The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-08
glle gerala anil Ne1p5.
ARP IS DISGUSTED.
H Signs :or Clay, Calhoun and Webster
III they Had Jumped on Mr.. Cleveland
AS They Did on "Old Hickory" 1t
Would BE Lively.


Would BE Lively.
Great sensation. German has made
a speech. He scored the president. I'm
paralleled historic scene in the senate
Tremendous applause'
What is that to US? Whether Mr..
Cleveland deceived German or " neither
he should have written that letter to Mr..
Wilson or not is of no consequence to
this long-sufferiug country. Pass the
bill. If you can't pass it without Cor
man, then kill it and 60 home and let
the republicans run the government ac-
cording to their liking.
The people Of the south are fast losing
confidence in the democratic party. 20
where you will, in towns and cities, IN
hotels and on railroads, and nine out
of ten, except the officeholders and Of
ficeseekers, have lost their affection
and their respect for modern demo-
,crscy. If there was any other decent
party to go to they would go. we neaE
intelligent, conservative, patrlotc cltl-
zens talking that way every day: H.
tensifed disgust is the universal feeilng.
Day after day, week after week, month
after month the people have oeeu prom
ised relief. Just look back over the
newspaper files and see the record OF
broken promises. Every little while
some sanguine editor says that the
country is Just on the eve Of a period Of
unparelleIed prosperity, that the tariff
bill, will be passed in a few days
and the stagrant capital of the
country will be turned loose and old
wheels will be put in motion and new
ones built, and the country will awake
from it's long sleep. I found paper
Yesterday that was six months Old ana
it talked that way. Gorman-who
cares whether his ipfantile feelings have
been lacerated or not, his individuality
is lost in the distress OF the mllllons.
Pass the bill ard doctor the feelings
later.
The face is, wish there was another
partv-a part after Ben Hills Kind
that he foreshadowed in his Chittenden
letter-a party composed of conserva-
tive republicans and intelligent demo-
crats-porth and south. There was a
time when Jeffersonian democracy
was something to boast of, but not the
snurio,1s kind we have now. The old
whig party would be god-send IN
these lawless times. l wish that we
had it right now. | wish that WEBSTER
and Clay aid Calhoun were IN the
United States senate to-day. Then now
small would German appear. But
there was comfort 10 DaviC B. HIPS
reply: He exhibited noble patriotism
and high order of craftsmanship.
: It is possible that there are not t"C
or three republican senators VINO VIII.
elevate the country above their party!
Is it possible that a republican Is
Obliged to be protectionist or nothing:
Is craftsmanship altogether partisan?
Are there no middle men-no peace
makers, no mugwumaps in congress?
Are there no great men there and
- good like there used to be in the days
of Berrien and Forsyth and Howell
Cobb and Calhoun and John Bell and
Gentry and Nathaniel Macon andDavis
and Prentiss and Clay and Crlttenten
Webster and Pearce and Polk apd Wise
and q host of others who. LED thelI
parties for their country's good: Dlo
they ever in times Of great peril leave
their seats ard go home to mend there
fences and canvass for returning VOTES!
Were they ever accused OF secret speca
lation In tariff bills or trusts or suo'
sides?
The standard is lowered. The flag is
at half-mast. Statesmanshlp IS al
discount and the highest consideration
: ofthe average member OF congress IS 70
have 9 returning board. But our hope
and consolation is that there are some
good men there. We have some from
Georgia and Alabama and the other
Southern States-gcod and true men,,
but not many. Maybe the good Lore
will save our country for their sake. II
He would have saved Sodom for the
sake of ten, maybe He will save US. dls
mercy and long suffering are woooer-
ful and our good people everywhere
can take comfort in it. Sodom ana
and Gomorrah were infinitely worse
than our worst cities and we nave
thousands of good peopi, wnere tAey
could not find ten. Know gooo peo,
pie all around me, both IN to"n ano
in country kindhearted, charltaole'
law-abidiDg people-and love TO thinA
about them, they make no noise IN tne
world, but pursue the even TENOR OF
their way. They minister to the wants
of their sick or suffering MAJORS ana
bury the dead and heave a sigh at thelr
funerals. know some who are repuo-
licaps and some democrats and some
populists who would have saved Sodom.
know good people Of ali religious de
nominations. The good and the bad
are fearfully mixed in this world, ano
our darky, Bob, who has served out
his sentence saws: There are some as
bad people in de penitentiary as dare Is
outen dar." I got batch or papers
to-day, the organ or the American Pro-
tective ssociation-another party that
some political scheners have gotten
up to put down the Catholics. L
don't want any more. Sectarlan pre-,
iudice makes me sick. New England
fanaticism was no worse than the IN
tolerance that poss 2ses some OF the
members of Christian churches. l
know Prote 'tants who make them
themselves miserable for fear the Ro-
nan Catholics will take the country,
and some of them are nearly as bitter
against every other church, and Woulo
compass sea land to make a proselyte.
Coniemptuous filings are made at other
churches by those who call themselves
Christians. Some forty years age
when the elder Judge Underwood
Joined the Episcopal church a cynical
Baptist friend said: well, Judge, l
understand you have Joined the Epi. :
copal church." YES" said the judge.
'sGot into church that won't interfere
with your politics or your religion" "
"said the Baptist. Yes" said the
Judge, land you got into church
where you thought the doctrine Of
election would save you, for you knew
that nothing else would. 1t is well,