The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-14

be retained. In the South a sweep with
a clean broom is demanded by all Demo-
Gratis
E@Trrn The Rasca's out
POLITICAL CRANES.
We have sais! something in for
mer issue about educational craakS,
Their syot:sm. and one 81 lcdnese
shallow aud le;i .Ichcy
in ccnmon sense. We nov propose
to nsy our respects 70 another set o.
craHhs.
4 political crank is not so dangers
Gus 70 sosioty or 20 the personal or
nronerty rights Of ma;i as the euuca~
tional crank. They are alike Il.
some things. They are both very
cranky on their favoli.e themes.
Trey are both wise above what l.
written in their special departments
The world is still in darkness, &C.
cause these edace:ionsl ard political
cranks have rot had complete con.
troll Of the institutions of icarnin S
and the Institutions Of free6 oun.
Had the Pendletons and the Blsirs
been in charge Of the country for the
last fifty years. We ~oula have ion"
since saen ignorance and despoiism
banished and driven from this mum
dane sphere to regions of darkness
anli despair.
Eu. to our subject.
What & jolly fellow, low irre>
proachahle, omniscient, ia:allib!e,
omnipotent, tue political crank.
is.
lie never misconcsives a subject.
or cones to wrong conclusions. H
is always Light ana every body else
Is always wong. He stands on &
very high moral!evel, higher thar
any living man has yet attained TN
10 out side his class. He is SO NOR
al, pure in heart, noble in prrpose.
grand in CO lceptioH. and sui line il.
execution. that his heart hleetls and
lis soul ma.ts and runs ont through.
his tongue at the th;;nyht Of turnin.
out It Republican and turning in 4
Democrat provided the Democrat is
no. a crank like himself.
All The beacon lights anu sig
boards OF the past are unworthy 81
consideration and sink in insi.niti>
cance when comp IRE with tbs
move! brilliant conceptions and in
spired wis,is.m of these political
cranks. Thc cranks who occur.y
the White House, fill foreign mis-
sion. fill. d some OF the Sccra; {.
risllips, OCCUPY seats in tile United
S.a.es CoLg,css have forgotten NOR
states-crait. possess more fo!itica
wist,on .Io .esi.l,t and sound dcmocra
ic .r..,ipies ;han all the J .aer-on;
Mi: so:,., Jacksms, Blacks sanf
Hendricks, whH unilz the t,e1!!cratIs
ship. navigated :ha raging politica
ocean, snd tEiumphsntly rode the ma,
densj mountai:l pillows ofparts ..r.f
th$: !es,.~a and raui,ei sgains. II;
s;e.lri;.,e,i sides. We feel ny H.,
am c.;s.rine,t 70 Learn fr,'a III, s,
inspired APOSTLES or dsnncfecy tbs
We tpg..ther with all trua ,:-mo",s:.
have f'een paving hc.rsge ard wri
shipping ut the throue Of these heath
en- and bacbaroas and false rrnpie'
and opponents Of genuine siallo ia.
cy.
How the world could have h.e, de
ceiveh. nisle,l and blinded SC ION:
by these false teachers and pretsn-
ded apostles Of repuhicanism is hart
to comprehend AM, understand wiz
our finite miad. yet it muss be so. be
caase these converts, proseiytes an
fledselings 20 :le new tangled prin
cip,:s o; s.a.esmanship and civil re
focr, declaring BY ali that is i
Heaven and earth and hv a, that i
in sneoi and ous Of ss.ol, ti&t II
faithful believer in and expounder Z
una1ul.erated dem cratic dc5trinc
anaprinciuIes has ever iycd Az
moved ana us, bsiors tue tags G
the Curtises. p andletons, Cleveland
and Ua1nptons. The Lor
ofcreation must have allowed t..
Devil to decei>s him. Or L
must Fave committed sume wonder
ful political bsnnder, in Withlo,din
fro'a the world to this late day. tn
grant Builders of republican insti,u
tons. Or il may be that We hay
u!sjslsea the King Of Kings; an
tins the True cluse OF tbs DELAY wa
tee scarcity of The material out Z
which such creatures are formed ~,