The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-12
Any Port in a Storm

amy Port in a Storm"
EDITOR DEMOCRAT:-This saying Is
quite old and while apparently taken
from the language ola S~ea-faring Man.
Whose path is Oh the stormy waters.
and whose home is on the deep" Yet
it may be made to appiyto otherformo
of human necessity. as being the part
of wisdom. and perhaps sometimes of
prudence.
The present writer was led into this
line OF thought the other day while
looking over one OF your brightest and
liveliest exchaDges-The Iron COUNTY
Register. In that paper ! noticed, ana
with very careful interest. Il very
earnest plea and a kind o. eXhortation
to voters OF every other party to come
right over to the ''freecoinage party.
assuming that to be the only party
that could now save this country from
serious disasters. If no; from financial
ruin and political overthrow. The
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the part of Republicans. ana all others
a. we'll, vas very strongly urged III
that article. and what vas Supposed TO
he a similar case vas selected. as was
supposed, from the pages of English
History. as illustrative of the fitness
and excellence of the course pointed
out. But. in my way OF thinking, the
case cited i in nc wise analogous.
Here Is the English case, that is sup
posed should have such potency with
American voters pending the present
Presidential election:
When James the second attempted
10 overthrow religious liberty in En-
gland. Churchmen andnon-COnformist.
CathoIicand Protestant. stood shoulder
to shoulder for the right, and James
fed from before the face of his people
when no mau pursued"
While I greatly respect the zeal. in
telligence. motives and perhaps pur-
poses Of the writer Of the foregoing
paragraph. | feel in duty bound. to
call his attention to the ~inaccuracy Of
his construction and also the inappli-
cability Of the case a. cited. / o the
canvass that j. nov being conducted
with great moderation and. as | think.
fairness OF orr public men.
According to my way Of thinking
there i no similarity. whatever. be-
tween E~ngland's religious rebellion in
the year 1899. in which King James
lied for refuge to France. for succor in
his endeavor to recover his Legitimate
political ascendency to the throne that
be had been forced 20 abandon.
In our case no revolutionary meas
urcs are thought Of for a moment. by
any ofthe several political parties now
in the field, and are likely SO 20 re-
main until the Bird of November next.
afterwards all will quietly disband.
and return like loyal. true-hearted
men only thinking Of fidelity to the
Constitution and faithful observance
OF the laws.
This was not the case with English
men that are held up before onr ewes
by this writer As worthy of our obser-
walton and the adoption of their
methods.
Bat. again, the two cases are in no
sense parallel. And withal. the re-
spectt'e conditions OF the parties are
very inaccurately stated.
James the Second. did not ATTEMPT
the overthrow Of religious liberty in
his country but he did make an effort
to eqIHzc in some SENSE. the religious
federation hat from time to time.
many Englishmen were deprived of.
Another serious mistake that [ would
CAL the attention Of the writer to. is
that Churchman and non-Conform;st.
Catholic and Protestant stood
shoulder "a shoulder. etc. ana the
King few 10 ireland '.Elen no man
pursued. I would ike 10 know what
William, Prince OF Orange. came 70
Engiandtor:and II herouGa Catholic
ana Pfotestan; STANDING. shoulder %
shoulder, etc: and L they 50 stood be-
side the Boyne Water. where James
and mis- Catholic forces were entirely
overth"own- ! am no, intending 20
enter into Judgment upon either parties
Of that day and IN in his paper.
deem It sufficient 20 mint that James
t-e Second. in 1850 was only g,t.r-
for a crown mat legitimately belonged