Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-06-23
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with a heavier national debt, and there
is no domestic menace in sight to be pro-
vided against lest we go to everlasting
perdition.
The commerce Of the country is on q
sound financial basis, though We wish
there were more OF it, for there is not
quite enough to 60 round and give each
man the share to which he feels himself
entitled. We are satisfied, prosperous
and happy-or ought to be-from n
end Of the continent to the other, with q
we'll developed appetite for enterprise,
speculation and hard cash, and the proud
consciousness that, take US for all in all,
or even for half and half, the monar.
chies Of Europe, with their cast iron
laws, customs, prejudices, primogeni-
lures, nobilities and what not, can raise
no such crop Of general contentment or
get half as much solid enjoyment out Of
life as our institutions afford.
We are politically divided into two
great, evenly balanced parties, each Of
which savagely criticises the other and
takes infinite pleasure in doing SO. This,
happily, saves US from the dull monotony
of thinking all alike. 1t keeps the tide
Of public opinion on the flood and ebb,
prevents ~stagnatioD, acts as a popular
stimulus, gets us out of the old ruts,
compels us to take an interest in public
affairs, fosters patriotism and contributes
to the well being of society.
When the Democratic party is in power
the Republicans stand by, able and will.
ing to find fault, and the people are in.
structed and edited. When the Repub.
licans are in power the Democrats per.
form the same office with the same ASST.
duty and delight. Every false move is
reported, every blunder discovered and
exposed, every shrewd bit Of jobbery
hunted up and made into an extremely
interesting story. The Gins" are always
on their good behavior, and the "outs"
are their critics, with telescope in hand
for matters far away, and microscope for
those near by. Nothing could be worse
for this country than to have one politi-
cal party with a controlling majority,
either Democratic or Republican, and
nothing can be better than to have the
parties so evenly divided that at every
Presidential election it is nip and tuck
between them. There is no excitement
in a race like that Of the yacht America
with the English feet in 1852, when it
was reported to the Queen, who asked,
(Which is second -" Your Majesty,
the America is first and there is no Sec
ond." II the Republicans could have
matters their own way all the time, or
the Democrats either, this would be po-
l~itically the dullest spot on the globe.
We should fall into a state of inditfer.
ence about the elections, and there would
be neither humor nor health nor profit in
them; only humdrum and drowsiness,
possibly paralysis.
But in a campaign like the one ahead
Of US we shall probably keep wide awake.
The Democrats are in the field, headed
by mighty able leaders, and they are just
as sure of beating the enemy as they are
that it will be hot in August. The Re.
publicans are terribly mixed just now,
b~ewildered, dazed by what they are
pleased to think an embarrassment Of
riches in the shape Of candidates, and
painfully humming, "How happy could
charmer away;" but they will shortly
make their choice, repeat their betrothal
VOWS, sound the bugle blast, enter the
fray, and prophesy for themselves a
simple walk over.
1t will be a spectacle worth looking at,
and probably a close contest; a matter of
a small plurality, perhaps, as it has been
Of late years, and then we shall settle
back into our old places, resume bust.
~ness-which is always sluggish in a Pres
idential year-and 20 along as though
nothing unusual had happened.
One thing we can be sure of, at any
rate-the country is safe. The people
will take care of that, and are quite able
to do so. II they want to rehabilitate
the Republican policy they will say SO.
When they express an opinion at the polls
further discussion is out of order, and if
any ~disgruntled citizen insists on talking
the sergeant.at.arms should show him
out OF the hall. If, on the contrary, they
decide in favor of the present admins.
t~ration, which seems to be based princi-
pslly on this platform-that the people
ought to have all the money there is.
that the Federal Government when it
wants any cash ought to ask for it, and
not have a heap of dollars on hand which
it does not know what to do with-why,
then, we will accept the situation and go
about our affairs in an orderly and decent
manner.
The people are running this country
just now, and if you cannot take kindly
to their decisions you had better "move
on."-N. Y. Herald.
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