Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-01-27

The wisdom of the ages is en-
bodied in the Democratic party
wisdom born of the experience of |
the people throughout all the, 5ast,
and growing with the cycles zhntil
it blossomed into full fruitage in
the glorious principles ennunciat,-
ed by jefferson, when God, in His
own good time, had given to the
world this free land in which to
champion them; and the mission
Of the Democratic. party, ever
since, being from the people and
of the people, has been to stand
for the people against whatever
would curtaiI their rights or un-
necessarily burden them in the en-
| ljoyment of life, liberty and the
pursuit Of happiness.
Such is the party that under the
leadership of the immortal Vance
redeemed the State Of North Car
olina from the reign of terror that
was inaugurated with the Repub-
publican party's ascendancy in
1868 and led a mourning people
forth into the sunlight of safety
and the enjoyment of liberty, 10
address themselves to the patriotic
task Of building up ag@in the
honor and credit and wealth of the
the good old State, feeding the
while on the mana of thankfuiness
in a land pilIaged to poverty by
the rapacious raseals of that
odlous regime.
And the years rolled on. aud
the State grew to greatness, and
| her fame went forth throughout
the land. aud her sons into every
cliGne. rejecting back honor upon
her and winning reuown for
them selves; her rif1ed treasury
vas replenished, her stolen pub
lie school fund was again built
up, her university was restored,
her closed and delapidated
school houses were repaired and
reopened and new ones multi
| piled, colleges were established
intelligence reig1ed and virtue
governed the deliberations Of
those in office. The integrity OF
contracts and vested rights was
respected and the States honor
sustained.
How is l. all now?
',In the multitude of council
there is safety: Words were
? never truer than this proverb OF
= Scripture save that other bib
: licaI legend, when the wicked
: rule the people mourn" Thel
the people hearkened to the voice
of Democracy, whose conventions
: are always open, in which the
; multitudes gather and hold coun
o Gil, in whose deliberations, there
+ fore, lies safety, and whose guild
ing voice is that Of wisdom. This
has ever been the doctrine of De
e mocracy, for Democracy is all
: wise and knew full-well that il
e no other way could the peopl'
: have safety.
# But al length the Gideonite
0 and the Populites, the Butlerite
Is and the GRANTEES got together il
e secret conclave and plotted il
: hours of darkness and formulat
e ed a fusion more confounde
'e than wi.chbroth-without prin
> ciple, full of prejudice, abound
y ing in secret malice, pregnan
with selfish ends and lookin
% for success to the cohorts @
of darkness and ignorance-the ne
v gro vote of the State. cit took.
'. The odious fusion combine tr
IS umphed at the polls, the schem
N ing shysters gained control {
Id the State, and to-day we hav
he only the traditions of the pas
g, and the hope eff the future to sus
ed tain as in the midst of the stenc
Df Of their rottenness.
US The list is too long and the r,
cital of their practices too re
al voting for public print; bl
80 surely, surely the people WI
oo went off with the gang are sat
~ ated, are satisfied, are repentan
- and when we say the people v
- mean the good. but deluded PoI
10 ulists, and not Marion Butle
40 ~ who can never redeem himse
i for the slander, worse than tt
70 - odium of fusion rule, that he hi
nj uttered against the best whi
s. people, the Democrats of his n
: tive State-God save the mark !!