The Russellville Democrat., 1884-05-29

COME let us reason together. We are at point in our history as dem ocrats, that we can spend few mo- ments In consultation, perhaps, with profit to the party at large, and to ourselves as individual members of it. We stand face to face with q movement that through treachery to the principles of noble order, seeks to accomplish what the combined forces of radicalism, republication and greenbackism were perfectly powerless to do. They are still pow crless to harm the interests of the democracy, except they lure into thcir perverse clutches, democrats enough to enable them to carry out their black designs. Like satan, when he introduced the apple of dis cord, they seek to make democrats crush the democratic party. Satan succeeded, so it is related, in his scheme, but this scheme to defeat the democratic party, and over it's prostrate form, ride into power, will not succeed, and the old sly foxes and political shiftabouts who are hugging the phantoms of hope, while they fight with the venom and rage of despair, will hang up high and dry on the bleak shore of bitter dls appointment. What can democrats have against their party organiza- tion? What has it done unworthy of It's glorious history, or of your con fidence? Don't listen at what polit. ical dead beats and soreheads charge. but ask the question candidly, and give a candid answer. The democ racy of Pope has never been dere- lict to single duty owed the people, nor single trust reposed in it. It has redeemed the country's credit and put it on solid foundation, at the same time lowering the rate of taxation. Republication had rob- bed multitude of our people of the right to vote. Democracy hurled it from power and gave this boon of American liberty to all alike. Re publicanism in it's hellish wicked ness slew some of our best citizens and threw us into utter confusion. Democracy brought order out of chaos, and restored to us again the privileges of our lives, liberties and the pursuit of happiness in our own way. Democrats! Do you know that republicans are offering to bet the cigars that you can't hold your primary election this year? Do you know that the very thing they en. courage you to do in Pope is the very thing they condemn in Conway See this scrap from the correspond ence of the Arkansas Republican, their organ;
 "It is rumored that the Brothers of Freedom will put out ticket this year. O! ye ravening demo- crats in B. of +. clothing"
 They are bowling for the tlcket in Pope and against It in Conway. You see it makes difference whose OK is gored. Think for moment who are likely to become your leaders in this independent movement: Old broken down party hacks and disap- pointed office seekers. If you could not trust them under their former associations, how can you trust them now? What have they done recently to cause anybody to fall in love with them? What have they done to alter the color of their skln or change the character of their smell? They have hated democracy and you wi tn with 1t, all the years sgone, and they hate it now. This is the long and short of it, but in the name of reason and common sense, why should dem ocrats lend themselves and the pow CT of any order to which they may belong. to carry into operation this internal hatred? To do so is like man cursing himself and assisting his enemy in hls own disgrace.