The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-06-19

tue poilcy OIL tue Democratic
administration in its efforts to demone.
tize silver"
;,su io9s the Republican platform was
loentlcal In principle upon this question
VIZ WIN tne Democratic platform Of 1850, lSS.
There have been r.o.so.;oa Democrats
ever since Madison and Calhoun favored
the protection doctrine There have been
Iree trade Republicans from the founda.
1ien OF Che Government. !
Randolph and John G. Calhoun aIways
spoke frea!y and clearly whether or not
taey were In accord with the platforms OF
Sneir parties. The Democratic party has
t;Nv H;iways m. rsyc5sd frssdom OF speech and ac-
sought to 30 centralize the Government a5
20 carry out the idea Of Alexander Hamil.
son: The Democratic party has been
party that has had for it's policy the great
est good to the greatest number while the
Republican, party, as a party, has believed
with Hamilton, its founder, I'm bestowing
benefits upon the few and only burdens
uEon lac many; until these latter day
into socialism. while as to expansion and
subsidies the Republicans have taken ad.
vantage Of the situation and boldly got
upon the Democratic platform.
dhey are now upon the currency ques.
tion practically where the Democratic
party stood up to 1885, They are now ad.
yocat1ng the reciprocity of jackson and
E1erce- They dTU NOW advocating the
Democratic principle which is announced
IN the Democratic Convention of 1856 in
the matter Of building the Pacific Rail.
road. They want to apply that principle
to our foreign commerce Whenever the
iSePu 0iis si,ns are forced to abandon their
own policy they take up Democratic poll.
cies. and the Democrats are asked to op.
pose those Democratic policies because
they have been adopted by the Republic
cans.
Tho nar,oc.,%, 20 All, .,,,n.
stand together and restore their party to
the power which WAS theirs. They cannot
do II by condemning that which is good
because the Republicans endorse it, nor
and unsound policies In order to secure
some votes which might otherwise be Re-
publican. The fight of Hamilton and
Jefferson Is still on In this country, and
will be until it is fought to finish.
Either we will hayo an arisrocracy or we
:":! hsTe a ,oDubiic. are the Democrats
to discard their fundamental idea of the
liberty of the individual and freedom of
thought aud action by refusing to recog
niZe as members of their party those men
who have a!waye fought its battles in the
past. but who in the present believe that
some OF its policies are not the policies of
the true Democracy? The true Democracy
1sa progressive party. It progressed as
tion prospered by reason of it's wisdom and
its administration of public affairs 1t
cannot prosper II it is to oppose the exten
sion sion OF e,t our foreign trade the creation OF
merclal and industrial interests and the
freedom of the individual. II the Repub-
iican party, the record of which shows it
to have been party forbidding the free
wealth OF the country in the hands of
few, burdening the people by excessive
taxation aud conducting public affairs for
the benefit of private citizens: ir that
in m ho oil
upon Its record and, by adopting the prc
Rressive features of the Democracy. be.
come the party of progress, then the Dem
ocratic party, having allowed its oppo.
longer live.
believe that the Democratic party does
not exist for the mere purpose of oppos-
ing whatever the Republican party may
suggest. believe that It lives, as it has
lived in times past, fol. the purpose of
adopting that which Is right and discard.
1g that which is wrong, and conducting
the affairs OF State 80 as to make all men
equal under the law.
The record of the Democratic party ,,nop
the money question has always bsen i'm
favor of gold end silver coined at such n
ratio as will maintain their parity and
paper money convertible into coin at the
will Of the holder: There is not line in
any Democratic platform fixing the ratio
OF silver and gold prior to 1885, There is
not line in any Republican platform ad-
vocating or opposing the ratio of l6 to
were strong men in the Democratic party
In favor OF the free coinage of silver; there
were strong men in the Republican party
In favor OF the free coinage Of silver. The
do,p Rs,paolica,n party adopted The first free
demonetized by Republican legislation in
1873. the only objection to that Act made
prior to 1895 came from the Republicans.
wh1 ,vh;o,, haa a,ss passed the Mntage Aot. under
twenty-three years. silence the Democrat.
ic parey condemned the Act Of 1873, under
which silver was demonetized. The Re.
publscans answered by abrogating their
Irst time the monetary system for which
they were responsible. At that point both
parties split: Silver men Withdrew from
the the Kepnbiican party; and gold men, as
ocratic party. There were moro Demo.
Gratis who withdrew on account of their
belief In the monetary system than there
were Republicans who withdrew on &C.
was that after q mEgnificentiy fought
campaign the Republicans were success.
full. and the Democratic leaders all agreed
that this Republican success was due to
and voted either the Gold Democratic
ticket or directly for the Republican tick
ct. The Democratic party showed that it
was not dead. and when 1t is taken into
COupthS&bCIOa Vu6 O6mOCratlC ADJ
ministration went into power at the time
OF one OF the greatest pantcs from which
this country has ever suffered; IL is re.
markable that the figures should show.
as they do. that had the party been united
it would have been continued in power.
Acting under their platform the Renub.
ltcan party pased certain legislation
which settled the financial question: in ac-
cordance with their wishes. There came
about season OF prosperity, not caused
by this legislation. but BY numerous other
matters which politics had nothing to do
with. This period OF prosperity carried
with 1t great business transactions. These
transactions were conducted under the
financial Legislation already mentioned.
Some Of tbs strongest advocates of the
free coinage OF silver in both parties took
conservative view of the situation. and
held that it had required over twenty
years and two psnics to change from the
ISrmer system TO tho present one, and
that a change back again would require
equal time and cause great disturbance
to our business interests. They believed
that, although the question has been set.
tied wrong, business had been so adante,,