The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-04-07

the other socialism. If this coun.s
country Is to be saved it must be by
the farmers vote, and ths Tsii 10 do. !
middle CLASSES holding the balance Of
power and sticking to the principles
upon which the government is found
ed
There must be some power midway
between the 9 extro nes, strong enough
to hold the old ship to It's constitu.
tional moorings, or she will break in
pieces upon tn: rock, on one side or
founder iii the auicksands on the
other.
hava little faith In any political
party; my filth lies In the manhood,
the exceptional manhood, of this re.
public, which has always risen to, ev-
cry emergency. A political party
spends half the time building plat
form to get in on, and then af ter it is
In. spends the other half dodgipg IS.
su trying to stay in.
In the great Industrial war dividing
each year more sharply the masses
aud the clas es in the North and
West, the South alone remains intact,
serene and confident. I have some.
times thought that in the wisdom of
God, like Israel Of old, the South has
been held in political and Industrial
bondage, to educate and prepare her
for the great work of saving the re-
public OF Washington and Of Jefferson.
admire the people of other Sec
tions, but | never go among them,
without instinctively feeling that
there is certain fineness of fi0er, an
exalted love OF country, q reverence
for religion and the sanctity Of home,
that Is peculiar to the men and wo-
Zen Ut the Sauo;;..
solid South with one.t third of
LsSne electoral vote is without Influence
and power in peri, ,cting national poll
c!es, but think can see the time
coming when she will hold the bal.
ance or power, and become the rally
irg pint for the cons .rvativo and
preservative forces in this nation.
Before slavery cast Its dark shadow
over our land, the South give the ma
tion its presidents and shaped its pol
icies. Washington gave it freedom,
jefferson gave it the policy Of expan-
sion, Monr e, the Monroe Doc.
Crins," the very foundat tion of it, for.
eign policy, Madison was introducing
tariff bill In the House at the very
hour when the Senate was counting
the votes which made George Wash
ingtOn It's first President.
The fl st tariff bill for protection to
home fndu ,tries was intro1uc d by
Lowndes, OF Sputh Car 1lina, In 1916,
ard advocated by Calhoun, CLeyes
and Clay, Daniel Webster and other
N w gland Senators opposing 1t.
Exp snsion, pr lection aud the early
policies Of this cove nnont were the
p-Cducts Of Southern genius and
statesm lnsrip G1d sp ed the day
when non sectional patriotism, will
give our Country b ad non. partisan
statesmanship, which will again make
the South the potent facto- in guild
ing and shaping the dest;nies of this
republic
SOUTHERN MAN FOR PRESIDENT.
1t Is time for The people TO make q
patti rm; the politicians have written
them long enough. Mike one in ao-
cord with the commercial spirit OF tbe
ag.; that will appeal to every patri
tic American citizen, North, South,
Eat and West, who doesn't want a
plaut 'cracy on one side or a socialism
on the other, put a 'uthern man on
It,, not because he Is Southernlman.
but because he IS 4 big uToati 7sss.,
can, Call 1t democracy or what you
pl as, l tell you that you can elect
him, Where you will fail with West
ern socialist or an Eastern monopulist,
on platform tinkered aud doc.
lor'd up with u view solely to catch
ing votes.
POLITICAL FRANKENsTEIN.
When l was a boy, l remember
r adir fantastic story, OF a great
German sci mist, VINO conceived THAT
he could or ate life. He dug in the
grave yaris, sat by the dying and
watched the lingering spark expire;
cut up the bodies Of the newly dead
a'd s,u1ied life and death in
every shpe aud form, until he finally
discovered the secret Then he con.
strucJed a great giant form In the
likeness OF man and gave life to this
mass or inanimatn matter. 1t was q
monster: 1t had liSe, cunning and i'm
mense strength, but 1T had NO soul. 1t
wandered the earth fend incarnate
and finally tortured it's Greater to
death. Let US not devel up politi.
cal Frankenstein Ia this country in
the shape OF a party, that wi murde-E
throttle free thought, free speech az,
Independence OF action and bee Ime
master, not the servant, OF its creator.
the people
a representative is not responsible
now to the people who elect him, he
Is responsible to party. He can vote
for the most iniquitous measure on
the calendar and say, "Oh, it was a
purity measure" and that Is sufficient.
Let him advocate any measure or dis.
cuss any doctrine and the only argu.
ment needed to forever damn both
man and measure Is, Hush, or you'll
split the party"
Trust and socialism are both the
outgrowth Of t1o partisan spirit In
this country, for both parties want
success before all else, and each one
filrts with socialism for It's votes, and
caters at the sa uc time to the trust,
for their campaign contributions The
only remedy is agitation and discus
sion, freedom Of thought and indepen-
dence OF action on the part OF the in
dlvidual voter.
More than 200 years ago, the hum
ble men OF Europe sought this conti-
nent humbly feeling that God had set
IT apart az refuge for the down trod.
| den and oppressed. The common mon