The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-04-26


puro patiotism. What political
paradox thon it is for our people to be
Tho allies cf professed revolutionists
elsewhere.
1t was not tho puro type OF south.
oin Democracy that the balance OF tho
country feared in tho last presidential
election. They knew that properly in.
terproted this was conservative and
safo. 1t was Well understood, however,
what il nauoncoB dominated, and that,
therefore, tho south in national affairs
northorn State had thon and has now
moro influence than the entire south
combined. Ono party ssy e, Why should
| consult you, own hope for nothing.
Tho otht Gays, Ivo got you any way,
and ] will do as I please; holp yourself
il You can. Wbata position for a bravo,
high'spirited people bound hand and
foot, the miserable slaves of one party
aud a football for the other al.
/, for ono, do not believe that tho
people Of the south tre ready to .ust
this g,vernment into the hands of
any party to begin the leveliDg process
through the exercise Of tho taxing
power; and yet this is exactly what
this new propaganda mcays. and out,
sido Of the south il is proclaimed by
tho very same o'ass who preach and
praotioc social equality between tho
raoos. Tho two dugmss are inseparably
interviewer. Go into tho west, attend
ono Of their campaign meetings scratch
beneath the skin and you will find the
Same old social qiua'iiy dogma, to tho
tune Of which tho soul Of John Bro sn
il still marching on" Taxation for
tho purpose Of cqualizipg or redistribu
Ting property is rank socialism, not De.
moeraoy, Lot it take hold in tho south
and with it will go those barriers whiob
we have erected to maintain tho purify
Of our race aud tho integrity Of our
civilization.
Another thing to my mind it. is folly
to oppose rxpAn sion under the namo
of imperialism, 1t decoivos no man Of
intelligence. He undersi ards that thero
is no analogy between this country and
tho Roman Empire, aud that those
who talk of imperialism do not take
into account that power which is born
Of our free institutions, fortress ia
the hearts of our people stronger than
any ever built Of stone. AS long as
this is there thoy can never. beoomo
slaves; and when it is dead it matters
not whether under republic or empire,
they become an easy prey. 1t depends
upon the people, not tho government,
whether they be slaves or freemen. It
is the people that mako the government
not tho government the people. With
bravo, strong, Intelligent people, with
free press and popular education,
there can be no imperialism. Why
should wo be afraid to trust oursolvea?
The whole tendency Of the times and
the spirit Of tho age is toward Dcmocra.
tic instead Of imperialistic ideas Of gov
ernment. L. >s AZ! 95 +, g 81.
The throne Of The Grest White
SQaSyH trembles today ats ho Il yoar.s Of
the j .m6Ufaiio Lion, & aud the echoeB
roBound .evon from the far of Orient.
Our people unde erstand that it is not
actual territory or dominion over people
that we seek, but the expansion Of
American thought, ideas of government
commerce. and civilization. Political
leaders might we'll learn that the law
Of progress will sweep away as chaff
those who would place barriers against
this mighty tide which Is destined to
spread the Democratic idea Of govern
mont to the uttermo1t bounds Of the
earth. My definition Of Democracy is
liberty for man, formulated into q
theory Of governne It means man q
inalieDable ownership Of himself, it
means free thought and free speech.
s.. In the dark ages of tho past some
poor slavo raised his bowed head and
looking up into the blue sky caught in
spiration from Gods free air and sun
shine that he also Of right was free, and
ever since, that vision of liberty has
been an undying revelation for every
age and all olimos. Grociau and Roman
slavos saw the heavenly light, and
facing their masters swords, bravely
diod. Saxon ohurl with wooden COLLAR,
and our own fathers, at Uowpens and
Kings Mountain, looked upon the ce
lestial picture, and with a smile Of joy
gave up thoir lives.
Why need true Dem ocracy hunt for
issues iD our relations with foreign
countries? 1t is upon domestic prob.
lems, tho rights Of man and man, the
relation of labor and capital and its
stand upon those homo Issues that has
endeared it TO tho people in the past
and upon which it must finally stand or
fall. 1t ia folly..to attempt to dwarf
ereat national and international issues
into mtre questions Of party policy; it
failed in tho last campaign, and will
fail every iime it is tried. 9
Every momber Of the American con.
gross, when it comes to foreign policy
foreign war, and army, navy, NOR
chant marine, or any other question af-
footing our honor as a nation, or our
prosperity as q people, should be free
and untrammeled to vote as his judg.
ment and conscience dictates, For N.Y.
solf, | would not, under existing con.
ditions, be willing to hold seat in the
United States senate upon any terms.
TO allow others TO think for mo upon
these great questions is oowardly ova
sion Of my responsibilities, and crimi
nal negloot of tho true interosts of those
who select mo. am rejoiced tonight
to bs in the presence of 80 many Of the
groat captains of southern industry.
You are tho mon whose enorgy. and on.
terpriso are developing our natural re.
SOURCES and thus laying the foundation
for the full chi ,yment by our section
Of sll that must follow in the wake Of