Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-09-28
OPPOSING FoRcEs

purity OF Mchinleylsm and force bills
the party that stands for centraliza
tion of the power of the government
into the hands of the few for the en-
couragefnent of trusts aud monopo
lies md the concentration of ih,
wealth produced by the masses. =
From the beginning of the history o
tho American Republic two force,
have been ut work. One has teudeC
towards what has been called !;
ctrong Federal government, encroach
ing on the ancient rights Of the
States. Capitalization of authority
endangering the rights and liberties
of the people. There was MT the birtl
Of the Republic strong monnrchia
or at least oligarchical sentiment
which distrusted The capacity of tho
people to govern themselves, and
this old idea has never Disappeared.
The Democratic party VAS conceiv
ed in opposition to this tendency
and II has ever been the force oppos
ing the inclination towards empire
Every defeat of the Democratic part
has been II victory for centralization,
nm encrouchment upon the heritage,
which with the blood of heroes won
for posterity, and with every triumph
of Democracy the enemy of the mass
es Of the American people has been
repealed. The Republican party
BOASTS of having liberated the slaves
of the old South. but 30 years of its
Legislation resulted in an industrial
system that put millions of white
men in condition of more misery,
want and suffering than was expert
enced by the chatteis of the old
southern planter.
It is not the destiny of this great
country to be dominated by the ra.
pacity and greed of the Mckinleyisin
or the tyranny of Lodgeism. The one
brought us to the verge of ruin, but
it could not be maintained without
the other. Republicans now roali1e
the truth of this assertion;and should
they again control this government
they will resort to tic latter as a
means of fastening tho former upon
the American people.
For II great part of the history of
this country, the Democratic party,
the element OF progress, the opposi
ton TO the Tendency towards IL re
version to The political heresics and
d"spotic forms of government of car.
licr times, has been the dominant ele.
mont. There came n period when
tho opposing force gained ascentlan.
cy, with result with which the PEG.
pie have n most sorrowiul acuuaint
ahce. The Democratic party again
arose i'll its might to save the repub
lie from its impending calamity. Ii
has already begun to uproot those
fundamental principles which if per.
sisted in, innst ultimately destroy tho
liberties of the people, indeed which
Ind already greatly impaired the in.
tlucnce of the American citizen viii,
tho government which he creates.
The Democrats changed tie coarse
of american history when they we
pealcd the Federal election laws. and
they accelerated the movement in The
channels leading TO lRorc Justice and
equality when they passed revenue
bill that, to II great extent, capitalized
thc.burdons of taxation and the hen
Gifts of protection. With the return
OF tho Republicans to power the
hands on he dial of progress would
be turned back half century Now
of all times Democrats should stand
by The true principles aud tho party
organization. Roanoke World.