The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-19
TRUE TO DEMOCRACY
SENATOR HILLS ADVICE TO THE
PARTY OF THE PEOPLE.

Firmly Adhere to Essential Principles.
Harnonizo Conflicting Interests and Sup
port Regular Nominations-Organiz For
Future Victories.
Tho following extract from speech
delivered by Senator David B. Hill at
Albany at meeting of Democrats as
sembled to commemorate tho birthday
OF Andrew jackson can be read with
profit by the Democrats everywhere In
fact, it hits home in all parts Of tho
country. Ho said:
"Gentlemen of the Mills club, friends
of revenue reform, Democrats all, let us
not be discouraged by the present out
look. The Democratic party has passed
through darker days than these and
emerged from them stronger and more
vigorous than ever before. Let us emu
late tho pluck, the fortitude tho cour-
age, tho truo Democracy of that distin-
gulshed chieftain in whose memory we
have assembled tonight.
THE president may have made mis-
takes, but it is not tho party There
have been too many factions disputing
for supremacy, but they are not tho
party.
1.-The Democratic party consists of q
majority of tho American people, who
believe i'll Democratic principles of gov
ernment; who care little for Offices and
patronage, but desire honest admins
tration and good government every
where; who favor state rights; who be-
Heve i'll legislation to subservo tho
greatest good for the greatest number,
and not to advance the interests of tho
few at tho expense of the many; who do
not believe in governmental partnership
with private interests, but believe in
public taxation for public purposes only,
and are opposed to the raising of any
moro revenues or tho imposition of any
more taxes than are actually needed for
the legitimate purposes of tho nation;
who favor equal taxation; who desire
tho greatest liberty for the individual
citizen consistent with the public vel
fare; who are opposed to all unjust
sumptuary laws which needlessly inter
fore with the habits and customs Of the
people; who are opposed to federal cleo.
ton laws and force bills, to plutocracy
and to class distinctions and to "A pa.
ternal government; who arc III favor Of
money of intrinsic value, the money OF
our fathers, the coined money of the
constitutions; who desire to havo legis-
lation, national and state, framed upon
consistent principles, applicable TO ali
political parties alike; who are opposed
to summary removals Of officials, except
for just cause, duly ascortained, before
tho expiration Of their terms fixed by
laws; who are opposed to temporary ex-
pedients, by legislation or otherwise,
designed only TO secu-o political advan-
ta2o ut the expense OF fairness, decency
and consistoncy-these are the people
the plain people of the countrywide
constitute the Democratic party, and
this il an epitome of its cardinal doc
trines.
Such principles and such party
will survive merely temporary disas-
tiers occasioned largely by n recurring
period of hard times, for which no party
was really responsible.
Let us firmly adhere to these essen.
tial principles; let us insist upon hon
est, competent and trustworthy party
leadership; let us harmonic conflicting
interests, discontinue further fractional
disturbances, continue tho campaign of
education, encourage the efforts of a
faithful Democratic press, support regu-
lar nominations whenever fairly mado
and organize for future victories, which
Will surely await us if wo are but true
to ourselves.