The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-11-15
BILL ARp's LETTER
DO GsiiusS, tihei y JiiIerepoe Bs,wesn
Democrats and Republicans &.

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Democrats and Repub bliosns ] & i
10 tho .yiotors bb,lopg tAo ,gpoils.' \.
This was an old war maxim Of ths R,.,
mans in julius Cmjsr'y days rand was !
akin to that other ono, .1'yao viotis.n 9
WOO unto the conquered In 1881,
when Gonoral Jackson was sweeping tho
fold and removing from federal ofios
eyory Whig who had been appointed,
William i Marcy. SwhoS*es in 1 tho
United States eopato, defended him in
Q groat speech and promulgated that
maxim, ITO tho yiosors bolong tho,
spoils." Marcy was d vory. brilliant
stAtosmsp, but very bitter partisan.
He ~As governor OF Mawi Yoik throe
aoo,otary Of war undor Polk, secretary
OF state undor Pisfco.s aid DO asod this
maxim just as far as'ho was allowoa to.
Hc detostod tho whjg psrty and defined
an old limo whig to. be "aooneeited gem
tloman who took:1a ..driok when ho
pleased and mover voted the Democratic.
tiokot." 5so59 q yEi4tlY q sS~s
This reminds mo Of on old man I
met in Arksnsas, who eaid to mo '.Mr.
Arp, LIN gwino onto 80 years old-mo
and my old oman have lived together
fifty. nino years and jined tho Same
Baptist. chuch tho year wo vas msr,
ricd and cvory yesr rbinoo sthonI have
voted the Democratic tiokota /. His
politioa WAS 9 good part Of His religion. 4
| remember Ehsn the. ss4iopstton bo-
tweon WhisnSand DSmoSrsls vhd duitos
as bitter for many yeagb ssiit fiab boon
betwoon Republicans aad Democrats
st tho southT7s6oial equality oven III
small towns wSd strained By politics.
This alienation got Into tho churches
and colleges. ,Tboro was no outward
breach OF good manners, but it. was,
.nanifest'd in various ways that tho
Wings foit they wose botter than the
Dtmoorats, for they wero generally
wealthy and educated. Odtl Of 165
stuaents in our State university III
1876, l3O Of them ware soDe oflWhigs.
am utill Is Dsmoorst and my father
was boforo mo, but I:hAya always ro-
apoctod the grand old Wing. pAFky Of
the south and lsmontod i'll disruption.
| still remember with pride to tie
namoa Of Toomba, Ssephe1S,,S BoH Hill
Jonkins, Dr. Millor Crawford, Barrioni.-
yho Halls aud Holts aud III ndorwooas 30
aud Doughertys for lka5w them Ill
personally. and heard thom on tho.
ssump and in shc.fofu6d. But Tho dis"
ruption had como both pIohuroh and
state. Tho Wings oou'fdshtt any lopg6r
stand The company hoy Wero ia-.-aorshS
ern Wings bycamo' Republicans and af.S
filiated With abolitioniasia their politi.
csl platforms They preeipitated tho
OWL war, and from that.Wfs: bora plun.
dor and corruption. / do..pot in San 10.
say that all Demooras aro pstEiotio aud
honost nor that all Ropnblioans are
upprinolpatod and dishonest When
eur unsophistioatod preacher Ed Axson,
said 70 Judge Underwood that ho could
not believo Tweed ,@ss guilty Of stesl
ing ell that mopey,in Nov y 4k city.
for' TWed was afDsmhcrst,,st tho jRafo
smiled and said: "My dcar BIZ, q you
are too innooont and unauspe otisk to
1.-Two in this wiokod world. | am twice
% old ss you sro and,mY obsesystion,
has beeu tha@ tits :Wtthtn range OF po,-.
slpiiAey ior Is IIomooEat 70 eteat, But
ahat | do aa7 is that tho D9moor tito
parss haa maro copsuiar O, and is leas
grscdJ than the Rapu ollesns, Shortly
alter the Wsr1s Dutsh.nan ntsUhatta-
nooga killed his fsa Hhoto and bung it
up In the baok yard ~. .oool during the
nikht-nsxa Morning he waa Mortified
to find thsta .ono. half OF the hog was
gone. Ho ran around Wild md .was
very much excited ard declared that
uomo old stinkiii' democtat had carried
off one, half OF his baautiful shote!
VIVA. makes you thing no was a
domocrai?2ia neighbor asked, i'fN,y,.
Of COURSE he was q demoofat- Of ,oouraeI
no vas-f for arepublican would havatole
do whole hog" x.5f .,i IS, ~
Thas's it exactly. Thoy ,aaat it,eH.
Isl Bill Arp.