Year: 1877

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ruption and oppression. Not only is this


proven by the recognition of HAMPTON
and NIcHoLLs in South Carolina and
Louisiana, but the very fact that it is
fouudering about in the Slough of Des-
pond. eagerly grssping at any aud every
straw in the vain hope of saving Itself
Is conclusive evidence that it is in state
Of collapse, and is fast dying. Its only
hope Of vitality then, is to work vigorously
for the success of its present scheme.


Besides, as we have before blnted,
the proposed party will have the admin.
istration at its back. The best thing
Mr.. HAYES can do to divert attention
from himself, and his illegal occupancy
OF the Presidential chair, will be TO
heartily endorse such an effort rs this.
For, if successful, he would be its leader,
of course, and would thereby become
popular with it, and, perhaps, be its
nominee for the Presidency in 1879. He
will, therefore, wsrk heart and soul in
the cause.


And yet, again, there are thou
sands of people in the North who
have voted against the Republican party
only on account of its bad name, and its
oppression of the South, but who have
no special fondness for the Democratic
party as party, while many in the
South, seeing that section is
now redeemed from the hands
of her despoilers, care very little for any
thing more tnan the advancement OF her
material interests, and will gladly es.
pouse the cause Of any organization.
which promises to bring her prosperity
And this, this new party will do, by favor
ing the building o! the Southern Pacific
K, ilroad. All these will be inclined to
favor the movement


These are three great reasons why the
present is a good time for carrying out
the ideas of The Nation; but in spite of
all, we predict complete failure for,
the following reasons.


First-The name of the concern will
kill it. The people are disgusted with
the very word Republican" and even
the respectabillty which was formerly At
tsched to the old Wing party, will not
be sufficient to do away with that odium,
more especially as the old Whig party
itself, with all its respectability, and real
sterling merit, could not stand against
the principles of the old line Democracy.


Secondly The people have mad such
a surteit of Capitalization, and become so
thoroughly alarmed at the dangers
threatened the Republic by it, that they
will be very shy of encouraging any
new steps taken in that direction,
and surely there Is no more
specious or deceptive road towards
Capitalization than that same System"
by which the general government as
sumes to build railroads, SC, through the
different States. Nothing is so calculated
to destroy State sovereignty; give US a
strong central government, and break
down the great bulwsrks of our strength
as Republic.


Th,rdly-It is shown to-day more
clearly than ever before, that it is on the
old timed principles of the Democracy,
that the people of the country mainly
rely to maintain. in its purity, the Repub-
lie OF the fathers. The country know
and acknowledge that its great
prosperity has always been
under Democratic rule, and it
has never thrown aside ths. rule, without
fast degenerstipg in both fortune and
good name. A good financial system is
wanted, and that the Democrats have al
ways given; prudent and not oppres-
sive tariff is desirable, and that has always
been enjoyed under Democratic rule;
material prosperity is the first thing to be
wished for, and that was had when the
ideas of JEFFERSON were our political
guides, and it was enjoyed, too, without
any compromise of principle, or any
infringements upon the strict letter of
the Constitution.


For these reasons, if for no other, the
new movement will fail. The Demo-
cratic party has lived all these years un-
conquered and unconquerable, and IL will
so remain while the United States of
America continue to exist as gov
ernment Ct the people and for the people.