Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1883 — THE REPUBLICAN PARTY’S FUTURE. [ARTICLE]

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY’S FUTURE.

Portland Register: With tbeLinofiu AdminLtratim the Republican party fit si acquhed prominence and pa ver, and by a combination of circumstances it wa* cai’ed upon to do its best work at the beginning of its career. To it were attached many able men and accomplished statesmen, who sooner or later lost their influence with their party and became detatched from its support. It is a very signifleaut fact that with the sjngle .exception of one.whose absence was requested, and who left ia rather bad odor, every member of Lincoln’s original Cabinet became antagonistic to and left the party.— Greeley, Sumner, Fessenden, Trumbull, Adams, and that class of men were denounced, and a totally different class of men came to the front and assumed control. From that time forward, while adventurous politicians have bton rush* ing to its standard, the better element of the party—the men who gave it character and standing— have been leaving it* Give iho Republican party credit for all the good it may have accomplished and still there follows a long accountability, puch, for instance,

, The Boss Shepherd Ring frauds in the District of Columbia. The safe burglary Iniquity. The whisky frauds, reaching to the Wnite House 1 The Freedman's Bank swindle The Belknap impeachment. ‘ The Robeson naval frauds. The Sanborn frauds. The Indian Bureatufrauds. The Pension Bureau frauds. The Black Friday rascality. The theft of the Presidency in 1876. '

The Indiana bribery in 1880. And the Star lloute frauds, not to mention a long list of other offenses, any one of which ought to and would overthrow any other political party that ever existed in this country. Those who acted wkh it from the start, and held out with it as long as self-respect would allow them to do so, admit and assert that it has been false to aH its first principles, and become a party of pretense and hypoo rlsy. Intrenched in power as it has been so long, with all the offices and emol ume ts in its possession; with uolim ited resources and an army of willing servants at Its command; with innumerable dependents tenacidus of their places and rs.dy to do anything required to keep the party in ascendan cy, it easy matter for the sovereign people ever to overthrow this huge inonopely of power. Recent events indicate pretty clearly that tiie people have taken these things to heart and Intend io act accordingly. The Republican leaders will, of course, blind the eyes of the people as much as possible by ignoring their complaints and endeavoring to divert their minds from the sins of the party to questions of policy upon which they suppose people may differ, The people, however, are in earnest, and what they want is honesty in election, economy in public expenditures, and a-thorough reform in all the affairs of Government; and this they well know can not be effected unless there is a change oi the men who administer the Government. The influence of namesis no longer felt; the catchwords of party can neitner rally, nor do they alarm the voter as they once did. The honest Republican who means reform does not hesitate to act with the honest Democrat who votes for It. The in* dependent,voter takes the responsibility and casts his ballot where he thinksit will do the most good. We have seen this in the last elections in the different States, and this movement will continue, and the whole country will again rejoice in an honest administration of Government under new men and a new order of things.