Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1889-11-01
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The Democratic party appeals to the
youth of the country to rally to its stand
ard aud fight against these sentiments
and policies Of the Republican party =
Over against the banner Of the Bloody
Shirt it plants the flag Of restored
Union and u reconciled people; flag
that represents no primary Of section,
no grades or geographical distinction Of
citizenship, but equality of States and
equality of people
! Against political Capitalization, by
the massing of powers in the Federal
Government, it fights for vigorous and
healthy local government as tho safe
guard of personal freedom. Against tho
Capitalization of wealth by unjust tax
alton, it fights for equality Of burdens
as the condition of equal manhood. In
all its history, and never more zealously
than now, it has championed the cause
of the individual. 1t has not sought to
add to the powers Of tho Government.
but to the statue Of the men, not TO
circumscribe the citizen with increasing
interference, but to widen the bounds OF
his free untrammeled actions. Trusting
to the capacity and virtue of the whole
people to govern themselves, 1t has never
permitted few to share in the powers
Of taxation as reward for their admin
istration Of the government or MS bride
for their support Of party. Knowing
that under any wise and frugal govern
ment, prosperity and wealth would come
by natural laws to our people, it's con-
Germ has not been how it might increase
trade or wealth, but how it might pre-
serve and secure liberty
1t recognizes that to foster capital is
to make labor more dependent.
True Democracy means chance 10
life for every man. We have loved to
boast that under free and equal govern
ment we had forever rid ourselves Of
the class of laws and social prejudiccs
that made honors and social position and
property the heritage of a privileged
order and condemned the great body Of
the people to poverty and obscurity
from which there was no escape We
have rightly pointed to our young men
who have risen from lowliest beginnings
by mere force Of virtue and merit as the
most precious fruit Of free institutions.
Yet this fruit is now threatened with
deadly blight. The corporation, steam
and electricity, the great forces Of mod
ern industry, are terribly centralizing in
their effects, BY their own free play
they threaten the integrity OF govern
ment and the liberty Of tho citizen. But
when the law steps in not to curb or
chasten, but to aid and increase their
efforts, to add to the power Of wealth, to
cherish and protect monopoly and to
stimulate that latest aud most danger
Gus form Of commercial combination,
the Capitalization Of corporations into
trusts, a shadow is flung across the path
of the American youth barriers that
cannot be surnounted IRE rising before
him; bis heritage is passing from him
into the possession Of others. Glasses
diiferentiate and society, as elsewhere,
hardens into its unyielding grati6ca-
tons. This is the great contest Of the
future--the struggle between the people
and plutocracy. The Democratic party.
as the hereditary champion Of the peo-
pie, is rallying to their cause with an
enthusiasm it has never before felt
Tho Republican party is chained in
helpless, and, sad to say, seemingly viii
ling service to the money power. II has
70 mi thak
Keep US in control Of the Government
and you shall dictate the laws"
No young man ought to hesitate as
to his duty in such struggle,
He discredits his manhood when he
eniists under the banner Of the Bloody
Shirt. He wars against posterity when
be consents to accept service or com
mand in the subsidized battalions Of
monopoly The fight for lower taxes is
fight for higher manhood.
The fight for local sovereignty is a
fight for broader freedom.
There are, as Mr.. Cleveland we'll says.
no weak, weary or respondent members
of the true democracy to-day. In its
success are involved not only the issues
of restored citizenship. of just aud equal
taxation, but whether the race Of life
shall be kept open equally to all Anne
rican youth, or the chasm grow wider
between the rich and tho poor. as the
power of the Government is thrown in
favor of the one and against the other.
Judge: "You must be mistaken
about having to chop twenty-five hours