The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-10-22
THE wIcKEDNEss OF DEMOCRACY


Its difficult 10 conceive or 10 sde-
quatsIy portray the utter mAligniiy o
pu pose and hsSrllsSS reshleSsneSS OF re
suits and Consequence which characterize
the leaders Of the Democratic party
MephislophsleS bad heart and honor
when weighed against the modern bOsu
Democrscy-,he child Of Burr. Calhoun
and Breckenridge the creed Of Wilksl
Booth, WirE, and Jefferson Davis
There seems 10 be no moral limit 10 thC
defiant and desperate attempts OF the
leaders of the party which openly pro-
clains It's mission to be the apolhsosl.
Of treason, They fear neither God nor
man. They are willing to plunge the
nation into q new war or snatch away
the hard. won fruit Of the late contest
With squsl avidllY, No.hinsis too dan
gsfOuS, too desperate, 100 wicked fol
their endeavor. There are no means,
however hearllsss. cruel, or merciIess
they will not use.
In 1900 and SOL the Democracy prom
ised the impetuous South that they would
stand by them, "Secsde II you must, ="
said the Democratic lsSdcrs, land if war
comes Il will be 10 Pennsylvania, Sod
hand 10 h and in tho great Norlhern Cit
les" New York alone will furnish you
an army" cried Tamutny. War did
come, and the Southern people felt the
burn Of it. No Democratic lOgions
came 10 their aid. The bravery Of the
doughty Demo rats had vanished in
words.
Now We have the same story over
again. The defeated Democratic poliIi.
cians deliberately advise the South not
to come back no! 10 enter tina old Ution
of the American Comm ~ wsulthS. They
promise, too, 10 resurect the lost cause
by a new revolution. And why il this
advice given? For the good Of the deS-
olated South and the ruined Southern
ers? NJ! but simply that these desper-
ate political gamssters may have another
chance 10 retrieve their wrecked fortunes
by prolonging the national troubles
they can only live when the country is
surgiug; when business is unsettled,
and all is disaster and confusion. They
know this, and feel it; aud, unable to
make trouble ct the North because Of the
intelligence aud integrity of the people,
they take advantage Of the general i2uo
rance and exaspsr alton Of the South.
No matter to these gamblers that the
Southern people suffer- no matter that
Southern widows and orphans lingcr in
poverty and distress; no matter that
Southern business must anguish aud
stagnate; no matter that Southern lands
and bonds go down. down, down. no
nj alter that Southern young men larry in
id!eners. acquiring habits Of vice and
worthlessness; no matter that the Sonlh
ern old men must die before the rainbow
of peace breaks forth; no matter what
betide. 80 cha, the men who have once
already plunged the nation into debt and
blood may haze another chance to rule
aud ruin; 90 matter how their innocent
Ignorant, or thc ughllless Tools may suffer,
so that Democracy, the modern MOloch
of politics, flourish.
There is a baseness in this wicked
policy Of the Democratic party which It
10 difficult to convey 10 words. Every
election has shown that Democracy is a
cipher 10 the North. II will not probs-
biz carry a single State north of Mason
aud Dixons line; it is false PTetsnce,
without power, meaning, or future The
promise To the South to stand by her is
lreachcry; the party cannot stand up
here, Ii can harm or ruin the coufdiug
and ignorant South by malevolent and
reckless advice. but it can do her no
good even irin earnest.
The policy of the Democratic party,
which lost its brains 10 1861, has never
since that time given evidence Of states.
msnship or ability Now !, shows that
conscience is gone too.--Phh. Press,
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