The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-06-14
A WORD IN REPLY
To Senator McLa aurin's Letter 70
4 Mr.. CLAYTON.
EvADED QUESTIONS AsKE0.
McLaurin Doas Not Attempt to
Deny that no Supports Ra.
publ can Policies and
Time Evadsa

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publ can Policies and
Thus Evadss.
Ihe following answer to tho lotter OF
Senator McLaurln was tho leading odi-
torial in The State of last Thursday.
1t presents the othor side Of tho quos.
tion and will repay porusal. Tho State
says:
Senator MoLsurin's reply to Mr..
Olayton's lottor is q very clear evasion.
Ho protonds to show that the Republi.
can policios Of today, wich Mo Laurin
supports, are in aocord with tho funda.
mental principles Of Democracy, but in.
stead of proving that proposition-
which would bo impossi blo- tho senator
roviows mono too accurately the history
OF tho parties up to tho time Of the
Civil War, and from that point jumps
to tho declaration that tho south is in
tolerant and should become liberal by
which he may moan that tho south il
Democratic and should become Repub.
loan.
Tho contest botwoon Hamiltonian and
Joharscn;sa ideas is sn histories! fae.
for the discovery of which Mr.. McLau.
rim can claim no credit. Ho can, how
over, receive tho greatest measure Of
praise if ho will provo that the Rapub-
licanism Of today is in ACCORD with tho
Jctfersoniauism of century ago aud
that tho Democracy of 1901 is ia line
with the Fodoralist doctrines advanced
by Hamilton. This ho oappot do Mr..
MoLsurin knows well onough.4hat the
Republican party nov stanRSAfor a
strong national governments, ooliSfaliza-
ticn Of power, large standing army
and special favors to GLASSES through
tariff projection and subsidies to cor.
porations. The Democracy Of Bryan
opposes oil these, just as tho Domo oo-
faoy OF JeHorsOn opposed th9nr
tWould 90 foolish to a,sdfTahat tho
Demooratic party has beou riSSesHat all
timos and in evory positiom It has
taken, but il is truo and o.nnot he con-
tradicted that tho Democratic party has
always stood for tho rights Of the poo
pie as against GLASS privileges. And
today the only hope for the preserva,
ton OF true republioanism is offered BY
and through tho Democratic party.
Mllltarism, congressional absolutism,
oolonialism and fegoritism arc q few Of
tho 'iams" not monopolizcd by the
Democrats which threaten to oblitorato
tho idoas of Jefferson and to set. UP in
thcir stos6S tho thoOries Hof hioxafldor
Hamilton. Against those the Demo
crats are arrayed. He who is not for
US ID against us, and though every
Amoricrn citizen has tho right to take
eithor side, the sooret service Of Re-
publioanism in the ranks of Democraoy
is estoomed dospicable and dishonest
treachory. And, sad to say, that is tho
charge brought against John Lowndes
Mcl,urin, q senator from the State of
South Carolina! Is I
MIR. McL,urin docs not attempt to
deny that he supports Republican pol
icos. That is whore he ovaded MIR.
Clayton's pointed question. Instead Of
answering, ho disoants, as We have
said, upon the differences which have
so long distinguished Che two great
parties and then proceeds to assail the
wisdom Of the Democratic alliance with
tho Populists Of tho west, The force
Of Mr.. MoLaurin's attack at this point
is nullified by tho recollection that at
the timo whom the southern Demo
crats woro smarting under the loador-
ship Of Grover Cleveland, thon sus.
pooted and afterwards proved guilty Of
party troaohery, MIR. MoLs surin was
most eager for that Same westorn alli-
anoo. lie ovon won't 80 far as to swal.
low tho Ocala platform without any
sugar coating and was almost as vigi-
liant as Brave Bon himself in seoking
that elusive light out Of tho vest" II
the Ocala demands were not Populism,
what were they? IL Bryan was not a
Democrat in 1892, what was No,
Laurin2 Did not the Oosla demands
pledge thoir adherents not to reoogpizo
tho authority of the party caucus?
The statomont that "the only Office
which William j. Bryan ever held he
was elected to by the Populists" is a
poryersion Of facts unworthy a lover
Of the truth. 1t is woll known that
Mr.. Bryan was oloo.ed to congress as
tho Democratic candidate in strong
Republican district by tho combined
support Of Democrats and Populists
Tho fusion" hotween Democrats and
Populists in certain western States of
which Nebraska is ono is necessary to
keep tho Republicans from control and
as a polioy Of tho party it has boon an.
proved by Democrats Of every variety
from Grovor Cleveland to Ben Tillman,
But thoso false assertions and intima.
lions regarding tho man who has twice
bcon nominated as the Democratic
prcsidontial candidate and who as such
last timc rocivod tho largest popular
votc ever given a Democratic candidate
show just what kind of Domo orat John
l. McLaurin has become. As lato as
1897, when he was q candidate for tho
senate, he profoaaod allegiance not only
to the Chicago platform Of 1896 in full
but to tho leadership of Bryan as woll.
Now he seta himsolf up as q critic OF
Bryan and tho whole Democratic party
~ at present constituted, but no do not
think tho Democrats of South Carolina
will take political lossons from ono who
i'll turn has boon anti Iillmanite, Till
mantle, Ooalaite, Bryanito and Fortyito
ard is now MoKinleyito and Hanna.
ite.
Mr.. McL,urin says good doal about
free silver and somo of it is true. It is
fp1n for ipo -