The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-04-02

preston, by an overwhelming de-
feat at The polls last November"
Gazette.
One hundred and forty-eight
years ago Thomas Jefferson, the
author Of the Declaration Of In
dependence and Of the Bill Of Re-
ligious Freedom, first saw the
light in an unpretentious farm
house at Shadwell, Virginia, and
the National Association Of Dem
ocratic Clubs has issued call to
the various clubs in the country
for an appropriate celebration Of
the day. When Alexander Ham
ilton and his associates, who had
no confidence in the judgment or
virtue Of mankind, were seeking
to silence the voice of the people
and establish a strong centralized
government, it was Thomas JEFF
ferson, whose voice warned the
committees of safety. Now that
the Fifty-first Congress, under
the leadership Of I. b. Reed, has
umasked the real object of the
Republican party by silencing in
the National halls of legislation
the voice of the Representatives
of the people, and have placed
upon the statute book OF the
Nation laws which shift all the
burden of government upon the
farmers and laborers in order to
build up privileged and aristo-
cratic class in the East, and have
attempted to place our elections
under the control of the President
of the United States. 1t is time
that the people were being warn
ed of their danger by those who
hold with Mr.. Jefferson, that gov
ernments should derive their
powers from the consent Of the
governed, and that our different
Industries should alike receive the
fostering care of the government.
The Republican party has been
kept alive for the last ten years
by sectional issues alone, and the
manufactures and brokers of the
North have profited by its success,
while the farmers and laborers Of
the West and South have grown
poorer year by year. These sec
tional issues have enabled New
York to dominate both POLITICAL
parties, as her electoral vote has
been necessary to elect a Presi-
dent, and the Secretary of the
Treasury under both parties has
been a disciple of the teaching Of
Wall Street. The people of the
West have at last been awakened
to the true condition of affairs,
and they are determined no long
er to be the slaves of the money
ed East. 1t is now nearly twenty
six years since the last gun was
fired at Appomattax. The great
leaders on both sides have joined
the founders of the Republic in
the great beyond, and the people
of every section admit that Lib
erty and Union are one and in
separable.'' The West and South
have many things in common,
while large manufacturing indus
tries, which are scattered over
their territory, are giving employ
ment to thousands T; their chief in
dustry is agriculture, and that is
langnishing on account of a high
protective tariff, and the scarcity
Of money. The Republican party
at the bidding of the Trusts and
Combines, have restricted trade
by prohibitive tariff, and at the
demand of Wall Street, has de-
monitized silver It has driven
our commerce from the seas, de-
stroyed the market for our agri.
cultural products. diminished oul
circulating medium, enhanced the
value Of gold, and driven our larg-
est farmers into bankruptcy. The
East can no longer dominate the
great West. The cry of Southern
brigadier will no longer frighten
| the people of that section, and
the South is ready to break the
chains which has bound her to
New York, and uniting with the
West for the free coinage of sill
yer, a tariff for revenue only and
| fair elections under the control Of
the separate States, they will have
the power to remedy the evils d
j which thew now so iusflv com.