Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-06-17


The Founders of thls government be-
ueved thsi ms. oriiIcs az always r.ght
Thsy seemed Q hold that view a. frmly
A. Their early ancestors he.t The belief hat
kngs couf do uo wrong These men
AT their immediate ancestors hat earned
b. hard e1psr.cncs hat k.ngs cold err,
AT perhaps coming generations nay fnd
the hiacy of belief ln the infAllollty %
ma oriiics whsn me American Kep1blc
was founded there was DO occasion Tor
sueaslnss. in regari o. the WORK of ma
.or.tes bs; a. ne year. ~ ~, and a
anger ani larger percentage of .gnorAni
ani unreliable men l. aiiei D. The votlag
pop1,ai.ou danger % oar Institutions
arises ant Increases a. This class l. aug.
meu,si
However TIE present hAs.s % oar gov
srnmeni IT, that The ms GRITTY shall rule.
40 class ~ msn ars a. liberty - resolve
nat &C. are ne sa-sts. ant. wording on
tae propositiou that they alone are capa-
be OF successfully carrying on The gov
srumcui override TIE msIor.;y 10 any sec
uon of the an. Bat tn.s l. done In GER
IAN sections sni 30 ioug a. 10 = ooutin-
Jed Nse Eng.ant sil Oh ect
10 our recent rip nroush The Soaih
we observed carefully the opinions % The
gentlemen who escorted our party and
Who entertained Us a. ne various towns.
o. Tennessee ~ foaod but Que sentiment
10 regari b. political matters. The people
are Inclined O. give ssuArs deal They
allow men b vote A. hey choose ant
count the votes a. cast This STATE is
nos Qulte evenly divided between The
Democrats ant Republican parties. n
tae Democrats wsre b declare :or free
trade. TO- state woul4 become Republican.
for q = iast bsginning b. develop immense
manufacturing Industries. The voting
population Of Tenresses consists % 2;o.-
ass. OF which oniy ,0.e50 are colorcd. and
but s.lis are f0rsiguers TIE native white
population here l. therefore boand 10 b.
he ruling class whichever party may b.
10 power.
Across the border. q dinsrsnt state %
aralrs exists. The voting population Is
more evenly divited between TIE white All
coiored races. TIE Negroes, a. = class,
are poor and ignorant We admit that
hey are bot suitable meu 10 exercise the
right Of suaags nor % control The gov
ernmeut But thsy are iust A. e. for these
duties A. a large class % Foreigners Who
vots and control elections 10 oar northern
manufacturing cities The question Is not
uow. whether o. not these msu are qualin-
"a 70 vote. By our standard Of The ntness
Of tAlngs. BAT whether o. not they are en-
utisd 10 vots. ~ The avs o. the and. In
ths North. We allow Foreigners 10 vote Ne
count The vote A. cast. and make the best
OF ne situation. New York CITY serves
% show what = accomplished By this
class The city l. hopelessly sauk In
debt n costs nearly A. much " run rs
government a. Il does 10 run The national
government Intslllgent men dsplors this
state q afsirs. bu, none sagses, unoonsti-
tutiousl or illesa methods Of remedying he
evil An true men den0unce . fAlss count
though Il might BE- accomplished and =
better government follow.
sentiment = vsy dfnersnt In those
sections Of ths Soath where The Negro
vote q likely 70 prevail Formerly force
~as rssortsd 70. 70 prevent The Negroes
nom voung. This method prevails 70
some extent today. a. Il proved ~ The IN
ve<,ix.tion. into ne Dsnvine and CopiAh
troubles M, ne found. In travelling NAT
It's method = b>comins obsolete The
more intelligent and Alnking men have
wrought oat . safer and more scisscioes
plaza They simply count oss tAs Repsoli-