The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-04-14
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political situation,of country In
last weeks issue of the "Progres-
sive Farmer" says, "To my
mind My course is clear, nay road
of duty plain. | shall pursue it
without regard to consequence
to myself, personal, political or
other wise.''
We, with quite number of
Others, have understood for a
long, long time that Mr.. Folks
course was clear, in fact it has
been SO clear that any one with
ordinary sense could see through
it, underit, and on top of it, with
the natural eye, without any ar
tift:ial aid.
SO his announcement on this
score reveals nothing new. 1t
makes a pretense OF admitting
wha5 has long Leen known; as
to pursuing it" without legard
to consequences we believe this
also will be pretty generally adj
uited, in fact instead of disre-
garding the consequences he has
rather sought to invite them.
Lieutenant Polk cannot be
oblivious of the fact of what the
| consequence would inevitably be,
did he succeed in carrying out
the scheme he has on foot, in fact
he knows as well as any one does
that the result of his false teach
ing did it ripen and bring forth
fruit would be disastrous to rhe
best interest of this and other
southern States.
Tie supremacy of the Demo-
cratic party of the South does
not merely mean the supremacy
of a political party with offices
dealt out to its tavorite, but it
means the supremacy of that
class of people who are better
fitted by reason, right and intel
ligence to rule and control tie
public affairs of this section, than
are those of any other party, a
fact not barely asserted without
the sustaining proof but proven
and sustained by the best and
most satisfactory evidence, that
of a practical illustration and we
don't have to go very far back
in history TO illustrate We have
only to refer to the time when
the red handed renegades of Hnl-
den held high carnival while the
mirmidons ofKirk outraged law
and decency, breaking down the
barriers of justice and equity,
and turning loose a tide of cor
ruptior. and venality that swept
unstaid and unchecked over our
whole land, more debasing and
demoralizingin it's tendency than
provisional government would
be under military despot, more
costly and more impoverishing
than wars, woeful, willsul, waste.
But what does Mr.. Polk care for
this? In his vaulting ambition he
would trample upon every privi-
lege of the people, sacrifice every
worthy interest of the country
and bring back the dark days of
Radical misrule with the fear
full train of evils that always fol-
lows in it's wake. This is all Mr..
Polk can hope for as far as the
south is concerned. No one knows
better than he does that it is ut
terly impossible for him to disin-
tegrate the Republican party of
the South or break up its orga-
niz,tion. 'iwenty-fiveyears ofex-
cellent decipline will hold it
tog-ther despite all Mr.. Polk can
do. Then what must follow? Tue
strength to support Mr.. Folks
movement must be mainly drawn
from the ranks of the Democratic
party and while Mr.. Polk will
not succeed in electing his ticket
in this State, he may succeed in
turning over the State to the Re
publican part, a thing perhaps
he may after all prefer more to
do and in which there may be
more money. Mr.. Polk pre-
tends to have his eye upon the
presidential chair but he will
miss it further than Ben Butler
did when he ran against Cieve-
land. He may perhaps make
more money out of his effort to