Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1884-02-21
THE YOUNG DEMOCRACY.
|sPUT OUT THE DRONES s AND NON
COMBATANTS.o
Some Coed Advice From Virginia That
North Carolina Will do Woll 10
Heed.
From the Lynchbnrg Cdmpasga.

From the Lya,chbpTy Ca'npaiga.
The first number of the Campaign
called on the young men of Virginia
to come to the rescue and infuse into
the Democratic party the vigor and
activity which it needed, and the lack
of which had caused disaster. Since
then the paper has sought every op-
portunity to urge the imperative ne
cessity Of forcing the State up to the
line of advancement and progress, and
appealed to the sense and interests of
the people to let dead issues and dead
men rest, to the end that the present
may be utilized to enrich the future
and erect solid prosperity.
No State in the Union is SO wealthy
in natural resources, so bountiful in
climate, and so well situated geograph-
ically as this, and the communications
which have been opened by rail, East,
West, North, and South have demon
strated the practicability of a grand
destiny.
But in this age Of mechanism, poll
tics must ke.p pace with the demands
of the business interests of a common
wealth, and the laws of development
which are applied in commerce and
manufacture mast not be clogged by
old .fogyisn' and prejudice. Sentiment
must yield to necessity; segpreser0a-
ton naust supercede traditions.
No duty was ever performed with
out the inevitable thorn which pricAs
the conscience of every good deed with
some sort Of sacrifice; and when the
young men address themselves to the
task of placing Virginia in the front
rank Of progress to compete equally
with the other States of thd Union,
they will be accused of harshness and
cruelty in discarding from the official
rolls certain men who are in all re-
spects estimable, except that they be-
here in the stage-coach and canatboat,
and auiU nerer learn hoav to qlse the To-
conotire and telegraph.
The men who did the first success
ful work against the infamous ring
which captured t State from the
Democratic party, will not shrink
from the further struggles be cause Of
the pain incident to putting out the
drones and non combatants before the
next battle begins.
The future candidates for honors in
the Democratic party must show that
they answered every roll-call, and we
will not have lot Of barnacEed lag
CARDS craacling out to get the offices Gf-
ter other people h1Ue aoon the fight.
Life Is short and time IS precious
He haze not eyen time 10 arait for the
brerity Of life achich after q achite acould
free as Of the baynactes.
We aUdste oar o1un lives and sacrifice
the coming generations listening to the
pleas Of sentiment, and the State lapses
into the eddies Of local prejudice, arhiIo
the great auOrld nlores on and ieaves 1t.
For month there has been movs-
ment on foot to organize the real acork-
ers of the party, SO that in the next
election and henceforth the people may
know that when they are called ON to
vote and to aid the cause, everything
will be done by exact and certain
methods, and the results administered
only by capable and vigorous men. The
age Of the men makes no difference If
they repressnt scork and progress.