The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-11-15
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1--we and REGAIN H. lost prestige.
Henry NATrER~nN.
CLARK HOWELL INrLAIN~.
IL. Lays the Democratic Defeat az thu
Door ~ I.rs-IaspE ,l,, -lauI.
ATLANT,, IA, Nov. =. 1874.
To TIE Epgroa OF IHE HEaALD:-
The breaking # the soht >.uu
surprises nobody after the events OF
he last year aud a half. The Cau-,
that led t. rs d1sints.rAuol Is lu,
same that contributed to tile drfyat
of the democratic party everywhere
else, and that cause, poInfctlv eN-
pressed, vas the betrayal of the dem.
ocratic party and the democratic al
ministratiou, by President Cleveland
and his brigade of democratic pat
ronage allies, whose patty loyalty,
when conflicting with Mr.. Clevelands
desire, WAS OF trivial consideration.
The South is broken because il
was betrayed. / nat is the sum and
substance Of the whole situation.
No comment is necessary to lllumi-
nate the result Of Tuesday, election
There is but one trouble with the
democratic party. 1t went before
the country III 1892 On platform
of principles that commanded the
overwhelming Endorsement Of the
voters of the country. The demo
cratic candidate for President was
voted for by the people, not because
his name was &. Cleveland, but be.
cause he was supposed to be dem.
Ocrat, standing on the Chicago plat.
form. Democratic Representative:
were elected, because the people sup
posed they would proceed, with the
proper degree of haste and energy, t
carry out the pledges of the plat
form. With this. understanding
clear and unequivocal, the ycterS o.
the country placed the democratic
party in complete control Of th'
country, for the first time since 1860
and elected q. Cleveland President
| DEFIED HIS PARTY.
In the very beginning of the ad
mlniStlation Of Mr.. Cleveland b
manifested his defiance Of tI.e part,
and its platform. He went to tn
republican party for Gresham IS hi
leading CABINET adviser, and he wen
10 the republicans for an admilis
tratiye policy whioh the democrati
party has been fighting since it
foundation. Naturally, wheni dem
ocrats found that the dem0crati
| President and his administration ha
abandoned democratic principle:
they could not infuse into their cam
paign the same earn estness tina
caused them 20 sweep the countr
two years ago. The President It
manned Indifferent to all argument
and to all Suggestions Of comprOmis
. on the financial question. He woul
have bis policy carried oat or l.
would have nothing.
By means Of patronage and tn
p ,wer of his office, he compelIe
enough Of his party to join the T,
, pubiicans to force his parpose. i
crown all, democratic legislatio
: adopted by the almost unanimol
! vote OF the party in Congress, WI
f vetoed as promptly, perhaps mo
! promptly, than if it had been enac
r ed hy the republican party. III
E people have had an opportunity
see that the unconditional repeal
the purchasing clause of the She
man act was a measure wholly 0
. posed to their interest. The Ia
5 should have been repudiated, u
: doubtedly, but the repeating a
v ought to have carried out the solen
+ pledge Of the party to make bo
gold and silver the standard mon
of the country.
DUE TO CLEVELAND.
e The democratic defeat of Iuesd
e is due to the protest Of the Preside
d against the financial pledge of h
y party. If this pledge had been l
: deemed We should now have p;osp'
% ity where gloom and depression pI
- vail, and all business and trade won
h be on the level of honest returns I
1 honest labor, fair prices and f;
d profits. The defeat that was su
% when the solemn pledge of the pal
/. was repudiated and the republic
id policy adopted in its stead has b.
o. made more overwhelming by the
~ titude of the President toward
10 party in New York. He repudiat
At the most important pledge of t
k, democratic platform, and to sh
le his contempt for all precedent,
hberate!y repudiated the democrs
~ of New York, the party that ma
s. him what he is.
al There is lesson for the democr
e. e. ic party in Tuesdays results thai
" will be compelled to learn if the
ganization is to be held together.
ne will have to learn to select as its
ne struments men who are known to
ng democrats; men who have demonst
or ted their fidelity to the establish
e, principles Of the party; men v
40 will not betray the party after t
er have MIXED it of all the hon
: within its gift.
no CLARK HOWELL
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