Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-20

can nennle y 10 borrow phrase from the |
Democratic platforms) ought 10 accept
this theory. and will do 80 unless seii;coh-
conceit and arrogance have grown, ike
tumor. into bls mental organization.
Governor Hill is an honest and true BE- |
lever in the Democratic party and the
Democratic organization. lie does not
want ANYTHING better or different. 1t is
good enough for him, and ought TO be
good enough for all OF Us. His idea Is
that the Democrats have majority OF
the voters. and that all that Is needed 10
gain victory Is to bring them out.
In the other creed the party IS dwarted,
and the individual leader who happens TO
be in power Is exalted. He " moves on a
higher plane" though but the other day
| he was at the foot of the ladder. The
masses, of course. he assumes know no.
! thing, or next TO nothing. Nor Will ne
admit that the men OF talent IN the party
and perhaps greater experience than MN
self, who q few months before We're ac-
counted his EQUALS. know any more than
| the masses. IL IS like a pyramid hitting
up its lofty head in a large sandy PLAN.
catching the first RAYS of sunlight and ap,
propriating the entire glare OF the oro Oh
| day by some subtle process. 1t is personal
| government, not the absolutlsm OF Eu-
ropean governments with European names
and symbols, but it has all the substance
| or an autocracy.
| TIE MUGwUMP IDEA.
| II was Mr.. Cleveland's misfortune, as L
| consider, that In his early LIE. not taxing
| much interest IN politics and knowing
very little about the principles IN debate
| between the parties, surrounded, too, ana,
fear. infected by a nest OF very extreme
| Republicans of the old abolition school,
he drifted. perhaps unconsciously,. into
this second or no-party line OF thought 20
which | have referred. He was chosen
mayor of Buffalo by combination OF he
publicans and Democrats. Here was an
open sesame to public ofhce ana ulstlhc-
| ton. You cannot be one or the other eX-
actiy. but a little of both. He learned
| this fatal lesson. and never could get rId
of il. 10 proved 10 him vertaDle SHIRT
| of Nessus-a donation garment, ike re-
| form banquet testimonial. and a present
| moreover. from an enemy which had to be
returned in some way or other.
The Mugwump idea IS to govern the
country by mixture OF good men OF
| both parties-that is, up North. Down
| South. the plan is to break up the solid
South. How? By q coalition OF good
men among the whites and enough ne
| groes TO make majority. These nasty co
| alitiOns are always proposed 20 be made
mn of good men" Qor the Mugwump IS
par excellence truly good man himself,
| but the combination always has IN II the
seeds Of death and the early blossom Oh
| dishonor.
So Mr.. Cleveland elected "a Governor
| with Hill az Lieutenant-Goyernor, both
| of them bv an enormous majority. con-
ceived the thought that he owed this re-
| sult not TO a Republican revolt against
| Mr.. Folger, but TO the new patent comnl-
nation policy of mixing oil and water lie
stuck to this policy all through rs GOV
ernor and President. and the Democratic
marty grew cold towards him. Governor
| Hill on the contrary, never looked out
side of the Democratic party for friend
shin and support. His only method OF
| bringing over Republicans was 10 whip
| them soundly at the very beginning. ms
| was his logic and favorlte method IL
pleased the rock-rlbbed Democrats OF
| New York. SO they warmed to David
while they grew cool to Grover. was
| there anything strange about tuls
| cLEyELAND's CREED.
| don't think Sir. Cleveland came here
with any definite ideas of the Democratic
creed. His first hobby was clyil-servlce
reform, but that was a Mugwump inyen-
| ton imbrued by the Republicans. and ITS
operation under Mr. Cleyellnds presl--
dency worked for the Republicans ana
| AGAINST the Democracy. His inaugural
and first messages have very little about
the tariff robbery. He had been two and
| a half wears in Office before he seriously
| took no the tariff question. lie dld IL
then under great pressure. This was
surely taking a long time 10 fire on his
gun. The robbery OF the people IN 1850
| by the tariff was as bad ~ It was IN 1851,
and a man qualified TO be President ala
not need wears to find It out. IL Is true
ne iumped In early with an anti-sllver let
| ter but that letter conhicted with the Dem
| ocratic platform and the history OF the
| Democratic party, and his was the first
Democratic administration that set lts
face. like q flint, against tree silver. Mt.
| Cleyeland's neutrality and long silence
during the fOrce-blll fight of 1889 80
could not have happened had he hsd any
| right training IN the principles OF Tue
| Democratic party or convictions as TO the
despotic methods OF the Republicans.
| A lover and student of the Constitution
| was bound 70 take the force bill and TO
speak out in meetlng-as Hill did.
But whether Alr. Cleveland was right or
not as the best way OF gaining power III
1884 by making combinations with Mug
wumps and getting the Republican votes,
am very sure that the time tor such tao
ties has passed. We mustnot beashamed OF
our faith or our past as a party or attempt
| 10 conciliate the enemy. We must meet
him m open field and whip him until he
cries enough. We cannot rally the Demo-
cratic party save on Democratic line and
| for Democrat one who IS Democrat
| ALI over. It may be Hill or German or some
other GOOD Democrat, but there must be
no retroverted gaze towards Republicans
or Republican ideas, no Mugwumpery,
and no repetition OF Mrs. Lots folly when
size started out from Sodom.
HILLS LITERARY BUREAU.
L rr MN hoo ,,,oda Isan and
| profound impression, as am sure he has,
| ON the active men and the young men OF
the Democratic party, il Is because he has
the courage of his convictions and comes
square up TO the mark every time. lie
never lowers his flag to the enemy. lie
makes no compromise with the hepubll-
cans. He asks them no favor. grants them
no quarter. He means business. 80 he
comes before the Democracy with great
State redeemed in all the departments Of
its government by his ability, leadership,
| and courage The masses admire courage.
| The Democracy want man for leader
whose name Is constantly associated with
victory. The man who fails and conducts
them to defeat may be very good IN the
opinion of some, but they have no use for
him at this time. ;,
friends are troubled at the idea of HILL
literary bureau in Washington city. If all
their troubles aud ills in life were as easily
cured as this one they need not be mise:
rable. bui rather rejoice at the prospect OF
electing genuine Democratic President.
The only Hill literary bureau that | know
of exists in their own lively imaginatons.
The last literary bureau that existed IN
Washington was one gotten up by some
department officers in the winter OF lSS7-'SS
and was intended TO promote Mr. Cleve-
lands denomination. If the Cleveland men
have revived this obsolete apparatus IN
Washington, / have not heard of 1t. New
York city is far better place for their
operations. There Is the anti-silyer and
gold bug sentiment TO put up the money
the commercial houses and banks with
southern and western agencies TO facilitate
distribution of money and documents. ;
and for al engineer and director-general,
the ready and subtle wit Of one VINO came
here in March, 1885, 10 accept contden-
tial Office with small pay, and retired rich
at the end of four years. Possibly he
would like 10 return and have another
chance. Here are surely excellent mate
rails for good literary bureau, aud l have
| at times thought saw IN different parts