The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-09-03
LORD CHATHAM'S MINISTRY GEAR CLEVE
LAND ADMINISTRATION.

diplomatic and consular corps, Uhtte
and black, aud his host of D3mo-Negro-
Republican offce-holders, remind me
of the words Of Mr. Burke, in describ
ing the third ministry of Lord Chat
ham:
He made an administration so
checkered and S Jeckled, heput together |
a piece Of joinery, 80 Grossly indented
and so w~hlmsically d~Ovetailed, a cab
met so variOusly inlaid, euch a piece OF
diversified mosaic, such a tessellaGed
pavement, without cement, here piece
of BLACK stone and there a bit Of WHITE.
patriots and courtiers, kings, friends
and republicans, that it was indeed a
very curious show, but utterly UNSAFE
to touch, and unsure to stand on. The
colleagues whom he assorted at the
same board stared at each other, and
were obliged t. ask: Sir, u name?
Sir, you have the advantage of me!
Mr. such q One, I beg a thousand par
dons' | venture to say it did 80 hap
pen that persons had a single office
divided between them, who had never
spoken to each other in their lives, until
they found themselves, they knew not
how, plugging together, heads and points,
in the same truckle bed"
LOOKING BACKWARDS-THE WORDS OF
JUNIUS.
Looking back no further than March
4, 1898. I see a magnificent, political
triumphal procession, with plunes and
bayonets and brass guns sweeping up
Pennsylvania avenue to the inspiring
notes of a hundred bands Of music
Grover Cleveland is there at the head.
The Democratic host is
DELIRIOUS WITH JOY,
because they know by keeping the
promises of the party to the people,
and by fl ielity to Jeffersonian prin-
ciples, prosperity will come to every
home, and the lease of power given the
Democratic party will be absolutely
without limit.
Looking again only two years and a
half after wards, we find that the
try has passed through a terrific panic,
that commerce, the manufRc turing in
dustries, the cotton and wheat fields Of
the South and West, and almcs5 every
other profession and vocation, have
been
DESOLATFD By A FINANCIAL CYCLONE,
aud that despair is written upon the
faces of Democrats from the Great
| Lakes to the Gulf, and from ocean to
| OCean
And I ask why is all this, and 10! I
find To answer in the words Of Junius:
The ruin or prosperity of a country
| depends so much upon the admins ira
lion Of is government, hat to be aG
| QuaintGd with its merits, we need only
| observe the condition Of the people. II
we see them 0bedient to the laws, pros
| perCus IN their industry, united at
| home and respected abroad, we may
reasonably presume that their eff airs
are conducted by men of experience,
ability and virtue.
IF on the contrary We see a unIver
sal spirit OF distrust and dissatisfaction
a rapid decay Of trade, and d~lsseDsl0ns
in all parts of the empi g, we may pro
nounc3 without hesitation that the
| government of that country is weak,
distracted and corrupt"
There never was al instance Of Ich
a change in the circumstances and
temper of a whole nation as NE see at
pres mt.
What has let loose these powers of
diecord and flung this black eclipse
upon the glory of the mighty, trium
plant, boastful Democratic party?
WHAT has wrapped our cities III the
flames of ''strikee," threatened our
social structure, hushed the wheels Of
factories, stricken our fields as with q
blight, thrown our financial system
into chaos, and
TRAILED THE STARS \ STRIPES
in dishonor before the British fag9 !
A Democratic President! A Demo !
cratic Administration!
Oh! that the shade of Thomas Jeffer- |
son might have arisen and driven out
the members of the Fifty-third Con
gress, even as Cromwell dispersed the
members of the Long Parliament.
GOLDBUGs TdY TO HIDE BEHIND THE
FINANCIAL PLANK OF H PLATFORM
OF 1892
When Mr.. Clevelard and the Demo
cratic Congress are charged with hav-
ing violated the silver pledge of the
Democratic platform Of 1892, they and
their sy mpathizers endeavor to excul-
pate the traitors and criminals by say
ing that the platform of 1892 contained
no promise Of the
FREE COINAGE OF SILVER.
This statement is false. [ understand
% " that the platform was intended az
a 's!raddIe," and was drawn for the
purpose OF deceiving the peopIe-con-
QtrIcft n Cn II OC1JiI ba o1.-A--.l e.