The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-06-13

Every Democrat should take to heart the
sentiment uttered by Mr.. TmpES when he
aid: al am consoIcd by the reflection
that neither the Democratic party nor the
republic. for whose future that party isthe
hest guarantee, Is now, or ever can be, de-
pendent upon any one man for their sue
ccssfuI progress In the path OF noble des-
tiny This would have been pregnant
with truth ard suggestion at any time
aud in any crisis, but IL is rarticti-
;srly 90 at this time and in this crisis. II
strikes the keynote OF the canvass, and
should be echoed and reechoed through
out the length and breadth Of the land.
II the Democratic party ever had an OPP
portmity TO satisfy the demands OF The
conservative elements Of the country for
reform In its broadcast and most patriotic
aspects Il has il now. II ever there was
propitlous occasion for IL TO make record
upon principles that appeal 10 the best in
teres,s Of the country that occasion is be-
fore IL. II ever the people looked to
party to purify the Government in all its
departments they now look TO the Demo-
cratic party to do that work.
The protestatiou OF the ultra BLAINE or
gans to the contrary Notwithstanding. II
must be evident 10 every observant man
that the revolt against the Republican party
is no ephemeral or sudden impulse. 1t had
been going on for some time, and the
outcome Of the Chicago Convention SIM
ply fastened II to its full tide. The efforts
OF some OF the most influential and
pronounced Republican papers TO defeat
Dir. BLAINE OF nomination afford the best
evidence that they recognized that the pro-
cess of disintegration had commenced.
They saw, as the Philadelphia Times ex-
pressed II, that the Republican party was
diving on top. and that it could not afford
to take any risks in the nomination. They
realized that there was widespread con-
yichon among the thinking masses that
the party had been trusted once too
often: that the businessmen OF the coun-
try were awakening to the fact that Repub-
llcan promises were made to be broken,
and that unless ticket was put up which
the people could be induced to believe was
a guarantee OF reform, and platform was
adopted that bore internal evidences OF
honesty, Chicago would probably prove
the beginning Of the end. The present
position Of some OF these papers in de-
clining to support the ticket, and OF
others In accepting it under protest. shows
that neither OF these requirements has been
fulfilled. The attitude OF such papers MS
the New York Times, the Philadelphia
Evening Telegraph, and the Springfield
Republican, which represent respectively
the Republicans that are bitterly hostile to
Mr.. BLAINE, those that are determined to
make the best OF bad bargain, and those
that may be classed as strictly independent,
is an admission that the people have, with
reason, at last reached the verdict that the
Republican party has been weighed
in the balances and found wanting.
In short, the situation as presented
TO us from Republican standpoint con-
firms the declaration Of Mr.. TIDEN. 1t
says as plainly as language can put 1t that
the public are tired Of and disguised with
seetionalism, fraud, corruption, and mis-
rule. II declares that the time is at hand
for recrowning dethroned honesty. lttells
the Democratic party that all else should be
subordinated to one great task-that OF
cleaning out the Augean stables. 1t pro-
pbesies that II we will make the fight on
reform we must win, no matter who our
candidate may be, so he is honest. Ii we
are wise we will learn from our enemies.