The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-09-16
A WORD no YOUNG MEN.
Their Duty to the Democratic Part,

"a BANcOht NOhAAbAoAo1
is always prepared to meet all the
wants of the people as they arise
and to furnish a remedy for every
threatening evil. We feel proud of
our party, but we cannot attempt to
escape tho duty which our member
ship imposes upon us by committing
TO party bosses the direction of party
affairs and principles. A Democrat
always knows what his party $ prin-
ciples- are, and how each question
should be met, as it arises, and
speaks out at the proper time. Our
principles are sufficient for the pro
lection of the rights of the people
and the promotion of their welfare
and happiness, in all their present
diverse conditions and surround
ings. Our party creed is broad
enough to meet any emergency that
can arise in the life of this nation,
as long as it is free. When we see
the functions of government used to
enrich the favored few of the party
Empower, at the expense of the many,
and also see its inevitable result in
the pinching privation of the poor
and the profuse extravaganza of the
rich; and when we see in operation
an unjust statute which banishes
from many humble homes the COM
forts of life in order that in the pal
aces of wealth and luxury may that
much the more abound, we turn to
our party creed and find that it
enjoins "eqiaE and exact justice to all
men, rich and poor, high and lo,o."
Under Democratic principles such
a situation of affairs cannot be
smoothed and CLOSED over by oiley
sophistry. Fora Democratic answer
to them all we point to the words
which condemn such inequality and
injustice as we prepare for the en-
counter with wrong armed with the
weapons of Democracy. When we
see our farming community in deep
distress and know that they are not
so by reason of slothfuIness, extrav-
agance and miss management; when
wesee their long hours oftoil so poor
ly requited that the money lender
eats out their substance; whom we see
that for everything they need they
pay tribute to the favorites of gov
ernment, which means the party in
power, we know that all this is far
from encouraging agriculture which
our party creed commands. We
know something is wrong when the
agricultural community sends up
such complaints We know this
could not be under Democratic rule.
We know that under Democratic
rule all classes would be upon an
equal footing; that the. laws of the
land would bear equally upon all;
that if any suffered it would not be
the fault of the law.
When we see the reckless waste
and extravaganza of the peoples
money, and the undeserved distri-
button thereof debauching its recip-
tents, and by pernicious example
threatening the destruction of the
love of frugality among the people,
we turn to our Democratic creed
and find that we are bound to ''econ-
omy in the public expense" that we
can not lawfully take from the peo-
pie more money than will suffice for
an economical administration of
their affairs. There is no more i'm
portant article in the Democratic
faith than this. We say it is bold,
downright robbery to take from the
people any more money to pay the
expenses of their government than
is absolutely necessary, when the
same is economically carried on
we say that taxation under the most
favorable circumstances is a burden,
and that all just governments make
the burdens of the people as light
as possible consistent with the pub
lie safety. This is Il cardinal maxim
of the Democratic party.
When we see The Republican, or
any other party, bent upon the pass
age of law, with the avowed pur-
pose of PerPetuating partisan SUI
premacy-a law which invades the
states of the Union with election
machinery for the express purpose
of promoting federal interference
with the constitutional rights of the
people of said states-a law that dis
credits the honesty and fairness of
the people and justly arouses their
jealousy of centralized power in
their general government. we turn