The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-20
A Voice from tho South.

4 picture OF the situation In which the
Democracy. appears confused and bedevil-
led by the Vaccinations OF GROVER CLEyE-
LAND and his Mugwump-R Republican friends.
comes from the heart OF Virginia. to COM
Eland the attention OF serious Democrats.
We quote at some length from the Lynch
LarD Meas. not with the idea OF confirming
its anxiety. but ia order that very able
presentation OF the danger to Democracy
involved In the Mugwunlp programme may
receive the consideration it deserves:
Republican State after Republican fails
lire for the nomination % Mr the candi.
date OF the Democratic party for President. Mime
sofa. with her $1,000 hostile majority led tho way
followed BY Rhode Island anu Massachusetts,. with
their e,0OO and 81 90 respectively Now Penn
syivants with her 1s.45s Republican majority AMI
bloody Kansas with her sn.l5g Republican ma. or
ity. And so 1t goes. It begins 10 look II thes.
Republican rotten bJ.oushs, no. one OF wEtcl las
Democrats electoral vote FOR :hiry Years ave
Determined to do:ana.e the Democratic party taey
eau in tho Interest OF Mr.. CLEvEtLHp. Taey
courasei in this determination by the CtEvss
throughout ths country, AMI thus the Democratic
PARTY. under tho mai propulsion OF the men who
wrecked It In 1883, is being carried forward 20 the
precipice Of utter despair
1T has been t.lrtyCue years this April since Fort
Sumter fired on. The shot that rent the ountry
and shattered the fortunes OF tie uatoaal Democracy
Tor quarter century nos more a!s.FaEIlg IN
It's consequences to that party than have hren the
niaiign influences which have operated within tie
party since 1884. and which to-day seeka: rs lu
notation upon the altar CT on7-nan worship. III,
party spirit and party pride which, under ike
JACKSON and SAMUEL TiLpES. reTrueslei the Dem.
ocrstic body ard made OF IL an organization brave.
active Irresistible fighters have beer wholly sfe.
Vital principles have been discarded The prophets
and great men fosotten. psc!plIn. is secuted
organization degieG. and mTriry pral.ri y!r:le
ana tai hDr t~n In 1.Tsr
whom there IL guile whose shields and bunl .eys
show puH and valiant service rre scow!rd al an!
bastard breed OF insurrsct!on!s.s - ro!tiei and
eonrt@d-ani all ihs that the insatiae ambition OF
single individual may be farther grettGed
The Democratic party ia in greater reEl TO day than
Il has been for thirty and II ths troop
creamers that preciptated disaster sog- agpis
permitted again override the sooer men 0! the pJ.y
the consequences wal be fasal. and tae h!aUder PER
haps Irre.rieyab,e. The CLxyELLsp newspaper have
turned from the discussion OF party measures 10 sian
der Of party Every conspicuous pemecra; IN ts
nation who has suggested the 'nexpsIleHcy Of Mr.
CLEyxIlxDs third nomination has been srurri.o4siy
sasd and every OF party poEcy Las been
oubosdtnAted fel purpose OF rating or .un
sing the Democratic party in the n.e:es. Of Perpetual
Candidate for the Presidoney."
When 1t Is remembered that BY the disas-
ter record OF 1888 Virginia. the head OF
the yet unbro,cn column OF Southern De-
mocracy. stands close on the line OF polit-
iically doubtful States, il will be seen that
this warning also comes from il region
where. IS in New York. Indiana, and Con-
necticut. Democratic politics are peryaded
with the soberneas OF responsibility for
harty victory or party defeat, There is no
0xsggeration in Our contemporaries anaiy-
sis OF Mugwumpery's relation To the Demo-
cratic party. Dis turbance. disorder. disgust.
aud disintegrntion are its essential and in
variable effects upon every Democratic or
ganization. II its influence could be assert
ed successfully for another Presidential
contest, the Democracy would suffer be-
wildenng and staggering shock from which
recovery would be mere subject for specu-
lation unrestrained by practical expecta-
ton OF its arrival. Yet the evidence is
constantly accommodating that even in the
regularly Republican States. where the
Democratic machine is tho survival OF the
old CLEVELAND oflcoholders. who must
run In the old grooves in order to remain in
tact the Democrats are unwilling to keep
themselves wound ia the Mugwump net.
Since Rhode Island. the three States
in which tho CLEVELAND boom has
been nursed with most tender care under
the shelter Of immovable Republican ma
jorities, Massachusetts. Pennsylvania.
aud Nebraska. have failed 10 produce Demo-