Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-09-30
DEMOCRACY INTER ARMIES.


There was time. in this country,
still remembered by many living
ssAmerltahs and yirginians, when free
opinion and free speech especially in re-
fslation to common and public rights and
liberties, had as large a charter as the
Wind. Even during the war between
the States, the noble Democrats dared
TO speak their minds, and at the CHI
5cago convention OF 1854, where McClel-
liam and Pendleton were nominated III
opposltiohato Lincoln and Johnson, they
made the following bold declara lions In
their platform: ~ IS
81. Resolved, That this convention does
explicitly declare, us the sense OF the
mieficatls people, that after four years
of failure to restore the Uhion by the
experiment OF war, during which. under
the preteiise OF military necessity OF
n war, power higher than the constitu-
lion, the constitution Itself has been
{ dlsregarded In every party and public
liberty md private right alike trodden
down, and3,the material prosperity OF
the country essentially Impaired, JUS
{tlce, humanity liberty and the public
welfare demand that Immediate efforts
with view to an ultimate convention
Of all the States, or other peaceable
means to the end that, at the earliest
yprhc tlcablei moment, peace may be res
tored on the basis Of the Federal Union
OF all the States.
i Resolved, 81 That the direct interior.
.ence of the military authority of the
~ 8, in the recent elections held In
Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri and Del
aware, was a shameful violation OF the
constitution snnd the repetition OF such
acts In the approaching election WILL
BE HELD. AS REVOLUTIONARY
AND HRDSISTBD WITH ALL THE
MEANS ANDePOWER UNDER OUR
'CONTR OIL N 81.
I, Resolved, That the aim and object
ofSthe Democratic party Is to preserve
the: Federal Union md the rights Of the
States unimpalred. and they hereby do
clare that they consider the admins
stratiye susurpation of extraordinary and
dangerous powers not granted by the
subverslon OF the civil
by the military law in States not in
inslirrection,-th arbitrary military
arrest; imprisonment, trial and sentence
fgAmerican citizens In the States
where civil law exists in full force
the suppression Of freedom OF speech
and of the press.-the denial of the
right of asylum, the open and avowed
disregard ~ of State rlghts,Athe e1n-
.ployment of:unusual test-oa tbs, md the
Interference with and denial of the
right Of the people to bear arms In their
defense, ms calculated to prevent a res
Storation OF the Union and the perpetual.
/ tion of a government deriving It's Just
powers from the consent OF the gov
erned. =" Ysli
81. Thus did the true and faithful Demo
Gratis Of the so-called loyal States
dare to express their Views and prIncl.
Piles amidst wars alarms and in de-
hance Of q military and civil tyranny
NJ But since the war. we must not tall
so sunrese rYedly. 3 lest we offend the i'm.
;perial sentiment and growing milltar-
Ism fcs tered in and out OF the country
at home and abroad, by this money.
bound administration at Washington
more dangerous to States and people
than Abraham Lincoln with. all hi.
armies for even In our great domestl,
struggle, the United States remember
ed Mexico and made an effectual pro
test against the foreign and imperln.
lsubjugation Of that country although
at this moment Mckinley Is seeking t.
impose imperlal rule on the Philippine.
whose population will compare fayora
bly, with that Of Mexico at all points
But circumstances alter easesl Yes
indeed 3;5'.. & 4 ~ IN :.
THE VIRGITlrAN-PILOT FOLLOWS
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