The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-24
Democracy Defined.

ern paper which claims to be re
spectacle, and is literally patron
lied by its republican readers be
cause it INDUCES so literally in such
vituperation and abuse. We copy
the article because we believe such
slanderous assaults can only serve
to cement the hearts and unite the
votes of the democrats of the coun
try, and will certainly disgust al
the better element of the republican
party. 1t is taken from the Toledo
Blade, which is edited by Mr. D.
L. Locke, alias Petroleum V. Mas
by-who though polished writer
upon many other subjects and q
very able and Jealous worker for
prohibition is vituperative and Sian
derOus wheneves he discusses either
democracy or the southern people.
The responsibility of the author
and his popularity at the north are
not in accord with the coarse bill
ingsgate of this article. But we
want orr best people to see how
they are esteemed by the best and
most refined and elegant writer's of
the republican party. The Blade
says:
Democracy in Utah means pc
lygamy.
Democracy means notification
and reputation.
Democracy means an absolute
free whisky traffic.
Democracy in the south means
terrorism aud fraud.
Democracy is Synonymous with
the negro auction block.
Democracy with our state SUI
preme court means free whisky.
Democracy in its broadcast signif-
icance means anything to get Of
flee.
Democracy represents all the
principles that Lee and Jackson
fought for.
Democracy in the history of the
United States means treason and re
bellion.
Democracy is synonymous with
opposition to the emancipation of
slavery.
Democracy among the mass of
Bourbon democrats means: 81
want an office"
Democracy down in Dixie means
defrauding negroes of their right to
vote
Democracy in political economy
means absolute free trade or a low
wages tariff.
Democracy is the party which
declares this union is confederacy
and not nation.
Democracy was the enemy of
Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant
and Jas. A. Garfield.
Democracy means all that was
involved in the terrible war against
the union of these states.
Democracy, extravaganza, cor
ruption, inefficiency, treason and
dishonesty are all Synonymous
terms.
Democracy, in the opinion of
Sen. Barn um, means forgery, as was
shown In the case of the infamous
Morey letter.
Democracy in the city of New
York means ignorance, plug ugly
ism, draft riots, ballot-box stufIing,
and substituting Observation-Disclosures.
Democracy was the standard
around which twenty three default
ing treasurers of Ohio rallied in
their raids upon the county treas
uries.
Democracy in Ohio, under the
light of the present administration,
means $I1, 100000 increase in our
local bonded Indebtedness in two
years.
Democracy was the flag under
which Tweed, Connolly and Sween-
ey led band of political despera-
does in their assault upon the New
York treasury
Democracy is the name of the po-
litical graveyard in which are bur
led all,the cursed heresies that have
afflicted American politics during
the last half century.
Democracy was the password
which opened the doors of office to
Mulroy, the two O'Connors, Dun
ton, Tyrer, Buck and other horse
thieves and penitentiary birds.
Democracy was the battle cry
under which JEFF Davis, Beaure
gard, Toombs, Yancy, Mason and
Sidell marshalled their hosts to
undermine and destroy this union.
Democracy is inseparably asso
ciated with the murderous assault
planned upon Abraham Lincoln as
he passed through Baltimore on
his way to the national capital.
Democracy is the citadel into
which slavery, secession, repudia
tion and fat money crawled for
protection when attacked by the
brave and honest men of the coun
try.
Democracy in our present feder-
al administration means turn ing
wounded soldiers and honest men
out of office and putting jail
and horse thieves in their places.
Democracy is diagram TO Amer
lean politics. Slavery has palsied
its limbs. Corruption has poisoned
It's blood. Treason has rotted its
flesh. Robbery, forgery, corruption
and brutality have dwarfed its con-
science. Ignorance, sycophancy
and cowardice have dwindled into
insignifcance. The shrieks of mil
lions of enslaved men and women
sing in it's ears. The 100000 brave
union soldiers slain in the demo
cratic rebellion, point their fingers
at it. Their children, widows and
parents breathe their indignant
curse against it, 1t is a hideo US
political spectre, kept alive by dos
es of free Bourbon whisky, clad in
the rags and patches of dead is
sues, warmed by the poisoned virus
of treason, nourished from the
loathsome stencil of decaying isms,
and concealing among the folds of
80 ooror,ants tho blood Stainp n HaO