The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-10-07

dones the crimes of the law break
ers and brings the cry of treason
against the President for restoring
peace and order and the preservation
of the mail service when q Demo
cratic Governor would not do it be-
cause the rioters and property de-
stroyers were Democrats. 1t appeals
to the communist against the capital
of the country and strives to wage a
war for its own gain between the la
borer and capitalist, but it wholly
fails to give the laborer the arm OF
the government to guard him against
the poorly paid and half starved la,
Dor of eastern countries. All these
and more it thinks the South and
the mining States will swallow to get
free silver. In all this the free born
American will naturally ask: "Ah,
whittier shall we fee?" The Angle
Saxon is no anarchist: he is no COM
munist aud the Democratic party can
never make him such. His doom
and destiny is to elevate and dignity
men-not pollute and bring them
down. It is to advance; not to retro
gade. 1t is to organize; not to dis
organize society. The party in this
dawn of the Christian era that
strives to fortify the society OF men
against the introduction of the moral
law and the Christian code is not the
party to rule the destiny OF a great
republic, or lead its citizens upward
and onward in the march to civiiize
and bless mankind.
And large per cent OF the Demo
cratic party in the north and west
must be bad material or its leaders
would not place anarchism and COM
munism in it's platform. The people
of this country had as we'll accept in
good faith the results of the civil
was and I believe a great majority
are willing so to do, but they allow
the politicians and public men to
trihe with these issues at too great
length. The Democratic party as a
party has not and will not, I believe,
accept them in good faith. 1t trihes
with the results and evades the Con-
stitution whenever necessary to carry
out it's aims, and the sooner we find
this out it is all better for us. The
war and its results are as firm and
steadfast as eternity and we need
never look to tie contrary or expect
| otherwise, and indeed we have oc-
casion to rejoice that it is as it is, for
had our efforts been successful, it
would have been an unmitigatcd mis-
| fortune to both sections Of this gov
ernment; besides, it would have
divided our power and rendered us
helpless to have the influence on the
destiny of the world We are intended
by fate to have.
The Constitution of the United
States is the grandest production OF
the human mind, and in importance
to the human family, stands next to
the Christian Bible and the time is
coming when we will all rejoice that
emblem of its Immortality still waves
over our reunited country. We have
nothing to lament in our failure to
dismember the American govern
ment, but the rashness of following
blind and improvident leadership,
the loss of immense treasure and the
many uselessly gallant slain of both
armies. As long as we continue to
send representatives to congress who
prate eternally about the lost cause,
human nature will have to be diff
f,rent from it's usual trend, if such
delegates can obtain the confidence
| of the national congress and be able
to serve the best interest of their
constituents. The American treas
ury has millions to open the great
rivers t. navigation and develop the
exbaustless resources to the COM
mercial world, but that treasury will
he open first to those who obtain the
nations confidence for loyalty to the
flag and fidelity to The great Ameri-
can future.
notice from the newspapers that
the rcorganized Republicans, in con-
vention assembled, have without my
knowledge or consent placed my
name on the State ticket for treas
urer. If my feelings do not deceive
me, have no desire to hold State
office of any kind. If in any official
capacity, prefer to serve where I
can be of the greatest benefit to my
country and after consideration with
several of my fellow citizens, l have
decided to run for congress from the
Seventh district both for the partial
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