mrh I" DECLARE
that lhcro many democrats 49, iWhllrn, h lhn
Union army. II 4, vain u affirm that me warrior ,nn
II the mon could NOT have been carried 10
a -nccessnl close Without the aid OF The ben ocralio
attitude Of thai pry toward t var in ia. beginning
was - humane one: thai II vd> IL Spted ~ ga" Il. ih'f
aud better wish thit Inc cause 81 lhe ,in'1 -, '"'
peacclry removed and the spilng oi brothers h'Tl 10y
ideally ii' ntided WIN slavery ana slaNehoidlhs me
l;epuhcan party IS identified Win emancipation and NE
war. Therefore Tie youths 81 the country lnrahlc
~ being Democratic. Therefore me bciu"'t'iI' parry
win National Victory Us oi men ere dyihg
me boys who catch tie ballots that ia from their
stincDrd hands Republicans. Tins act cann"i br
denied II will do no good io Quarrel wIili Az others
which have operated To diminish tlc hnhort 81 PriHo-
Gratis and tho number 81 Republic ana ar" in-g-
fact The curse OF slavery has poisoned the blood aud
rottcd The bone u tlo DemncIac party Tho n"cdc-
lion Of the war ha+ paSlrd rs brain.
The young wife who he'll The babe mp to Kiss inc father
he Hurried To the tap OF hi, denrths regiment las not
sucl,rd Democrat The weary foot OF the gray grand
mother who watched the children While I'D" VIE was
busy has not rocked the cradle e" democrats ih' rhair
that the soldier father never came back L. MI has not
been climbed upon lay Democrats Tie old bu coat mat
his comrades carried back was ear mp Tor nv" laehets
but not or covered the heart oi Democrat The ratified
muslrt that Tell from him with his last shot hs the
honhtlcss toy Of his boys; but not hand that played
with il eas tho hand OF Democrat. The babe he kissed
AMI crowod for his return aud us inviting and
unanswered notes were not from the throat Of Demo
rrat 1he tcar-sOilcd camp letters which The mother
rcad aloud In the long. bitter evenings while the boys
clustered AZ her knees did not la upon Democratic ears
The girls sobs blending with the mothers weeping. did
not make Democrats Of their brothers. Perhaps the
father had been Il Democrat all his life!
The children school There Is not Democrat On
rs bcncles The first reader contains the portrait of
Abraham lincon-ihat kind ana sturdy iIce never made
Democrat. on its simple pages, III words OF one ~ Two
Syabcs H. told the story Of his birth and death That
story ever made Democrat. In tho pralks Of the lay
grond the name silcnces the lrOlc,Omc and nakr the
ollic>t grave. The name never ladc Democrat. In
the pictures that light up the geography are the firing
Fort and the death of Ellsworth Those pictures
make Democrats. Tic nrHt PAGE o the history con-
tains representation OF the surrender Of Ice AppO-
mattox. No boy gazes on that ana ever after avows
himself a Democrat.
I'm the higher grades the same subtle and in
nuencc Is at work The text bucks contain extracts
from patriots speeches during The war Those speeches
made no Democrats. The great battles are briefly de
scrbsd: Tie narrative has no Democratic listeners The
that ,rlsc makes Democrats. Sketches Of the great
generals are given; the brave deeds arouse the enhns
asm OF the lads but there Is no Democrat them.
The sufciincs OF the slaves told: the
moddrncd blood that mounts the boys checks !, NOT
Democratic blood The of slaN cry has pursued the
Democratic rarity. and has bounded IL 10 its death
Therefore, let 1t die; ana no lips VIII DC found TO say
PRAYER the grass on lts grave.
The late defeat uecd not he attributed 10 any other
causes. Other were AT work but they only
incidental. The tariff was one. SectiOnalsm u
second. Let well enough alone was third. But all
these trivial and together could not have
plished the result. The result accomplished he
cause the yOnhs Of the Republic are not Democratic.
The party is therefore, without future ana without a
The curse OF slavery has poisoned Its blood s
bones. Let IL del