Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-03-05

SpufneQ aD q Sp3t upon. But this
is not all! Those upon whom
Democracy showered her favors
with uns5in ed measure, wher
| she had favors to bestow, now
seek livelihood by attempting
to prostitute her principles and
| sell her virtue to p set Of adven.
turous hypocrites, the breath OF
whose noStrilS was once ac-
counted rank poison, and whose
poluting touch was noU allow ed
to blacken even the hem of De-
nQrracy,'s robe Of spotless pnr-
ity-
O, the shame of it. What bet
ter is Marion Butler in 1896 than
he was in 1892, when he treach-
erously advised his followers to
support the Democratic ticket,
headed by E las Carr, an ex-AlIi-
ance president, only 10 after>
wards Jraitorously bolt that
ticket and canvass the State in
behalf of that prince of Popu>
listic fools, Pat Exum?
When was j. j. Mott,
the erstwhile arch enemy Of
white supremacy" i'll North
Carolina, washed in the Demo-
cratic pool of publication, and
cleansed of all his past sins and
offenses against that party which
hurled his Satanic majesty from
the high heavens of political
power into the raging hell Of ins
satiable am bition? By what
magic have the warning animals,
the Republican lion (Mott, the
Democratic lamb (Smith) and the
Populist ass (Butler) been ir-
duced to cease their senseless
strife, and, with arms lovingly
entWined about the Others necks,
swear eternal fealty to the cause
of good government, ~''white
supremacy" and free silver" for
North Carolina? When was it
accounted an exhibition of 10y
atty to Democratic principles for
an ex chairman of the States
Democratic executive committee
to march off toa Washington tc
hold secret caucus with a chair
main and eX>chairman Of the two
political parties which cooper
ated in 1894 to compass the de
feat of Democracy? How long
has it been since a so-called
Democrat could boldly threaten
to bolt a Democratic National
convention (because that conven
ton might happen to disagree
with his State convention upon a
national issue) without being de-
servedly kicked out of the Dem
Ocratlc party!
MY Lords and Gentlemen
there was a period in the history
of Democracy in North Carolina
when no man dared do these
things and cal himself a Demo
crat. There was a time when
party perfdy was punished with |
political death, and party fealty |
rewarded with political honors. |
1t was once SO that party honor
was held as sacred and inviolable
as personal integrity, and the
man who violated either the one
or the other was justly branded |
a moral leper and ban.s he'd from
within the pale of responsibility.
But with the advent of that
calamity bowling party whose |
ranks are filed with political
traitors and convention bolters,
and whose mission is annihila
ton and repudiation, party hon
esty ceased to be a virtue and |
demagoguery now becomes the
chiefest qualification OF the latter
day statesman.
No longer do the political
leaders in North Carolina rack |
their brains ABOUT what ought to-
be done for the good of man.
kind generally, since they con-
tinually harrass the poor voter
in their mad effort to secure ''re-
lief for themselves. Instead Of
being the leaders of public |
thought and teachers of the peo-
pie, they have become blind fols
lowers of the blind, ready to be
taught by the wayfarer or the
fool, provided they are first Ger
tain that enough of such can be
found to join in the howl Of '.free
silver" good government,
white supremacy" or some
other catch phrase that will !
serve, for the time being, to
land them into some of the fat
offices within the gift of their
dupes. The question with them
is not what is right, but what do
the people want? In discussing
the all-absorbing "silver ques-
tion," the advocates of free
coinage base their arguments on
the ground that nine -tenths of |
the people i'll North Carolina"
are for it. Not one of them |
will dare to attempt to show to a |
sane audience Of business men
that the craze" if realized, |
would, in any way help the peo-
pie of the South. Not one of |
them has ever seriously ats
tempted to prove to US how a |
free coinage law would add one
single dollar to the circulating
medium in North Carolina.
Where is the self-respecting ad-
vocate of the much beloved |
white metal" the dollars of |
our daddies" (which their sons
never saw until after the crime |
of '73.) who will take up one of
Mr.. Carlisle's speeches, face an |