Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-11-23

some where, but they seldom stop
to consider the trouble sensibly, or
to trace it to it's true and proper
origin. The shoe pinches and they
damn the retail dealer, never think
ing to inquire who the manufactur-
ers are. The crisis came and was
n ot felt until the Cleveland admin
istration came in power, hence the
burden of the blame was placed on
| its shoulders.
But for all this the Democratic
party has much to charge itself
with. Perhaps a more miserable
farce was never enacted in the po-
litical history of America than the
Sind Congress. If ever in this world
a house was divided against itself,
ours was. Taking in our foolish
hands the pistol of legislation, we
deliberately fired wadding of silver
and bullets of gold into the heart
of our own hopes. Then, when we
had succeeded in proving ourselves
the most considerable financial
asses our splendid opportunity
would admit of, and had managed
to get splitstarted in our lead-pipe
cinch, we drove in the strong Tariff
wedge and we were in twain. We
peddled ice in winter, until we had
thoroughly disguised ourselves and
the rest of humanity, and then,
when we finally, and after great
labor, were delivered of a still-born
Tariff founding, Grover went a
fishing and left the sunto bring the
brat to life.
Thus we dilly -dallicd, drifting
from certain victory to inevitable
defeat, and when we had done with
fiddling poor old Rome was in
ashes, and our dear hopes were bur
led somewhere beneath the debris.
The Waterloo, sore as it makes
us at present-and the sorer it
makes us the bcttter-will ultima
teiy prove blessing in disguise.
It will serve to teach us some long
and sadly needed lessons. First of
all, it will teach us that reckless
seed-sowing of promiscuous uncon-
sidered promises will ripen into a
harvest oftrouble, bye-and-bye, that
when we borrow on the public con-
fidence payday is as sure to come
as Christmas, and judgement will
follow. 1t will teach us that politi-
cal promises are not mere idle
words and that they too must be
met as other promises are met, 1t
will teach us that political parties
are held responsible before the
tribunal of public opinion for the
statements and actions of their lea
ders, just as corporations are in
civil courts for the acts of their
agents. 1t will teach us also the
strength of unity and the iron
bound necessity of party harmony
When we have learned well all
these lessons of great value, We will
be ready to go forth to the great
battle of '96, equipped like well
trained warriors, and turn the ever
lasting defeat of an off year into
victory, great and glorious.
Our losses in every part of the
country were great and i'm oressive
but the severest loss of all was the
defeat of Congressman Wilson. His
retirement from Congress was loss
wich confines itself to no one Con
gressional district nor to any one
State. It was a blow to the nation
al party, and loss to every citizen
of every locality. He is a great
and brainy man-ths child of no
circumstance, the creature of
no hour. With zeal that never
tires, brain which recognizes no
superior, force of character and hon.
esty of purpose unsurpassed in a
nations history, he has impressed
his greatness ON the American pub
lie, and so long as the deathless
principles of Tariff Reform shall
remain living issue-which will
be long years after the coinage inn
brogliO is settled and forgot, and
until these United States shall