The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-12-08

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lime, and has been kept up, at in
rervals ever since. 1t seems to nj
That it proceeds from those who un
ierestimate the intelligence anC
character Of the American people
So far as l am concerned / feel en-
rely safe. This is not an age cal
calated to foster monarchical syB
ems, except the moRarchism OF
brain. The tendency is otherwise.
| The schoolmaster is abroad; the
newspaper is abroad SO are rail.
roads, telegraphs, posto6lces and
frequent electors. The North is
just as jealous of local self-govern-
ment as We are, the issue being
pressed. They love liberty just as
we'll. They are business from head
to foot, and the essential character
!Stic Of business is Conservatism, for
| business is but another name fer
capital. They haven't get time to
hate anybody. So let ns drop the
sounding brass of pslilics. and fight
over the tariff aud other questions
Of poiitico.economical nature. This
is the way to split the solid North
as we'll as the solid South, and the
time has arrived when the South
may safely divide. Let's both
preach and practice tbs utmost tol.
eration-the largest intellectual lib-
erty and freedom OF conscience in
politics and religion. It's the true
civilization. The party which can
not stand this deserves to have
stone tied around its neck and tum-
bled into the Atlantic. The most
damnable and accursed of all despot-
isms is that which euslaves the bet
te, part Of man, his mind aud cen
science. AS tire ''lsnd Of the free
and the home of the brave" ne be-
come, under such system, = ghast- |
ly sarcasm, and the phrase itself the
monumental irony of the ages. The
politician who would even wink at
it is the enemy of his race, and de
serves TO be "a fixed figure for the
time Of scorn." 1t is at eDce the
of eowardice aud the con-
summation OF folly.
We thus invite immigration and
'apital; and with these will come
he quickest and surest solution Of
he race problem in the South. !
Sometimes parties, like individ-
ais, have TO be made very sick be- I
ore they can be made we'll. Dras. |
ic remedies must Oe applied. The !
eidlitz powders of dialectics are in. !
deqnate 10 the present crisis. 1t
al!s for breed of stalwarts with 6
rincipIes, we'll stuck to, Ter their
reed. Not Bourbonism, that dead. E
7 enemy Of the South, which is but
mother name for the enslavement .
f the mind, and means stagnation /
ut that higher sort Of stalwartism
'hlch plants az iron heel upon the
ectional spirit which makes a man
7 bow to the stern sylisgigm Of &C II
omplished facts, and feels a gener.
us ambition to occupy tbe front +
mes of modern thought, and thus !
rove along with the spirit af the i
ge. For who fights the spirit Of
he age fights the Stars, aud for his +
aims will be left. Heretofore De. &
1ocracy has been the very paragon I
( Inconsistency. It's platforme con. +
.itute the most variegated piece Of 7
losaic IN this history OF politics. II s
as achieved it's ewn defeat. Let il .
anish expedient and plant itself
pon the ramparts Of principle. /
hen, if it go down, it will not be in I
snoniny. Until it does this, it is 7
frontery for IL to ask the American b
eopie to restore it to power. That q
Ian has an obvious touch of the ce
,stial about him who can detect
ome subtle oder OF heaven in a
ladow. cant.
l have written far more than had !
tended, but such as 1t is you may {,
Iblsh it, If it is treason to De.
ocracy, then let Democracy make n
le most of it. I'm not worrying Fl
yself much about the consequence +,
J. As in the past, I've nothing 10 y
TX OF any party. I've always been o
,Ie TO take care OF myself and am I,
'tter able to do il TO day than ever; II
I'd nothing within the gift of either h
.rtY can cause me either to conceal =,
deyiste from my conscientious l,
nvictions. All this 10 personal n,
ID / say 1t merely for the benefit a,
those microscopic political insects ty
q pismires who have lately buz. ri
about aud crawied over me ia a
is vicinity, for ne better reason =,
an that | respectfully decline to =
TrenGer my patent Of citizenship ~
d basely resign the right OF n
ought and upon whose soft caapia &c
genuine idea would fall with apoc "
Tptie effect. &c
Respectfully, &C.. in
GrnP0E III AcyrTnrcn0Ny