The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-29
TEND ENCIE.S 70 MONARCHY AND
CONSULTATIONS.

/ Let no man close his eyes to the
qlsring demonstrations manifested
daily Of there tendencies. When
the enemy to republican institution
advances so far, and gains such q
firm foot-hold, and builds his rams
PARTS around his battalions 50 power
full and strong. that he cannot DC
routed without blood-shed, 1t may
then be too late to give the alarm, to
saye the temple OF liberty reared BY
the father Of his country and bis
associates.
We think we sec the Monster With
his shaggy body and lion head'
wrapped in a silken velvet gown adj
vancing on the citadel of our hopes:
We hope we are mistaken, but NO. evil
csn arise from sounding the alarm
Rome kept soldier scntinels upon the
Watch Towers Of her freedom to sound
the trumpet upon the advance OF the
enemy. With our civilization. attaln>
n,ents, rennements. christianity ard
Unborn love for freedom, shall we Go
less?
For twenty long, cloudy, dark
wears, when the constitution was Du-
RED out Of sight beneath the rolling
pillows of party STRIFE. internal tends
nersonai hate and the spirit OF des-
potism and destruction, the democra-
CIV Of this country, although power
less to rescue the palladium ofour lib
critics in the outset, did, we had
hoped, 80 much toward the salvation
of the constitution. that we thought
it's final and complete rescue, and
Establishment would be an easy
" job. And especially did we look
to its contamination with joy and
pride when the result OF the Novem-
Der elections wus proclaimed to the
world. For longer period than the
writer's natural life, had the democ>
racy denounced the -usurpations OF
the republican party. For more
than twenty years had it hurried its
invective and Philippics against the
wrongs, ostrages, usurpations
and inroads upon the constitution,
the rights Of the States and the IT.
served rights Of the people by that
party.
From every hilltop. house top,
and mountain top In the land, demo-
cratic leaders, speakers and writer's
proclaimed it, and It's agencies as ar
enemy to the constitution. to the SOY
ereign powers of the States - the re
served rights OF she people.
Nearly all its doings were denoun>
ced by democratic Statesmen in bolt
houses of Congress, as tending di-
rectly to Capitalization, consolida
ton and to the destruction Of tire Fec
eral union and constitution. 1t was
boldly asserted. and contradiction
challenged, that the whole body poll
tic, from head to foot, from foot te
head was corrupt. and thai
each department Of the government
was so many hot beds for the pro
creation and birth Of polite thiev et
rail road jops and enemies Of a
republican form Of government. anc
enemies, deadly enemies to demo
cratic principles, democratic prac
tees and democstic doctrines,
But it is useless to recouot the al
legged wrongs and violations of the
constitution by the Republican par
ty the last twenty years and utterly
impossible for it could not be pennet
in thousand years BY a thousant
experts.
And in our unsophisticated mind
we believed and still believe tina
where there was so much smoke
there must have been some Are.
Now to restore the constitution, t,
restore the unity of the States t,
make the union perpetual, to purify
the government, to clean out the de
partments, these hot beds of wicked
ness and corruption, to get rid Of al
corrupt agencies and all instrumen
talitics is the great and grand purpos'
the people had in view,in driving ant
banishing the republican party from
power.
If the consummation fthese Crane
designs were not in their minds il
citing them to action in the last cam
paign, then all our statesmen, orators
stumpers, and newspaper men wer
far meaner and more hypocritica
than the sycophants South VIII,
whined and beloved about Grant
greatness aud goodness
For not one spoke or wrote, bu
did it on this style.
Now was all this to do about TIL
corruption, fraud. wrongs. usurpation
and monarchlcal tendencies Of the re
publican party a lie,a slander,a poll,
lcal maneuyer and Subterfuue To DE-