West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-02-07
DEMOCRACY AND LITTLE DEL.
AWARE"

| Editor Arg,Ls:
Most of your readers are well pleased
to know that you ON the money question
| are true to the traditions of the old Dem
ocratic party. The Democratic party of
to-day embraces many men whose
honesty and patriot mono can doubt.
But are they not acting with danger
ons political element-an element which
would remove every safeguard to the
rights oil property, and every incentive
to the hopest acquisition of it? At the
close OF the Revolution our fathers were
all Democrats; they were poor but hon.
est, They had no we'll digested govern
ment tor their common safety. but thew
| soon constructed one for themselves and
their posterity, which secured to the
ciuzens ample protection TO person and
| property. and to- the individual the
largest liberty consistent with the rights
OF his neighbor. a government, under
which we have grown in less than a
cen tPpiray o f EGaodP o2 45 a 5onG S",
hatlans of the earth, a result that SIN
GENTLY proves, not only the wisdom
bl t the sound Democracy ofour fathers
Democracy means something other than
name, ald democrats good and true
can DO found in both great politicaI
parties of to-day, and in eyerv state of
the Union. When you SEQ = man in
Maine struggling 10 maintain nonuIor
sovereignty, you may safely call him q
ue"iocrat ana patriot, let others call
MN "ha' they may. Or when you see
the representative ola state in the Senate
ishorinl all mere party ties. struggling
10 maintain tue rights OF property and
faithful observance OF the constitution.
you may safely "tie" to him.
In tie administratiCn Of all free gov
erhh9nts thore must DO parties. but thev
should be honest and patriotic, and AS a
general rule, the will OF the ,uni,ritv or
the people should De obeyod. vet an nm.
bridled majority forms the worst of
uespotlsns. 1t is well known that mobs
are more cruel than individuals. II /.
DeIleVed by our best distortions. thnt NO
one Frenchman could have been f,und
when lett TO his own judg nent who woulJ
nave demanded the execution of I,oui.
ANl and his amiable ard unoffendiny
queen. Yot an infuriated mob not only
called for their execution. but insult,.d
them when on the scaffold. sound NJ
mocracy il as much opposed to D,oboo,a
W ~ I" dospOtism, and we I'm ON, own
country have within the last fow year
witnessed the out-croping Of both II
seems to me that our government il no,,
passing through n very critical period q =
lS history, aud it will require both fine
earnest teachings of the pulpit. and tbo
honest and patriotic Efforts of our states,
mon 70 carry her safely through On the
guy h"hd we are threatened with stront,
ana over-shadowing government a,
washington, which msy end I'm a ce,
Hh dospOEisnI on the other with III
regard Tor law and order among orr mao.
pie which may end i'm anarchy and a.
tnere be any truth in the old slaoe tho,
revolutions never go back Hard." ,b,.
leIsr wiz DO our destiny. do not nos
70 say the dangers to which alludo are
just upon us, but that they will como
unless we dismiss the deinagosues aud
moro party hacks from our gervioo .,,,;
select for our scrvents mon whose nstri
otisn u higher ard stronger than tbo;r
party tics. TO this We must come ar o.,
ias' make 'shipwrsck" Of the priceless in
hei''e"ce handed down to us by our
ia'hers' am comparatively a veung
III an Ny opinions and conclusions may
DO wrong but / must say would uks
70 see little Delaware" give r, 90
next President.
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