The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-09-27

higher and better wish that the cause
of the conflict should be peaceably re-
moved, and the splitting of brothers.
blood by brothers. hands be avoided.
The Democratic party has been ideal
~ identified with slavery and slave
holding. The Republican party is
ideally identified with emancipation
and the war. Therefore the youths
of the country are incapable of being
Democratic. Therefore the Demo.
cratic party can never win Nation
al victory.
The boys who catch the ballots that
fall from their stiffened hands are
Republicans. This cannot be denied.
The curse of slavery has poisoned the
blood and rotted the bone of the Dem
ocratic party. The malediction of the
war has palsied its brain. The young
wife who held the babe up to kiss the
father as he hurried to the tap of his
departing regiment has not suck led a
Democrat. The weary foot of the
gray grandmother who watched the
children while the wife was busy has
not rocked the cradle of Democrats.
The chair that the soldier father
nfser came back to fill has not been
Climbed upon by Democrats. The
,s.,iiS lpl uss coat that his ccIn:.a:1es car
,ried back was cut up for little jackets,
but not one covered the heart of a
Democrat. The ratified musket that
fell from him with his last shot be-
came the thoughtless toy of his boys |;
but not hand that played with it
was the hand Of a Democrat. The
babe he kissed crowed and crOwed for
his return, and its unwilling and I'M
answered notes were not from the
throat of Democrat. The tear sCiled
camp letters which the mother read
aloud in the long. bitter evenings
while the boys clustered at her knees
did not fall upon Democratic ears.
The girls sobs, blending with the
mothers weeping, did not make
Democrats of their brothers. Perhaps
the father had been a Democrat all
his life! The children go to school
There is not a Democrat on its
benches. The first reader contains
the portrait of Abraham Lincoln
that kind and sturdy face never made
a Democrat. On its simple pages, in
works of one Or two syllables, is told
the story of his birth and death. That
story never made Democrat. In the
FRANKS of the playground the name
silences the frolicSOme and makes the
jOlliest grave. The name never made
a Democrat. In the pictures that
light up the geography are the firing
on Fort Sumter and the death of Ellis.
worth. Those pictures make no Dem
ocrats. The first page of the history
contains representation of the sur.
render of Lee at Appomattox. Nc
boy ever gazes on that and ever after
sYows himselfa Democrat.
In the higher grades the same subtle
and unresisted influence is at work
The Textbook contains extracts from
patriots speeches during the war
Those speeches make no Democrats
The great battles are briefly describ
ed, the narrative has no Democratic
listeners. The strain of martial music
runs through the readers, and tina,
music makes no Democrats. Sketches
OF the great generals are given; the
brave deeds arouse the enthusiasm O
the lads, but there is no Democrat
among them. The horrors and suf
ferings of the slaves are told, the mad
dened blood that mounts the boys
cheeks is not Democratic blood. The
curse of slavery has pursued the
Democratic party, and has bounded
it to its death. Therefore, let it die
and no lip will be found to say 8
prayer over the grass on its grave.
The late defeat need not be attrib
uted TO any other causes. The result
was accomplished because the youths
OF the republic are not Democratic,
The party is therefore without a fu'
ture and without hope. The male.
dlction Ofthe war has palsied its brain.
The curse of slavery has poisoned its
blood and rotted its bone. Let it die.
Blaine Twice Welded.