The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1884-08-14
A Review.
correspondence OF the Democrat.

Correspondence Of the Democrat.
"Let any thinking man read the
correspondence OF the ring demo-
Gratis, then ask himself candidly if
there is any principle in it. The
whole thing seems so far gone in
political sin and degradation, as not
to be able to conceive Of the idea
that there is a principle in this mat
ter. They have so long waited for
the north to dictate their principles
to them, they have no regard for
principle. This is the language of
Mr.. Wharton. He is the last man
on earth that / would have expected
to boast of principle. But when we
remember that he has been every
thing, even from the founder of the
political organization called the un
ion league all the way through the
aspiration and hnngered appetite era
of the republican party, through the
great reform gormandizing greed era,
Of the liberal republican party
through the great reform greenback
evolution, when nothing but aspira
tions and chronic appetitcs were
ever evolved; though the quiet and
secret recesses of the brothers of
freedom, through the new departure
of Mt. Enon; where all parties and
principles were utterly annihilated.
l say when we remember all these
things, with the addition that the
gentleman has actually gone back
ON his Mt Enon departure, and now
claims to be democrat, and boasts
of Jeffersonian democracy, we can
not be so much surprised after all i'll
it should actually be determined
that the gentleman has n principle
to do, or be most anything that the
human mind could conceive. He
has as much principle TO be nothing
as to be be something. Six weeks
ago at Mt. Enon, he actually re.
nounced all politics and political
principle, now he actually claims to
be the true democracy Of America.
II the eternal principles of human
liberty were any thing that that
mans chronic aspirations would
make them, then the gentleman Of
New Hope has them; and will un-
doubtedly make them subservient
to his purposes in the future as he
has in the past His principles are
Jeffersonian democracy il be wants
them to be, they are conservative
republican, if he desires them to
be, they are greenback principles,
If he should wish them to be, they
are deep dyed republican, If he
should conceive them to be, and they
are anything as aforesaid to suit his
spectators if he should consent for
them to be, which has been the case
in all his past political history. This
gentleman of New Hope. gentleman
Of Pope county is anything that God
in his infinite wisdom has endowed
the human mind with the power to
be. care not whatsoever the hui
man mind could conceive, / care not
how deep dyed in political sin and
degradation, carenot how deep seat
ed in political deceit and corruption,
this gentleman can find principle
to confirm him to that doctrine.
In his total absence for cause
for this new departure, he with the
rest of the committee of platform
and resolutions resolved that all tax
alton be advalorum when all taxa
ton is advalorum and has been ad-
valorum for years; why did they
resolve general rule to get an ex-
ception when the general rule was
already fxed by the statute and
needed not to be brought into exist
ence by Mt. Enon convention to
get an exception. The truth Of the
whole matter is, that whole commit
tee knew not that taxation was adj
volorum, in proof OF this the gentle
man from New Hope, short time
previous said that the Melrosc Mills
and Little Rock q Fit. Smith r. X.
did not pay taxes; but facts have
nothing to do with Is years stand
ing chronic appetite, an urgent case
of aspirations. Even law Of the
great state of Arkansas nor anything
else, either visible or invisible, or
earth beneath or the heavens above
was in the way OF that Mt. Enon con
ventinn. they did not only resolve
things into existence that was al
ready in existence, but they resolved