Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1882 — TELL DONE!---F[?]RWARD! [ARTICLE]

TELL DONE!---F[?]RWARD!

A Greeting from the Chairman of the State Central Committee. Hon. Jos. E. McDonald Sounds the Paean of Victory, With a Word of Counsel. The Democratic State Central Coin mittee s;nds greeting to the Democracy ot Indiana the result of the great victory die party achieved at the late election over th; combined f<»tces of the Republican and Erohihition parties. We rejoice in a Democratic plurality on our Stat* ticket Ir -in .0 0i 0 to In 0 a gain • f at least tour im mbers of Congress, a majority in both branches of the General Assembly, and a majority of twenty-three on joint ballot. • Our victory is most complete, and is due to the combined effort.*, ot the Democratic party, relying as it did ujoi the intelligence of the people and their capacity for self'governmeut, and those finer al minded meu who were alike opposed to the corruption and ex: ravagenee ot the Republican party and the fanatical demands of its allies, the Prohibitionitts, and who made common cause with the Democratic party, in lavor of honesty and economy in the administration of the Government, and in support of the principles of civil liberty and rights ot the citizen. Tins great victory was not won without an effort. The triumph ot the Republican,party two years ago in our Slate, obtained as it was by the most corrupt and disreputable means, had inspired it with confidence, and, supported by the State did National Administrations, it felt it.elf invincible. Its leaders brought into use the same corrupt means and agencies ilia, had proved s • successful in 1880, and they were lurther aided by au appeal to the moral sentiments of our people on the temperance question under the blind spirit ot fanaticism which closed the eyes to the political depravity of the Republican party.

It was against all ol these influences and combinations tbat the Democratic party aud its suppoiters had to contend, and the success achieved by them under the circumstances is the most remarkable tn the history of cur State. The Democrat ie State Convention, composed as it was of the ablest and best men of the party, performed well its work. It emolazoneu the principles of the party upon the Democratic banner and placed it m faithful hands to be borne through the canvass. Your committee was charged with the duty of aiding in carrying into effect the work so wisely designed by the Convention, and te the accomplishment of that task it has devoted its best energies. But our success has been due more to the voluntary aid of the masses of the party than to any other cause; more individual effort has been made by those who rallied under tne D-mocratic banner in the late canvass to advance the cause ot the party and secure its success than in any other within our knowledge. Ihe people did not wait for the -low and sometimes difficult process of oiyaniz i tions, but at once in their respective lo calities entered upon tne wurk of the campaign, and never ceased until sue cess crowned their efforts. But the work was carried steadily forward until your Committee have the proud satisfaction of announcing to you tbat tO'Cay the Democratic parly of Indiana is better organized than at any time in i’S past history, and it is to be hoped that eyery member of it will feel the importance of maintaining and improving its organization until it shall be mado perfect. Let the work of to-day be the foundation for the ssrucS ure of to-morrow. The principles of the Democratic paity arc eternal; let the vigilance which guards them be eternal also. The success which has crowned our efforts in the late election will make it necessary ror us to look well to the future if we hope, to enjoy its fruits. Adversity has its lessons, but success brings with it responsibilities which must be met or the tide will soon ebb. The result of the elections this year, not only in our own State but throughout the country, is a protest against the misrule of the Republican party, a rebuke to intolerance and all attempts to interfere by legislation with the private rights of the citizen. It is a popular demand for honesty in politics, honesty in official position and an honest and economical administration oi public affairs; equal and ju»t laws and a fair and just distribution of the public burthens. If this demand shall be fairly met by the Democratic parly, then the present success is but the beginning of successes still gicater in the future. It will be met we have no doubt, if the masses of the party will keep a vigilant watch upon the course and conduct ot those who have been entrusted with power. You have elected good men to office in thia State, but they need your advice and constant care and your confi-. dence as well. It too often is the case that the people feel they have performed their whale duty to the State when they have elected men to office, but it should never be forgotten that at all times the “people are the State.’' By lorder of the Democratic State Committee, J. E. McDonald, James A. Riley, Chairman. Secretary.