The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-29

DEFEATED BUT NOT CON-
QUERED.
The Party Of Progression, the Friend OF
the Oppressed, and the Champion O.
al that is Upright and Just.
TBellefontaine EXaninpr.1

BtIle1Onfalne EX2in lNeI.
The election of '68 has come and
gone, and the Democratic party has
been defeated a@.nefeated, but not con
| quered, and never can be as long as
the night stars twinkle and the great
day star shines in the firmament. De
teated noz0, but 1892 will find it again
at the front, colors flying, firm to its
eternal principles, and hand in hand,
as it has ever been, with Justice as
the right. Through twenty-tour long
years Of defeat it Clung together, an
indomitaale organization, strong in
hope and courage, and four years more
of defeat cannot abate It's ardor, nor
cause it to swerve from the path of
duty. The Democratic party IS !
party with a principle-an undying
principle. Had it not been it would
have gone to pieces long years ago,
and been buried in oblivion to-day.
1t IS a party Of progression and OF
right, the friend of the oppressed, and
the champion Of all that is upright
and just. And being such, it can be
trampled into the dust but can never
be overcome.
Grover Cleveland has been a lust
and able President, and has conducted
a pure and unassailable administration
Every message that has issued trora his
!, - nd hoe l,aaD Lr;II,o,. oDI C,,-l,.-
and to the country's best interests,
though not accepted as such Tut
unfortunately for him, his tariff ideas
are too progressive for the age. The
people must be educated up to them :;
but the day for their supremacy is
coming. The future struggle in this
country is to be between Capital and
Labor, and the reform Of the tariff is
an issue that cannot be evaded. The
people refuse to go into it now, but it
Is only a question Of time when it viii
come to them in all lis force.
After the hubbub and hurly burly
have subsidized, and people have their
sober, second thoughts, they viii ask
themselves if it were wisdom to unseat
a President whose administration was
50 free from all taint of corruption
and whose eXertiOns were SO untiIing
for the peoples good. Notwithstand-
ing that he has signed more pension
bills than Grant, Hayes and Arthur
together, he has been viliied for not
signing more. And when he adyo-
Gates a measure tor the benefit of i'm
poverished and laboring humanity By
reducing the tax on the articles nee
essary to their actual existence, he is
denounced as a free trader and is de-
fcated by the cry.
But the Democracy have nothing to
be ashamed of in Grover Cleveland's
record, and much to exult over even
in defeat. The Sunny South is still
solid, Notwithstanding the Hurculean
effort to break its time -honOred soljdi-
ty; Hill is elected Governor of New
York by a handsome majority and the
great Empire State is still in the Dem
ocratic column, even if few interna!
antagOnisnls did lose it to the Presl-
dencv; Pennsylvania immense ma
jority for Blaine IN '84 has been cut
down by thousands; Indiana gives
Harrison but small plurality ; and
Onio, one of the leading Republican
strongholds of the nation, where Jo-
seph Benson Foraker is enthroned,
gives greatly reduced majority.
Life is full of compensations if we
are only on the alert to snap them up.
And who knows but what the present
victory Of ihe Republican party is but
the final twinkle of its star before It
sinks forever beneath the horizon?
Meantime, the old Democracy will
keep its armor buckled on as tightly
as ever and continue to flaunt its ban
ner of ..Nevcr say die" as triumphant
" in the breezes of the future as 1t has
in those Of the past, and with "a heart
for any fate go forth to meet the
fortunes Of the coming days. It has
clean record, a clear conscience, a
brave heart, and a just cause what
more does it want to reconcile it to
past defeat and inspire it with hope
for future victory? Answer, ye sages.