Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-10-29
WEEKLY CHRONICLE.
Reflections About the Demo c.
Facy.

Mr., EDITOR am reader OF the
Knoxville TRIBUNE DAILY along
with the republican papers, that may
see both sides of all political questions.
This paper, for the last week especially,
land in this it is not different from
other democratic papers) is full of the
blunt assertions that the democratic
party embraces the wealth and the
intelligence of the country. Now if
this is true, is it not strong argument
against their OttAining power? De-
mocracy claims that it has been the
great "westl and Intelligence" party
since the days of Jefferson, and if this
be true, and they base their claims
upon this, las they seem to from quot
ing it go oit9n), does it not fully ex-
plain why they have been out of power
so long? Fats are stubborn things"
and il is not the invariable rule that,
in all the departments, of life, from the
walks of the humblest to the avOcs-
tiOns of the greatest, the wealthy,
intelligent, good man, has unbounded
influence. He not only moulds senti-
ment, political and religious, but its
habits, character, practice and life OF
the entire community in which he
lives. The children growing up are
named after him, and the very air
seems sacred around him. And Is
this not so with churches, societies,
states, nations and parties? and Ii the
democratic party, in country where
once it was tried, and where, although
it has been out of power for twenty
years, has been struggling to gain the
ascendency, and this too, in country
where it is we'll known, embraces the
"Wealth and Intelligence" Of the coun-
try, is it not clearly because it lacks
the one essential quality (good)-with-
out which there Is not nor can there
be any confidence.
just think of it. If this great (?),
grand ~ and superb" democratic
party, with life as long as from the
beginning of JtheTsOn's days till the
present, with all of It's numbers,
wealth and Intelligence ~ had only
been as good. What wonderful diff
ference. No Jail houses, penitentiaries
or convicts. No taxes, oppression, de-
preston, repuGiatiOn or Wilson's.
This, and would not democracy be
"superb" indeed and cur country an
earthly paradise (D.
We are aware what has been the
| teaching of southern democracy for
years, and taking it in the south, so
far as wealth applies, it is possibly
true. II would have been more so but
for the emancipation Of slavery, and
III TINS we find the origin of this dem
ocratic claim, and t. this too we may
look for the reasons why a great
many men woe the democratic ticket,
For we all remember well when their
strongest argument was: 81 belong to
the white mans party. I'm not going
to vote with the ID niger. vote
with Mr.. A" 1 do not insist that
hey still openly adhere to this (for in
their dealings with the colored man
they put me in mind of the story that
DR.. Coward used to tell on his brother
Benz, for have they not their Moses :?
and do they not worship him?
The Tribune also claims that the
young men are espousing the cause Of
democracy. Well, this, too, was so,
possibly, just at the close of the war,
to some extent, but is it so now? Have
not all the old gentleman's girls mar
ried?
II boys do do so, it is no uncommon
thing. Ihey often grleVe the parent
by doing foolish and even Grim
inal things. But the facts
are the espousal of the demo-
cratic party by our young men
can be explained in the same way that
Mr.. B. explained the wonderful legal
practice of Mr. c. of New York, but
as some people fight, I will only ssk
them to ask Mr.. W. A. Henderson to
tell the remainder of the story. The
facts are young men are not doing it.
Our only aim or desire, is to keep
young men from going 70 far, to be
finally saved, for peace and universal
salvation, yes, for democrats too, is
our motto. W. r 1T.
Clinton, Oct. 25, 1880.