The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-02-15
A Dilemma.

four club meetings a year, IN of
years, for the purpose Of teaching
the people Democratic principles );
we opposed the meetings, but were
asked to revise our decision. We
then asked the Nea1s what principles
it proposes to teach but our con-
temporary fails to answer. It talks
in a wild, uncertain way about JEFF
fersonian Democracy; but, on our
honor, we are unable to find out
what our contemporary does believe.
1t seems to believe one thing in one
issue. and another thing in the next.
It is Democratic to-day I; tomorrow
it thinks the Democratic party has
no hope Of success. Hear our con-
temporary:
The fact is, the time has come
when politics are so much mixed
that no man can tell where he be-
longs or what he is, and a re-arrange-
ment and new formation on new
lines is inevitable. The Nesrs be-
lieves itself to be a democratic news
paper because it advocates the DEM
ocratic principles Of no protective
tariff and opposition to the central
ization of the government. But
whether those principles or either of
them control the party that may
elect Sam Randall speaker is a ques-
ton. If the Neaos in standing for
its conception of Democratic doc
trine is opposed to the doctrines Of
the organized Democratic party,
what is it, and where is it :? We
have many thousands with US in our
dilemma.
We sympathize with the Nescs in
its dilemma it is precisely where
we were in our last issue. But what
does our contemporary mean by the
following language:
Neighborhood meetings will take
the truths Of Democratic doctrine
home to people not reached by the
press. The strong voice and famil-
lar illustrations of the farmer stand
ing up in his shirt sleeves and talk
ing to his neighbors will carry firm
conviction where no editorial of
any newspaper would give an idea.
This is the most important political
question now before the people Of
the State. The masses ought to be
targht what Democracy really is,
for it is the party of the masses.
Real Democracy can be restored and
the miserable bastard, sham Demo
cracy Of the day can be banished
only when the people are taught
the difference between them. While
our Democracy is sham the Demo
cratic party is only fragile rottenness
and has no hope for success in the
country and no promise of continu-
ed ascendency in the State. Let
US not hold our hands and do
nothing, esteemed contemporaries
and fellow Democrats. We can't
afford it. We must act or be de-
stroyed. The fall may be slow,
but it will be sure. When the
danger is palpable to all the world,
all action will be too late.
Passing strange! The Neacs has
lost its grip on Democracy, and
thinks the Democratic party will
fail on account Of its fragility and
rottenness; it confesses its inability
to teach Democratic principles and
feels that the press cannot enlighten
the people. But it thinks that four
club meetings will throw a food of
Democratic light upon the subject
The people are to be taught Demo
cratic Cha. LaD doctrine" by a
farmer (ha! hal standing up in
his shirt {ha! ha! ha! } sleeves p
What on earth does the Ne@S mean ?
standing up in his shirt Cha ha! J
sleeves p Our contemporary says
if the ladder is too short, we must
do the best we can with the ladder
we have. We dislike that kind of
logic. The small boy at a fire may
dance about with excitement and
delight, and yell until he is hoarse:
but he will not persuade anybody
that he is first-rate fireman. Will
not our Greenvillc contemporary
revise it's decision