The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-17
Tho History Of . Party.

It is interesting to SEQ how our esteemed
contemporary. the Atlanta Constitution, tenn
pers the rebuke cast by the Democrats OF
Warren county, Mississippi. upon the great
Dumb Man Of 1890. The Warren county de-
nunclation OF the Claimants pusilanimous
silence respecting the Force bill during tho
perilous crisis OF 1890. has been already re-
rerred to In THE Sun. The Constitution
gives this explanation In mitigation Of that
Democratic anger and disgust which Is felt
with such peculiar intensity in the South:
I'VE have long been expecting some such declaration
A. this from Southern Democrats and Its appearance
now merely vsrlhss prediction. made when the Force
bill was psniinr. that the earnest Democrats OF the
country would Be sure sooner a:sr to the
difference Mr.. CLEvHLASD manifested during the cam.
psign which eliminated 10 the election of last Novem
Der, and his faureto opp"se 10 = public and deauio
the effort, OF the Repnb lean conspiraors to asen
the infamous Force bill en- tho south.
Nevertheless. a. We pointed ont at the time such
criticisms calculated to d. injustice to Mr. CLsvk
LAND. He 10 undoubtedly y Democrat but he
10 not partisan, indeed. We doubt r he
could be called In strict terms = party
This was shorn not less BY his failure to
remove GOoo Eeprb,icans who were holding Office at
the close " La adminiss ration than by his failure to
support the Dsmoct attic candidate In ;hs Muyora!ty
contest in New i"rS. II contes: which was SO impor
tant that all tho prominent southern newspapers made
Al earnest eaort IN oehalf OF me UemOcrattC tckes
Moreover whea tnis cam slsn MAS going when
the Force III WAS psniinx Mr. CLEVELAND was pri.
vate citizen aud he hat patti al elaine the Democratic
party may have had on him by giving The country .
clean. decent anu thoroughly honest administration.
The honora were even AMI the 81. President possibly
did not feel !ise ents:lne in;o \ contest In which
much par isanship WAS dsp4ayed."
Calling the Claimant non. partisan Ia the
sense that he is not strictly Democrat, Is
nj m a l,,,t Nr rr y-N-r Ia
partisan all the same. more earnest, more
bigoted, more devoted to the glorllcation OF
his party. and more mercilessly vlndictive of
Its foes than any F'smocrat. Republican,
or Farmers Allie; &c man. From the DEM
ocratic nominating Convention OF 1884.
through 1888, the progress Of the Force bill.
aud the Ses York election Of 1890. he has
been first list . I'D all the time for GROVER
CLEVELAND cIlly. Outside OF tho CLEvE-
LAND party. political organization is sin,
and political obligations compacts OF the
devil, to lie broken, II the party
Of the second part, that is, the other party.
refuses to he baptized with stuf1ng
in the name OF the Prophet. This party
and that alone has animated his purposes
and has impeIled or restrained his acts. MS
In his judgment the occasion and complica-
lions indicated.
Whilo there was an impression pre-
vailing that it represented the De-
mocracy, the CLEVELAND party seemed
powerful and imposing; but that deuslon has
been gradually worn away by ever-obtruding
truths as to their relations; and the CLEvE-
LAND party has been steadily fading out, UNI
til at present, above the froth OF old Mug
Wump prejudice little substan initial or immoy.
able remains t. 1t outside OF its own capa-
clous waisthand. 1t has nearly reached It's
apogee. but still there are expectations OF
brighter day. II all goes well before an
other year. 1t will beincreased by one.