Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1878 — Brilliant Inconsistency of an Indiana Democrat. [ARTICLE]

Brilliant Inconsistency of an Indiana Democrat.

Mr. John H. KinterhoUiatp, of % 1 j#nt& Indiana congressional district, Js, qno of those persons who think that the democratic party is the safltt of all good, the only thing worthy of adoration and personal sacrifice. He tells Ihe democrats of his district that he will not run for congress because “the interests of the democratic party, which, to my mind, should be paramount to all, call on me to decline a nomination.” He is a member of die state senate, an* is elearly of the opinion that it is his duty to stay there, “and use every effort to serve the people and the democratic parly.” Uesidoe he thinks hie nomination “might result in some inharmouy ia the party; and this is especially desirable to avoid at thistime.’ ’ He acquired his democracy so for as tho currency question is concerned from “auch tried' statesmen and true patriots as Andrew Jackson, Bilas IVright, and Thonnai Beftton.” Ha say?: “I united my fortunes with the democratic party mainly for these reasons,” —that is, for the reason that, the democratic party way a hard-money party—“and 1 believe did permanent welfare of the organisation de-' pends to a very great extent on the botteclness of its faith on financial questions’/ Hufi the faith of the party on these questions fs egregiously incorrect. Therefore Mr.. Winter both am stands aside for the sake of harmony in the party. It might mar that harmony for a hard-money man to be a .candidate of the soft-money party. He joined the democratic party because it was a hard-money party. Therefore be asks the party “to unite with him la a hearty support of the” soil-money “nominees of the democratic party.” Although .the principles and purposes of tho democratic party aro exactly opposite to what they were in tbe days of Andrew Jacksoo, Silas Wright and Thomas Benton, and although its principles were then right whereas now they are wrong, yet “the interests oftho democratic party’’ arc “paramount to arl,“ and for the sake of those interests a mart* should sacrifice his conviction*, and stiek to the party after it has inrned itself inside out and wrong end to. Verily, great isthe democratic parly; and wonderful is party idolatry. —Chicago Times.- •