The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-11-12

all want something tangible.
We would like the individual
name of few OF these principle 81
spelled out. If this Is asking too
much give US the name of one, please
The administration is found fault with
for running the government in the
old Republican grooves it found it.
For the life of us we can see nothing
else it could do.
There is only one thing pointed out
by the Democrat that the admlnistra
ion should have done and has not
which il to have turned out more Re.
publican Office holders and put in
more Democrats. We cannot perceive
that this action on the part of the Ad-
ministration involves any principles
in government.
Twenty five years ago the Republi-
can rarty took issue withthe principles
Calhoun of South Carolina taught, and
some other theories Of government ill.,
cident to that policy The policy of that
school of statesmen has been abandon
ed, So all the diciples of that great
leader and statesman. declare, and the
primrij les which an,agonized that polio
were established by the acquiescense
of 'all the people," so we are told by
the leaders of both the controlling part
les of the country.
There have been no new principles
of government enunciated by either
party since, that we have heard of.
The Democrat surely has named none.
A great effort was made in the last
presidential campaign to place the tar
iff before the country and make it a
great dividing line between the part
les. This was the one prominent
principle, all else was glittering gen.
eralities. How did that work? About
as every student of history readily
foresaw. 1t didn't work at all. It
didn't divide "worth a cent? in COM
mon parlance.
The truth is that there are three
great controlling elements running the
government, and both the Democrat
and Republican parties keep their
backs turned toward them. and feign
total ignorance of these great influ-
ences. These three Kings are WALL
STREET, the RAILROAD, or TRANsPOR.
and TELEGRAPH MONOPOLIEs
and the wHIsKEY INTEREST. Does
the Democratic party to which our
Cecil neighbor looks to for 80 many
Intangible but hoped for
blessings of government. or the Repub-
lican party either, evince conscious
ness in their celebrations of princi-
PIES" of the existence of these over
factors in our body polite?
They both content themselves with
in the public ear the history
of their past greatness.
The Democratic party is an opposition
party. 1t had its rise in opposition to
the Alien and Sedition laws. It has
ever since strenuonsly insisted that it
is better to let we'll enough alone, and
not be experimenting with new theor.
les of government, Untrammeled and
personal liberty has
been its beau ideal of government. The
party is now in control of the admin.
istration and hence if has nothing in
the management of the government to
oppose. The proudest boast of the old
party's diciples is Conservatism.
That is, stand fast whe you are. The
present administration is carrying out
the traditions Of its party. 1t is stand
ing fast in the posi- ion where the Re
publican administration stepped down
from. Why does the Democrat COM
plain?
The truth is there are new questions
making their way to the front, clsmmor-
ing to be recognized and the two old
parties must do something soon or the
people will raise up new PARTY to ad-
ju-t this contest going on between
them and these usurping elements of
political power which we named above.
Will the Democrat tell its party distinct
ly what it ought to do besides turning
out and putting in few federal Off
GERS?