The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1888-06-06
Tho rrocesr Of Disintcgration.

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We once had an exalted opinion OF the
republican rnrty-that Is to say. of its
presciencc. It's cohesion. It's adaptability.
It's lion discipline and It's stubborn All
dacity Born Of the civil war oil OF its
processes took upon them the CLEAN Of
the subcr Triumphant In tho struggle, il
strobe forward without n hnlt 30 the full
fllment Of It's destiny OF course tile
trampling went on over many q new made
grave. or course there always accompa
MES every march Of s~ubjugation a whole
multitude Of things whicN fly In the air
like yulturca. which dev. r upon the
earth like beasts Of prey ncnce for tho
south It's eight long years Of agony. ira
vail and chains. .
In all Of this. however. tho Republicans
but did after their kind. C]onquerors must
have their spoils From the days Of Solo.
mon. with his captains and his shouting
men," to the days Of Queen Victoria. where
goes the pursuing sword the map makers
wipes out with gauntletcd hand all the
lines upon the old black board. When the
now roappears call first tho class in geog.
raphy Some Of Its lessons at least must
all DO gone over again.
OF late. however. we think wo. have
seen signs that the Republican party has
begun TO wabble Once 1t had n steel bar
for a backbone Grant drove 1t home and
It remained Intact until Hayes came with
his AMEN corner and Garfield with his
glory hallelujah Then something like O
SILVER ran through Its frame and 1t was
seen to stoop q little, Bad signl Steel
bars mover stoop
Further along q little 1t began to gush
Another bad sign Only those exult who
take their armor of. not those who put 1t
on Still further along It's old time au
dacity began TO disappear II permitted
itself TO 10 imbued with tho Idea that
some one Individual member Of the party
was greater even than the party itself
The worst Sign Of all That party which
deliberately undresses Itself goes 10 bed,
leaving only o single sentinel to look after
Its vast encampuient. la as good as dead
before morning
Hence. AZ we SEQ II. tho Republican
party that party which once had Grant
for Its commander In chief. old Zach
Chandler for It's chief Of staff and the
Hon John Sherman for its excclloncy Of
the excltepuor-stands today an inert and
habby mass without the ievivifying nud
9uickening Impulses OF Jumes q Blaine
IN other words. without him II Is helpless.
hopeless. bowildercd. ready to run. not
capable OF forming u line OF battle. and
afraid almost TO hold to its uniform aud
Its arms
Sad spectacle from one standpoint-the
standpoint Of American political man
hood And why this fctichr Why this
conjurutionf Why this faith In the
leadership Of tho gentleman from Mainei
Why this swift running TO meet himf
Why no other man In ull the ranks savo
the tottooed gentleman from over tho seaf
The Lord only knows except that the dry
rot has seized upon the party OF Appomat
tox. The Romans. In their old and cor
rupt days. filed their legions with bar.
b%arians. and put TO lead them slaves and
eInuchs
Al best. Is Blaine strong2 Beaten once
for the presidential nomination by n ma
tional convention Of his own party. and
beaten again for president by tho people
at the polls. what has happened since then
to add 10 his populariuyY His Bangor
speech. just after his overthrow7-that
was nothing but the bloody shirt, and II
tho bloody shirt Is all. there Is Ingalls,.
Tuke him His tariff interview al PARISH
you have read OF tho Hood Go back
there TO find a favorite His billing and
cooingr Ills no today and his yes TO NOR,
rowr
She has two eyes so soft and brown;
Take caro-!
She gives a side glance and looks down;
beware. Bewarei
TnIst her not: she ~ fooiing thee.
But seriously. Is such sort OF q candi
date tho sort the Republicans want7 I'm.
agine old Bismarck In the attitude OF q
coquette angling for a lover. when II thcro
needed a mar like Bismarck TO lead 1t,
that party today Is the Republican party.
But IL Ia not our funeral Pass on with
the corpse. In tho event that there Is no
moro holy ground. there IL always plenty
OF room 10 the potter's field. - Kansas City