The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-10-25
Democratic Assumption.
OAKLAND, Md, Oct. %, 1888

NIB. EDI rOR:-1l Is enough 10 MAKE
a crocodile weep to see the frame OF
mind that our friends, the enemy,
have gone and got into on account of
their inability to convince the people
that they are honest, and that the
affairs of Government could be safely
eutrusted to their care.
Some minds may be so constituted
as to be able to believe in such party
with such record, but hOt0? that's
the question.
/ mesume it is all in the bringing
up. A person reared on filth may
come to like it. there is no doubt OF
that; and in the conduct of pOliti-
cal anvass it is just as natural for the
aveHge Democratic politician to get
down and waIlow in it, as it is for a
hogo seek the mud in dog-days.
They say they don't like Blaine.
VIII, bless them, we did not expect
theB to. Blaine was nominated and
WILDE elected because he is a bril-
liam statesman and will make safe
andgood President.
b won't shape things after the old
Borbon pattern-not much--1nd
selsble Democrats ought to be proud
Tof1sat. Yes, the sensible ones.
They have been running several
campaigns on the credit of Jefferson
and Jackson. They are still point
ing with undiminished pride to the
Traditions Of the grand ~ old De-
mocracy.
They had control of this Govern
ment, if we are correctly informed.
before the Republican party was
born-a great many years before
and they did things in quite differ
ent way.
Instead of botherlng about the in.
du>trial, the financial and the social
problems, SO prolific of trouble in
those degenerate days, they devoted
their energies to the high and holy
calling of propagating and dissent.
mating the Negro, and it, too, should
be spelled with big IN"
In those good old days for which,
alas 1.-THE bourbon patriot signs, every.
thing which did not hinge on the
"Diyine Institution" Was regarded
with an eye of suspicion and aversion.
And that is what ails the Democracy
They have never given up the notion
of legislating for state of slavery.
In the good old days "bef'o the
wa " there We're no labor troubles
and no honeyed phrases in Demo
cratic platforms to cOnciliate the labor
vote. There were no strikes, ne
trouble about capital and labor; in
fact there was but little capital and
the labor problem was solved in 8
very direct and simple manner. The
laoorer asked for nothing and he gol
rs
The Overseer, with his bull-whack
regulated the labor question and there
was no need of its introduction in po
litical platforms, The Democrats
understand governing slaves but they
never knew how to govern Freemen
They knew how to legislate for tht
extension of slavery ana in the inter
ests of slavery, but the interests o
freemen is a sealed book to them to
day.
In the palmy days of slavery thu
governing section" had a reason tt
advocate and disseminate free trade
theories and to them the times have
been out of joint every since the
emancipation.
The Southern gentlemen could
raise cotton with slave labor and sell
1t, and the Northern mudsill NIGH,
raise his hog and hominy and eat it,
To the Democracy 1t never occurred
to elevate and dignity labor by a ma
tlonal protective system. Now they
assume that everybody was born
yesterday and that their record has
been cultivated, and while they
would degrade and ruin both labor
ana capital with one hand they are
begging piteously with the other to
he elevated to place and power by
the labor vote. But the Democracy
Will never govern this country. 1t
is "reminiscences dead and rotten,
ana on the 4th day of November next
will be showed under-buried beyond
the hope of resurrection. w,
Democratic DpluSj0nS.