The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-28
The Old Issues to the Front.
American Register.

In every election which has taken
place since the Republican party has
come into power that party has had
two issues which it constantly pushed
to the front. One was the "bloody
shirt" and the other the imperiled
Cuisines interests" Upon these two
strings it has wont to play most
dreadful and di%scordant music to the
ears of timid people. The scare on
cuisines interests" was intended to
reach the ears of the commercial and
industrial part of the people, and the
dreadful outrages at the South was
meant to paralyze the benevolent and
philanthropic people of the country,
whose delicate sensibilities could
easily be infiamed by skillfully told
stories of desperate assaults upon the
~inofTensive and harmless colored
brother. These familiar schemes are
| well known to all the country, and as
they were thought to contain much
food for tie stulnper, and abound in
fruitful texts for the average editor,
they have done yeoman service in
several campaigns. But it has been
noticed by observing people that as
soon as the election was over the
colored brother found no one to modest
or make him afraid and the business
concerns of the country gave no evil
dences of the fearful danger which
they had escaped. This singular
thing has doubtless caused some re-
mark and perhaps given rise to the
suspicion that after all these pictur-
esque accounts of Southern troubles
and impending commercial dangers
may have been only the visions OF
the disordered fnncies of Republican
statesmen, superinduced by dwelling
too severely upon the possibility OF
losing their patronage and their
offices. Such a danger to the mind
of a Republican statesman might
possibly produce a disordered fancy
and give rise to the most fearful APP
p~rehensions. The loss of position and
power might possibly present great
uneasiness TO the mind of those prof,
iting by party domination, and the
mos! narrowing spccters might risctu
comfort them, and through them the
country, in the event ofparty disaster.
But as no social upheavcls, no COM
mercial disasters have followed the
narrow escape which tie country has
made upon several recent occasions
when the Democracy were very near
obtaining the supreme power, it may
be reasonably infcLred HAT perhaps
all this racket j. but The device OF Iic-
publican politicians 10 save them
selves from danger. 1T any rate il i,
safe 10 receive all such narrowing an.
nouncemcnt with much allowance,
for these dreadful vi>i'ations seem
only 10 come with the return of The
Presidential year. In a sort Of feeble
way this humbuggery is now again
sought to be tried on. The Rcpubli'
can editor can see dangcrto the negrt
in the defeat of Malone in Virginia
and sees cCmmrrcial caiamities in thu
election OF Sir. Carlisle. OF course
the old plan wont work so well Ihis
time, because the people are getting
tired of fleeing from Republican
ghosts, but it will try the old dodge
just the M 1t is but q sorry at
tempt TO save a discouraged party
from defeat, but as it is the best they
can do perhaps we ought not TO criti
else them too severely. 1t will be th,
last time they will ever use it, and lie
them make the best of it.