The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-23
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Why the Democratic Party cnn Never Win
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The recent presidential election ha
shown that there Is an invincible reasol
why the Democratic party can never vii
n National victory. It lis that the youth
OF this Republic are not Democratic. Thu
sons OF Democratic fathers have grown vi
Republicans. solong as slavery and til,
war lingcr with The memory Of Americans
the youths OF the Republic will confirm,
to grow up Republicans, and slavery ant
the war-will DO remembered rs long Us tlt
public.sthool system exists. The public
schools have slain the Democratic part!
with the textbooks. 1t IL vain for states
men to declare that thorc we're as many
Democrats rs Republicans In the Union
army. It Is vain to affirm that the wal
for the preservation OF the Union could
not have been carried to successful close
without the MD OF the Democratic party
It Is idle for philanthrophy to suggest thu,
the attitude OF that purity toward the wal
In the beginning was humane ono; that
was inspired by the higher and better
wish that the cause OF tho conflict should
DO peaceably removed, md the splitting OF
brothers blood by brothers hands be
avoided: The Democratic party has been
ideally identified with slavery and slave.
holding. The Republican party is ideally
identified with emancipation und the war.
Therefore the youths of the country are
incapable OF being Democratic. There
fore the Democratic party can never win
National victory. d',l
The boys who catch the ballots that fall
from thcirstihencd hands are Republicans.
This cannot be denied. The curse Of
slavery has poisoned the blood and rottcd
the bone OF tho Democratic party. The
mulediction OF the war has palsicd It's
brain. Thcyoung wife whoheld the babe
up TO kiss the father us he hurried to the
tap OF his departing regiment has not
sucked It Democrat. The weary foot OF
tho gray grandmother who watched the
children while the wife was busy has not
rocked the cradle OF Democrats. The
chair that the soldier father never came
back to fill has not been climbed upon by
Democrats. The old blue coat that his
comrades carried back was cut up FOR little
jackets, but not one covered the heart OF q
Democrat. The ratified muslet that fell
from him with his last shot became the
thoughtless toy OF his boys; but not q
hand that played with it was the hand OF
q Democrat. The babe he kissed crowed
and crowed for his return, and its TN.
whiting and unanswered notes were
not from the throat OF Demo-
crat. The tear-soilcd camp letters
which the mother read aloud iii the long,
bitter evenings while the boys clustered ut
her knees did not iall upon Democratic
ears. The girls sobs, blending with the
mothers weeping, did not make Demo-
crats OF their brothers. Perhaps the father
had been Democrat all his life! The
children 60 10 school, There is not 4
Democrat on its benches. The first reader
contains the portrait Of Abraham Lincoln
that kind and sturdy ince never made a
Democrat. On its simple pages, in words
OF one or two syllables, is told the story OF
his birth and death. That story never
made Democrat. In the pr,.nks Of the
playground the name silences the frolic-
some and makes the jolliest grave. The
name never made Democrat. In the
pictures that light up the geography arc
the firing on Fort Sumter and the death OF
Ellsworth. Those pictures make no Demo
Gratis. The first page Of the history con.
tains representation Of the surrender OF
Leo at Appomattox. No boy ever gazes on
that and ever after avows himself Demo-
crat. ~ ~
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 latt!es
are briefly described, the narrative has no
Democratic listeners The strain of mar
tial music runs through the readers, and
that music makes no Democrats. Sketches
OF the great generals arc given; the brave
deeds arouse the enthusiasm of the lads,
but there is no Democrat among them
The horrors and suNeFings 81 the slaves
are told, the maddened 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 he found to say prayer over the
gr!,ss OF its grave,
The late defeat need not be attributed to
any other causes. The result was accom-
plished because the youths OF the republic
are not Democratic, That party is there
fore without a future and without hope.
The malediction OF the war has palsied its
brain. The curse Of slavery has poisoned
its blood and rotted Its bone. Let it die.
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