The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-06

enemies ma at tn SANE me lIuCTe> /
ana io-art= it f-jead- a- support
er>. Office holders aud office seekers
ought both to work and to subscribe
money to advance tus cause Of the
party to which they h"loog. This
has been the custom time out Of
mlrd Ift4e men who hold the Off
ces and receive the honors ongN
not % give tune AID moneF :" IT,
party, in hel9en's an wlp o4EAt:
At east Zen Thousand Republicans in
the state ofNew york WHO drew their
meat and bread from CIeveIanfs adj
ministration weekly voted for Harri-
son.
We have been told that Pearson
gave twenty thousand doll rs to de-
feat the man that made him Post
master Of New York City. If Cleve-
lm1 had been true to the party ard
is principles, nothing could hevc
prevailed against him. Had those
10 authority given Their attention
70 harmonizing the discOrdant ele-
ments of the party, instead of at
tempting as they did to harmonic
aud cOnciliate Mugwumps and Re
publicauS, we should have achieved
, glorious victory instead of suffer
Ing, as we did, an Ignominious de-
/ rcat. There can be no doubt that
he civil service humbug created
more dissatisfaC ION against HIM
I than all else besides. If all Repub-
! leans had been turned Out and their
,laceS fill d with honest, competent
/ faithful Democrats, we should have
.arried New York in defiance of
.Morton's barre' Or the tariff issue,
md Cleveland would have been our
Pres dent four years longer.
Tie Democratic party was and is
to day strong enough to cleo its
nan, provided that man is The true
xponent of its principles and policy.
Men ~tultrfl themselves and throw
"A d"mper over the prospects of the
party by Attempting to convince the
people that civil service reform as
undcrstoo aud rrac'i:ed by Mr..
. CleveIant is Dem ,tratjc. Let tie
Democratic party through Its cCm-
mittees proclaim to the world in
1892 that if successful none of Mr..
HnrrIson'a appoiut"es except his
cabinet AMI foreign ministers aill be
removed, and not one DemoCrat In
ten would 90 to the polls. If Mr..
Cleveland followed the bent of his
own mind it was wntully turned
il the wrong direction. II he was
twisted and swaYed in the direction
be moved by the incompetent adj
vj>ers he bad around him, he falls
far short Of hGng great man. lie
has shown himself IN. quail to the
task set before him.
friends that he is Only a man and
not the greatest one IN the land at
that. ii" has taught the party a
greet lesson II, has drmOn strated.
Ii not to his own satisfaction, to that
OF the PresideGt elect, that no man
can administer this government 70
tue satisfaction of mis- friends, sup
pOrttrs AMI workers with all its de-
partnentS full of alien enemiea. Had
he ben a wise man, 4 sbreWed pOl~
itlcan, far-seeing statesman and
| followed the advice Of Jefrr 80 MAN
| Democrats Instead Of the advice of
Mugwumps had he put in his cabi-
vet first class Democrats instead Of
! third-claS3 Democrats. and had fol-
| lowed their advice. he wOuid have
written his name high up On the
! scrolls of fame IN the teuple of
! glory. Never possessed {, man on
this contlnent such golden OpIor-
tunities to make immortal himself
and his administration as did Grover
/ Cleveland. and never aid a man
! since tne world beam allow Surh oD-