The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-29
Political Events Of the Past En-
cages Barlow Mans Attention.
EXPECTS GOOD THINGS OF ROOSEVELT
William Says Now 10 q Propltlous
Time For a Political Reforma.
tlon and cemsntlng Of Ma.
tlonaI Friendship.

mans IN Julius Caesars day-aRd was
akin to that other one, vac victls. A."
woe unto the conquered. In 1881. when
General Jackson was sweeping the
Held and removing from federal ofBca
everything whig who had been an
pointed, William L. Marcy, who was IN
the United States senate, defended
MIN In a great speech and promulga.
ted that maxim, ITO the vIctors belong
the spolls." Marcy was a very bril-.
liant statesman, but very bitter mar.
tlsan. He was governor OF New York
three terms, judge of the supreme
court secretary Of war under Polk
secretary Of state under Pierce. and
ne used this maxim Just as far as he
was allowed to. He detested the whig
party and defined an old line whig To
be "a conceited gentleman who took a
drink when he pleased and never voted
the democratic ticket" This reminds
me OF an old man l met In Arkansas
VINO said to me, "Mr. Arp, I'm gwine
onto 30 years old-me and my old
oman have lived together Hfty-nine
years and jined the same Baptist
church the year we was married and
every year since then have voted the
democratic ticket" His politics was
a good part Of his religion. l remem.
Der when the alienation between the
wings and democrats was quite as bit.
ter for many years as it has been be.
tween republicans and democrats at
the sOuth-social equality even in
small towns was strained by politics.
This alienation got into the churches
and colleges. There was no outward
breach OF good manners, but 1t was
manifested in various ways that the
wings felt they were better than the
democrats, for they were generally
wealthy and educated and owned
slaves. Out of 165 students In our
state university in 1845, 100 of them
were sons Of wings l am still a dem
ocrat, and my father was before NE.
but have always respected the grand
old Whig party Of the south, and Ia
mented It's disruption. still remem.
Der with pride and admiration the
names Of Toombs, Stephens, Ben Hill.
Jenkins, DR.. Miller, Crawford, Berrlen.
the Hulls and Hollis and Underwoods
and Doughertys, for l knew them all
personally and heard them on the
stump and in the forum. But the dis
ruptioE had come both in church
and state. The wings could not any
longer stand the company they were
in-northern wings became republI
cans and affiliated with aboIitionists
In their political platforms. They pre-
cipitated the civil war, and from that
was born plumber and corruption I |
DO not mean to say that all democrats
are patriotic and honest-nor that ala |
republicans are unprincipled and dis
honest. When our unsophisticated |
preacher, Ed Arson, said to Judge I'm |
derwood that he could not believe |
Tweed was guilty Of stealing all that
money in New York city, for Tweed !
was a democrat, the judge smiled and |
said: my dear sir, you are too limo
cent and unsuspecting to live in this
wicked world. / am twice as old as |
you are and my observation has been
that it is within the range of posi-
bility for a democrat to steal" But
what / do say is that the democratic
party has more conscience and is less
greedy than the republicans. Shortly
after the war Dutchman in Chatta-
nooga killed his fat shote and hung it
up in the back yard to cool during the
night next morning he was Mortified
to find that one half of the hog was
gone. He ran around wild and was
very much excited and declared that
some mean old stinkin' democrat had
carried off one-half of his beautiful
shote. What makes you think he was
a democratic" a neighbor asked. "Vy,
Of course he vas a dlmocrat-of course
he vas-for a republican would hat
stole de whole hog"
That's it exactly. They want It all.
But now is the time for a great reform
alton. Martin Luther brought one In
the church and believe that Roose-
welt will bring one to the management
Of our national affairs. He knows of
the corruption and has determined to
purge it He will appoint good men
TO Office, regardless Of their political
principles He will not be governed
by that maxim Of Marcy's. He is an
ardent believer in civil service re.
form. General Grant had the law pass,
ed in 1872 to stop the public plumber.