The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-20
SOLID DEMOCRACY.

/ Since the kour Fort Sumter vas hg.G
upon. there has been 10 condition.,
circumstance, calling for hig h
er order Of wisd IN, statesman
ship, and patriotism than st this
time. The whole country, from ocean
t. ocean, from lakes to gulf Is 10 3
state Of fearful unrest and dissatls
| faction. This NAV almost be termed
the second fol native period N tie
history OF our country. There i
something wrong, radically wrong,
somewhere. There Is cause for this
unrest, foundation from which this
| dlscontent flows.
The history Of the world demon
strates that people don't rise up IN
a mass and make demands upon taeig
government, or upon the parties, whn
direct and coEtrol the administration
] OF government without a cause. The
revolution IN Eng land under Cromwell
against Charles |. was a contest OF
the agricultural class and labor
ers against the ursurlations and
expressions Of the king and nobility.
The most remarkable revolution from
the beginning Of time against oppres
sion, took place few months ago In
Brazil. Within twenty-four hours,
without bloodshed, the people seized
and changed the form Of their gov
eminent, hanished their king and
emancipated themselves from the
burdens Of their oppressive rulers,
The French Revelation, the blood
lest recorded in history, was brought
about by the nobility and the wealthy
of France oppre sing and robblng
the agricultural interest Of that
country. And when these people
demanded relief and relief was ahso.
lately and insultingly refused, they
d1enched the country In blood, father
arrayed against son and brother
against brother.
Will newspaper men and the lead
ers of the political parties in this
country close their eyes and turn 8
deaf ear to history and the experience
of other nations and other lands!
Will they continue to defy the Su
Drcme Power of the people and rush
blindly ana madIy on until it sHal
be too late to call q halt and right
about and save the liberties Of the
peopleY 1t really looks SO to one
who is trying to take a calm and
dlspassionate survey of the present
surroundings and outlook So faI
as the republican Organization j:
concerned, no one expects relief frou
it. For more than twenty FIVE years
it has been in power, and under it:
administration, from its class legis
IatioD, assumptions, and encroach
ments upon the constitution and the
reserved and inalienable rights Of
the people, the country has been
brought to its present state of dis
content and unrest.
For more than twenty years the
democratic p&rty has been the onl y
hope for the salvation Of the country
and the independence of the Amer
lean citizen. 1t has heen the only
opposition to the ruthless and reck.
less Invasion of the rights Of tie
people, and to the open and hign
handed violation of the organic laws
of the land.
The people have on two occasions
since the late war COnfded 10 and
trusted tuat party, On one of these
occasions, the republican oIganiza.
ton, with Gen. Grant at Its head.
with the Connivance of q few demo
Gratis defeated that trust and thwartcd
the will OF tie people. On tue other
occasion the democratic party was
Installed IN power in one of the three
departments Ct the government. 1t
did nothing. &c could do nothing: it
had 10 power to do anything except
to turn the rascals out and coin more
silver, and this it did not do.
Aid although this party has not
been In power since the late war, it
has done much, very much for the
people. 1t has held in check at all
times the republican plunderers AMI
depredat"rs to some exttDt.
The democratic party oaght to
have put silver plank in its platfovm
in 1883. 1t cd not however, but, 4
obedience to the will of one man.
ignored the silver issue. In truth
Cleveland dictated tee platform and
dictated the defeat of the party ana
will do the same in 80 With the same
result, if permitted. And as | write