The state herald., 1904-09-16
Its Professions and Promises
Compared with Its
Performances.
vERITABLE CALAMITY PARTY
breaches the Gospel Of Discomfort and
Wastes Time In 0bstructing Wise
and Beneficent Republican
Policies.

Congressman ]. Adam Bede tells of
meeting n typical member of the party
of promises and calamity howlers. The
Democrat had just come out of n saloon
when he told Bede he had been buying
some lining for his undcrcothes. In
reply to Bede's query as to how he was
getting on, the unfortunate disciple OF
Jefferson answered.
THAT his horse went dead and his mule
And he lost six cows In poker game:
Then hurricane came, on u summers day,
And blew the house where he lived, away;
And an earthquake came when that was
And swallowed the land that the house
stood on.
Then the tax collector soon came round
And charged him up with the hole in the
ground"
Bede said that his friend thought that
was carrying the single tax too far. But
IL you could analyze his case and those
OF all chronic complainers and kickers
you would find that, out of hundred
of them, at least ninety-eight ought to
go out and kick themselves.
Short on Performance.
uu lbl hlluN AHt
of the word performance" when ap-
piled to doing anything for the gen
eral good, the Advancement of the hu.
man race, or the betterment OF man.
kind. As party 1t has been trying
to write 1t for more than n full round
century, and yet It has not succeeded in
forming the first letter. To do anything
constructive or of permanent benefit
seems utterly beyond its moral and
psychic conception, or physical capacity
TO perform. Its normal attitude is with
its face to the past and its back to the
future. 1t never sees an opportunity un-
til the issue has been permanently set
tied by the Republican party and public
sentiment. Then II will stand up, with
unblushing and inconceiyable effrontery,
and say: 81 did it."
II the question OF locomotion. with
II, depended upon the two limbs of prom
Use and performance. 1t would limp
through its course a loathsome deformity.
The promise leg would reach several
times around the earth and then to the
moon, while the performance member
could not be found. intact, with n pow.
erful magnifying glass. II has been a
helpless victim OF promisephobia for a
hundred and one years and there is not
a single symptom OF relief in sight The
disease is conceded by the best author.
tiles TO be fatal, but slow death car.
ries its own peculiar form OF retributiye
punishment.
Founded on q Mistake.
Jefferson, its father. while n man of
deep learning and consummate diplo-
macy, hated Washington, and early op.
posed the cardinal principles OF the Fed
eral Government. He organized the
Democratic party to aid him in this OPP
position. Washington and Hamilton
wanted strong protective government,
Jefferson wanted a weak Government
that would govern the least" Founded
on the Idea OF resentment, resistance, ne
CATION. subversion and an academic and
false conception OF personal privilege.
the party has quite naturally been
"forninst" all sane measures directed
toward the healthy progress OF the coun.
try and the real advancement OF its peo.
pie. Being party OF opposition and
obstruction Its policy has been TO preach
calamity and foster discomfort; to prom.
ise everything and actually do nothing.
Party odium Under Jackson.
II Jefferson was the founder Of De.
mocrncy. Jackson Is It's patron saint. Az.
ter the Jenersonian period, 1s0i-25. came
the Jacksonian. lS25-i0. The signih
cancc OF the Jackson era OF Democracy
lies In the fact that he was able to build
a machine from the rabblc or the less
educated classes. that enabled him act
al 80. hta .ta Is, ...,Nt,t ,,st, A.,
the Constitution and against the idea
OF Hepublicanlsm. lie assumed a posi-.
ton between Congress and the people. as
II were: as patriarchal ruler OF the re.
public. The curse OF Jackson's ad.
minl-trntIon was that II weakened re.
spcct for law. The first clear symptom
OF the decline OF healthy political spIri,
was the election aud reelection OF Jack.
son to the Presidency. His admlnisira.
tion paved broad way for the demor,
allzinE transformation OF the American
people. Under Jackson. politics were
vulgarizcj and American society was de.
priyed OF It's rightful Influence over gov
srnmcnt.
Part,ssns, Nat Patriots
The twenty years from III. defeat Of
Van Buren, In 1910 10 the defeat Of
Douglas In 1850 brought additional dis.
as,er and odium upon Democratic nd.
mlpls,rntion. The strength OF the party
hns always rested In the Solid South.
and the uncducnted rlnrar OF our great
cities. During the years mentioned the
Southern Democracy pursued a policy Of
territorial expansion, not out Of patriotic
or broad motives. but for tho sole pur.
pose Of Increasing the number OF slave
States. and thus preserve tho sectional
balance In the Senate. These years are
memorable In history Tor the struggle
for territorial acquisition, the struggle
over tn. wilmnt rrovso, the compro.
mise ~ 1850. the repeal OF the Missouri
Compromise, for the long agony In Kan
sas. for the sensational bred Scott de-
cision. aud for the reconstruction OF the
party on strictly sectional lines.
Rapid Marsi bsca,.
During MI these wclghty history max.
Ing years. the Democratic party was
the willing nccomplice OF the Southern
slave, holder In his Efforts 10 perpetual.
the Institution ~ human slafisy aud 10
extend slave labor NJ the expense of free
labor, The sacrifice u principle neces.
sitniei by this relationship led TO rapid
dcrhy' The party ceased 10 produce
rrent leaders. Men ~ conscience aud
courage. like Thoma. H. llsnion. len
u, Tho Significance NJ this period il the
Illustration I, gives ~ tho disastrous 70.
suits NJ = betrayal of principles. 20 tho
morals, honor and usefulness of = party.
The people have not trusted the Demo.
cratic party sincr, except during the two
brief Nightmares OF the Cleveland al O.