The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-03
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too numerous to mention, to such an ex-
tent that caused one of the great Repub-
! lican leaders to say to his own party:
Many birds of il-omen have flocked to
the Republican party during the last few
years. Undesirable tenants, that are drlv-
ing out the righttul owners" l presume
he alluded TO the sixth element, that he
saw usurping the high positions in his
party, which is the clement that WISHES
to return to reorganize the Democratic
party. Whether the Union would have
been divided had the South won, depend
ed entirely on the conduct of the North.
If it had been willing to quit its efforts
| to legislate against Southern interest, IN
the Halls of Congress, President Davis
and General Lee and the gallant leaders
of the Southern army with the C9nteder-
ate Congress would have extended the
hand of friendship, and continued the
Union, without loading them with u gang
of carpet baggers, and plunderers; which
would never have occurred in South,
had Lincoln have lived. The late adop-
tion of the Panama treaty fastens the lie
on the North and the Republican party
ana every element in it, when it again de-
nies that the South had not the right to
secede, and brands forever as vile hypo-
critics the elements in the North that will
again call the Southern soldier a traitor,
for defending the sanctity of his home
| from an invader The war was not be-
tween Republicans as Lincoln represent
ed Republican and the Democrats, but
between the North and South on the
| State right question involved between
the South and the Lincoln type of Re
pubhcans, who were not peaceably allow
ed to withdraw, but who were forced into
the war by the radical elements in the
Lincoln party. When Mcclellan faced
Richmond in command of the Union
army, he was a Democrat, as his son is
now Democrat, and the Mayor OF New
York. The Democrats polled more votes
for McClellan's father than there were
soldiers in the Southern army, and had
| the foreign element imported here and
hired to fight the South, been debarred
| from voting, Democracy in the Union
army and the North would have nearly
put President in the White House from
the Union army camp before Richmond,
without the electoral vote from single
Southern State, and yet, for nearly forty
years we have been nauseated with the
waving of the bloody shirt and the story
that the Republican party in the form of
Republican soldiers on the battle field,
saved the Union, and this idea is taught
and beat into the heads of the children of
/ the schools throughout the North. The
Union soldiers saved the Union, and the
Union army of the men native born. was
composed of nearly as many Democrats
as Republicans. fighting for the princi-
pies of maintaining the old flag, and
many men in the South believed in the
Union. and are voting against Demo
rcacy. and every interest of the South on
the idea that Democracy was against the
Union, while in fact Lincoln's Union prin-
ciIlc is today the principle1 of Demo
cracy, and no Democrat ever fought as a
Democrat politically speaking, against the
Union. We are confronted with the state
ment that we have bryan Democrats. Hill
Democrats. Cleveland Democrats, North
ern Democrats and gold Democrats Now,
Iif all these clements, like the elements
that roost under the Republican canopy,
would rally under the Democratic canopy,
not for the purpose of promoting the isms
of each class, but for the one sound prn-
cple Of Democracy. like Paul said, "Ye
can be neither of Peters persuasion or Of
Johns but we must all OF one persuasion,
on the one principle of our Great Re-
deemer.' So the four classes operating
with the Lincoln party, few of them were
on the battle field for they had nothing
for their ism but fanaticism. qualification
of Southern hatred, hope of plunder and
the dream of office. and strange to say
the four vicious elements finally got con-
troll of the Republican party. Hence
Lincoln's principles were discarded, by
these elements, in his party, and defeated
the method Lincoln proposed, for calling
home what he considered the prodigal
sons. They have risen into power on his
principles. but have prostituted nearly
every sacred hope he advocated and
cherished. His party has in it today
every one Of ~ f''o clements, that were
tf"~" when the war began, hut the first
and the Lincoln element isi nearly extinct.
The fifth element was the money element
chat Lincoln feared above all others
would get into power, and the Constitu-
ton he fought to strengthen by Il strong
er Union of the States W ould be prosti-
tuted. and the principles of the Govern
ment weakened. To the fift h element, tho
sixth element led by Paine and Buclsner
was added, and by their aid the money
rover was practically put in control, and
Lincoln's fear and prophecies practically
fulfilled, that if these elements, which are
neither Republican nor Dem ocratic, got
IN power they would advocate coercion of
The common people, adopt forei gn policies,
pace the money power above the COM
mon people in the structure of. the Gov
q ohEaent, adopt commercialism i'm perialism
and secession, and the peoples liberty
would gradually be destroyed, anil Demo
cracy is invited today by tho
sixth clement to get power and
surrender principle. In the wake of
the eth and 9Th elements, the old radical
element is still heard abusing the South,
advocating negro social equality which is
neither Republican or Democratic. but
radicalism. Now and then from man
like Senator Teller or Senator Cullcrn the
diving echoes of Lincoln principles arc
heard. Such is the Republican rrty to-
FAY. corrupting and destroying the, sa
credness of the franchise. by the use of
money, as absolutely reversed ana differ.
ent in the principles, for which the Union
army fought, rs white is from blaclx
When thp South law down