The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1897-07-30
DEMOCRATIC DUTY.
,atahhah (Gl.) News:

DEMOCRATIC DUTY.
satahhah (1i) Newi:
The Macon Telegraph duds much
To object to in our ideas 10 regard to
the duty which professed Democrats
owe to the Democratic party 6rgani:
xation. Our contemporary holds that
ones own conscious should be his sole
guide in politics, and that the voter
should be, and really Il; uhhampered
by party orsaSisations except 10 sd
far as the party principles coincide
With his views. OUT cbntemporarys
arguments adiawsntl language, but
that Is what II means.
That Is an attractively ideal, but
wholly impracticable; way Of looking
at tue matter. In politicts we have
to 'come down to earth." The mil.
lennium Is not yet at hand. The
genius Of our system Of government Is
the rule Of the majority. We are
necessarily compelled to have party
organizations. II ls the privilege, and
the public duty, Of every person quail.
fed to vote to select the party which
comes nearest to his ideas and to be.
come member Of that party. Mani.
festly 1t is impossible to form a party
whose principles will please every:
body, and it is impracticable to have
thousand and one little parties for
the accommodation Of persons of vari.
Gus shades OF opinion, therefore it Is
necessary that there shall be comprO;
misses and concessions In order that
great bodies may be held together for
the public good. Somebody has said
that craftsmanship is the art Of com:
promising.
The Democratic purity IS beyond
question the party OF the people. 1t
is the only opponent Of that organIzai
tiOn Of the classes, the Republican
party, which is worthy the name. Tt
rend the Democratic party into fac.
tions would be to give the Republis
cans free hand to do as they please
in the way OF taxing and expressing
the masses for the benht OF a favored
few. Would it ease any Democrats
conscience to withhold his opposition
and see the ancient enemies OF the
people win, merely because he did not
favor every plank 10 the platform and
found the candidate personally Ob.
jectionable? Would II be good policy,
in the face OF the advancing enemy,
to tear down our breastworks and d.
vide our troops into squabbling fac.
tiOns merely because the officer tenn
pOrarily in command had not the un-
qualified confidence Of the whole
army?
There il not n true American but
believes the system Of government of
the United States to bc the best In
the world. There are some millions
OF US who do not approve Of the princi-
pies Of the party now In power; still We
do not repu1iate the government for
that reason; We adhere to It; and sup
port IL, and would fight for It. tits the
same way in religious matter. Many
Of Us belong to church denominations
having details Uf faith or discipline
which we cannot accept unreservedly,
still we adhere 70 the faith as a whole.
and love and defend it. The good
prepOnderates overwhelmingly, and
for the sake Of the good we accept
those details which fail To meet our
full appreciation. And 1t must neccs-
sarily be so In politics.
The morning News opposed the fres
silver issue, and certainly would never
have chosen Mr.. Bryan as the Demo.
cratic candidate for the presidency; ut
the same time, there was, and Is, Sd
much that il good In the Democratic
party that IL could not transfer
It's allegiasoe and support, either di.
rectly or Indirectly, TO any other par
ty; and 1t will continue TO labor along
the same line. In adherInv faithfully
to the Democracy we do not, as the
Telegraph suggests, surrender prlnci-
pie" or forget that "he serves his par
ty best who serves his country best"
Our princlples are now what they
have always been. and we have "serv.
cd our country" and shall continue To
serve 1t, by exertinx our very best ef-
forts to keep the lniQuitous, ruin0us
Republican party out Of control Of the
government. Democrats ought to be
willing to make almost any sacrifice
to Democrats to keep the RepublI.
cans from capturing the government,
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