Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-01-16
POLITICAL ETHICS.
FREMONT, Jan. 10.

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ruin, or are we seemingly stand
ing on the mud sill principles o
Democracy with anchor cast
Why this discomfort in the Dem.
cratic party? Is it because o.
the principles-the theoretit
principles on which the granG
old party is fou1d5d-principles
that nerved the hearts Of our an
cestors and gave them strength
and muscle and sinew To strike
with indomitahle will and cour
age at tyranny and for freedom
and liberty? Or is it because our
State and National Legislators
have not been guided by those
principles in the formation OF
laws by which the people are
governed? Have we left the old
landmarks and drifted on a bill
lowy sea, without compass, rud
der and chart? If so, who is to
blame, and who in the reXt cam
paign is to lead the great Demo-
cratic host to victory? In our
opinion, if legislation is detri-
mental to the many and favora-
BILE to only a few, then we have
left the old landmarks. and gov
ernment is not answering the
purposes for which it was in
tended. It is not the form of
government established, but the
spirit in which the government
is administered. That is the best
government for a people which
commands the voluntary obedi-
ence of all good citizens, and
which is founded upon respect
for law.
The greatest good to the largs
est number is Democracy and
has been ever since the days of
jefferson, Clay, Calhoun. Ben
ton, Henry and others, in the
early days of our republic, when
it was an honor to be a public
man; because the men of those
days made it honorable in the
dissemination of wholesome
Democratic truths and laws
founded on Democratic prlnci-
pies. But as we go along down
the declivity of time we lose
much that gave eclat. glory and
renown to the better days of our
We love the princi~
pies on which this government
was founded, they are as eternal
as the everlasting hills and can
never die.
II legislation is fa> orable to
only a few and against the many,
there is remedy, and that rem
edy is to stay in the Democratic
party in the party where we
can fight those who are against
US with our ballots, and if we are
loyal and true to principle we
will do it. We never right the
wrong by dividing, Let's fight
the enemy to our interest ia the
party and hurl him from power.
United we can do it.
All have a common interest in
good honest government, and
the principles OF the Democratic
party carried out will give US
that. We appeal to you as men
of honor and courage-men who
love right and the dear old
State you once helped to rescue
from dishonor and disgrace,
made so by recreant sons and
Sherman's minions-men who
followed Lee and Jackson with
pride and enthusiasm and won
fame and renown on every bat
tie field-you and your sons, we
ask in the name of all that is
honorable and dear to every North
Carolinian that loves his State,
it's noble and chivalric dead, it's
lovely and beautiful women, to
help fight for those principles
enunciated by Democracy from
the mountains to the seashore,
which when won will again gar
land the brow Of the dear old
State with honor and glory, to
stand beside the grave of our
beloved Vance and the other
beloved and revered dead. Are
these not sacred and hallowed
memories that fill the soul, lift
ing us to higher planes of duty
and urging US to emulate their
noble lives? Then let US as men
of honored sires help to maintain
the honor, glory and fame of the
party, which at the dawn Of oul
existence as nation gave te
North Carolina and the United
States, the grandest, most en-
lighuened, and the most equita
BILE, the freest and purest gov
ernment the world ever saw
democracy
It is not SO much the love o.
party that attracts and draws
the people, but it is the party thai
legislates for and takes the most
interest in the welfare of the
people that they will sustain
then if democracy is to be in the
ascendency, and remain so, the
people must keep it there, ane
in order to do that the people
must have faith to believe thai
Democratic principles will be
carried out. Principle and right
are everything in a government,
and all iafractions of law anc
arbitrary abuse eff power are no
only dangerous, but to be pro
tested against and resisted. i
possible. The people are the
sovereigns and on their sover-
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