The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-12-29

Hioui tHO INoW y OTh TiUAHt
The report Of Admiral Walker covers
the administration with Disgrace us re.
| speots its foreign policy. The condition
ol American industries exhibits lts dis.
grace as respects the tariff The daily ship.
| nent of gold to Europe anu Withdrawals Q
| from the Treasury chow how its financial
policy has paralzed the public credit and
embarrassed trade. The disclosures be.
fore the Lexow Committee uncover the
rottenness OF Democratic city adminis-
trdtion. In every direction the Demo-
cratic party. covers itself with shame
wherever 1t Is tried with responsibility and
power. 1t plays Into the hAnd OF Eng.
land and eacrifices American interests in
the Pacific, because of pttiful meanness
and 1ealousy toward President Harrison.
Conitem ptible prtynte spite outweIghs,
with this Democratic administration,
every aspiration OF patriotism. And this
most humlliattng disclosure comes just
at the Time when In every other de- epart.
inent OF responsibility the Dem mocratic
party ID proving Its amazing incapaoity
| and worthlness.
The word amazing is not lightly used.
IL Is almost Incredible that body OF
| men, chosen by and representing well.
nigh half the American people, should be
found 30 destitute OF patriotic feeling, SO
| Indifferent to the welfare OF Amer lean in.
dustries. 80 Incapable In finances, SO In
sensible to the dishonor OF prostitute
government in great city. All these
things must be tnken together, IL one is
| TO comprehend how marvellous Demo.
| cretic pefformance 10 to decent Ameri.
| cnbs For these democratic citizens are
not deyoia OF honorable aims, uor dos.
| tlttte OF Intelligent, and they do not want
bad governrnence nor national diehonor.
| Yet their votes produce both, as seed
produces stalk and ilower and fruit. No
ono supposes that tho upright and worthy
mon are all in one party. How is 1t that
In the Democratic pnrty mon who are not
| upright nor worthy nor competent get
so completely and exclusively the con-
| trol2
The root of the whole matter lies In the
fact that tho Democratic party has been
I for more than thirty years., by It's beliefs
| and traditions aud passionate prejudiees,
hostile to all that is most valuable and
most progressive in American life. Its
Boys have grown up with ideas and train
ing which mako them incapable OF repre-.
sentlnk genuine Amertcanlsm. Its
students have worsbipped foreign Instead
of American theories. lis managers be-
cause forced In many of the States to win
by fraud ana crime or not at all, have
been trained for thirty years to the notion
TINT any kind OF rascality for the sake OF
the Democratic party must be tolerated
as political necessity.
lis best Statesmen have been trained In
the certainty that any frank expression
Of their purposes would beat them. Year
after year, now by one device and trick
and then by another. this party has been
trying TO cheat the people into giving 1t d
power which they never would have given
had there been no deception, no 1oul
gerrymanderiDg and fraudulent elections.
no party fund raised by secret league with
vice and crime. Strictly the party itself
has been conspiracy to defeat the best
interests OF Americans by cheating.
| The power has been all the time welded
by men OF the South. who have tho
natural prejudiees OF defeated men, IL ia
not strange that they feel lasting resent.
ment against tia financial measures witch
overthrew the rebellion. They forgive
inc Union soldier. but never the bond.
holder. the national banker, the protected
manufactures. The hate OF unsatistiad
Yindictiveness is not strange. The strange
thing Is that the people have entrusted
power to party controlled by men so
warped in mind aud feeliug and 40 In
capable OF genuine Amerlcunism, Tne
men who have chosen such lead ership.
with all Its ranking hostility to the best
interests OF their own States and of their
country, will not soon be able to forgive
themselves.