The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-10-18
The Sage Of creystOne.

Federal Government, which Is our
great national want, and is indeed
essential to the restoration aud
preservation of the Government
itself, can only be achieved
through the agency of the Demo
cratic party, and by installing its
representative in the chief magis.
tracy of the United States.
The noble, historical traditions
of the Democratic party, the prin-
ciples in which it was educated
and to which it has ever been in
the main faithful, its freedom from
the corrupt influences which grow
up in the prolonged possession of
power and the nature of the ele-
ments which constitute it, all con-
tribute to qualify it for that mis-
sion.
The opposite characteristics and
conditions which attach to the Re-
publican party make it hopeless,
except that that party will be able
to give better government than
the debasing system of abuses
which during its ascendency has
infected official and political life
in this country.
The Democratic party had its
origin in the efforts of the more
advanced patriots of revolution
to resist the perversion of our
government from the ideal con-
templated by the people. Among
it's conspicuous founders are :
Benjamin Franklin and Thomas
Jefferson, Samual Adams and
John Hancock, of Massachusetts,,
George Clinton and Robt. r. Liv-
ingston, of New York, and George
Wythe and James Madison. Of
Virginia.
From the election of Mr.. Jeffer.
son as President in 1900, for sixty
years the Democratic party main
ly directed our national policy. Ii
extended the boundaries of the
Republic and laid the foundation
of all our national greatness
while it preserved the limitations
imposed by the constitution and
maintained a simple aud pure sys
tenn of domestic administration.
On the other hand, the Republi
can party has always been domi
mated by principles which favor
legislation for the benefit of par
ticular classes at the expense Of
the body of the people. 1t has
become deeply tainted with the
abuses which naturally grow vi
during a long possession of un
checked power, especially in the
period of the civil war, and falst
finance. The patriotic and virtu
Gus elements in 1t now are unable
to emancipate it from the sway o
selfish interests, which subordi
nate public duty to personal greed
The most hopeful of the bes
citizens it contains despair of i'll
amendment except through iii
temporary expulsion from power
1t has been boastingly asserte,
by a modern Massachusetts states
man struggling to reconcile him
self and his followers and its Pres
idential candidate, that the Repub
lican party contains a dispropor
tionate share of the wealth, th,
culture and the intelligence of til,
country. The unprincipled Graf
ton, when taunted by James
with his personal want of con
science, ayowed: "That is true
but / belong to a party that has
great deal of conscience Sucl
reasoners forget that the sam
claim has been made in all age
and countries by defenders Of oil,
wrongs against new reforms.
1t was alleged by the Tories 0
the American revolution agains
the patriots of that day. 1t wa
repeated against Jefferson and al
forwards against jackson. 1t
alleged by the Conservative
against those who, in England
are now endeavoring to enlarg
the popular suffrage. All histor
shows that reforms in government
must not be from those who 81
:
serenely on the social mountai
tops eyeing the benefits Of the eA
listing order of things. Even th
Divine Author of our religio
found not his followers among tn
complacent Pharisees, but anon
the lowly-minded fishermen.
The Republican party is largel
made up Of those who live by tbei
! wits, and who aspire to advants
gcs over the rest of mankind an
similar to which their daily live
are devoted to securing in privat
. business. The Democratic part
consists largely of those who liv