Year: 1868


paved the way for defeat, and that had wiser
counsels prevailed there, all the subsequent
disasters might have been avoided. To take
the Convention to New York-the great
focus Of political corruption-in the first
place was q mistake, and all that followed
was only series of blunders The platform
embodyipg the financial views of Pendletop,
who had innoculatsd the people with the idea
that the Government indebtedness should be
paid in the currency Of the country, was
strangely inconsistent with the nomination OF
a candidate for the first place on the ticket
who had just proclaimed himself in favor OF
paying the bondholders 10 gold. The 6naD-
cial question was the great lever on which
the democracy expected to carry the election,
but when they went into the canvass with a
green-back platform and bondholder's cam
didate, the Inconsistency was too great to
deceive anybody, and as q consequence the
people were Indifferent as to the result The
democratic party is party Of principle, and
whenever principles are abandoned for mere
expediency, defeat is sure to follow. The
double dealing of the New York Convention,
lost to the party the hearty sympathy of the
mass OF the people, and in return for their
loss nothing was gained. The bondhOlders,
from the necessity of their position, were in
full sympathy with the radicals, and contrib.
uted largely from their means to elect the
radical ticket. Had the issue been fairly
made of the bondholders Us. the taxpayers,
the election on the first Tuesday 10 Novem>
Der would have told different tale, but as it
was, the mass Of the people felt that they
had but little interest in the result aud so
they allowed the election to 60 by default
The gold speech by Seymour, aud the nomi-
nation of Frank Blair to the second place on
the ticket, were the two'heavy weights that
bore the party down all through the CANVASS
and cventuated 10 a humiliating defeat. This
result, we of course, greatly deplore, for the
reason that We believe, and still believe, that
the country can have no permanent peace or
prosperity until we have change of rulers.
The radical party has now been in power for
the full term Of eight years, and all history
shows that the long continued possession of
power inevitably leads to corruption. A
change Of rulers would have given peace to
all sections of the country, and with the n>
auguration Of the democracy the Southern
States, now SO terribly oppressed, would,have
been restored to all their constitutional rights
This crowning glory we have failed to achieve,
and instead of inahgura,iDg reform we have
granted another four years license to corrup-
ton. Just now the future of the democracy
Is uncertain, but about our duty as citizens
there can be no doubt In the election of
Gen. Grant as the constitutional head of the
Government it is the duty of all good citizens
to acquiesco cheerfully, and yield hearty
support 10 all measures of his administration
believed calculated to advance the interests
Of the whole people, and secure to the citi>
zens of the country, whether residents of
North, South, East or West, all their con>
stitutional rights. But like a democratic
cotempOrary, we feel called upon in this con-
nectiOn to say that we are far from believing
that the radical leaders will willingly leave
the "public teat," and advocate and vote
for the reforms necessary to authorize re-
duction of taxation. And should they in
sist upon continuance of the extravaganza
which has characterized their acts during the
past six or seven years, is General Grant a
man of sufficient nerve to lead in The work
Of retrenchment and reform. and to discard
as enemies of bis administration men opposed
to measures necessary to reduce expenditures
aud lessen taxation To use word 10 gen.
eral use, We greatly fear be will weaken"


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