The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-15
NEED OF WISDOM.

The exciting DAYS vi
ton in the South are simply matters
of history to the young men OF the
country. Thousands and thousands
of Us who now bear our STARE OF the
responsibility of the hour, kno"
nothing al those tim es that trieo
mems souls except through the me-
dunn of the press, what our fathers
or brothers or friends have told u.s.
or what we have learned or the few
brief pages of their history yet re-
corded.
Bat the present situation seems to
present problem as important OF
sol .tion as were those that taxed
the wisdom and conservatism O.
leaders bat two or three decades
ago. While there is no danger OF
sectional interference in any sense,
there IS danger of serious divisions
among the bone and sinew OF all
that constitutes the hope of tue
lard and that promises a continual
tiou of the sweeping prosperity OF
the grandest country upon which,
the smiles of q beneticent Creator
ever rested.
All sectional strife is forever OF
liberated from the minds Of the real
men of this broad country, whether
they claim their home in the North
Oh i'll the South.
Perhaps there may be one here
and there who would cling to an old
sectional prejudice; but such are
net real men in the full sense OF
manhood as accepted in the clo5iu g
decade of the 10Th century. These
ale only dwarfs, and the real men
of the country can not afford 20
waste time IN considering any OF
tier whims or prejudices.
We stand AS proud and united
people, the champions OF all the
world in matters Of republican gov
eminent.
Our internecine strife has ceased
forever, and the smoke Of the battle
has been driven away by the sweet
bceezes of peace, and the roar of the
caEnon has long been drowned by
the whistle of LOGON otiyes and the
hmm of busy machinery.
And under these favored cOndl
tions, the South, few years age
Frustrated and devastated, has re
buiIded her palaces, rcpeopled hel
districts, reconsecrated her man
hood to new deeds of noble daring
aud is drawing the eyes, not Only
of every section of her own country
bat the eyes Of all Europe, upon hel
wonderful prosperity, which Is
growing out of the energy and en-
tarprlse OF her noble people.
Wei, what of it all?
Why, simply this: With the
threatenings OF discord and dIsIup
tloa now before us in the democrat
jc party, which we all have beer
wont to admit is the hope of the
country, there is a possibility aid s
strong probability that these pros
ferrous conditions may be changed
in less time than they have teel
brought about,
There is great army of demo
Gratis North and South, who a lev
years ago fought side by side ant
shoulder to shoulder IN defense o
their respective cause, OIL side of tn,
Mason and Dixon. These true mel
have been fighting with their tsal
lots for the past few years as faith
fully and as tremendously as they
fought with sword and bayonet OF
he red field Of carnage. And shall
the difference OF opinion between
democrats North, or democrat
South, or democrats East, orsdemt
Gratis West, as to how they ma,
best make the final onslaught a
gainst their deadly foe, divide th,
ranks and give over the victory int,
the hands of their enemy? No: ;
THOUSAND times no. But rather !e
the earnestness with which We AZ,
all fighting for the same end unit,
Us IN one last grand rally, which il
1892 shall d.lve the enemy from
field for generation to come
Alliance democrats. and non
alliance democrats, we appeal t,
you i'll the name Of your homes an,
the prosperity OF our common ccun
Try, bury Your differences, Pot a
way your chickering's, cease to sus
DGct every mans motive who doe
not entirely agree with you, and le
lis have united action, with one sol
id phalanX Of heroic democracy tina
shall be indeed DrOclaim.G mqn q