The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-08
SCOTLAND NECK N c. THURSDAY MARCH eth 1894

| 'lcllOns upon the aitar oi C3blnet pro
motion. What better evidence can
there be Of the fact that Mr. Cleveland
was not looking for representatives Of
Southern sentiment in making up his
erners whose chief qualification was
their readiness to cooperate IL the es
| tablishmcnt Of the single gold standard
Notwithstanding the fact that the
States from which they were appointed
we're practically unanimous in their
opposition to the consummation of the
outrage
Since the democrats came into pow
er nearly a year ago Southern senti-
ment has been persistently ignored in
shaping the policy OF the administra-
ton, and Mr. Reed knows it. In the
successful campaign for the Establish
ment of the gold standard and the COM
plete demonetization of silver, the rep
resentatives Of the South were helpless
against the combined forces OF republi-
the House by Mr. Reed himself. There
never was day in that that long
con test when the democrats who were
cooperating with Mr. Reed would have
been willing to subject the settlement
Of this vital question to party caucus.
Why not? Because the South stood
like rock wall between them and the
consummation OF the conspiracy to re-
duce valuations to the gold standard
basis, and to hold the currency of the
country to the contracted limit of the
grasp of the money power.
If, as Mr.. Reed charges, "the people
are no longer the rulers of this coun-
try ;" it eve have over us set of irres-
ponsible tyrants ;" if "the country is
in the hands of one-folrth of its citi-
zens," it has been because this alarm
ing condition has been brought about
in spite Of protests from the South.
Southern men are not in control of the
Democratic party, and Mr. Reed does
not ''simply say the Lords truth" when
he charges it. Southern men are not
responsible for the appointment of
mugwumps and republicans to the
highest Offices within the gilt OF the
administration Southern men are not
responsible for the Indifference which
such appointments have created in the
ranks of the organized democracy
throughout the country.
If the country is dominated by a
"set of irresponsible tyrants' they are
not from the South. II Mr.. Reed tries
to make a sectional issue out of this ar
gument he will soon find himself in
deep water, for in the general complaint
which has followed the repudiation of
democratic obligations none is more
emphatic than that when comes from
the South.
Mr.. Reeds revised plan of attack on
the South should have at least one
good effect. 1t should put every dem
cratic Representative from the South
on notice that the South is to be held
responsible for whatever is or is not
done They should therefore be pre-
pared to accept accountability, and the
only way to do so is to stand to the
Democratic rack and carry out every
pledge of the Democratic platform, with
or without the consent of the element
which is being used by the republicans
as catspaw to do that which even the
republicans when in power dared not
do.
Mr. Iced has sounded note of warn
ing to the Southern Representatives in
Congress, and if they do not take ad-
vantage of it it will be their own fault,
and the South will have to pay the
penalty The situation is assuming a
serious stage now, and the result de-
pends entirely upon the determination
of the democrats to carry out the
pledges of their platform.
ATLANTA. GA. CLARK HOWELL.