, 1888-12-13
THE COUNTRY Is SAFE.

dency, after successfully holding the
control OF the government during 9
period OF twenty-five years, the lesson
was so plain, the warning so emphatic
that no thinking person could err in
.comprehending It's purport.
Loyalty to tho great principles upon
which the foundation Of our nation
atty rests has never been distinguish
ing feature of the democracy, and
even 1T the time when there seemed
no reason TO spprehend any serious
obstruction to our progress as no
tion, many OF our statesmen, looking
farther into the future than ordinary
intellects could penetrate, predicted
the issue which the years 1876 met
and subdued.
The lesson which should have been
,earned in the period from 1884 to
1883 must not now be overlooked and
forgotten. The consequences which
attend the election Of a republican or
democratic president are seemingly
trivial, in the opinion OF many, but a
little reflection will show how absurd
this is. A fancied security is not a
protection against an insiduous foe.
When Grover Cleveland was inaug-
urated he declared his intention to
remove none except for cause, but the
changes which resulted from his four
years occupancy Of the white house
were never before equaled in number.
Elected as Northern democrat, he
placed in Office, in positions OF the
greatest power and responsibility, men
who had always been and still were
the most hostile TO any government
which did not place the North at the
mercy and under the control of q
~Solid South" In short time tens
of thousands OF men, whose only
fault was their loyalty TO the princi-
pies for which Lincoln died, were sue
ceeded by others whose chief recon-
were contained in the fact
that they had tried to overthrow that
very government which they now
seemed so eager TO serve. A Confeder-
ate colonel, Assistant United States
Treasurer Brooks, at San Francisco,
who, after the active struggle Of battle
was ended, would not associate with
WAS appointed to
q position OF trust, invOlv-
ing the security Of hundreds
OF millions of dellars belonging to the
very governing power against whose
welfare his best efforts had been di.
rected. Throughout the land loyal
men (and here let US say we mean
men loyal TO the whole country were
supplanted by loyal democrats, and
the office-holding power, which is so
ponderous ia elections, was being
strengthened in order TO perpetuate
the democratic reign.
But the democracy could never bear
success, and acting with a disregard
for consequences, which was in no
wise concealed, they hastened thoir
own overthrow, which became assured
when the Mills bill was prepared.
The latest and therefore most foolish
movement in the disordered ranks of
democratic horde is the call for an Or
ganization to be named "The Demo-
cratic Grand Army of the Republic"
"Quem Deus vultperdere. prius de-
mental" In Heavens name what
will be the constituents OF this partyH
When Lincoln issued his instruc-
tions to his democratic generals, in.
structi ms which II promptly obeyed
would have hastened the termination
of fraternal war, he was 0beyed 40 re-
luctantly and 30 tardily that the effect
which he intended to produce was lost.
Far be it from us TO mention the
names OF brave men, who in the
nations peril fought for her salvation.
No, let the mantle Of charity TO all veil
the errors Of the dead. But history
tells US, and in language without
ambiguity, that the geuerals who
achieved the victory were republicans,
men who belonged to the great party
whose greatest exponent was Abraham
Lincoln.
We are not in favor Of keeping in q
prominent place anything which calls
up the war Of 1851, but when this
democratic Grand Army shall have