The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-10-18

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know Of has been furnished By the
progress 81 RcrublIcanism and De-
mocracy since the former triumphed
1t the polls last Novcm Der. Any one
who chooses 10 sec and comprehend
can not escape full conviction Of tho
difference between principle and prejn-
dice. between reason and passion. be-
tween the love Of country and the love
Of profit
Democracy IL indcstructiblo II has
the living spark. and the ideas It
teaches must grow and strengthen In
the minds OF the people Its confess
sion OF faith made 1t the St. Louis con-
vention and interpreted by the Presi-
dent has. In the face Of an electoral.
though not popular defeat. been in
dorsed by every Democratic convcn-
tion called together since that time.
There has been no thought Of discour-
agement, no sign OF weakness In the
ranks Of the men who are waging .
peaceful battle for the principles they
consider right and to the best interests
OF the country All are united. cour-
ageous and eager to try the mettle OF
the foe again.
The Democrats have war-cry and
p banner to fight beneath; the Repub-
licans are without either. A few
months Of power have sufiiced to dis
organize and divide them, and. as rob-
bers invariably quarrel over the
spoils, they are decorating each other
in the effort to get a share OF the
plumber, the prospect OF whose attain
ment alone held them together
Without q great principle to unite
them. with no other guide than per
sonal interest. II will be strange II the
| factions succeed In combining forces
| again.
Other causes than disunion are
weakening the Republican party.
Some Of tho old appeals to prejudice
and passion, often. 50 effective with
people who did not take the trouble to
learn tho falsehood and folly Of it all.
can DO made no more. The solid
South was long the bogy OF the North
ern voter. II was preached from
every platform, and sometimes from
the pulpit, too. that the South was
making no progress under Democratic
rule, and these speakers pointed with
pride to the increase OF wealth and
other material advantages in States Of
tho North. where Republican Gov
ernors and Republican Legislatures
held the reins Of power. Opposed by
recent facts, such statements can have
no weight and return to plague those
who utter them. The advance OF the
South. whore Democratic principles
are universal. Is now more rapid tkan
that OF the North. and multiplied evil
dences on every hand attest her
prosperity, the exact proof Of COM
paratiye figures being ono Of them
Again docs practice ally itself with
Democratic theory.
The second appeal was not to preju-
dice but 70 profit IL was said that 9
Democratic reduction of the tariff
meant business panic. tho breaking
OF banks. the destruction OF manufact-
uring establishments. the depression
Of trade and general ruin, while its
Republican perpetuation foretold
boundlcss wealth and prosperity. Re-
publicanism succeeded. and the worst
period the manufacturers have had
for ten years has been since the cleo
ton Of Mr.. Harrison All the pro-
tected industries have been made
gloomy by . long line Of failures.
while . powerful and increasing fac
ton Of the Republican party Il calling
for . reduction Of the tariff. Thus
the only article Of confederation
which It could dignity with the name
Of principle Is about to DO swept
away. And again does practice ally
itself with Democratic theory.
We can not restrain . shade Of sor-
row for our Republican brethren who
have made 90 much capital OF the al
legged oppression Of the negro IL the
South. and rolled under their tongues
with delight tales Of discrimination
against him at the hotel. In the rail-
road car. and wherever else social
forms hold place. A colored man and
. white man might quarrel, and i'm
mediatcly Il was In the Northern
mind race war Of threatening pro-
portions. and no one will ever know
the frightful exaggerations which
have been made concerning such
events. This would not occur under
Republican rule, they said. though
they never gave reason for such .
belief But the news has just come Of
real race war in the good Republican
State OF Illinois, where man can do nc
wrong. 90 long as he elects Republic
an oficc-holders. White men have
killed black men, Republican patri-
ots. armed with rcvolvers, arc seek
Ing the lives Of their darl-skinned
brethren who voted solidly for Mr.
Harrison. and are now receiving their
! reward in Illinois.
Time tells the truth. and one by ono
the illusions flung over tho people By
the Republican party disappear, foI
common sense must prevail. and false
hood can not always hold its owl
against right Whom all the arts o
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