The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-12-01
THURSDAY, DEU. /, 1892.
STICK TO THM OLD SHIP.


Politics has evershadowed nearly every.
thing else. Boys and girls and women
have caught the craze Everybody wants
to know what everybody else thinks.
What rs Cleveland going to do2 What
about Governor TilIman? What about Sen
ator lrby7 Which faction is going to get
the Federal patronage? Last but-what
does the SENTINEL think about the sit
uationa
Cleveland IS wise statesman. Ills first
inquiry will &c what is best for the whole
people ''Pablic Office is public trust {"
Next, what is best for the party so en-
phatically called to assume this pubictrust?
But what will lie do when he comes to the
Palmetto State? In this, AS in all other
pcrplcxing situations which have bcset his
career, his practical, unparalleled Ecommon
sense will find wise solution. His past
history makes us content to leave the sub
1cct with hIm. 1t is neither good taste nor
good politics for either faction of the dem
ocratic party in this State to say to men,
bers OF the other faction Now you stand
OIL, this is our party" There is something
than the present prcfcrmcnt Of any man or
faction. Of greater moment than tie fact of
who penned this, that, or the other resolu-
tion, or who made this, that, or tho either
speech. There are Tillmaniles and Shep.
Pardites who wish to keep these lines
sharply drawn. Examinations rccrim
mination. Patriotism that does not Look be-
yond Government pnp' and self promotion.
1t should be proclaimed mt sunsrisc and
sunset from every house top in the land,
shat white supremacy FOR our beloved State
Is the supreme political GOod- Where is
that sasf-denying sacrificing patriotism
that will place the good of the whole State
above and beyond self-promotion? The
country clics out for some David to come
and smite Golah. The Giant of ambition
has put the land in terror. There is moth
rug too sacred for his spear TO pierce or
his sword TO slash. The government or
the people one must change. The ins
and the outs are terribly at outs. If moth
Ing but revolution will restore universal
sympathy then revolution will come.
The profits Of Office and other, avocations
are too much out of proportion. 1t has
tanned out, so that everybody had rather
hold office, than do'anything else. Once,
office was provided for Government, but
now Government is provided for office The
doctrine that public office is a'public trust.
has lapscd into innocuous dcssuctudc.
Public office Is premium for party ser
vice, and must be distributed around. The
HotfOn NJ that the government must support
the people Instead of the people support
ing the government. AS o nation we have
wasted much time already in the boot.tug
and !encc act The profit Of holding
office musi be so reduced that we can drift
back to first principles. The theory and
principles of our Government have hccn
subverted by the high protective tariff. An
immense amonnt of ridiculc and sarcasm
mas been fired at the Ocala fiat money sub.
treasury, and government ownership of rail
roads AS visionary as all these may seem
TO some people, they are as reasonable, Just
and fair as the High Protective TariM and
the present outrageous pension system.
ISis is history, the other is prophesy.
Now comes The democratic party between
M werk real reform and restore equilibrium
Ibis is its mission. If it does not perform
II, it is gigantic fraud and ~ magnificent
tailure- We have been hanging
sn to 1t by the golden; rings of faith and
hope, till these lad become so attcnuated
~ friction that VIC feared they would snap
and let us fall from grace; but now rs she
has stemmcd the storm and rides proudly
on to power, let us fire the signal of re-
form, and welcome on board the captain
and the mate and all who forsook the ship
and cling TO broken spars, and poin: them
to tho dream. Of: Columbus, tho hopo of.
Washington sndtae fruition of jefferson.
And darkness an, .ght shall flee away.