Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-08-18
MODERATION AND SINCERITY.
The political needs of the hour

are moderation and sincerity.
Extreme and passionate views and
utterances do not convinc.; they
may overthrow and conquer, but
they do not convince nor win conf
denee. D%uplicity and cunning may
bring those who practice them q
temporary personal advantage. bot
they only postpone the reckoning
that they or their chilare,. must
make with those who have been de-
luded and misled.
All civilization and free govern
ment rest upon the obligation of
every citizen to all other citizens that
the law shall settle disputes, and that
established tribunals for settling diff
~ferences shall not be interferred with
IN the discharge OF their duties by
threats and intimidation.
Who shall be Governor, Or Presi-
dent, or Congressman, all are small
matters compared with the lawful
ness, and sincerity and honesty with
which we discharge our political
duties to ourselves, u country and
each other. And those who allow
the passions and b~itternessas that
swayed them in August to shape
their action in the November cleo
ton are likely to feel regret and
shame when the heat of passion has
cooled.
2. In determining with which of the
three parties he will act, every hon
est man will first ask himself which
party has the highest purposes, the
soundest principles, and which, if it
succeeds, will be most just AMI fair
to all the people? And in determin-
ing this, he must look to the ability,
honesty and power of the respective
candidates.
!, The Peoples party is led by a
, man too recent in his utilization and
membership with the Republican
:, party to allow any calm, unbiased
mind to conclude that his hostility
to it is as great as to the other party
to which he has always been an
enemy. It is a party without ID rec.
ord, unless the far greater hostility
shown by It's expounders to the
Democratic than to the Republican
u party can be called a record. Does
not this suggest that its leaders set
+ more value upon dissatisfied Demo-
crats,if it Can guile or make them it,
d recruits, than upon Republicans;
Does not this suggest the possibility
9 that it is insincere and worked ii
Republican interest?
How does it stand the test Of
d moderation? Are not the differeu
discontinued and dissatisfied laboI
y orders and classes that make up it,
3, personnel actuated only by class i'll
) terests and ends? And are not it
leaders agitators who seek persona
advancement by playing upon thei
II prejudices and Passions: If thi
Il question puts any man in a rage hi
d will do we'll not to seek to ahs~e i
., to his own lasting satisfaction unit
70 he is sure that he is cool, aud in
reasoning state of mind. The: Re
70 publican party represents the prin
e ciples of u Federal Government
e growing in strength, in numbers o
II its officials and in its control of tn
- States and of the people by con
stantly diminishing and narrowini
the rights of the States and of th
t. people, and has a leader who "a a
er extremist in these views, with tt
se inclination to effectuate them to til
~ full extent of his capacity and or
/ q portunity. If this succeeds does
he look bright for the safety of GU
C.. liberty and that of u children?
The Democratic party recognize
10 the perfection and accurate adjus
"a ment Of the Federal Government
the States and the people to eac
- other, to preserve our Governmer
: strong, pure and perfect, under tt