The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-01-05
SATURDAY, JANUARY 5. 1901.

Some unknown friend has been kind enough to favo
The Times with marked copies of The Public
careful erusa of its columns marked and unmarked
f--.-.----7 persuades to the opinion that ia it W.
cAEvILAND' have exceIentforecasting of the gener
DA.nN, al tone OF the recently announced Com
me Suo'h mener The Public is decidedly Bryan
nND esque in all its features
l-InE PObLIL: In common with uany other Bryan
fzed papers The Public has mild attack of rabies, be-
cause the only democrat who in forty years could com
nnand sufficient foil owing to make him president has pre-
med to exercise the ordinary American privilege of Civ
mo public expression to his opinions upon matter OF
public moment If it lie true that ''the hit dog bowls,
then The Public strong symptoms of beng one
of the stricken pack In concluding contention that
the low ebb of vitality to which the party has been
brought IS chargeabe Cleveland instead of Bryan by
which token we infer the compliment to Cleveland OF
having occasoned Bryans successive defeats The Pub-
Nc says lit is not Organism that has brought the demo-
cratic party low in voting strength, but Ceveandism
BryanIsm has given The party that democratic tone of
which the slave power formerly and Cleveland latterly
Invested IL; aud as the fight goes Organism will give
II voting strength Also This paper also declares that
srue democrats want of 1.-THE pro slavery doctrines
and victories that preceded the civil war;" Elsewhere in
IT'S columns, not marked, we find the following:
That democratic association, the JeersonJacson
coln lcge recently organized at Columbus o. preparing
to celebrate birthday The three principal toasts
at occasion will be Jefferson, jackson and Lincon"
tAe emphasis being placed especially the latter This
mUvement is worth initiating the country The party
To which belonged has completely identified
iFsef with all alien Lncolns thoroughly demo-
cratic sentiments his memory best by ignoring him.
democracy drawsis inspiration as well from Lincoln
as the combination Of these po
cal aman lies the hope of the democratic democracy
The Times gives these extracts space for several
reasons Their tone is in thorough harmony with Mr..
Bryan's repeatedly expressed sentiments and abso
If oold.
school southern staesmenhose who the victories
that preceded the civil war; They produced simply
as pointing once more to the ehasm fixed by training
vironment and habit of mind between the theories and
sentiments of Mr. Bryan and the theories and sentiments
naturally and historically part of the SOUTH This guilt
is as great that Which separated Dives and Lazarus but
it was bridged in moment of enthusiastic emoonalism
bga few leaders who subordnated everything to their
devotion wildcat scheme OF finance and their hatred of
the best friend north of Mason and Deksons line, pos
sessed BY tie south since the civil
But what is meant by sthat democratic tone' of
which the slave power and Cleveland ched the party and
(which Bryanism has restored? What is meant by pro
slavery doctrines and vctories What is the nature of
tho inspiraton" which ''the democracy" as
moudel and led by Bryan, draws from Llncoln2
The "pro slavery doctrines and victories were the
doctrine of rights and the victories which for
years gave the democratic party mainly under southern
leadership control of the government "That democratic
o1e' and the nspiraton from Lincoln of the ''demo
cratic democracy readily comprehended by the
full reader of Mr. Bryans speeches his last campaign
The explanation is in the keynote to all his dscusslons
the old fraternity and equality the old call
created equal;" the old consent of the
governed.
In of that series of memorable debates between
Lincoln and Douglass in 1885, in reply to question
whether not he favored the acquisition of addition
territory regardless of the slavery question: Douglas
sad THE black republican creedl lays down expressly
that under circumstances shall acquire any more
territory unless slavery is first prohibited in the country
answer that whenever it becomes neces- n
sary growth and progress, to acquire terri
ory that am in favor of it. without reference the
question Of slavery; and when have acquired WILL
LEAVE THE PEOPLE FREE THEY PLEASE either il
make slave or Free This the essence of the SO
alled pro slavery doctrine under which those now de- tt
plsed victories onhe doctrine of states rights
contention that the people of state should be free
~ please" in their internal affairs. 1t is the b
9TH of an ineradicabe instinct which A
today to make good this doc tt
~ necessary means 1t O
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