The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-10-13
Who are not Democrats.


II was james A. Garfield, who said
20 long a. slavery and a war hnger
within the menory Of Americans, the
youth Of the Republic VIII grow up Re-
pablieans; and slavery and the wa viii
be remembered a. long as the public
school system exists. The public schools
have slain the Democratic party with its
text books.
. The children 20 70 school. The first
resIder contains portrait Of Abraham
Lincoln; thar kind and sturdy face new
er made Democrat On It's simple pag-
e, in words of one or two syllables is
told the story Of his birth AMI death
That story never made a Democrat. In
the pr4nks Of tEe play ground the name
silences the frolicseme and makes the
jolliest grave. That name never made
Democrat In the pictures that light up
the geography are the firing on Fort
Sunpter and the death Of Ellsworth
These pictures make no democrats. The
first page Of the history contains repre-
sentation Of the surrender Of Lee at Ap-
ponlattox. No boy Gazes on that and
ever avows himself Democrat
In the higher grades the same inftl-
enees are at work. The text books con-
tain extracts from patriots speeches dur
ing the war These speeches make no
Democrats. The great battles are briefly
described the narrative has no Demo-
cratic listeners The strain of martial
music runs through The readers, and that
mnsie makes no Democrats Sketches Of
the great Generais are given their brave
deeds arouse the enthusiasm of the lads.
but there Is no Democrat among them
The horrors and suferings Of the slaves
are told; the madlened blood that
mounts the boys cheeks Is not Democrat
ic blood. The curse o. slavery had pur-
sued the Democratic party and is hound
ing it 70 IT. grave.
Other infaences than the text books
have been at work The young wife who
held the babe 70 kiss the father a. he hur-
ried 70 the tap Of his departing regiment
has not sucked Democrat The weary
foot Of the gray grandmother. who watch
ed the children while the wife was busy.
has not rocked the cradle Of Democrats
The old blue coat that his comrades car
ries back was cut up for little jackets, but
not one enclosed the heart Of a Democrat.
The ratified mGslet which fell from him
with his llst shot, became the th0ughtless
toy Of his boys but not a hand that
played with it was the hand Of Demo
cr;it The babe he kissed crowed and
crowed for his return. and it, unanswered
notes were not from the throat Of a Dem
ocrat. The tear-soile,l c;lrap-letters which
the mother read aloud in the bong, bitter
evenings, while the boys clustered at her
knees, did not fan upon Democratic ears.
The girls sobs. blending with the moth
ers weeping, did rot make Democrats Of
their brothers. Perhaps the Elther had
been a Democrat all his life. The youth
ii the country is not Democratic and that
party Is therefore, without future and
without a hope The nalediction Of
war has palsied IT. brain the cIr~e Of
slavery has poisoned it blood amt rotte,l
its love
With fearful pathos and sublime patri-
otism. the young men listen to the tramp,
tramp, tramp Of the ever-present crIteh-
- a. they bear the battle SCARED soldier
on his triumphant march 70 the Guber
natorial chair Young men educated in
the public schools, viii ring out the
death kneIl Of the Free Trs,le Democracy
in Pennsylvania. The tread of those ev-
er faithful crutehes make no Democratic
votes, and every re>oundng step they
take helps swell the great majority that
viii be cast for ten James \ Beaver. the
man - greatly wronged four years aeo-
80 bravelv being righted now.