Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-20

~ questions because they grow out
OF actual political and economic con-
ditions which 1t is beyond the power of
either party to change. I care not of
what political faith the occupant of
the White House might have been; for,
If a true American, mindful of the
honor and dignity Of the nation, the
| results Of the Spanish war could not be
widely different from what they are
today.
Why should our people be the only
ones to close their eyes to what is 60
Ing on? Why should we move along in
the same old ruts and insist that DO
litical policies and old traditions, long
since dead, are vital living issues, and
depend upon them for the salvation of
the South?
The triumphant reelection Of Mr..
Mckinley in the last campaign is full
Of significance. It Is a stubborn fact
confronting the Democratic party to-
day, suggestive Of reproachful remem-
brances and fearful menaces. What q
reflection that this new Democracy did
not carry state where the issues were
discussed and judgment passed by the
people upon them on their merits. OF
course with us 1t has been impossible
to decide elections upon issues. It has
been simply question of white SUI
premacy. In the North and the West,
dissolved into factions, tainted by the
errors Of Republicanism and the follies
of Populism. the party could not with
stand the tide Of popular opposition ex-
cited by unreasonable criticism of the
conduct Of foreign war, and by the
vicious and incendiary appeals made
during the last month of the campaign
to class hatred and prejudice.
Fundamental principles were lost
sight Of, and in an insane effort to Sc
cure party success at any cost, the at
tempt was made to combine socialism,
Populism and sectionalism, with moth
Ing but the sentiment and traditions of
Democracy. The real Democratic lead
ers in the senate for the past three
years have been Allen, Teller and Pet
tigrew, all Of them able men; but one
Populist, one a high-tariff Republican,
and the other do not know what. All
Of them opposed to state banks of is
sue, with proper safeguards, and most
other things we need in the South.
This was called the New Democracy"
in contradistinctiop from the old, and
nf ifc 1oo1orc tot fdok
creeds were revolutionary and were so
designed to be.
To sow discomfort with Industrial
conditions and distrust Of the govern
Ing power; to array class against class,
In the hope Of securing fancied social
and Industrial equality, is to my mind
the first step in revolution. The South
Is the American end Of America. In
no section is there so small foreign
element, so much conservatism, -and
so pure patriotism. What political
paradox then it Is for our people to be
the allies Of professed revolutionists
elsewhere.
1t was not the pure type of South
ern Democracy that the balance Of the
country feared in the last presidential
election. They knew that properly in
terpreted this was conservative and
safe. 1t was we'll understood, however,
what influences. dominated, and that,
therefore, the South in National affairs
was still powerless. One doubtful
Northern state had then and has now
more influence than the entire South
combined. One party says, "Why
should consult you; I can hope for
nothing?" The other says, "I've got
you anyway. and will do as I please:
help yourself If you can."
What a position for a brave, high
the miserable slaves Of one party and
the football Of the other. [Applause].
I, for one, do not believe that the
people Of the South are ready to trust
this government into the hands Of this
so-called New Democracy to begin
the leveling process through the exer-
else Of the taxing power; and yet this
Is exactly what this new propaganda
means; and outside Of the South 1t Is
proclaimed by the very same class
who preach and practice social equali-
ty between the races. The two dogmas
are inseperably interviewer. Go into
the West, attend one Of their campaign
meetings, scratch beneath the skin
and you will find the same old social
equality dogma, to the tune Of which
the soul Of John Brown is still march
ing on
Taxation for the purpose Of equaliz-
ing or redistributing property is rank
socialism; not democracy. Let it take
hold in the South and with it will go
those barriers which we have erected
to maintain the purity Of our race and
the integrity Of our civilization.
Another thing. To my mind it Is fol-
ly to oppose expansion under the name
Of imperialism. It deceives no man Of
intelligence. He understands that
there Is no analogy between this coun-
try and the Roman empire, and that
those who talk Of Imperialism do not
take into account that power which Is
born Of our free institutions, a fortress
in the hearts Of our people stronger than
any ever built Of stone. AS long as this
is there they can never become slaves;
and when it Is dead it matters not
whether under republic or empire, they
become an easy prey. 1t depends up
on the people, not the government,
whether they be slaves or freemen. 1t
is the people that make the govern
ment, not the government the people.
With a brave, strong, intelligent peo-
pie, with a free press and popular ed