The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-06

IHCL jilC cam VI SN'N'|1~0'N
is in full progress.
They know we'll enough that the
present high tariff IS an unnecessary
burden, but are hopeful that the
masses Will not find it out until
some time after the next PIeslden-
tial election. In other words they
take the masses for asses.
But they admit if the people do
find it out, this party Of protection,
falsely sO-Called. Will require the
services of an embalmer in the late
autumn Of '92.
The common people may be
little dali OF comprehension on some
subjects, but cXtortiOnate prices
never fail TO set them thinking.
The almighty dollar rouses dormant
faculties. AS the pinch grows more
severe, they become surprised, then
indignant, then profane, and If they
20 to the polls in that state OF mind
nothing but the intervention Of
Providence can save the republicans
from utter defeat.
The difficulty with that party is
thatit has Obstinately Disseminated
against the many in favor of the
few. u hen the few consolidate
Themselves into mOn0po!ieS and
trusts and the mary stagger on the
edge Of starvation, Mr. Mckinley
declares that the country is pros
porous.
4 rock rolled from the higher
story Of house to the lower, strikes
each star in succession and perhaps
takes of an insignificant splinter,
but when it reaches the bottom it
rests there with its whole unendura-
Die weight. In like manner a heavy
tax on the necessaries Of life hits
the higher classes lightly, and they
scarcely feel the extra charge, for
they nave plenty and to spare, but
it bears with its full force on those
who even in the best of times find
1t hard to keep the larder stored.
The glory OF such a government
as this is that 1t protects It's working
classes, who constitute "the creates
number That is the radiant
characteristic of a republic, its
rujsou detre. If it fails to do that
it ncglects its chief function, for
failure to legislate for the masses is
equivalent to the creation of an
aristO"lacy. and arlstocracy under a
popular government IS not only an
anomaly but an omen of impending
disaster. And the party, by what
ever name it may be called, which
adopts policy that produces these
results Is essen tia'ly un-Amencar
and opposed to the spirit Of oul
national institutions.
II is not strange, therefore, that
the Increasing discomfort among
the wage earners, On the farm an(
IN The shop, gives rise to sundry
miSgiyings. Is it the square thing
to show such commercial fayoritisn
that q few hundreds can reap colos
sal fortunes while the millions fine
it difficult to get bread?
That this condition Of things
exist is not to be doubted by an,
impartial observer. The farmer
Throughout the country are in al
extremely dlsgruntled state of mind
They are the hardest working class
OF people in the community, and ye
they find it Impossible to lay up
penny. They are not given to loos,
habits, are not in the least extrava
CANT, and demand nothing but
fair opportunity 10 make living
Ii they were revOIutionistS, EXTERN,
socialists, c0nstitutlOna!y diseon
tented, that would be another thing
But they are not. On the contrary
they are temperate, conservative
loyal and industrious.
Take for example the farmers @
Ohio. Y1u can't fad a harde
headed set OF men on the planet o
men with more common sense. The,
were promised by MIR. Mckinley
who Is their neighbor, that his TART
bill would protect them, create {
demand for the wool they raise
and consequently afford them
higher price for their product. n,
man ever made d more solemn
pledge than did Mr. Mckinley. III,
was honest, too, when he made 1t
and believed what he said; but b,
was mistaken. 1t turns out tina
the farmer must needs pay a hlghe
pIIce for all his utensils and for hl
household goods, white the price 0
his wool has dropped. He is, there
forn yTpafIv amharra o sod opI En