Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-11-29
COUNTY,
ELD. JAMES BBADIEY
Writes An Open Letter to the Ledger
On the Future Of the Demo
cratic Party.

cratic Party.
To the Editor Of the Ledger.
MEXICO, Nov. 81 notice in your
last weeks issue some communications
upon the condition of our county and
the prospects of the Democratic party.
There were some excellent things said
in these letters and l am glad to see
such an interest taken In the welfare
Of our common country. hold that
no mans calling is so high, nor is he
justified In holding it so, that he can
not and does not take an interest in
the welfare and advancement Of the
people in their political relations. Adj
mitting that there is vast amount
Of corruption in politics, yet that Is
no reason that good men, honest, up
right men, should not take part in an
effort to better that condition; but
rather is it not a better reason that
they should take an active part.
We are now passing through the
closing hours Of one of the grandest
centuries the world has ever known.
/ fell glad when look back upon it
that / have lived in the eighteenth
century. Whatever may be the por-
tion of those who shall live in the
coming age, for America, the century
just closing will be crown, diadem,
with which nations will adorn all
their coming history. No nation was
ever SO happy; none ever SO blessed,
and none ever such blessing to man
kind. Science has made such rapid
strides; intelligence and learning such
glorious progress, and Christianity
has spread its wings as the dove Of
peace and good will oyera great ma
tion and through that has been a
blessing to all the world.
True we have our earthquakes and
clouds, but they have only made the
sun appear brighter and the stars
more brilliant. Truly this has been a
glorious century. America has not
only been blessed, but she has been
blessing to all the nations. Liberty
enlightening the world has stood for
something.
The flag of our free, liberty-loying
people, the folds of which has been
famed by the breezes of every shore,
has meant something to the down.
trodden of all nations, and no Ameri-
can was ever ashamed to own his
nativity, nor willing to deny his birth
place.
Standing beneath the folds Of that
flag or resting in the shade Of liberty
temple, and remembering what they
represented, he felt himself to be a
sovereign; the son Of royalty.
And then when think Of my great
and glorious country, of what its enl-
blems mean, lam prouder still, be-
cause / am and have been a Demo-
crat, when look upon the flag where
l see written those principles that
have ever been those of pure Democra-
cy. When 1 enter liberty temple 1
see radiating out TO the nations those
glorions principles that have made
this nation what it is, and have se-
cured to the people those blessings
that have come to us.
True the Democratic party has not
always been in the ascendant, but an
army of seven million people battling
for civil liberty, standing by the flag
of the fathers, fighting for those sa-
cred principles thatwere handed down
by those patriots, is an invincible
| host.
True we were greatly disappointed
at the result of the last election, but |
take it that Democrats are made of
sterner, stuff than to say "Hope is
gone. We must surrender" The
brave soldier said: "Neyer give up the
Ship"
cannot conclude that the time has
come, or that we have reached that
point when the majority Of the Ameri-
can people, or even those at the head
of the nation, will be so lost as to
strike down the flag, or blot out those
grand principles for which so many
men have given their lives; that have
proven such blessings to mankind.
A man to do that must know that his
name would gOdown to posterlty in
blackness, and his act be characterized,
truly, on the crowning infamy of the
world. The children OF a thousand
ages would come up to curse him. No,
he cannot in the face of what this
country is. He dare not.
Fellow Democrats = looking back
upon the century passing away-I
feel that the sons of patriot sires say:
oWell done good and faithful SER
want" Cheered with this thought
let us look to the coming century with
renewed courage. The people slum-
Der now, but they will wake, and such
an awakening as it will be.
Let us hope that the children who
shall witness the close Of the ten
thousandthanth century will still see
the flag waving; the.temple Of liberty
standing, the banner OF ''peace on
earth good will to men" still showing
and the principles Of the fathers still
enjoyed by nation, which has been
made great by "a strict adherance to
those principles. JAMES BRADLEY.
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