The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-02
DEFEATED. BUT NOT DESTROYED
Republicans VIII Await tho vindication
of Their Principles.

DEFEATED. BUT NOT DESTROYED
Republicans wn Await the vindicat,on
OF Their Principles.
The result of the presidential contest
can be stated very briefly: Cleveland
Is elected; the democratic free trade
party has triumphcd; the new house is
largely democratic, and the senate will
be Of that political faith after March 4.
The long years of Justification, of
preaching u political millennium TO the
crcdulous multitudes have az last borne
fruit The people of the United States
are to-day exactly In the position of
that Athcnian who, when the question
of the ostricism of Aristidcs was be-
fore the citizens for decision, asked n
man whom he did not know, but who
was Aristidcs himself, to inscribe that
name upon the she'll which he intended
TO vote. The statesman asked him
what grievance he had against the
man whom he proposed to Danish.
The reply wa that ne had none, but
was tired OF hearing Aristides called
'the Justl'
SO with n large number Of American
! citizens Just now. They were tired Of
hearing the republican party extolled
as the conservator Of the best interests
| of the nation. They are reckless of
what may como from a transfer OF un-
controlled power TO the democracy, and
are only anxious for n ~"chapgc."
IL Is in obedience to a well-known law
that a pendulum, drawn TO the cxtrcm-
ity OF its arc on one side, when released,
will swing just as far on tho other side.
The war for the preservation OF tho
union was tho Irresistible force which
swung the mighty pendulum of the
popular will to the extreme limit OF the
arc. With the triumphant outcome of
that mighty struggle, this supreme force
was removed. The tendency has been,
for the past twenty years-that Is to
say, since 1s72-toward the other ex-
treme. Various issues have served rs
hindrances, and hitherto prevented the
full swing to the other end. This year
they did not prevail, and the swing Is
made.
But the hour of tho democratic party's
triumph is also its hour of doom. II II
dares to carry out its wildcat money
scheme, as promised the people In tho
Chicago platform. IL will meet with dis
affection in the west and south. II il
carries out the policy outlined In the
tariff plank of its platform, IL will
rouse the workingmen to n realization
Of the incredible folly of which they
have been guilty, and be hurled from
power as soon as a general election
gives these deceived citizens the oppor'
tunity. IL it does not fulfill tina,
promise, the farmers of the west and
the planters Of the south will wreah
their vengeance upon IL. Its tergiversa
tion has placed IL in the predicamcnt Of
the gentleman who found himself 10
Gated between the devil and the dccI
sea.
This result Is inevitable with n party
which reaches power through falls,
methods. The democracy has commit
! ted che error Of pursuing the policy o
ncg0.ion. II has condemned withou'
. stint any and every measure e%inanatinf
fropi n republican source, without hav
| ing the ability or the craftsmanship Il
frame = wiser policy. II has beer
driven TO the advocacy Of Theoretical
makeshifts, which are sure to prov,
leAs advantageous, when put to tn,
. test of practice, than the policies the.
: antagonize9. Hence VIC look. with tn,
full assurance hat u anticipation
will be realized, for u complete dis
!. ~crediting of the democratic party Il
( les attempts to remodel the economi,
: aud fiscal systems under which tn
> United States has grown so marvel
ously within the past thirty years.
The republican party of the natiol
10 defeated, but it is not destroyed.
. is a party Of principles, not Of make
4 shifts. 1t a afford to wait for tn
certain vindication which must com
( when the people have had a full exhi
bition Of the lack of business capacit
on the part Of the democracy. Tha
4 party's lease of uncontrolled powc
cannot be ioug-unless the people @
the north submit to the introduction @
I the election methods which have rer
dered the maine Of southern democrac
8 a Kissing and u reproach to every hor
O est man.-Toledo Blade.