The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-07-23
LET DENOCRA rs BE ON THE
ALERT.

purpose OF suoJectlng Its inhabitants
to private control, thing or circum-
stance unheard of in constitutions
governments outside of the United
States. There has been suggested
from high legal authority, an increase
of the regular army of the United
States, $4,000, this of itself would not
be alarming, for after all it would not
be 1000 to every 100000 of the
population of the country, but in
view OF the attitude of the republican
party to the passage of force bill to
control and even decide an election,
as the Lodge bill provided and which
bill, or worse one, il elected they
are sure to pass, this increase of the
army becomes porten,ous, and in
view of Mr.. Elkins' political antece-
dents, it becomes al rming.
The old saw has it "straws show
which way the wind blows" and we
add the weaker and more tragil- the
straw the surer index # the direc-
ton of the blast. is it not sufficient to
wake up the apprehension of demo
Gratis, nay, every citizen Of every
state, who are true and patriotic
citizens, and lovers of the principles
that underlie our form Of govern
ment, and the rights of the people
as guaranteed under them, and spe
cially so those democrats and citiz ms
Of the southern states where so
many totally unqualified persons
have had, without the leas. prepare
ton for the use of it, thrust up n
them tie American Franchise, and
who are therefore susceptible of
being moved and acted upon by
falsehood and Misrepresentation
In view of this it does look like
madness in the extreme, that any
man who has been for his lifetime
associated with the democratic party
to GO off into something new to them
in the way of party
The truth is. it is in force Ike all
great receptions and impostures
which have been praciiced upon the
world Of mankind, they are clothed
IN veil Of misconceived wrong and
hold out flaming opportunities Of
exaltation, that the old party has to
them bsen slow to award. The re-
spouse made TO the alarm rung out
by the democratic press of the
national damage lurking in the force
bill legislation, by the national con-
vention Of the so called third party,
is 1'rlnta facie, indisputable evidence
that that body of men, knew, the
danger was real, and that if the peo-
pie were led to look at it in all it's
hideousness, they would cling with
greater tenacity than ever before to
the one sole party which stands for
the people-the democratic party.
That there is at the back of this
third party movement, the republi-
can party there can be no shadow of
doubt. the multiplied devices Of that
party ever since the democratic
party was reorgapized in the South,
to break it, and divide it. The solid
South without clamor for place
or power, has been very ''bete noir"
to radicalism, and more, the grandest
exhibition Of devotion to party
principle with very little hope fany
of fee or reward ever known.
To break the South up into politi-
cal factions and contending parties
would insure the republican party
indefinite hold upon power, their
chief desire is to break and ruin the
South, destroying its Conservatism,
destroy its now brilliant prospects,
drive from her bounds capital, put to
death her already growing enter.
prises, and place society into a.
far worse condition than Haitiyen|
maelstrom Of perdition and social
woe.
AS sure Is truth exists, the only