Year: 1870

OUR DelnOcratlc cOtenpoIhEyi uc W.
kersburg Gazette, is Of the opinion that If
the Republican party ever hada mission in
this State, which 1t affects to doubt, that
mission is now fully accomplished and
he party ought toexpir0 as it were under
tle statute Of limitations. The editor
afIirms that there arc Thousands ofllberal
Republicans" in the State "who only differ
with Democrats in name," and he intima.
tcs TINT these persons are SO much predis-
posed to IN affectionatc aitiliation with the
Democracy on account Of the countless
virtues which tho latter have so steadiast'
ly manifested these several years back,
that really there ought 10 be little or no
difficulty in fixing upH sort OF "schcmH
dc tide," rs they say over in Rome now-a'
days, and coming together for u little
while ut least, say long enough to give
the Democracy chance in the October
election. ,.g..t...


Now It Is all nonsense on the part OF
the Gazette editor to be talking about thou
sands Of Republicans in this State feeling
disposed 10 join hands with the Dcmocra-
cy on any distinctive tenet advocated by
the latter. And it Is kind of nonsense,
although seriously intended for decided
effect on the public, ,thatwill deceive no con-
siderable number OF people when once the
campaign opens, and tho issues Of the day
come to be canvassed in their hearing.


As We understand the situation Of the
Democracy Qt this hour they are snbstan'
TALLY without an issue on which 10 make
their proposed fight this summer and
mil. And one of their greatest
atliCtions consists In the GACt that the Re-
publican party at the late session Of the
Legislature took the wind 50 completely
out of their sails by putting inproccss of
constitutional repeal the disabilities now
resting upon certain citizens. In the cam
paign lust year, these disabilities werelarge.
" tho stock In trAdc Of the Democracy.
Beaten rs they had been so signOlly the
year before on their national plNttorm,t m,they
were forced to fall hnck on these disabilities
and the Fifteenth Amendment rs the two
remaining pl0nks in theirplattorm onwhich
they might hope to still stand and make n
fight But both Of these plAnlSs have
been broken beneath them and the
Democracy stand tO-lNy down on
II level where they have To win
or lose In a square contest about mat
ters of fact instead ol matters of preju'
dice. The Fifteenth Amendment Is set
it'd forever, and we shall SEQ the Censor
vativc mouth closed as 10 that old gricv-
ancc this year. We shAll sec Democrats
as careful about cncountcring the prcju-
dices Of the darkics, from this time on, as
they were formerly jealous in stirring up
prejudice agninst the Republican party on
account of the dNrkey. And as to the dis
ability grievance, which to them was us n
green spot in the desert of their long pro-
tracted exclusion from public confidence,
it too is about to full them and disappear
in the dim vista. The stubborn tact with
which they have to deal is, that the Re-
publican party has done on that question
MI that can be legally done, and whatever
any candidate may say or promise on the
stump for sake ofa temporary advantage
it nevertheless, remains MS u matter Of
record that but for the Republican vote In
the two Houses the repeal could not have
been inauguratGd at the late session.


This vote will stand out in tho canvass
and those who will be called to deal with
it will be forced TO recognize 1t rs an an
swcr to the appeals hitherto made by the
Democracy in favor Of some such action


Upon what distinctive ground then, VT
beg to ask Of the Parkcrsburg Gazette, Is
1t that so many thousands of Republicans
arc so willingto Ally themselves with the
Democracy


w., poII~nnb N.Cn Washington,