The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-04
VICTORY FOR REpUBLIoANIsM.


At all points where the fight was made dis
tinctly on Republican issues the party has
been encouragingly successful. In those
States where the Republican idea of pro-
facture was not abandoned, or treated GIN
gerly, it has succeeded in a manner that
points strongly to the proper course to follow
in the future The lesson is that in future
campaigns the moving principles of the Re-
publican party must be in the ascendency.
They are of character to appeal to the sup
port of the people. and are as applicable to
one part of the country as another. It will
not be many years until the industrial South
will come to understand that the true cham
pion of the South has been the Republican
party, which has persistently battled for those
things in the polity of the government which
have allowed the South to come abreast of the
older manufacturing parts of the Union.
Such progress has never before been known
in that section as has been made since the
war, and under the bene6cent influence of
the protective tariff; which reserves the
United States for the people of the United
States, Cor the mechanics and workingmen of
all kinds. This is one of the things that
must be kept we'll to the front in all cam
paigns to come. 1t has proved the winning
card this time, and will continue to- The
great free-trade leaders, almost to man,
have been sent to the rear by the working
mon, and now the acknowledged chieftain, in
the person of Mr.. Carlisle, has fallen at mo
ment when he least suspected he was in dan
ger of losing his prestige
Of course the cardinal principles of Repub-
licanism, which have been of it from the out
set, are as living to-day as at any time in the
history of the party. These must still be
maintained. 1t is as popular as ever that each
citizen is entitled to all the rights and privi-
leges enjoyed by any other citizen, and any
thing tending to abridge these cannot be toll
Grated. They have been seriously curtailed
Al SOi tain AOCdiltlcS, Out never WlCu IGepuD-
lican connivance or consent but always in
localities where the enlightening principles of
Repu blicanism are not allowed to find lodg-
ment. That they will eventually prevail there
can be no doubt, and until they do prevail and
are acknowledged everywhere and respected
everywhere, it is the duty of Republicans to
stand by them and to maintain them This has
been done up to the present in all elections
and will be in the future, but it is not enough
to do so in way that does not 4sharply
draw the line between the Democratic and
the Republican party on this issue. One is
for, and the other against, these principles
The Republican party must not fail to keep
this before the people, and to point out the
danger lurking behind the intolerance and
prejudice of the Democratic conspiracy against
equal rights for all men. There should be
free elections everywhere, and every man
should be allowed to cast one vote, and to be
given the assurance that that vote will be
counted as cast. When this is done the per-
petuity of the government is assured for
when all men feel that their every right is
respected they will be contented, patriotic cit
liens, upon whom it will be safe to build the
superstructure of great and powerful nation.
The glorious deeds of the Republican party
augur well for the future Of the party. There
is an incentive in contemplating a glorious
past to go on to other glorious deeds. This
the Republican party will continue to do, but
to do so well it should be kept in mind that
the Republican party is the only party that has
done well, and that it is one of the most glori.
GUS things in the range of American citizen
ship to have been member of that political
organization. It will do to fight on.