The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-07-05
more UNION AND LESS DISSENSION
- MORE PRINCIPLE AND LESS .
EXpEDIENCY.

1oIcuCcS III POleAc"A NSo'AS
plain, distinctive, and we'll defined.
When the youth of the land could
take an organ of party and learn
and study for themselves the great
and underlying principles of parties.
When men were born Democrats.
reared Democrats, lived Democrats.
When such expounded Democratic
doctrines, coined Democratic thought,
and moulded the political ethics and
platforms of that party. But in this
age of rapid development and would
be political progress. it is difficult to
find a Democratic organ or Demo.
cratic leader. Beardless boys, politi
cal tricksters. and men who never
understood, and felt in their souls,
the first principles of Democracy and
to whom it's doctrines as set forth
nv Jufferson, are unknown, are the
exponents of it's doctrines, the lead
ers of it's thought, and, shall we say IT,
the architects Of its ruin. Those
who assume the leadership of the
nartv in different sections of the
country are not agreed among
the1nselves-they arc continually
ouarrelling amongst themselves-one
claiming to be a better Democrat
than another. while neither, II the
truth was known, has any love at
heart for that party.
All of the Democracy seems to
leak out of a candidate in about
fifteen minutes after he is floored.
The more offices there are, the more
Democrats there are. Decrease the
number of offices, and you subtract
men from our numbers. Create an
Office for every Democrat in the
State, or in the United States. and
what a grand old party would we
have!
Now, if the Republican party was
not full to cverflowing with this same
class of self:important statesmen,
our party could easily rid itself of a
large number of these Solomons.w with
out detriment to itself or the country
But unfortunately for US there is no
room for them in the Republican
front ranks, so We must suffer the af
Fiction.
If such men are permitted by US te
govern and control, it neither takes
politita al sagacity nor prophetic wis
dom to tell the tale Of the party II
1884. How can we succeed if we art
not united How can we succeed
with high protective tariff man a:
the central figure Of the Democracy
It is historical fact, which no maj
can successfully controvert, that tn
Dem ocratic party for the past fifteel
years has been led by time servers
policy men, expediency men, ambi'
tious men without patriotism or o:he
laudable motive. In Maine you will
find the leader of the Democracy il
favor of rag money, when there neve
lived a Democrat-a true Democrat
in favor of anything less than golt
and silver, or their equivalents, or a
circulating medium in Pennsylvania
you will find a protective tariff mai
elected Speaker of the House by
Democratic Congress. when a Demo
cratic spirit and protective spirit can
not occupy at one and the same tim
the breast of the same piece of clay
In Louisiana the chief captain of tn
Democracy is Federalist, a protec
tive tariff man, a man who Away
votes for large sums for River ant
Harbor bills, as if a man could be ,
Democrat and be in favor of taxin!
the whole people to canal creeks an
swamps under pretext of encouragin,
the commerce of the country. An,
thus We 60.
Two men claim to be thorough bre
Democrats. One says abolish the ia:
on whiskey and tobacco; the othe
says retain it. One says abolish tn
tax because it is not Democratic
the other says retain it because it
Democratic. How is the question t
be settled?
These are our views: All thing
that are right are Democratic; al
things that are wrong are un.Demo
cratic. Sixty years ago, when tn
government had no need for revenue
We take it that it would have bee,
un:Democratic to tax whiskey an
tobacco. and it would have bee
equally as Democratic to tax i'm
ports. But now we are compelled t
have reven lie from some source. Thi
being SO, does not every dictate G
reason anu common sense and poiit