The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-26

The Democratic party cannot be the
party OF any class. It's creation forbids
that It should stand for special privi-
I~lege" and all parties appealing to a par
ticular class must promise special class
benefit 1t is party that teaches men
to beware of too much government. II
it errs, it prefers to err on the side of
leaving men free rather than becoming
paternal. Paternalism, socialism, protec-
tion, the three kindred influences that
have dominated other parties can have no
place in the Democratic party.
In 1892 there was an attempt made to
organize the farmers into a solid mass
to control politics for special privilege
to the farmers. That special privilege
then took the shape of the sub-treasury.
Though then the farming population en-
braced IS per cent of the States popu-
lation, so true to the doctrine equal
rights to all and special privileges to
none" were the farmers Of the State
that less than half of them would be
led into a contest for special privileges
for themselves. And, though the men en-
gineering this class spirit, succeeded in
getting the offices they wanted, it was
minority of farmers who were mislead.
The leaders began by declaring that lib
erty of speech and action" were denied in
North Carolina and by shouting, even as
they leaped into the bosom Of Cuffee,
that they were better Democrats than
Vance, Ransom and Jarvis.
For months now We have seen a second
attempt made to arouse the class spirit
in North Carolina by set of politicians
who have been repudiated by the Demo-
cratic party because they refused to
"abide in the ship" These latter day
politicians have been trying to stir up the
manufacturers, the bankers and the
richer men of the State to feeling that
they have been Disseminated against by
the Democratic party, that freedom of
speech and action is denied them, and
a systematic, concerted effort has been
made to weld them into a compact mass
hostile to Democracy by a continual itera-
ton and reiteration of false charges. They
have held up McLaurin as the true leader
to this influential class of citizens and
sought to enlist them by showing how
special privilege in the shape of subsidies
(the sub treasury was the bait for the
farmers; the subsidy is the bait for man
ufacturers) and protection would make
the Southern manufacturers as rich as
Croesus. Some manufacturers and others
bit at the subsidy and protection hook,
but the bulk of the successful men at the
head of large enterprises declined to be
herded in any party through appeals to
class or gain. They said by their acts:
manufacturers. We can live under just
laws made to hear equally upon all. We
demand no special privileges. We demand
only justice and equality, and we depre-
cate the spirit that would put politics al
together on the low basis Of how much
can-I-get- out of-it. We are in harmony
with merchants, farmers, professional
men, and all our fellow citizens, and de-
cline to put a desire for a bounty or sub
sidy above our political principles"
The interests of all North Carolnians
are alike. There is no room for herding
the manufacturers i'm this party and the
farmers in that party. The place for
both is in the Democratic party if tkey
want good government and equality. The
place for those who want subsidies and
protection is in the Republican party.
The attempt to make a farmers party
on the sub treasury failed in North Car
DINA, though the farmers had So per
cent of the votes. Why? Because the
farmers were too patriotic to become
class party. The attempt to herd the
manufacturers and rich men in the Nc
Laurin- Mckinley pasture will also fail
because these men are too patriotic and
sensible to seek to base political action
upon class feeling and special privilege
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