Year: 1875




sentiment indeed as compared with their
real, deep down party preference for the
"loSt cause"


What Ii true OF the Democracy in Mis-
souri, is true Of it in Massachusetts,,
There was the same chance to elect a Lib.
eral Republican from that State to the U.
s, Senate that there was in Missouri; to
elect one, too, Of commanding abilities and
national reputation, Wereter to Charles
Francis Adams, man who inherits not
only the blood but the abilities oi "the
elder and the younger Adams" and who
would have worthily filled scat that has
been occupied by such illustrious Sena-
tors from Massachusetts, AZ Webster, Ey-
erett, Choate and Sumner But instead
OF giving the country this earnest OF their
national feelings, and Of their ability to
sink party feeling and compliment the
Liberal Republican element for its part
in the elections last fall, the Democracy
wasted their votes OH mn obscure candi-
date OF their own, until their opportunity
was passed and Mr., Dawes election
made certain. Then like set OF
frightened and stupid sheep they com.
menced piling their votes on to Mr..
Adams, in vain effort to stay the tide
that they themselves had swelled for the
straight Republican candidate.


The country docs not misunderstood
the animus Of such proceedings. 1t IA
capable OF penetrating the thin gauEe that
has veiled the pretended anxiety Of the
Democracy for the cauSe Of good govern
menI in the South and restored
national feeling throughout the coun.
try. Tho public is aware Of the
fact that no two men IN this country
are more truly national in their feelings
than SchurE and Adams, and that no two
men did more to bring on the reaction
in public sentiment that occurred last
fall, And yet the Democracy, despite all
their hollow pretensiOna Of gratitude to
the Liberal Republicans, deliberately
sacrificed these two men because they
were not out and out Democratic parti-
sans.


We might, in conclusion, refer lu the
proceedings going on at Charleston, in
this State, as n still further exhibition Of
the runcorOus partisan spirit that setu.
ates the Democracy everywhere on
the Louisiana question It would
not be fair to say that Hans Goods de-
claraton that more lasting fame than
that Of Napoleon awaited the man who
should assassinate Grant and Sheridan
correctly represents the party feeling in
the Legislature, and yet when a man
born and reared IN the Panhandle here,
and who is without the excuse Of sectional
Identification with slavery and the rebel
lion that grew out Of It, can feel no bitter
and malicious toward the President Of the
United States as to virtually pronounce
absolution upon his assassin, what are
we to apprehend 10 the possible sentiment
Of those who carry within their hearts the
remembrance Of property lost and kin
drcd sacrificed by the agency Of sucl men
as Grant and Sheridan In overthrowing
the rebclliont


ls II any wonder that the North has
had its periodical miSgivinga about the
Democratic party after every Democratic
victory since tho war, when that party
itself furnishes 30 much evidence OF the
animus that actuatesitY We are told in
Scripture Of tho days IN which mans
foes shall be those Of llia own household,
and 1t must be that we have fallen upon
such days as regards the Dmocruey, for
certainly no party In this country has ever
played so efTectually into the hands Of It's
opponents as has the DemocraticSparty.
The Author Of the Proverbs tells us that
though fool should be brsyed In q
mortar with pestle yet will not his fool
ishnesa depart from him. Without max.
Ing strict and literal application Of this
remark Of the wise man to the Democracy
wa con nnnrorrtately refer to the foct
Tim. ,bey have blundercd enough aimee
,ho ,.as - Lno,x ho,,or ,hon ~ In n.