The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-10-13
Where We Arc Located.

That body Of organized Ameri-
can Votels who have for a century
advocated q strict construction of
the constitution, opposed centrali-
zation and paternalism in the gov
ernnent, and insisted upon econ
omy in the administration Of pub
lie affairs, have been known as
democrats. They have upheld as
their leading principle that the
government should interfere as
little as possible with the individ-
uaI.
Such schemes as tho Sub-treas-
ury and the governmental control
of railroads, whatever their eXped-
iency, are not and cannot be
made democratic by resolution OF
any convention, because they di-
rectly conflict with these principles.
If the national convention which
meets next year should endorse
the Ocala demands it will be no
more entitled to tho name "Democ-
racy" than will the convention
which speaks out for the Protec-
ton theory. Democracy is not a
sort Of bunting from which q can
didate may with Il pair Of scissors
cut q strip, tie it to a stick and seek
election while his political doc
trines are CT an opposite color and
strange pattern. Such q democrat
might with equal precision call
himself a wing, II tory, or q Turk.
If then the party which has here
tofore been democratic in its tcnets
adopts the Ocala demands, ii will
lose its democratic character, but
the ADVERTISER does not say that
it Will oppose it. Their. is no dodg-
ing the bald fact that white domi-
nancy is the necessity to which all
others in Southern Politics are sec
Ondary and trivial. The ascen-
dency Of the white man in politics
is essential to the safety Of the
white mans social life and this is
nearer to the ADVERTISER than all
other party interests combined.
Rather than help to divide the
white people on this issue, the AID
vERTIsER stands ready to surren-
der any other political conviction
it may hold, and answering a qucs-
ton put by the Greenville News,
promises to fight any faction that
appeals to negro votes; this so long
as there is a distinctive white
mans party to which we may rally
We have only the kindest feelings
toward the negroes, believing them
to be q valuable and in many re-
spects an admirable class Of peo-
pie, deserving fair treatment and
strict justice, but the white man
must maintain that wise control
of which they + Incapable.
The Ocala demands are national
in their character and Il only be-
como laws through enactment of
Congress. Therefore, only the ac-
tlon of some national party can af-
feet Il action towards them, and
tho voice OF q state convention
would mean nothing to us. We
should of course work for Il Sub
treasury candidate for Congress
against the candidate Of The negro
republican party just rs we did
last year.
The adoption Of tho Ocala de-
mands by the National Democratic
Convention next year would in our
Judgment result in the formation
of a Third Party, because The dem
ocrats Of the North and East would
not swallow them. Neither would
the ADVERTISER If it was q New
York paper, but here it will pull
in harness with the peoples party.
This is not II time for "genunex-
ion and circumfleXion" and so we
have stated our position as clearly
as we we know how.