West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-12-13
WHAT OF DEMOCRACY
by A. W. Frederick.
ARTICLE /.


thus, the same rout Of reason, the
same collapse of hope, the same
freezing of the genial current of the
soul. before the seemingly inevitable.
But why should this be2 A re-
treat one day has often brought
victoty the next. Surrender on the
spot is no part of warfare.
The Democratic party stands for
principles. II stands for justice
and equality. These are the same
yesterday, today and forever. We
must not grow hopeless. We be-
lieve we are eternally right, and so
believing we must eternally fight.
There is no real cause for democrat
ization. In all the worlds history
rapacity has scared on eagles wings.
The progress of the right has been
the pace of the snail. Jesus and
justice were nailed to the cross by
the soldiers of imperial Rome eight
cen centuries before the undying
truths he taught found expression
in our Declaration of independence
all men created equal, endo1Oed 6y
Mfiy Creator s0ifh certain inaLiena6ke
rights. Fairdealing, brotherhood,
equality before the law, these are
conserved by the life of individual
duty. whatsoever we would that
men should do unto you, do we even
so unto them" All right reforms
come slowly, slowly; the world, the
flesh and the devil oppose them.
We will wait, however we hold our
great Declaration sacred as the in
strument recognizing the Creators
charter of good government bestow-
ed upon every man alike, and upon
all, for their common welfare.
Turning to our own history we
find domestic slavery existing in
our midst, blinked by parties and
never blotted out by elections till
after civil war had decreed its down
fall. The rise of right in defiance
of might is like the rise of an island
from the bosom of the ocean.
Around the coral isle. and DER
The waves will rush. the breakers roar,
And, chahng. build it up the more.
IT'S well the rising reef should be
Assaulted by the sounding sea-
The pillows plant the fair palm tree"
Ours is warfare of principles.
Only base towards dare to do any
thing short of duty. If we believe
all men are created equal, we can
not follow the lead of men who
spend their lives trying to make
conditions unequal among men. We
must see to it that every man is pro-
tected in his rights. We must OPP
pose any mans enhancing his gains
by unequal laws. 1t is forever ex-
ecrable plumber to raise by law the
price of what one neighbor buys to
increase the profits of another.
There can be no equality in coun-
try where law is made to make one
mans business win and another's
wane.
Every monopoly is opposed to
equal rights. If Democracy means
equality, how dare Democrats do
anything else than roll up their
sleeves and stand off the trusts ? 1t
is the business of him who dispen-
ses prosperity in the full dinner pail
to those dependent upon him, the
business of him who apologies for
special privilege, to hunt out and
label the "good trusts" Should
Democrats bow the knee to any
good devil that fattens upon what
rightfully belongs to others ? The
Democrats who constitutionally OBJ
poses the trusts is all right. Such
a Democrat in no wise needs to be
reconstructed upon the trust ques.
ton. Along industrial lines the
Democrat would be worse than
knave, to smother his sense of JUS
tice, and be reconstructed upon a
trust basis. Let the reconstruction-
ist take a rest.