Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-07-05

ciples will not kill Democracy; but it
will kill the kiekers dead as the men
who lived before the flood.
The people will not be Knocked.
Judas did not kill Christianity; but,
having pocketed his thirty pieces OF
blood money, he had decency enough
to hang himself, which is higher praise
than can be accorded to the Democrat
ic stabbers of Democracy.
Arnold did not succeed III running
his country; but, having received the
golden and official fees for which he
stipulated, he had the grace to die of
a broken heart.
Those who are betraying their eoun-
try now-for to betray the Democratic
party in this crisis of its fate is to be-
tray the country-should go and do
likewise.
The orator then proceeded to re.
view the tariff reform movement, and
every time he struck it was a sledge-
hammer blow. The following reads
like an editorial in the Courier
Journal:
We did not fnaugurate this momen-
tous movement in hurry. Weyield-
ed tono sudden temptation. We were
not stampeded into the Chicago plat
form. William r. Morrison, Frank
Hurd, John G. Carlisle and Roger @.
Mills began the crusade in Congress.
We elected Samuel ]. Tilden on it in
1876. We lost OH it in 1880. We strad-
died in 1884. We lost in 1888. We won
on it in 1S92--after eighteen years of
discussion in Congress, in the press, on
the stump, in the pulpit, at every
crossroads and by every fireside in the
land. No such universal and animat-
ed debate ever vexed the circumam-
bient atmosphere. No nation in the
world was ever so thoroughly educat.
ed ON any other subject. The people
of the United States knew what they
were doing in November, 1892. The
result of that election was not sud-
den and unreasonable outburst of pas
sion. It was their deliberate verdict
after world of evidence had been
heard; after all the advocates had adj
dressed the jury, and after the ma
turest consideration. That memorable
contest had in it none of the speetacu-
lar, evanescent and ad captanduln
elements of the Coonskin and Hard
Cider, Tippecanoe and Tyler Too CAM
paign of 1910. 1t was dispassionate
appeal to the calm, sober reason OF the
American voters, and they, by an
overwhelming majority, decided in
favor of Democracy.
And, now, after having against
superhuman odds achieved this in
comparable victory, we are invited to
convert the fruits thereof, as they ap-
proach our lips, into the apples of
Sodom, because, forsooth, some gentle
man owns coal mine in the State OF
Carbonifera, or an iron mine in the
State of Hematite, or a lead mine in
the State of Galena, or q refinery in
State of Saccharine, or an oil well in
the State of Modern Grease, or sugar
plantation in the State of Havemeyer
These recreant politicians ,discarding
the great truth that "a public office is
a public trust" by their acts are pro-
claiming the more lucrative doctrine
that"a public office is a private snap"
Then he illustrated by asking
what would have been thought had
Caesar recrossed the Rubicon, had
Hannibal retreated the day after
Cannae, had Alexander fled after
Arbela, and numerous other similar
incidents in the annals of war; but
that is just what the Democratic
party--in the Senate, not in the
country, mark you-has done.
wish l could quote all the speech.
The above are only samples. 1t is
full to overfowing of the bravest and
best Democracy. Though we can
WELD the rapier of classic allusion
Clark is at his best when dealing the
brutally cruel blows of the bludgeon.
Those of the Courier-J Journal readers
who recall old Jim Bates already
know Clark, and next September he
will make a speech in the old home
of Bates that will set old Barren
county and the bloody old Third
district afire. SAVoYARD.