The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-12-05

deceived
when Mr.. Cleveland. IN his speech -
Columbus. said that the Democratic
party Will remain attached 70 s'our plain
and frugal people," he gave utterance
70 truth Of great Significance The
Democratic party y the especial cham
pion Of tho plain and frugal people Of
the country.
This general remark must Of course.
b understood with the necessary Linn
itation& There arc rich men in tho
Democratic party - there are in other
parties There have always been rich
men in the popular party, and there a.
ways will be No reasonable prejudice
can be cherished against wealth In the
abstract In fact the plain and frugal
people are usually quite - DESTROYS Of
acquiring wealth - others, and. in point
Of fact the ranks Of our millionaires
are from time TO time recruited BY the
addition of men who began life in tho
vale OF poverty The acquisition Of
wealth Is dependent upon the desire
On a. exists among men 70 better their
conditions. and TO that desire ali human
progress i TO be attributed
The plain and frugal people Who COM
pose the rank and file Of the Democratic
tarty are not hostile to wealth. Of which
they appreciate the advantages. but to
the special privileges which the wealthy
sometimes claim a. their right They
deny that special protection is due to
tho rich. because the rich are by virtue
Of their wealth the best fitted to protect
themselves The Democratic principle
OF equal rights to all and exclusive
privileges 70 none." IS necessarily in
the interest Of the poor. who are always
In the ma jority. and can not expect to
obtain exclusive privileges for them
selves The most which they expect
and what they have = right to demand.
is that they shall not be nadc the vic
Tins Of the rapacitv Of the rich and
powerful The wealthy are in no spe-
cial danger. except from the spirit Of
communism. and this Is very often
the extreme position assumed BY
the enemies Of the extreme pretensions
OF favored classes The most effective
antidote 10 communism in all its varied
forms is justice 70 the masses who de-
sire. and have . right 70 demand, an
equal chance TO compete for wealth and
honors- 80 long IS the avenues Of
wealth and prefcrment are open TO all.
on equal terms, the growth Of commu-
nistic sentiment in dangerous degree
Is impossible. because II encounters de-
termined resistance from the sturdy mid
die class. which will not rcnounce its
chance OF winning the great prizes that
are within the reach Of many Of its
members 1t is only when wealth seeks
20 be exclusive and to shut the door
in the face Of ambitious poverty that
the com munistic spirit assumes danger
Gus proportions Thus on the well-known
principle that extremes beget extremes.
we find that the extreme pretensions
Of wealth give the greatest encourage
ment to the er treme pretensions Of pow
erty. These two extremes meet in the
demand n enjoy what others have
earned
The Democratic party has always 70
lied mainly on the support OF the plain
and frugal people Of the country
people who realized that it was their
lot in life to work and to save. At the
foundation Of the Governments IL was
So The parties then known as Fed
eralisfs and Republicans were mainly
distinguished from one another BY the
Circumstance that the former was the
party Of caste and privilege. the latter
OF equality The former leant toward
monarchy or aristocracy, and would
have established them in this country
had Il been strong enough; the latter
was the champion Of democracy. by
which was meant simply the rule Of
the plain and frugal people that formed
then. as IL forms now. the bulk OF the
population Even under the admins
tration Of Washington the name Of
Democrat was applied as : term
Of reproach to those Republicans repre-
sentatives Of the people who were not
gorgeous enough in attire 70 satisfy the
aristocracic tastes Of those who assumed
to be the better element The Wing
party. which may Be called the assignee
in bankrup tcy Of the Fcderalists. num-
hered among its leaders many mon who
assumed 70 belong TO superior caste.
Arrogating TO themselves the monopoly
Of intelligence and virtue. they re-
preached their opponents. who largely
earned their livelihood By manual la
Dor, - ''the great unwashed- Democ-
r.cy. Nevertheless. tho great IN.
washed were too numerous for the ID
vocates Of caste. and 90 generally out
voted them that the Wing party fol-
lowed the Federalists into involuntary
political bankruptcy.
The successor Of the Whig party. after
the Know Nothing episode. assumed .
cast-of name Of tho Democrats. and
called itself the Republican party. But
apart from the transitory issues Afforded
BY the slavery agitation. this party
which called itself Republican was s.
scntially the old Federal party. Since
the slavery issue was settled the Demo
Gratis that attached themselves to IL on
account or their opposition 70 slavery
have been returning TO the Democratic
party. where they belong. The so-
called Republican party Is the old Fed
erzl party revived. % for - its essen
tial principles and tendencies are con-
ce-ned- and it Is continually becoming
moro and more 90 in its personnel Un-
donbtedlv. there are many thousands Of