Year: 1871




1t would seem to be the extent of the
wisdom of some Democratic journals and
Democratic politicians to have their party
platform come as near as possible to that
of the Republican without exactly being
the same-almost alike as two peas,s ex
cept that one may have in it a black
speck made by a fly or something else,
while the other has none. They do not
seem to comprehend that unless the par


ty out of power can present principles
and measures superior and sharply an
tagonistic to those of the party in power
the people will not tear their shirts to
put one out and the other in. If there
is to be little or no difference in measures
and policy of the two parties, why turn
the country upside down merely to make
a change of persons The principles
and measures of the two parties should
be marked in their antagonlsm or their
contest become merely personal, in which
case very little enthusiasm can be count
ed on In political contest. Dlsregardlng
this fact, there are Democrats who seek
to put out of sight what is really and dis
tinctively antagonistic TO tho principles
and measures of the Republican party
and vet as uear to the platform of the
latter as possible without overlappiug 1t.
| We tell ali such Democrats that they are
gong to win by no such policy. The
| Democratic party, to succeed, must pre-
sent principles and an administrative po-
| licy different and superior to those ofthe
party in power. We think the line of
| demarcat:on is broad and deep, but that
| does not seem to be the case in the oplp
| ion of certain Democratic journals and
| poiiticians, or, if they do think as we do,
they want the line to appear as dim as
possible The Democracy never has con-
ouered, and never will succeed in any
suck iimid. fat and weak policy.


From the Louisville Courier-.Iournal.


We will. explain as we understand the
case There has been war. The Bour-
bons forget that. There has bevu rev.
olution. The Bourbons forget that. The
negro. that was Z slave, is freeman;
the freeman, that was nothing. is cltl-
zen and voter The act of war which
made him his own master has passed out
ofthe account The acts of reconstruct
ion that make him a citizen and voter
have passed out of the account also, hav-
ing done their work. All that remains
10 mark the revolution are three amend
ments to the Constitution, which, nc
matter how adopted, have been incorpo-
rated as a part of the organic law oi the
land, aud as such gone into effect 1t Is
the deliberate judgement OF the great
body of the Northern people. who are
subjected to human influences and are
not yet travelled beyond the reach either
of demagogic appeals or of waflike pas
sions, that the reopening of the question
of suffrage and citizenship, embraced In
the amendments, would inaugurate q
revolution whose import would be The
destruction of all the rights which have
been conferred on the negro. There Is a
wide spread feeling that, whether those
rig hts conferred were wise or not, K 1


best that they should not be disturbed
There is deep distruSt of the tempei
Of the Southern people, which has lcei
, Increased fiy the violence of the Bour


bons. Hence, great majority OF n
Northern people prefer taking thel


chance of quiet under costly radical gov


ernment than running the risk OF revo.i


tion under party led by such counselor
as Mr.. Stepifeus and Mr.. Toc,Hhs VIII
: are made by the devices of the radical