The sun., 1893-07-26

VIII the Democrats In Congress stand ny
the Principles OF the Democracy

| From ne 81. Jous Republic
! Whatever is not dem ocratic Is dangerous.
| Every Democratic voter has share In the
direction OF tho party; he bears his portion OF
the responsibility for what 1t docs or leaves
undone Thus his personal interest and his
pride OF citizenship are enlisted. Ho has re-
gard for the consistent execution OF laws he
has helped to enact and for the redemption Of
platform pledges he has helped to make.
Democracy is a body Of highly trained polit-
ical units. No profossedly Democratic leader
has bcen able TO deceive his people Other
parties may obey leaders and applaud the act
| which bellies the once applauded word A
real Democrat trusts the principles he has
adopted and judges for himself whether they
| are followed or deserted. The Republican
party can promise to reduce tho tariff. and then
raise It Such shameless violation OF repeat
ed pledges as that party committed in 1883
could not be initiated by Democratic Con-
gross without an atonsment which would con-
sign to obscurity every guilty member.
Each individual Democrat has in his nom
ory and heart tho historic struggle OF his party
against protective tariffs.
Therefore tho Mckinley law must be re-
placed with tariff based upon tho general
welfare principle of revenue: for the party is
in power and pledges must be redeemed
No act OF the party which lately controlled
the Government Is moro un-Democratic than
the Sherman law. Tho party is unreservedly
under pledge to repeal 1t. and to substitute
measure for the coinage Of gold and silver
without discriminating against either metal.
Such are the words Of the national platform OF
1892, passed after tho Democrats In every
State Convention had made the demand In
language plain and we'll considered.
For the Democratic party in or out OF power,
nothing is safe which is not Democratic. To
tcmporIze with the Mckinley tariff or to hesi-
tate in suspending the operation Of the Sher-
man act would be unsafe for n Democratic
Congress. In principle. in detail. and in effect
these two laws are against the thoroughly in
grained opinions OF the Democratic masses
They were bought by special interests. and
their design did not embrace consideration for
the people. Both have disturbed trade and
offended tho natural laws OF wealth. Both
have brought losses upon the producers
and consumers Together they have con-
tributed to create the uncertainty which has
contracted the movement of capital and
crushed hundreds OF enterprises.
The tariff and money questions which will
como before the Fifty-third Congress- arc not
the accidents Of the summer. The future OF
tho whole American people enters into their
settlement
The Democratic masses know the pledges OF
the party. because they voted upon pledges
How can the Democratic Congressman face
their people next year and endure the COM
parlson of pledge with performance il they are
capable of no botter finance than blind stand
against suspending the purchase OF bullion.
and OF 10 better taxation than miserable. in
effectual. intimidntod rehash OF Mckinley ism
These are considerations OF import. Tho
Democratic party has a history and a destiny
It's history is the story Of its constitutional
doctrine. It's destiny is the restoration
OF the spirit Of the Constitution. If
Democratic Congress and Democrat
1c President can do no better than to
put their bonded backs under tho Sherman
and Mckinley laws there will be one chapter
which the Democrats OF the next century will
pass over in silence II they can.
Whatever is not democratic is dangerous.