South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1888-11-23

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the republican party will reduce Oh,
tariff with This end in view as any
thing can be certain. 1t was TIL,
distinct understanding that Kept th,
Nor hwes,ern States in The repub.i
can column. Whether the million
si-e manu- 'acturer Of the Esst vii
eoncede as much ps- the agr.cultu
r'sis Of tue Northwest will demand j.
for the future to determine. That il
ano1 her question. The moral JUS
now for Mr.. Rar dat, Mr.. Sow en
Mr.. Dana, Mr.. Watterson and. other.
TO consicer is ;he might have been
had they followed the example If ib,
fepublicsns- &C mprc mise d ind po I,
P"n-d.
DrscirLISE or THE Tw, r ARTIEs.
Discipline has ALWAYS been The
greatest aid TO the republican party
and more than once before hs
sna'cbed victory for it from the jaws
OF defeat, just as it has row. Much
stress has frequently been laid upon
the discipline Of the democratic
party, but it fades into nothing when
compared with the cohesiveness OF
the republican party. In 1860 the
democratic party broke squsrely in
two because Of the rival SIN hitions OF
its leaders. ana Abraham Lincoln.
the FIRST republican President, was
elected blythe forms Of Law. aIthou oh
in minority Of mil ion on the pop.
ulsr vote. In 1872 the democratic
party again broke completely in tso
because Of Horace Greeley's nomina-
tion. The relative discipline Of the
two psrties was then most strongly
exhibited. Men high in republican
councils, men whose name and fame
were national AMI International. al.
tempted 10 organize revolt. But
If they td.more than a corporsrs
guard from the republican camp i:
was nyver appreciable. Ii would be
interesting to compare again the rel.
awe discipline Of the two parties in
1884, but 1t 10 scarcely Necessary to
do so. As Tor the democratic party
ono shining truth looms up, brig hl as
tho sun. Ii is nlwsys stabbed in the
house OF its friends. Whenever it is
wrecked IL goes DOM through the
ambition, the selfi,"ncss or the per.
sonal resentmen.s OF those who
should light is path to victory
That /. continues to be tue great :,
mag nificept orr aniz alton that it is
shows how deaply intrcuched 1t is 10
tho popular hoar'. The man who i'm
AGNES tbat II will not be as deter
mined and powerful foe to its great
'ival in tue future rs in the past does
not real history or comprehend logic.
EMoCRACY STILL POTENT.
1t may lie assured that the ruen
who control the destinies OF The re-
publican party fully realize and ap.
prccia'e this. Tloy see, even in the
first flush Of their remarkable and o.
ver"helnins triumph. that no Q sy
task is before them. 1t is very we'll
for those who talk lightly to proclaim
that The republican party will now
! dig the foundations Of its outer walls
so deep as to defy all attempts to
dislodge it for quarter of a ce ntury
TO come. Broad AID deep as the
foundation, msy be laid, the strong
probability is that some weak
spot will be left expos d through
"hoh the enemy can forcs an en-.
trance. The admission OF Few
States, with the consequent gain of
Senators and Representatives. AMI
Increased prcpoDderance in the cleo.
'orai colleges, will doubtless he "a
importan' fac.or in the beginning in
strengthening the hold OF the party
on the general government, but po-
liticsI experience proves that unfore-
seen circumstances and con ,tions
may change, almost in the tminklinp
ofian eye. the allegiance OF commu.
nifty from one political party 20 an
| ether.
PBPCBL'CANIsX IN The SOUTH.
When the republicans fastened
negro suffrage upon the South they
'ond'y imagined that whole section
70 bo secure In their grip for a generJ
alton TO come. In an incredibly
short period it slipped from them.
For reasons claimed TO be OF an eco
nomic and msteriAl character, the
republicans in few exceptional cases
are apparently regsining little of
the strength they possessed in the
South. IL has been regarded by
some as promising q more healthy condition
OF pontIcs " the South, assured OF perma.
neat local government based on honesty and
ln'slIgence, tbould divide on national poli.
ucs' The republicans have really made as
mOch fuss almost over West Virginia. Della
ware 500 Their real or supposed gains In
aary land az hey have over New York
Whelber u would be best for the South 10
break a IN. national. politics is a point up.
on which differences will exist, bat II A
does, that moment will witness the BEGIN.
ming OF a new sentiment in'the North which
viii evsntOats 10 also destroying the COM
Para'ive ponhcal solidity Of that section
u "osia seem ss II almost any alternative
uOuio oe preferable 10 tho continuance ol
New lork as the balance Of power in deter
, mining presto Dental elections. The admis.
sion OF the proposed new States will be one
20 cans 70 this end, and the putting Of Soy
states on the South In the. doubtful list will
De snothtr. At all events, the country NAY
congratulate itself that TIE corrupt and ira.
diug local politicians Of New Yo,k will ney
er sgain have The edvsc taee Of comrlicatin
national Affairs with their own. The rsput
hcan party and the dsmocratic party Of thi
county are quite evenly divided on the poT
uiar vote. Macy Of the larger States are
close, as are various Of tbs smaller States