Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-10-03
OUR YOUNG VOTERS AND WHAT
We SHOULD DO FOR THEM.

OUR YOUNG VOTERS AND WHAT
WE SHOULD DO FOR THEN.
There is no hope Of reforming, or
changing the minds of the Democratic
old fogies In Tennessee. They are as
deeply rooted in their prejudices, loves
and hates as the Rocks Of Gibraltar III
the shore Of the sea. They retain every
thing that should be forgotten and re-
member nothing that should be re-
tanned. Like Ephraim Of old, they are
Joined to their idols and should be let
severely alone. They are on a par with
their ~benighted brethren In the Tenth
Legion Of Virginia. who have been
voting for Andy jackson at every pres
idential election for the last sixty years.
Life is too short and time istoo precious
TO waste q moment on these indurated,
inoorrigible old dodgers. The Demoo-
racy Of the grave will soon claim them,
and their power to retard the growth
Of Republican principles and postpone
the full fruitage Of public blessings
will be forever gone. 1 8g 80 stsi /,
To those who are crossing the TIRES.
holdof manhood and entering the field
Of political action and duty, our appeal
should be made. Born since the revolt
Of the South and the wal that sup
pressed II, they can have no real, per-
manent sympathy with the causes that
led to 1t nor special admiration for the
leaders engaged in 1t, nor has a feeling
Of revengeful hatred for those who
carried the banner Of the Union IN tri.
uph over the ~protracted ~confedsracy
found such an abiding welcome in their
hearts that 1t can not be 'dislodgsd.
With them the bloody conflict over
the integrity of the Union is ancient
history, like the Wal Of the Roses in
England or the Revolutionary struggle
in America. They live In q new world
and q new age. They are stirred by
impulses and aspirations that grasp
for the brightness, beauty and promise
Of the future, and not for the dark
things Of an evil past. Their passions
have never been moved TO phrenzy by
the throb Of the war drum, nor have
their meaner spirits gloated upon
scenes of carnage and death. Their
lives have been a dream deepened by
the lullabys Of the sweet singer Of a
new gospel and over which the angels
Of their better nature have spread'the
charms Of peace. 1t is their desire
that their ambitions be shaped and
nodded to At into the high, proud
places Of glory in the grand temples
that shall rise along the highway Of
the coming years. ~
The minds Of these young men have
been perverted, to a greater and less
degree, by the false teachings of those,
who are embittered by defeat and make
futile war against the present condi.
tions and revere the dead ideals and
traditions Of the old regime. But the
hope is pleasing in its assurances, that
the new era of enfranchisement, that
intellectual independence, and marvel
GUS progress and evolution in alIthings
pertaining to the science6f government
and the various interests Of society,
will speedily remove all the evil i'm.
pressions and effects OF their earlier
education. sr1 bstA u.s. sea- =
Investigation and observation will
bring these young voters to q knowl.
edge Of the fact that modern Demoo.
racy In appearances and character II
as unlike the genuine article as the
black nugget Of thecoal mine 10 unlike
the first water Of the carbon crystal
that lite history is d series Of fatal
blunderings and mistakes that II once
plunged our country into q baptism Of
fire and blood; that from the presence
OF its power capital fees to It's coverts
that under its policy trade languishes
and dies, furnaces bank their fires
factories close their doors, beggary and
want enter the homes Of the toilers, and
the bread winners by the million take
the highway Ne Migrants and tramps in
search Of employment and subsistence
they are not able TO find. - ana
These young men will, also, b,
brought TO the knowledge OF the fac
that the Republican policy established
q status dishonored by no bondmana
chain and no servitude Of mind
brought in q renaissance Of reverence
for that grand instrument, which 1
the prose poem Of the ages and who's
vital essence is the equality an,
brotherhood Of all men; that unbarre'
the avenues TO comfort, honor an