The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-05-17

..s, that The Democratic Party Is
4 success When out Of
Power Only.
.-. AND tFtLURE WEN T GETS
a CHANCE"

.. 5uDsIT~iD ~ 1892 TO LEAVE THE
..rI. 81 II DID >OT CARRY
DI i rs PROMISES.
.atDEH- OF THE PARTY As
..' A. CLEVELAND BELONG
10 TIE MONEY POWER.
...... base. u.--et-t.-d the rrimcipI... Of De
...r.,y While They Hold to the Name
.. in"I 'h" peopIe.---A >ub-cryient
...ln"rratic Congress has Helped the.
-. E.,.rrcr- 1" FaraIS w" the business Of the
trnntry.---rh" Democratic Grim" 81
1908 More Infamous than the RepmbIi-
.ru Crime of ISG3.---Ihe Wilson Tarin
I.sIl Fraud and a Humbug.---The x -
..Hllrin~ have betrayed the People for
.s ;".,re and the Democrat. do the same
IhIug the First Ch,1ncc They Get.---It
VIII not do for Those who Favor Good
t.rlcruIlcut to Follow the Leaders of
flf. Democrat" Party any LOnger.---IIe
r- J, Democrat, Therefore He can not
sta, 10 the Party any Longer.
The Democratic party is wonder
.I organization III some respects.
There is nothing original about it.
IL lacks the courage Of its convic-
.ou, Its intentions and good pur-
poses are always right. Its declara-
mons are always sound and patriotic.
As a minority party, it has accom-
pIished great things and achieved
wDnderful success. 1t has been as a
balance wheel to the government for
more than twenty-five years. But
for this organization and its resist
ance to the aggressive infringements
Of the organic law Of the land by the
Republican organization for the last
twenty-five years, the power of the
government wouiG have long since
been changed. 1t has stood like q
rock wall between the oppressOr and
the oppressed. 1t has made more
promises and pledges to the people
and stood by THEM more faithfully
than any other political organization
i'm the country for the last twenty
five wears, and made them in gooC
faith and convinced the American
people that, if intrusted with tn,
government and its administration
all promises and pledges would be Il
earnestly and us faithfully kept "a
made. As minority party, it was
grand and towering success. tedu
Gated the people. 1t taught then
their constitutional and legal rights
as well a. the natural, inalienabl
and indefeasable rights. 1t adyo
Gated individual liberty and indiyid
uai citizenship, and educated tn
citizens up to the full measurement
of his citizenship. 1t opened tn
eyes Of the great warriors of the pee
pie, to the wrongs and outrages com
mitted by the Republican part
against their inherent aud natlOna
rights. 1t has educated the peOpl
UP to knowledge Of their conStiLu
t!onal rights. 1t has exposed an
made manifest to the most unlettel
ed, the Injustice, the lniqulty, an
inequality of the protective tarl
system This once great party, hi
thoroughly instiIIed in the minds {
the American people, that both gol
and silver are money metals and tn;
both were used by our ancestors ;
money, and that the trainers of tt
constitution and the builders Of tn
government so recognized these tV
metals and made them money meta
in the organic law Of the land al
declared that the States should mai
no other money but gold and silv
a legal tender in the payment
debts. Yes, this party has been t
great educator, the great instruct
and defender of the natural al
constitutional rights of the peop
from the foundation of this Cover
ment until the year of our Lord loS
From that time until this hour
democratic party has been departil
gradually from the faith of t
Fathers. As a minority party it d
more to maintain the rights of t
people and to preserve their llbert
then the majority party. In fact
stood like a rock wall, against t
encroachments and uSurpations
the republican party, and but for
powerful and patriotic resistance
the usurpations of that party 1t re
" seemed that life would not
worth living in the South. i
truth is the American people beg
to believe in and trust the demOc
tic party to such "a degree that
1884, they repudiated the republic
party and drove it from power a
Installed the democratic party
power Iii the executive branch OF
Government and in one branch
the legislative department. The 7
pie trusted the party to that eXte
At the expiration of four years, t
we're sadly disappO nted ana terri
disgruntled at the experiment. L
learned to their sorrow, that t
had selected a leader whose opIn
of his own greatness made HIM Nc
servant but master. He becam
once wiser and greater than the /
tv. and dominated and dictated
policy. His four years admlnls
ton was used for all it was wortl
defeat the will of those who nj
him president. He used the pow
Of the government and all It's patr
age to disorganize and break dc
the two great political parties,
to build upon their ruins persc
party. He was by nature and
rounding8 an enemy to the labor
millions and friend to the MOI
power Of the country. The nor