Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1878 — THE DYING PARTY. [ARTICLE]

THE DYING PARTY.

How George W. Julian. Will Tell of of Its Death StruggleAu eastern paper in commenting upon the forthcoming article of tlie Hon. George W. Julian in the North American Review says: “ We l.earn from Indiana that George W. Julian, of that Stats, has written a remarkable article for the forthcoming number of the North American Review, to which he has gi ten the expressive title of ‘The Death Struggle of the Republican Party.’— A? Mr. Julian assisted at the birth of the republican party, nursed and pr< - teeted its infancy, and better than most men living knows what its mission was, and what were the elements of its strength, he may be assumed to have studied’■’’it i no hostile eye the sources of its decay, and his verdict that it has outlived its usefulness will possess a singular interest. The ‘old organization abolitionists’ were non* 1 of them addicted to literary milk and water, but Mr. Julian was a kind of Junius even among the old organization abolitionists, as remarkable for the biting energy of iiis style as for the fearless independence and unbending integrity of his character. The Blaines and Conklings may as well prepare themselves for the actual cautery.”