Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-14

STAKEHOLDER in his efforts to perpetuate
the institution of human slavery and to
extend slave labor at the expense OF free
labor The sacrifice of principle neces-
STATED by this relationship led to rapid
decay. The party ceased to produce
great leaders. Men of conscience and
courage, like Thomas II. Benton, left
it. The significance of this period is the
Illustration it gives of the disastrous re-
suits of betrayal of principles, to the
morals, honor and usefulness of a party.
The people have not trusted the Demo
cratic party since, except during the two
brief Nightmares of the Cleveland ad-
illustrations.
Party's Shameful Record.
Founded on the wrong side of moral
and political ethics, it spent the first
sixty years of it's existence along the
lines of ACKNOWLEDGMENT and narrow
partisan legislation While processing
in its platforms to be the friend Of the
masses, it persistenly enacted laws
which bound them to penury and 4is-
tresS While publicly advocating
broad, intelligent citizenship, it voted
against individual freedom While beat
ing the tom-tOms for prosperity to the
people, it voted against cheap postage,
the Homestead law, and the Resumption
Of Specie Payment. Claiming to be in
favor of a higher standard of living for
the workingman, it enacted free-trade
measures which sent. him into indefinite,
enforced idleness, and reduced him and
his family TO the level of the pauper
labor of Europe. Processing the utmost
patriotism, it gave all possible aid to
the rebellion
Some Comparisons.
Contrasted with the grand old Repub
lican party: the one abolished slavery,
the other upheld it to the last; the one
put down the rebellion, the other sup
ported the rebellion; the one preserved
Il National faith and credit, and paid
tb National debt, the other tried every
st eme and expedient to stultify the re-
public and avoid the debt; the one pre-
served the standard of value unchanged,
the other sought to tamper with it and
destroy it.
Gets Worse Instead of Better.
The professions and promises of the
Democratic party. during the past forty
three years, and the absence of all per-
fcrmance are as notorious as ever They
show the lack of ideas. or purpose, but
abound in hypocritical dogmas and
fiatulent pretenses. 1t has reversed"
itself on almost every important Ma
tional measure and brought upon itself
the ridicule of right-thnking people.
Apr1pos of this deporable condition in
the party, mfr. Dooley" proposed the
following want ad., little while before
the st. Louis convention:
"WANTED-A good. active, energetic
Dimmycrat, sthrOng iv lung an limb;
must he in favor Nv sound money, hut not
too sound; an anti-impeeryalist, but FIR
hodin' onto what we've got; an inimy OF
thrusts but a friend ~ organized capital
sympathzer with tn crushed an down
thr0dden people, but not be amy means
hostile to vested INTERESTS; must advocate
sthrikes, govern mint be injunction, free sill
yer, sound money. greenbacks, single
tax, tariff fr rivinoo, tn constitution
to follow tn flag as far as II can, an no
farther; civil service rayform iv tn aads
in office, an all tn great an gl0ryous
principles Nv our grreaI an gloryous party,
or amy great an gloryous parts thereof.
He must be akelly at home in Wall street
an tn stock yards, in tn parlors Nv tn
r-riCh an tn kitchens Nv tn poor"
CleveIaudisu and Democracy.
During Cleveland's administration our
National debt increased half million
dollars a day in the face of the party's
promise of better times. Each day We
lost half a million dollars in foreign
trade. During that administration the
value of farm products decreased more
than FIVE hundred million dollars. Dis
trust and panic paralyzed the great in
dustrial system of the country. Banks
closed their doors; business houses as
signed; the balance of trade was against
u.s. capital withdrew from the fields of
legitimate enterprise into secret places
labor was forced into unwilling ideness
we had deserted mills, smokeless facto-
ries. silent machinery. We had tramps
and beggars, industrial armies, STARVING
women and children. Two million able
bodied men were begging for work
the opportunity to earn bread for their
starving families.
Unworthy OF Existence.
This happened during the administra-
ton of the Democratic party which dur
ing fifty years has added nothing to
progress, nothing to the cause of liberty.
nothing to freedom, nothing to the glory
of our common country. This is the
party that, no matter what it promises.
always goes into partnership with calam-
ity. 1t feeds on disaster and fattens on
despair. The only time it has had con-
troll of this country duringI this gener-
alton. it shut the doors of industry and
clothed labor in rags. 1t fought under
the dishonored banner of free silver, it
opposed keeping our flag in the Orient,
and advocated that it be lowered in
retreat and trailed in the dust of dis
bonor Guah Is n nart of tho rapord of