Birmingham age-herald., 1894-09-14
(see platform, 1880, Res. 4; 1884 {,

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 The national democratic platforms assert that departure from fundamental princi- ples makes reforms necessary, and that democratic principles are unchangeable in their nature when applied to the same sub ject matter. (See platform, 1856, Res. l; 1884, Res. l; 1892, Res. 1.)
 Not an idea involved or thought ex- pressed in the Cullman platform, but IS suggested and finds support and authority in former democratic platforms and the ancient doctrines of democracy. It is be- yond the power of any man to successfully assail any resolution of the Culliuan plat form as being antagonistic to old fashioned democracy, under the administration Of which our country has been developed, our liberties maintained and free popular gov ernment preserved. The cause of the de pression in our land and the discomfort among our people arises because of a de- parture from the fundamental principles laid down in the Cullman platform.
 It is a fundamental doctrine of democ- racy that It's principles are in their nature unchangeabIe when applied to the same subject matter. The principles of democ- racy do suggest and provide sovereign remedy for the distress, discontent and de. pression that now ehrouds our land and people in financial and industrial gloom. The Cullmsn platform demands the appli- cation and enforcement of these ancient remedies. It Is the adherence to the new school and the departure from the old that emberrasses the efforts and stiles the pros perity of our people. Democratic princi- ples cannot be changed by any leader, however exalted his office may be, and 1t is because of the idolatrous worship and subservleney to such leadership. which IS in fragrant opposition to fundamental dem ocratic principles, that we find our land sad our people in their depressed ana un- happy condition.
 The courtier's syeophancy has ever been an autithesis to the people's rights and free institutions. ----.-
 That the purposes of such leadership is antagonistic to the fundamantal principles of pure democracy, the observance of which are necessary to the power, happiness and prosperity of people, is made conclu- sively plain by the enunciation of the old fashioned democratic doctrines by the idol atrous and sycophantic press.
 We should remember that men change and die, and thus leadership is Of necessity ephemeral and subject to change. But democratic principles in their nature are uuchangeable and live forever.
 Every intelligent person knows that when the ancient aud unchangeable doc trines of democracy controlled the adminis- tration of our government and guided the ship of state there was strength, peace and prosperity among the plain people and masses of our country, Lut since the injec- tion of the present pseudo democracy aud hero worship the people have grown weak, poverty and want throw their gloom over the masses and the discoutsnt of penury disturbs our land. Not one of the journals that have assailed the CullInan resolutions have assayed to particularize their defects or point out their inconsistency with the fundamental principles of democracy. Their denunciations are expressed in glar- ing generalities, unsustained by facts and unsupported by reason.
 There is to such journals painful ao- sence of man subserviency and nero Wor- ship in the Cullman platform, and this is the sole cause of this journalistic opposi- tion.
 For such journals to contend that the Cullman platform was antasonlstic to the fundamental principles of true democracy would be to display criminal ignorance of such principles, or willful purpose to misrepresent them.
 No wonder the people have lost faith in, and refuse 10 be led or influenced by, the fulminations from the editorial sanctums of the newspaper press, since such effusions have not been inspired by reason or man. hood, but by want of both in some cases and by venality and Wall street obliga- lions and ownership in others.
 Would not good -faith--would not plain, common honesty-would not manly intel ligence-suggest to these editors the abso- lute necessity to particulariZe and show by facts and reason wherein and which are the resolutions that are amenable to their stilted, grandiloqnent rodomontades, or
 
 them to ape the style of their hero, who never discussed a question ia detail, tut deals altogether in generalities, and in- fiicls upon suffering people his couclu- sions without the statement of facts? The public cannot and will not accept such geneialities as arguments or as sufficient to condemn anything. Reason founded upon facts can alone convince the public.
 Such criticisms are but painful man!fes- tations of ignorance when taken in con- nection with the democratic platforms and traditions, and show the folly and igno- rance of the editors, and not of tbe Gull man convention.
 What ignoramuses, what fools, what ma gicians, what towards were all the demo- crats from Thomas Jefferson down to the time of the robusque time servers, post office editors and Wall street debtors, who sit in their "piggins" aping Diogenes and say to the followers of Jefferson, Jack son, Calhoun, Benton, Thurman and other illustriors democrats, 'Get out of my light"
 can gay of a certainty that the nominee of the Cullman convention, Hon. William H. Densou, stands squsrely on the Gull man platform, where he has stood all his life (aud will do so in the future is the opinion of all true democrats who know him), and he will do all in his power to have the principles set forth therein em- balmed in just laws. DELEGATE.