The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-28
IA PLEA FOR SUCCESS "
tMorganton Herald.l

(MorgantOn hei dio'j
Thoughtful, earnest men say toat
the condition Of affairs in North
Carolina is critical in the extreme.
Brave men, who are not frightened
at shadows or old wives tales, are
alarmed at the gravity Of the situa'
ton. Patriotic men are looking
over the field, trying in all goon
faith and earnestnes3 to reconcile
d fferences, TO allay enmitles, I"
brins men TO the front whom all can
follow, and to formulate policy
which all can approve.
1t would be sheerest folly to ig-
nore the fact that there are views to
be met, and elements to be conciliat-
ed. and dangers to be avoided in the
approaching campaign that never
confronted the party before IL
would be unw1se, 10 the selectlon or
candidates TOT luo satiou oihN0o
within the gift Of the people, to for
oct that something more than our
De- sonal preference is to be consid-
cred and something more than par
tlean success TO be striveu for 1t
must be taken into consideration in
every contest for the prize of nom
nation. that afterwards the winner
must be tried in the hot cruciole of a
campaign and weighed in the
balances Of popular approval on
election day. To secure the com
mendation of the press, to WIN In the
township primaries, to get the en-
dorsemsnt of county conventions, TO
overcome opponents and obtain
msjoritv Of the votes of the State
onvention-tnese sre all important
steps, hut they but the prellml'
naries TO the real struggle and are
hut emvty veto ries if not followed
I'D by a triumph in the battle OF TIE
ballots.
If in the present condition of at
fairs nen OF extreme views are &c
dictate the policy of the party, nc
matter which extreme they take. s
party split and party defeat will be
the inevitable result. The Demo
cratic majority il North Carolina i,
not large at the best, and our sue
cesses in the past have only beer
attained by united action and earn
est, organized effort, A split In tn
party now not only means defeat il
the approaching campaign, but l
means 8 repetition of the sad stor,
that comes from South Carolina, o
family divided and warning will
itself, and pulling down instead o
building up the State.
With a divided Democracy oU
plight would lie even worse than II
South Carolina, for here we are con
fronted with a party the dominan
element in which put the negro t.
the front at Rsleigi. last week, no
/ ccause the white men of that part,
desired it, but because they wer
forced to 90 so by the superior num
hers and the aggressive spirit mani
tested o. the colored element. (
divided democracy means the sur
gu cess Of that party which pasee'
by such white men as j. J. Mott an,
Charles Price and W. P. Bynnm an
T. George Waitoo, and placed til
negro Cteatham at be head OF it
delegation to the Minneapolis cor
vent;on, and made John Dancey
> another negro, deleg ate, while me
! like E. S. Walton. IF Burke, wer
= forced to content themselves with a
alternate's place. We do not beliv
that the differences between on
leople are great enough to warran
) US in turning oyer the State govern
7 meHt to such a part, or to caus
y any faction, as has been suggested
to cooperate with the party {
[ heatham and Dancey in defeatin
the nominees Of the Democracy.