The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-06-25

endangercd."
For moro than half u contury
Democratic conventions condemned
" national bank and finally sup
ported metallic currency. In 1880,
1881 and 1883 tn" Democratic party
declared in favor Of gold and silver
and paper convertible into coin on
demand. In 1892 it favored the
coinage Of both motals undor an in
tcrnational agreement. In 1883 the
Republican platform road:
"Tho Republican party is in favor
of tho use Of both gold and silver as
money and condemns tho policy Of
tho Democratic administration in its
efforts to domonotizo silver"
In 1892 tho Republican platform
WAS identical in principle upon this
question with tho Democratic plat
form Of 1880, 1884 and 1888.
There have been protection Dom
ocrats.. over since Madison aud Cal
houn favored the protection doctrine.
Ihero have boon free trade Republi-
cans from tho foundation Of tho gov
ornment.
Such mon rs Samuel j. Randall,
John Randolph and John @. Calhoun
always spoke freely and clearly
whether or not they were in accord
with the platforms Of their parties.
The democratic party has always fa-
vored freedom of speech and action.
The republican party has always
sought to 80 centralizo the govern
mont rs to carry out the idea Of
Alexander Hamilton. The Demo
cratic party has been n party that
has had for its policy tho greatest
good to the greatest number while
the Republican party as n party has
believed with Hamilton, it's founder,
in bestowing benefits upon tho fow
and only burdens upon tho many.
"Until these latter day saints" have
lead the party into socialism, while
as to expansion and subsidies, the
Republicans have taken advantage
of the situation and bodily got upon
tho Democratic platform.
They are now upon the currency
question practically where tho Demo
cratic party stood up to 1896. They
are now advocating the reciprocity of
jackson and Price. They are now
advocating the Democratic principles
which are announced in the Demo-
cratic convention Of 1856 in the mat
ter of building the Pacific railroad.
They want to apply that principle to
our foreign commerce. When ever
! the Republicans arc forced to aban-
don their own policy they take up
Democratic policies, and the Demo
Gratis are asked to oppose those
Democratic policies because they
have been adopted by tho Republi
cans
The Democrats of this country
must stand together and restore their
party to the power which was theirs.
They cannot do it by condemning
that which is good because the Re-
publicans endorse it nor can they do
it by going off after strange and un-
sound policies in order to secure
some votes which might otherwise be
Republican. The fight of Hamilton
and Jefferson is still on in this coun-
try and will be until it is fought to a
finish. Either we will have an aris.
tocracy or we will have q republic.
If the Democrats arc to disard their
fundamental idea Of the liberty OF
the individual and freedom of thought
ana action ny refusing to recognize
as members of their party those mon
who have always fought it's battles
in the past, but who in the present
believe that some Of it's policies are
not the policies of the true Demo
cracy is progressive party. 1t pro-
crossed as no other party ever has
done and tho nation prospered by
reason of it's wisdom and it's admin
istration of public affairs. It can
not prosper if it is to oppose the ex.
tension of our foreign trade, the Gro,
alton Of new markets, tho upbuilding
of our commercial and industrial in
forests, and tho freedom of the indi.
vidual. If the Republican party, the
record Of which shows it to have been
q party forbidding the free exercise