The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-03-08

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WALLACE, MANS, March =, IS.
= MIR. EDIrpR:-Flie ''tany" editor
Of the Democratic Abilene Go-slg.
has undertaken to give the people ol
haEsas common sense view, % 81
definition OF Democracy, ~ the
real friend Of the country to-day.
Now, 20 suceeed in such a great
undertaking viii require many years
"l aTduuus lahnr. with the word fail
urr SO last a. the reward for hi~
lat"r~- Among other things in hi-
cable editorial. he ~ay~. 1t j. all
b'sh @" taik about the Democratic
party not h-ing the couutry's
TREND. lr~. Especially WHEN the
/ leader Democracy si, rlhHtoriug for
I Tree trade with ali lh, had results 10
would biting about. This Young
I uau D. -urrlN = VrTN ardent Demo
vrat. but q J. very evident hi- pro-
ductiou l. the Iurre-t uf -lu-h. and
he does Not present one sensible ar
rs 80 AAaF " AANAF lev AlF "a hH-~
"i the matter. M one denies that
the Democratic party j. not com
posed 81 American citizens" but al
The same time. they arr followers of
drlusisr dOrtrinr-. -un- American IN
every --n-e. The maSses Of the par
~ are deceived aud hood " linked hv
their eminent blather-kite leaders,
and are thus following false prophets /
which thousands Of them discover |
I'd " hen they left their party and |
voted Tor Abraham Lincoln. What |
IL the Republican party to-day but
the hest element Of the coun-
try, made up Of Wings, Dem
ocrats aud the naturalized. sen
sible foreign born citizen. Ofeuursr
the Republican party gets few All
ditions in the shape Of an educated.
Englishman. or even
"A full-blooded Canuck. but the
refined lrishman nearly always
espou-es the cause Of RepublicaHism.
because better sense prompts him
10 ally himself with the party OF
patriotism. and 81 il l. with the best
element who come 10 our shores.
One class Of citizens that almost to
4 man are Republicans are the
swedish. You can always bet on
Swede, and IL is complimentary 10
them, and the same i true, 10 q very
great extent, Of all our foreign BORN |
population, except the Con't-know.
any-better, Engllshman, who
realizes the fact that some
Jf his relatives are the present
holders Of some Of the bonds Of the
iefunct Southern Confederacy. But
he brilliant record" OF the Demo-
rattle party IL q very old sore, and
40 amount Of edltOrlnls can be
written In it, defense, Without
iuiuring the writers good
lanle for yeracity. Il j. hardly pos
idle for the Democracy TO get orr
n bury the party's record aud Il d
tares them in the face a. thu. enemy 8
# their success st the polls. ANY n
American who l. Acquainted with |
he party's record and can then
swallow ~ by voting the Demo- :
ratio ticket, has more double-dis-
HE'D 'gail' than anything We cam ,
imagine.
/ his smart" editor gives rs Am =,
Illustration on the tariff. or Demo
ratio free trade, which Is IN reality
b hat he means. lie says the Demo 9
ratio party proposes 10 reform the \
ariit, which translated means the
doctrine OF free trade !,
h~ Democracy has given tia new 4
same tariff reform. H., noe i
Urther in hiS wonderful revelation 4
. what our friends, the Demu,- Il
acy, are going To do. and saws .th..
party proposes TO place p
ron. steel. wool wooden goods l n
iuIh"r. salt. "rorkery and woo,lpu- =
&c 0. pu tur free list that l. To- !,
Io,' tie tariff from those. article =,
10 thrt th" great iudust ri,.- Of the l
alton now -u-tsiu-d hv good. I.
ruud protective tariff. nrigihstpd ly (,
he Republican party, and the skill / =,
i and well-paid American mrchau- J.
'- would have tu compete With tlt
.ugli~h hlond- surker- and tht. t.au- ! %
er wage that are paid their work 7,
ignrn. lie further saw. lin doing t,
ll-, tbe Democratic PARTY has tb,. n'
interests ul the people in view h
lcre my young FREUD indulge~ in a
tlsehuud, too fragrant 10 be- passei ~
y unnoticed, aud I am very sorry =.
li- Young blooming editor rxhih- q
= such a lack of good ~euse To utter
lrh AN internal liz to th, good J,,-o- Ilr-
IT, nf kansas HI
No, 1.-THE talk about the Democrat %
party not being the friend Of the "
ountrr' will not cease az long a. th
le present principles Of democracy -
re- rNtHnt. Truth il mighty and a.
III prevail, and the majority not e,
D. minority rule the dpstini,.s nf u.
al nation. Although. the present Of
ADMINISTRATION, a. represented by hs
le Democracy, u greatly in the mi a.
nritN when We come IN count noses
q" new southern idea" j. wholly
.~Pousihle for this state Of affairs.
'e sincerely hope no such Disgrace ~
d spectacle will ever occur again in
mrrican politics. and We think the
handwriting on the WALL may be- a,
lterPreted a. meaning 1.-The utter
,ute aud defeat Of the old relic Of 20
avery lays in the wear of grace. In
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