The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-07-12
IssIDENTLAL CONDITIONS
AT THE SOUTH.
.l,lrlnnd lMd..l A1lerhnnlan.

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Tie Nations birthday is close a
nd, In connection with the loft.
iotism which at high it'd
ps over the country at this tim
g sre should be corresponding,
pthinking.
Eosthe Nation, as to the individ
anniversaries should always b'
nght with deep sense of iti
i h privileges and far-reaching
Possibilities.
\ Pie short half hour just before
4 great battle on land or sea, is
Of the most telling results and
Il aye tells on the results.
Pie short twelve months now be-
fo us, when the lines of both par
VIII be drawn for great, cru
cial presidential campaign should
not in any sense be passed in idle
speculation.
The great heads of the Democrat
ic party in every State should coun-
sci not only together, but sim
gly and individually should repair
to the great oracles of the party and
in loving fealty should inquire of
them, not only in the startling in
terrogatory "Watchman what of the
night" but should question the
Great High Priest of Democracy,
what woulds't thou have thy SER
want do"
AS Mr.. jefferson orders, SO let
each follower do implicitly and with
no murmuring.
While here and there at the
North, from this state and that, we
may hope for help in winning next
year, it is to the South, largely solid
that we are to look for such fidelity
to the unchanging principles of
true Democracy as shall displace
the present order of things.
Then let us look to the South.
Prominent men in Virginia and the
two Carolinas are speaking out.
Senator Daniel has spoken most
hopefully and is cheering the party
not only in Virginia, but all over
the land. He says:
"The tide has turned strongly to
the Democratic party and we have
an excellent prospect of winning
in 1900. We will lose none of the
votes polled for our ticket in 1896
and we will gain thousands and
tons of thousands of votes from in
telligent men who are alarmed at
what is involved in imperialism
and the rapid growth of trusts.
"The attempt to introduce into
our government seventeen million
men in the Philippine islands by
subjugation is an issue of com
manding Importance. 1t means an
immense permanent standing army
ut great cost and the lowering of
the standard of American citizens.
| We cannot incorporate them into
our body polite except as Ameri-
can citizens. / do not believe the
people of this country are ready to
! Join England in an alliance that
involves the burdens, evils and
militarism which are necessary in
cidents to a colonial policy. The
revolt against the administration S
policy of criminal aggression" is
gaining ground every day. l be-
lieve that the Democrats will gain
many thousand votes from con-
servative men who are opposed to
the radical departure from the
teachings of the fathers and the
best interests of the Republic.
"The trusts are menace to trade,
to individual opportunity and the
feeling against them is intense.
There will come to us in 1900 many
voters who see that the Democratic
is the only party that will honestly
enact and enforce antitrust legisla-
ton.
1--WE will, as l said before, not
lose a single vote that was cast for
the Chicago platform in 1896. We
will take no backward step, but we
will emphasize the other prominent
issues that have pressed themselves
to the front, and make our appeal
to the American people for the
principles upon which our govern
ment was founded. The outlook is
bright, gets better every day"
Ex-senator Butler, of South
Carolina. has spoken. Strong
common sense pervades his utter.
ances, in which he is just as lofty in
patriotic devotion to country at
ever.
His words to us land especially
at this time, as he is out of poll
r tics and it's preferments, its ambi
tions and expeotancies) are il
) very truth "apples of gold in pic
lures of silver"