The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-04-26
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4IHasss aahodfor South G arc lima ON
Il tals Account and Northern
.l1 Gentlemen Have Shared
sAla Foe'inge.
,EE;i SSnss or Till man wAs soon at his homo
sas2Efsnton Friday night and replying
toaSts queat5for his opinion on Senator
iMaEsutin's Charlotte spoooh, says:
!;stss !;5st' 80 is contradictory, full Of para
.aoxSs and seems intondad to pAvo the
,SIsyI or tho seDator's passage into the
fRspa ahl loan camp. II may excite sur.
prise ousside OF tho Stats, but tho only
lhiag who b sstonishes us hero is his
insntinued b fort to pose as q Democrat
Democracy has broad or general
moAping aud d sps oial or local moan
iogssas applied to one Of tho great pa
lio55al !. % }psrsiees. Ny colleague .aya, My
dofnitlon of democracy is liberty for
man Formulated into theory Of gov
er1io1ont; 1t means mans iualienable
oWHership Of himself. 1t means free
thong gh and free ispeeoh.' This Is not
tho 59faition givenin any dictionary,
nor is 10 the ds 6aition givsn by Jaffor-
HonS and it is}only intended to Justify
tRSSsanator's dosertion Of his party, his
treaShery to its principles and his bo.
trayal OF the reop!e OF South Carolina
who have trusted him. Tho Kansas
iOityS platform ist the only m bod mont.
Of ID M, ,cratic principles that can now.
pc re6 SSnized 5ald no m IN oan be con
sidSred $a ID D3m0crat who ignores tho
principles and policies laid down in
thassplaJ aJfoim aud persistently votos
,wis6itRefR Ropu blican administration in
bot Sitsi foreign aud domestic policies
alssSsaA Or Lsurin iterates and re-
iteestos the charge that tho new De-
mocra6y 4 So seoti ,nal piriy and then
ty1thfull y claims; that tho south which
ina ahel last campaign was alono Demo
soraaic lis the Amer'oan end Of Ameri.
ssoa range that beoause Of this fact
and OUR veneYgt ton and l0ye for, tho
sprsnoS pleSsu pon who d our government
res thai his broad Amorio can states !
amaa and 6 new 6orn Democrat Of q
hithefto niik known typa should council
our pie rs accept conditions as they
asSSS jmNs se5 Tho most sof }thefn y
ls, 5 y slared in '98i
~ 10y bodld ho minated;
by Aosl tia ton HID speech,
as a. isg, hing NJ yaa that the De-
|tgo.g 4 4 I. 1gh.ytS ~ safrondor all
OF ats tradition8 wnlun he claims are
1loIg since dead, become on ooho to
Tho Republican party, endorse It's for.
aign policy as we'll as its domestic p oil
cy, ship. subsidy, large standing army
and everything, aud subside absolutely
as 8 Domooratic party, \
If the administration policy Ia right
in dyery respect what need is thtro for
the DEM ,oratio party as a political fac
tor. / have mover believed that my
colleague would dare face the people Of
South Carolina in any political cam-
paign again, knowing what T do about
him, but sa he Indicates his purpose to
still masquerade as a Democrat and
while attacking mo covortly as ono Of
tho leaders Of the 80 called new De-
nlooracy, it is his purpose to lead our
people into tho Republican camp, duty
compels mo to speak out and tell oertrin
things. E
Mr.. MoLaurin made in the senate,
January 1899, q speech which was as
ultra and as pronounced in its denun.
citation Of the acquisition of tho Phil
ippines and portr .yed the many dan
gers which threatened our country in
consequence aa any oyery delivered in
that body. Up to Saturday night be.
fore we voted on the treaty with Spain
on Monday, February Z, 1899, he re.
peatedly told me and other senators
he was bitterly opposed to the ratiti,
cation and would not vote for it. Be-
tween adjournment Saturday evening
and the v,te on Monday the mantle OF
broad American statesmanship' dc.
soended upon him and fow minutes
bef0ro the senate vent into exeoutiv
session to oonBidor tho treaty and take
a vote aB sgeed, he gave halting
and lame explanation Of his intonded
change of front His vote secured tho
..;ifca,ion sbooause on tho first roll.
call Mr. Jopos Of Nevada who had also
told US he would vote against the .yea.
ty, passed when his namo was called,
and feel certain if Senator MoLsusin
had stood by his party and by hlmsolf,
Mr.. Jonos would not at the end have
voted for ratification.
Conscious as ho is that his vote
was the governing factor in the train
Of m,mentous consequences 30 far
reaching and torriblc and involving
the war Of subjugation in the Philip
pines, the expenditure Of hundreds Of
millions Of dollars, the losa OF thou.
sands Of lives and other dire results
which no man oAn foresee, it Is natu.
raj for Senator MoLaurin to mako q
| desperate effort to vindicate tho Presi.
dents policy and his own action. Tho
declaration Of independence Of course
has become absolute aud on abandon
mont OF dead tradition is the policy Of
q man who behaves as he has done.
"Suoh q man has no conscience or
principles. The eloquent speeoh whici.
he delivered In tho aonato was largely
alolen from q sermon delivered by tho
Rev. Or, Horny Van Dixie on Thanks.
giving day, November 1893, in tho Brick
Church Of Now York city, two months
before Senator MoLaurin delivered it
In tho senate. 3 (,
II have not only had to ablush be.
cause McLaurin had dosarted his party
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