The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18

insist upon her full rights IN the u
cfls OF the party. The southern DEM
ocrats submit: they let heir northern
brethren dictate to them the platform
and the candidates. When election day
comes they give these then hearty
support and return a solid electqo,
vote for the nominee, while n
Gratis of the north desert the st nd.rd
and allow he election to g against
them by default or else Ute the re.
publican ticket by ageement with
their political eneny in order to Sc
cure victory on SITE or local tickets.
AS The Gazsse-Messenger says. 4.
Is time an en- was put to this state
OF aHairs|The northern democracy
must u1erstand that that of the south
~hers5fter will insist upon its proper
Xeognition in national conventions or
the northern democrats must do the
voting as well as the nominating.
The Gazette Messenger says:
The result Of Tuesdays election
must convince every self-reepecting
southern democrat that his emanci-
patton in national democratic politics
has arrived. In other words, it is
time for the southern democracy 20
be free to assert itself in naming a
representative on the democratic pres
ldential ticket, and unless this and
other prerogatives be granted, the
nee solid southern democracy shall
refuse to any longer support purely
sectional nominations.
In every national campaign the
south. politically. has no status. That
is, it is left out of the political count.
.solid' for whatever may be labelled
democrat" be it Greeley or any ms
else. 1t has representation in
tional conventions and casts it's votes
for candidates, and hurrahs over h
nominees. but that ends it on both
Sides. The republicans simply turn
their attention to other sections. while
the democrats do about the same.
while the southern democrat rushes
into the campaign, exerts his own
energy, spends his own time aild
money, and returns the south solid for
the national ticket, and these electoral
votes are received without even a
word of thanks, while northern states
secure the benefits which hard fought
owe political territory must always
give, even to the losers.
The prisciples of democracy, north
and south, are shown by the election
November Sth, to be quite divergent.
The national platform declared for
certain issues, named a candidate who
was said to stand for principles which
would secure the voters, and the re-
suit is the south stands alone. Civ
ing its electoral vote, while the north
ern democrats, who named the man
and the platform, failed to give a
single vote. 1t makes the south ap-
pear ridiculous. It had little voice
in naming the nominee and in deter
mining the platform, but gave a
imous vote to assist the section which
had all the say, but which gave no
vote.
Henceforth there will be no south to
give all, and receive nothing. There
must be a political recognition after
this, or the south will not give its
solid vote for nominee and platform of
the section which suits itself in the
final vote-to cast it Or not as local
conditions may best profit the party
leaders.
AS a political section, the south
henceforth should dictate, instead of
being made the compliant and easy
tool of politicians, who are for their
individual interest, first, asst and all
the time.