The Russellville Democrat., 1884-07-17
CORRESPONDENCE.
The struggle Defined.


Correspondence OF the Democrat
The thing is done. The ball is
opened. War is declared. The dem
ocratic party is assaulted. The fight
begins. The hives are forming. On
the one side stands AN Independent
hybrid movement composed of re-
publicaas, greenbackers and indie
pendent democrats who are seeking
to reform the democratic party BY
taking the radical and grcenback
elements. 1t is difficult now to say
whether the radical party will be re-
formed, the greenback party better
Ell, the democrat party benefited Or
The Il. Of +. busted. There always
have been some slouchy democrats,
who at some times were Jealous, at
other times bad to be pulled to the
polls and at other times again were
not there at all. democrats who have
always been at loss to know wheth-
er they were democrats or not. These
in all probability have gone in with
the fusion or hybrid movement.
Some men arc always ready to take
up a new issue on account of the
novelty Of the thing and especially
so when principle is wanting Men
of sense ought to weigh their mo-
tives on larger balance. On the
other side the solid democratic party
stands ready to meet the assault.
The democratic party of TO day is
THE party Of this patton. No other
party has eyer held in check the
reckless profusion of radical wretch
edness in the perversion of constitu-
tional government. No other party's
voice was heard in defeating the
most malignant form of carpet bag
government the world has ever seen
in all the states of the south, and
1 instead OF their most intolerably de-
plorabie and wretched condition
have given them good and whole
some governments. And now on
the very verge Of wrenching the ma
tional government from the hands Oh
its most miserable spoilers after %
wears of unriYalled conflict, | say
democrats can you afford to forsake
your party now? That noble insti-
tuition which has given liberty, peace,
tranquility, order and good govern
men. to more than halr the states oil
the Union, and which at no distant
,lav will control the affairs of this
nation, demands your support now !;
let us triumphantly bear up her
colors, hold up her record in This
conhict.
Let impracticabilities, impossible
Titles with al. other things that does
not Involve the glory and the good
OF the democratic party pass, and
especially let things that are con
cocted for your ruin pass. Let this
anti-monopoly side-show pass. Let
the immortal Tobey, Wharton, Mayo
and Gill pass. Remember the dem
ocratlc party had one reform under
| the leadership, craftsmanship, broth
erly loveship and personal superyis-
ion OF the Hon., and ever lamented
Joseph Brooks; his was ''defacto'
fusion Of tie "Modus operandip Of
/ this hybrid reform. lie was the
brindic tail bull that howled about
constitutional liberty, rascality in
administration, and honest men fol
office. And while democrats are
watching the brindle tailed scrubs
twist their tail and horn the bushes
OF Tue crow mountain and below
"honest men tor office" let them re
member the immortal Joseph Brooks
Malone, and all the other figure
heads that below and howl "hones'
men for Office Yes, democrats re
member them with gratitude; from
the depths of your bosom and The
bigness Of your soul / ask you L
remember them.
A DEMOCRAT
that will not forget them.