Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-04-02
SlCKENlNG ON THEIR OWN MEDI-
CINE.
LIVING ALL ITS LIFE ON ITS RULE
OR RUIN VOTE.
Tie Democracy In a Hole and Sinking
DeebeI By It's Oson Un7eieLdp
Height.

EX-Mayor Vim. R. Grace, Of New
York, one of the shining lights and
leading benefciaries of Tammany rule,
has written letter to leading South
evn Democrat, published in Sundays
Washington Post, which in the light of
history is the height of blinded passion
and iugratitude.
The old leaders of this State, all men
of honor, patriotic convictions, ale
completely tired of the way in which
the machine created by Senator Hill
has treated the rank and file of the
Democratic party, and if an adjustment
which will bring about fair play to the
great mass of the Democrats and at the
same time to some extent recognize
the power Of the machine" in places
where it is honestly entitled to repre-
sentation cannot be reached, then there
is no hope for the election of any Dem
ocrat in the State.
Hill and his methods and his fruits
are the legitimate children of Tamma-
ny, of which Grace is one of the faith
ers. Is the father better than the son
or vice versa? The same power that
made Hill what he is made Grace what
he is. When the pan and the pot get
to bed together there is always a fight.
1t is inconceivable to me that the
South should for a moment think of
setting aside Cleveland, who is the
only man in our time who has made
the Democratic party respected by the
really conservative elements of the
North and who has been the means of
rallying within the Democratic ranks
some of the most intelligent and most
patriotic members of every community
in the Northern States.
A painful admission, indeed,-the
only man who has made the Democrat
ic party respected an admission that
the South is not a conservative ele-
ment. What becomes of all your
boosted purity, ability, patriotism and
conservatism Where are the grounds
of the Democratic appeals to the young
nj m of the country? Cleveland the
olly great reformer with Henry Wat
terson's declaration still ringing in his
ears, -" The Democratic party is free
trade party or it is nothing Con-
servatism, thou art jewel, but the
sting in thy clasp is deadly poison.
If by the aid of the South, silver
bill should not be passed, the old sec
tional feeling against them would be
very easily revived and they would be
looked upon by the conservative peo-
pie Of this section of the country as be-
ing a most dangerous element in the
administration of the affairs of the
country, and it might take twenty-five
years before a Democratic President
could again be elected
Farmers and laborers, if your de-
mands revive the old sectional feel
ing, isn't it public notice that the
Democratic party is afraid of your in
terest while it courts your votes. The
South " dangerous element "
For a Republican to say that would
be an insult There is no surer CON
yiction than conviction out of the
mouth of friends, and the South here
stands convicted by the very men it
has solidly voted in power
Up to a very late date we all thought
that the Southern Representatives were
the ablest and best politicians in the
ranks of the Democracy, but their &C
ton just now looks like madness as we
here can see nothing to be gained by
1t and much to lose For twenty years
there has been large number of peo-
pie in the Northern States who have
been anxious to join the Democratic
ranks. They were continually held in
check by the cry that the Democratic
party could give nothing but an unsta-
BILE and corrupt government. In 1884
they joined in with us in the election
OF Grover Cleveland and proved to the
country and the world at large that
our party was capable of giving not
only an upright government but also
economic administration of affairs.
This puts the Democratic party in
the scales and it is found wanting.
Cleveland the only man who has been
honest patriot in the Democratic par
ty. Nonsence. As a Republican we
don't believe it. He was but tool of
circumstances; a god whitewashed by
political morality The people turned
him down they turned the party down
because of him, and they have less
confidence in him now than ever.