The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-07-12

alton. may freely enjoy life ant
liberty and follow after happines
without individual or goyernmenta
interference. provided such pursui
aud enjoyment -hali not contrayen
the equal right Of every other. Thi
( is the fullest liberty. In such
/ government the people are eQua
sovereign. and nothing Is lawful ha
opposes the common right or hinder
the common welfare There is nC
ground for the existence of class o.
hereditary caste, no warrant fO
monopoly born Of privilege, which
had destroyed individual develop
mcnt and liberty in older govern
mcnts aud civilizations, and INA.
built up the gigantic monOpoIe:
which fttter the industry and com
III re Of the world, and given birt /
t" those swarm- Of lesser lmmuuitier
- hich dar1eu The land like tn,
loud Of ,.cu-ts hat came up on tn,
east wind from the coasts Of Egypt
and ate every herb Of the land and
all the fruit Of the trees Victory
! having been won on the basis Of thu
| Declaration, it's principles of equali-
~ were oroaniled into the ftinda
mental law of the land and such
Theoretically il the Government Of
the United States,
But in every rcpubIic there art
rwo conterdipg facrfors. the on.
small. intaI,iopnt and rich. denviro
prarticaIIv the doctrine If pnualit,
and tepdino to the establishment of
class ard pTiyilpoe the other large
less int4tgIr4nt and noor-rb4 n9I-
ritudr cf common m-n v hn are th,
busy and productive workers in ey
erv national hive and who demand
.ouality rs . divine rioht SO il.
,be early davs of onr RpnphIic me,
we're divided IN thor ostim,ta of n,
ability If tba n.onIa to C,nyern Them
selves Some unabl4 fo rid Them
selves of notiors hronrbt from, ari,
tocrot;c EngIand thoTah+ that ~,
oeople couIi NOT he entrusted entire-
y with seIf-rovarnrant and that =.
nrivileoed few sbnuId rather tbinl
tor and oorarn tbo manv M.
class small intaII;gont and n,war-
fuI was headed bv A1avandar H,n,;I-
ton and known ~ Frdrralists On
n,sed to thasa folIowinr tba Load
md te,china e Thon,aS7 Tatr,rsa, .,
.yas The yIotor;ons comn,or nao,,is
who felt that thew sbonIJ La trnstad
20 Govern themseI ves known frst
A. RannhIicano tbov voro afteru,ard.
called Democrats and nsad the name
to exore.s tho conviction and n,
DISCRIMINATION that +bo noonln sbonId
~nIe Tha nnmooratip m r''pr partr uaS
hen the narty Of the neonIe and th,
chart Of the Damocratic narty wa>
he Declaration Of American Indr-
pendence. Based upon the hol,
principIe Of equality and opposition
20 privilege. if oyercame tine Federal
lists and disbanded them as y marty
and afterwards it saw the DISRUPTION
of the Wings who advocated oId
Federalist ideas Since the war, il
mas vigorously taught all these Wears
that the unpopuIar pripciples Of
Federalist ana Whjg alike are EN-
bodied in the practice Of the Repub-
iican party of to-day. The masses
IF men believed their teaching;
because they loved ancient democra-
tic principles and felt the need OF
their practice. they wrought an un-
expected revolution and put tn,
Democratic marty into mower
The teaching of the Democratic
party as to the character of the Re
publican party in these latter days
was undoubtedly true. Whatever
the character of it NAV have been il
other DAYS when it's deyoteps boasted
that it. was che nartv Of bnmanitr"
for wears if has heen the infant tool
If class AGAINST the masses Tbe
countrv however derives hnt one
rood from ifs disbursement from
bower It is nainfnIlv evident that
fba nano.ratia ,,artr l. onnaIIv on;1
~ Of a1 thn crin1as which if 50 INST
IL charoad aoainst the RannhIiSans
Sioht iS \ lo6o stem toward salvation
and the rh,n7a of aJ,n;niStrat;nn hos
onened manT a Kind aya IN tbe
davs Of Alexander Hamilton the
,nirit of oonnIar onnrassion was cen
tred in one noIiticaI nartv and made
he tigbt in thn omen The naonI.
saw = and overcama if To dav
bavino learned wisdom bv defeat,
the same snirit shrewdIy dominates
both the Rennblican nartv and the
Democratic and the democratic
masses in either marty in thei,
Worship of a party name which ma,
have meant somathino in the nasf