Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-11-02
DIFIsIrI0s OF DEMAG0GuE,
Mr.. sims Ayers That Democracy IL
Latin 10 Mr.. LieweiiyH.


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To the Rditar OF the Ledger.
MEXICO, Mo-, October 3l.-Mr.
Llewellyn says ! don't know the diff
ference between a Democrat and a
demagogue. am strongly inclined
to the opinion that the ether fellow
is the one that is floating on society
like foam on the water without aim
or knowledge in life. The man that
don't know that there are two kinds
oil Democrats is so blind he is in
danger to travel without a guide,
even in day time. We have Demo
Gratis for principle and Democrats for
revenue. To show the difference
between the latter and a demagogue
would battle the skill of an expert;
they are so closely allied that the one
can't exist without the other. What
is a demagogue? Possessing the
power of an intellectual giant, he
might have told US. He says, 81
don't know" Isuppose he intends
we shall be left in the dark on the
subject. A demagogue is a man
protesting great love for the farmer
and laborer, wants them to have a
dollar for their produce and labor
that is worth one hundred cents in
the markets of the world, at the same
time ignoring the fact that it will
change the contract between the
debtor and creditor on the enormous
sum of eight billion dollars in favor
| of the creditor. For a man to pose
as a Democratic President and show
SO much inconsistency and John
Sherman cussedness, ~forfeits all right
to the respect of Democrats and de-
serves the contempt and condemna-
ton of all llberty-loving Americans.
A demagogue is a man who says
that our silver dollar is a fraud be-
cause it has only So cents in silver
and Al cents in fiat, and that a paper
dollar, issued by the government, is
all fiat, but insists that national and
state banks should have the power
delegated by Congress, the peoples
legal representatives and servants,
to the exclusive right to issue all of
the paper money. Such an epistle
of wisdom and craftsmanship would
open the pores in the cheek of a
brass monkey and make it blush.
A demagogue is a man that rewards
the man who fought his battles by
turning the victory to his enemies
and using the powers given him by
a coniding people to force their SER
wants to get down in the dust and
crawl like the creeping things Of
earth and sell their creator, the peo-
pie, to King Shylock. The man that
would yield his political convictions
for Office would forget his mother in
her old age that brought him into
existence and watched him day and
night with tender care through his
dependent babyhood. A demagogue
is a man that says the way to keep
up the price of silver is to pay gold.
But who could wonder at it when
the statement comes from a mino.
taur instead of a statesman. Sup
pose, as beef has lost its parity with
pork, Congress should make a law
, prohibiting the use of beef to bring
it back to a parity with pork. The
man that believes such rot ought to
be looked after these frosty nights.
A demagogue is a man that says a
. public office is a public trust and sells
them for from a piece of pie to fifty
thousand dollars. A Democrat is a
man that favors the greatest good
for the greatest number. He be-
lieves in the government using its
powers and rights in the interest OF
all the people and not delegating
them to the soulless corporations.
! But why 60 on? Democracy is Latin
to my distinguished friend without
any translation. He points to MIR.
Cleveland as the greatest Democrat
on earth, the only man who has won
victory since my childhood and
bravely met defeat rather than con-
ceal his convictions. Has my friend
forgotten that every speaker and
every paper declared Mr.. Cleveland
to be in favor of free coinage of sill
yer? 1t his true attitude on silver
alone had been exposed to the PEG
pie he could have spent the balance
of his life fishing without a single OBJ
lection. Ofcourse the people voted
for a change and had a right to ex-
pect it. But to say they are disap-
pointed is putting it very raildly.
Why did he call the present session
of Congress? Why did he not sus-
pend the Sherman law as he did the
Geary law? 1t would have been
done this three months and the
world would have known by this
time whether we had fresh cut or a
cancer. l think MI. LlewelIyn is
in the boat with Mr.. Cleveland, and
if be finds consolation in it, he is
welcome so far as l am concerned.
I hope his voyage will be more pleas
ant than his ride on the back of a
granger. He says l can apologize
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