Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1888-11-24
Views Of Mr.. ncMry WastCrsOn
on CIeveIand's Defeat.

WuttefSOu Shlu III bne cOuEac VI
Lengthy leading editorial, entitle,
Before and After" III the Courier
Journal undertook to sound the alarm
and to war the admins ration of thu
dangers which its want of sympathy
with the Democratic party was invok
ing, we were filled by the assurance
that the denomination OF the Presi
dent was inevitable and inspired BY
the trnest desire for his reelection. II
the light of the returns from the State
Of New York, all that was said by us al
that time reads to-day like prophecy.
Mr.. Cleveland gnes down among bis
own people because of the friends he
chilled into Indifference, or converted
into enemies. partly through the lack
of those amenities which so so far to
make men strong or weak ON occasions
of emergency.
When the trial came there was little
rallying done among the professional
politicians to make the Presidents
fight his fight, among the great capt.
talists to advance cnnsidera BILE sums
of money, no one among the lenders
was inspired by the sublime energy OF
personal devotion, and there WIS no
enthusiasm among the masses other
han that brought out by the cold is.
sue of tax reform. or started spasmodi
caIly by the figure of the Old Romn
flashing fitfu lly through the confusion.
and tumult of the fray.
To all approa chcs for help which the
President thought he had no right to
give, his one answer was that this wiz
not the administration S, but the PEG
Piles battle. When he was asked
dire city from the natisnal Democratic
headq uarters whether he was for us or
against us. he smiled pleasantly aud
considered that which was only half a
Jest, rs all tribdte to his integrity. AS
indeed it was, though at the expens +
If his wisdom. II Is true to say Of
him that he did not rlise his hand to
help himself from the beginning to the
end of the campaign, that he did not
encourage anybody else to help him,
and that in many cases he did not per.
NIT his olfi,ial snbordin ties to help
him. This was magnificent, but it was
not politics. Undoubtedly it, and all
that had preceded it. made the differ
ence IN the vote Of the State of New
York. IL cost us ani him the loss of
it.
But to turn from the personal aspects
of the contest, the ouly States in the
North which we carry are the manu-
featuring States of Connecticut aud
New Jersey, where the tar if issue was
expected to cut the most figure, where
us the Rap lhlicans IN Ike gains III
the agricultural States of tie NORTH
vest, which are plustared over with
Eastern mortgages and compelled b,
he tariff to ply prot cto / pri 'es for
whatever they have t0 buy, though get
ting free hade>prices for whatever til J
have to hell.
This anomalous outcome would be
iuexplicable if the tariff i.sue We e
alone involved, but it was complicat-
ell by the sectional issue aud the old
soldier issue, appealing to The ignorance
anil cnpility of orealiz Id masses of
the people Moreover, revenue reform
was denied lis full presentation on
account of the Democratic lack Of the
needful munitions of war. We were
poor in Purse and poor in resources.
We had not the resources to stretch
along the whole line We had to con
centrate on New York aud Indiana
Con sequently, such States MS Iowa,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and
Minnesota were left to to&e care of
themselves as best they might, and
thus abandoned, their braV, Den
cracy sank beneath an overwhelming
array of money and men that came in
from the Republican managers, In
the Northwest, we fear, the war is II t
yet over.
It is as disco uraging as it is useless
to recur t. the gen raj plan aud tenets
of the Republican campaign. In ar
gument it was weak enough. But i'll
the solid and working machinery of
organization, in material resources and
in skill, it was admirable All its acci-
dents made them successful. All signs
presaged Dem ,cratic victory, but 1t
the right time, and in the right quarter
the Money Devil, So efficiently. served
by the genius and servIity typiied IL
the person of that prince among the
robber barons, Senator Mathew Stan.
ley Quay fixed and pointed h s heaviest
guns, and there was no resisting the
bolts of Doodle they belched forth
This is the most Ominous feature OF
the political situation. 1t indicates
that we have reached period in our
history as nation When corrupt en-.
gineries are more than a match for
public opinion, unsupported by the
like appliances.
Gov. Hill says we'll that President
Cleveland deserved better of the people
He did, indeed An honester. b,aver
men ever occupied the White House:
nor vet one who rendered the country
greater, purer service. rhe kin ghood
of party leadership was denied him;
the gifts of magnetism aud grace were
not give him by the fairy. that bent
over his cradel in the hour of his BIZ tn;
but loyalty, courage, integrity, devo-
tion to duty, a rugged, self reliant
spirit. and stern, unfagging faith in
truth. were his; and he, surely, can
afford to step down and ont with Il Q
sense that, however failingly, he WAS
true to his convictions, and made no
concessions to party claims or selfish
interests of any kind. He may {
carry with him into his retirement
many plaudits; but no one who has
| nuo, on nnn,,knrnd him will rafnsa him