Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-06-05
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Ness poilsIeaI cosal.lssa n
II is The year d grace lsss
the last gun Of the civll war wa
ihe spring Of 1868, mora than
three yearH have rolled over ,is.
time mary people have entered d
ton from abroad and ialsln Out m
ing papers. 4 vast uusobar of
born Amerieans win y5Sfhig fall
memory eanxet efaeh ~ ~ far
catch the Sntsst. $50 Il AK
which for'6ve. yey.gpAraisa d
aens Of thiasRceubiie ! There are
Of these vSters WIG o. ctisenshia
datoa the close ON war 10 deeli
National political corltoa.
These are the iactg which rive ~
significance to Mr. CleveRrsl's II
on tariff reform. Heretofore he,
TOO many voters vAoexereiaea the
chiae as II Il wan 1866 or 1850 M
lSfoor 1850. Tfe9 have been
formgr generkyn. and Their /
could not be enlisted in the affairs
day.
Mr.. Blaine Il tie last link whtc
melted the prfsent with the Nit
extreme and hnjustifable depq{e
magnetic peBouage was matIre
hs'had beeIspng IN public liieIulI
var brokekht. During az
fought Tie battles OF
gallshtly--with words at vof,
lance fron The range Of canon
ball, or tabre stroke. In this v
heroic te be sure, --bnt quite effect
became identified with the war
way for the twenty years since the
OF the war Mr.. Blaine has been 81
acceptable to those whose politis
turned mainly on the issues raise
fore and during the war. But now
blaine is out Of the political COME
the time. To him a vast multitu
the Republican party has elohe
as they clnng TO the memorie
the war; This link is out of the 81
the chain is broken, the connection
twenty years ago is severed entirely.
This is very important view Of
political situation to-day. For m
years after the war closed, the extrI
feelings engendered therein held sd
eign sway. The Democratic party
thex North at once when the
gus was fred at the close Of the i
adopted the policy outlined bv cd
eral Grant at the surrender Of AZ
eral Lee, and afterwards whss<A we,
with this fighting Of the old 6sttles q
again, he said, ''let us have peace n
Ihis attitude Of the Northern DemocracJ
aecentuated 80 strongly by the opposit1
policy so long maintained BY The Republ
lcan party, held the whole South solid
or the party into which the extren,l
md Incorporate attacks Of the Republil
AN party had driven the sonth in lssa
md 1850. Previous to that the South.
vas strong in its Wing tendencies.
How will il DO hereafterY This year
ne Democracy is pretty sure Of
he whole South. 'iEhig princi-
les are not dead, they merely
leep in half a dozen Southern States
tut that section will vote as one man las
ing as the Ingalls, type Of Senator flour-
hes in the North. But Just as soon as
10 CORY garment is really buried ID
ION as the Republican party efasus The.
ea that the war is over, that the South
reconstructed, that Louisiana and
'uth Carolina are integral parts of The
sderal Union, the South win split AWAY ]
part from the Democratic party; thl
ople OF these States will vote on
her issues, and the Republican
American and other parties
a sideshsws will spring into real ex,x
ence in all the States south OF the ~
lson and Dixon line Of division. n
Turning to the North we will find 49,
re is a great deal Of disinterratjZ 81.
on to-day. The son Of a Repzlican
40 longer found az matter Zneces.
voting his fathers ticket. n the old
ltleman still goes on taZsg about
rper's Ferry, Missouri compromises
other questions dug from the tomb Of
past, the young fellow with the sun.
1t oil the morning on his brow is apt 10
W tired OF story so often iterated. He
get hold Of an idea pregnant with
ng meaning, fruitful with material
rest, and that idea may lead him 10
against the old man. AS we say
me was SORT Of rallying point (
eus for all sort Of old-time memories !
being gone, now the whole party il Z
IKE bees trying to swarm without a 4
n. There is no telling what direc. \
the multitudes may take, nor where n
Individuals may alight. E,
these lines Of reflection. we NAV p
'ct to see a great change made in tbe u
'fities in all the Northern states
may expect to see voters Discussing
earnestly considering the issues ii V V
lime. They viii not 60 to the polls d
ASK Tor the Republican ticket and 81
II regardless Of who is on II II
what principles it stands fos. &
, will be no such spectacle seen AZ ini
Senths OF a State voting one way s Ia
.ltles will be trimmed down. ard IA
lities will be made very thin i1deed tiss
my OF the States which heretofore VI,
been regarded as impregnable Re- iios
can strongholds. ON