Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-09

of Democracy, but purely an economic
one, and his answer to Mr.. Bryan was
intended to have no further applica-
ton than to this one question, it is
easy enough to see how he, being be-
lever in the gold standard, could fol-
low bis party on free silver platform
without doing violence to his princi-
pies or his patriotism. The press dis
patches from which THE LEADER and
others received their impressions,
made no such distinction as this, and
hence caused him to be misunderstood.
And now, waving any discussion
here on the merits of the currency
question, we hasten to notice briefly
one or two other points in the Judges
letter. He says: "Now l do not ex-
pect you to agree with me in declaring
my allegiance to the principles of the
Democratic party" etc. Freely &C.
quitting our friend of any intention
to misrepresent us, we assert that he
does not state THE LEADERS position
correctly. We are not finding fault
with him and other excellent gentle
men of our acquaintance for "declar-
ing their allegiance to Democratic
principles" Not at all. Our conten-
ton is that they are bliadly maintain
ing allegiance to party that has NO
well. defined principles. That is the
trouble. Nearly the only thing "dem-
ocraticH about the modern Democrat
ic party is the name. The old time
honored principles and traditions have
all been departed from. In witness
Of this statement we introduce the
New Orleans Picayune, a leading Or
gan of modern Democracy and ono
which supports the same financial
views held by Judge Brame. 1t says:
What is Democratic doctrine? If a
reply to this question be sought from
claim to be Democrats, the definitions
obtained will be extremely varied.
1t will be found that very large
huhlOCI Will COhOCaQ budU, W OC q ROOu
Democrat, the free coinage of silver
must be strongly insisted upon. An
other group will be found Just as firm
ly standing to hard money financial
policy for the Government, and that
money strictly gold, or on gold basis.
Then there are the free-trade Demo-
and the high protection Democrats. 1t
10 hoJ1 L<sf
the poor mans party, and that tt pas
opposed to all financial monopolies and
raOneyed dristocrdcy; but this can no
longer be asserted Of it,. The old,time
Democrats were bitterly opposed to
Government, but today Democratic
States are loudly calling on Congress
to make large annual appropriations
for the improvement of their rivers
and harbors.
After these bold assertions, the Pic
ayans, like Judge Brame, sought fur
Their along in the same article to justi-
fly the present existence Of the degen-
crate Democracy by claiming that it is
tho special conservator of the doctrine
of States rights, the bulwark Of
conservative forces which ssand be-
tween Capitalization on the one hand
and mobocracy on the other. Judge
Brame says, u look upon it as the par
ty of home rule and constitutional gov
eminent, and l expect to stand by it
unless its great cardinal principles are
overturned" etc.
Can the so-called Democratic party
of today justly claim any peculiar dis
tinction as the defender of constitu-
tional government and home rule I?
Does not its U. s. officials go into con-
stitutional prohibition States and issue
government permits to confessed GRIM
inals to violate State laws, in order to
raise government revenfe? Does i'll
not exercise direct supervision over
the product Of whisky distillers and
refuse to release it from warehouses
until the government partner in the
nefarious business has been paid its
share of the "blood money? Did not
the party in Congress, including all
bgt two Of Mississippi's Representa-
tives, vote nearly solidly to open all
prohibition States and counties to |
original package saloons despite State
and local laws? Has not the only DEM
ocratic President elected since the war
of secession, ordered Federal bayonets
into sovereign States over the protests
of the Governors n these States, under
the plea of enforcing Federal Law, aRd
according to the most ultra Republic
can organs wiped out at one stroke of
the pen all distinction between the
Democratic and Republican parties, 80
far as States rights are concerned ?
Have not Butler and Hampton and
other Bourbon Democratic leaders in
South Carolina, the first Southern |
State which unfuried the flag ofrebellr !