The national leader., 1889-03-02
Democratic Surprise Party of Four
Years Ago.

Years Ago.
Four years ago the Democratic party
were placed in charge of this great
government. They said that they had
come to stay. AS to what they intended
to do with their surprise party, con-
lecture ran high. In the South, loud
mouthed ku-klux and assassins pro-
claimed this to be a white mans coun-
try, and that the colored citizen was SIM
ply to be tolerated Professionally. The
colored citizen was much alarmed as to
what his lot under the circumstances
would or would not be. 1.-THE South
Is on top" was proclaimed: the infer
nal Yankee Government was to have
been taken by the throat and choked
to it's knees. Negroes were sold at
mock auction in Georgia. The southern
negro was terror-stricken. The Bir-
mingham (Ala.) Age. said: Negro citi-
zenship must be annulled. The Demo-
cratic Vice President expressed his
contempt for civil service reform. Pen
dIeton, who helped to frame the civil
service laws, pronounced them sham.
The Mobile Register cried out that
Cleveland was the white mans Pres
dent, and had it not been for the
negro vote, Mr.. Cleveland would
have had more electoral votes from the
North than Blaine. The Selma, {Ala. J
Times, November 11th 1884, said |:
Now it will always be the proud priv
ilege of the South to point to the fact
that her voice was three-fourths of the
power that saved the country in this
crisis. Furthermore, it offers proof to
the fair minded men of the present
and historians of the future, who shall
see all things clearly that the south was
honest and pure in fighting for the
Constitution IN 1860 just as she I'M
questionably is DOW. Size erred in
method probably before, but among
the other good results Of the war was
the wisdom Of patience which has
taught us the best way to secure our
rights and to express our motives.
The South stands to day purified,
strengthened and justiied.' The
election of Cleveland four years ago
caused the South to show little of her
true inwardness.
The South Carolina Daily News.
November 1884. thus expressed it's
sentiments: Now yell A solid, hon.
! est. untrammelled Rebel yell! Grover
Cleveland is our next president j! The
Democracy is on top at lastI All
doubts dispelled. A glorious GER
tainty No more trouble for the Solid
South--no more scallawag or carpet
bag government! Yell! You solid
white men and honest Democrats
Yell We have Democratic Presi-
dent at last |"
The solid South justified. ;" Charles
ton NescS and Courier November 1884.
''This was The justification which the
solid South had long expected and pre-
dicted, and it has been a conclusive
one. This is Justification OF the
| solid South iuug 3wa!ted and hoped
for. W@en The Struggle IN lie South
uns lCca! iii lis AREA il VAS AatiOnal in
character. When the contest, OIL the
| same lines, became national, the South
had naught to do but to continue in
the same path. 1t is a great day for the
union. and great day for South Car
olina."
"A much needed caution. The
entire South must be prudent. "
Nashville american, November 1884.
The american evidently thought the
South was showing her hand too
plainly.
In Indianapolis, at IA Democratic
state jolli6catiou meeting, Governor
elect Gray said that he expected d
Democratic administration to Say 10
Republicans, PACK your gripsacks; get
your Saratoga trunks ready; al Reput-
Leans must go.
The above are q few o; the many
expressiU1s male By tins Democracy
throughout the country, after C.eve-
lands election. and they show the SEN
timent prevailing among them four
years ago, and which has been in a
great measure adhered to ever since,
The Republican party is now on top