The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-10-22
DEMOCRACY.

DEMOCRACY.
Never We're any people engaged
in holier or moro sacred cause
than the Democratic party of the
United States. Our fathers, who
by their heroic devotion to the prin-
ciples of self government, were en-
able to wrest our land from foreign
domination, gave us country with
written constitution as the char
acter of its liberty. 1t was the in
tcntion of the trainers of that con-
stitution to throw such safe guards
around the people as to extend to
to every American citizen equal and
exact Justice.
Agriculture, Manufactures, Ex-
ternal and Internal Commerce were
all recognized as legitimate, and
equally entitled to the fostering care
of the government. The States
were recognized as sovereign in
their respective spheres, and no
section or groupe of States is under
that constitution entitled to privi-
leges which are denied to other
sections or groups of States.
The Federal government has no
power except the power which is
given by that constitution, and that
constitution cannot be changed or
amended, except by ultimate SOW
ereignty of three fourths of the
States.
The Republican party no longer
recognizes that written constitution.
The representatives of that party,
in both branches of Congress take
an oath to support it, but makes
haste to violate its provisions. The
right is clearly given Congress to
levy Custom House duties in
order to raise revenues, and un-
der this provision it has assumed
the power to levy prohibitory du-
ties in order to decrease the reve-
nue.. Farmers and laboring men
are prohibited from buying their
goods, wares or merchandise from
any but American manufacturers,
unless they pay the government a
duty of from so to 100 per cent for
the privilege, Notwithstanding the
fact that the government does not
need the money, and is trying to
reduce its revenues. The constitu-
ton guarantees to the people the
right to elect their own representa-
tives to the lower house of Congress.
The Republican party through an
infamous Federal Election bill is
seeking to deprive them ofthis right,
and to give it to the President OF
the United States, through persons
appointed by him to certify as
elected TO Congress, such persons as
he might desire.
The Democratic party is seeking
to correct such abuses of power as
these. 1t is seeking to restore to
the people the rights which they
enjoyed from the beginning of the
government until 1860. 1t desires
to see our tariff duties so adjusted
as to raise a sufficient revenue for
the government, and at the same
time to enable our farmers to buy
in the cheapest, and sell in the dear
est markets. 1t desires to see the
people in control of their own elec-
tions, without any intimidation by
the Federal government 1t is de-
sirous of building up our external,
as well as our internal commerce,
and is anxious to see our mails, at
least, carried under our own flag.
1t desires to see the money which
is boarded by the manufacturers OF
the East placed in the channels OF
legitimate trade, that it may find its
way into every neighborhood. And
it is desirous of seeing Justice done
to the South, that capital may not
be driven away from that section by
fear of a race war, which the Repub-
llican party is seeking to Precipitate'