The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-13
STRONG REASONING.
WAYNE McVEAGH'S LETTER.

~FIEanta, ua> Written leLlSI I'D tue
Secretary of Massachusetts, Re
form Club, setting forth his reasons
tor leaving the Republican party
and Joining the Democratic party.
Following Is his letter:
Your cordial invitation to address
the citizens Of Boston or the issues
of the canvass happens 10 reach me
last when professional engagements
prevent my naming time when /
can do so, but you are quite righ.
| ia concluding that | intend to vote
for Mr. Cleveland.
Entertaining the convictions / do
no other course is open TO me, and
| | cheerfully accord TO the support
ers OF President Harrison the same
sense Of public duty by which |
| claim to be actuated.
| As both parties have presented
tunexceptionabIe candidates there Is
no reason why the differences which
exist upon questions OF pabllc policy
| should be discussed otherwise than
in good humOr ard with entire re-
spect for each others opinions.
| In the present campaign, what
may fairly be called the false alarms
of the canvass will prove of little
value, because of the general conf
| dence in the safe and conservative
character of both candidates. The
average voter knows that free trade
is Impossible in this country, for
| the conclusive reason that the vast
| revenues now required to meet the
Expenses of the government will
necessarily afford tar higher de
gree of protection to our established
and prosperous manufacturers than
either Alexander Hamilton OF
Henry Clay thought desirable in
the infancy Of our weak and strug
lgIing industries
| The average voter also knows
THAT the lrredeemable paper cur
trency in use before the war can
never reappear. On the other hand
he knows as well that no system OF
ldutles on imports, however in
Equitable, can prevent our continu
ed growth IN wealth, in manufac,
lures and in population--a growth
due to the incompatible gifts o
Providence, the intelligence ant
energy of the people ana the
blessings of free institutions.
While [ am more than ever re
solved to hold duty to country IA
above any ties of party, [ find my
self at present in general accor(
with the democratic party ant
T willing to trust it's course in tn,
future. The insight, the courag,
and the patriotism the masses O
the party exhibited in compellln,
the nomination of Mr.. Clevelanc
+. when he was without single of1ic
, | holder to support his candidac
seem to me to demand that | shoul
meet them in the same spirit an,
act with them as long as they main
e tain that high standard of polio
8 and OF administration
i 1t is tue more easy to do so be
cause the republican party, secul
ing it's return to power tour year
lago by promising to preserve Mat
Eters as they were, at once embark
ed upon what regard as rockies
and revolutionary policy, eve
/ overturnlng all the safeguards G
Legislation IN the House of Repre-
sentatives in their haste to pass th
/ Force bill and the Mckinley bill
Doth, to my mind, unnecessary an
tunWlSe measures
The opposition to the Force bill
as not only sure to create far great
t er evils than it can cure, but a
: also subyersive of the rights of th
D states, has become so earnest an
widespread that it is said to hav
been abandoned; but 1t must not b
forgotten that only two years ag
+ such a measure was warmly advt
E Gated by President Harrison. cal
nestly supported by the republica
party and very narrowly escapes
becoming a law
II There is no pretence, however
:, l undt VIC hChiuiCS OllI 10 dUduuOL
led. On the contrary, our expires
approval of it is demanded. n
doubt that bill, which | cannot bu
think was an uncalled for distul
bance of the then existing tariff
p greatly benefited a few interests
but certainly 1t greatly oppresse,
many others
/ OF the protected industries them
E selves, many were then, as now, i
! far mOle urgent need of free ray
f materials than of higher protection
but with raw materials on the fire
| list the bill could not have passed
for those having such materials 70
/ sale controlled enough votes to dt
? feat 1t, and they were very hkly t
do so if their bountIes were discor
, tinued.
The manufacturers needing fre
raw materials were therefore Oblie
ed to JOIN in the Objectionable pre-
cess of increasing prices by restrict
/. ing production, thus adding to th
j number Of trusts by which the prlc
!. of the necessaries of life is place
/ at the mercy OF unlawful combine
tons of capital,
ct 1t is not surprising that labor
b believing itself to be oppressed, 500
rose in revolt, and civil war na
actually ragged this summer in fou
different sections Of the country
| And, OF course, the farmers. Dayin,