Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-04-20
Must Democracy Die
To Be Born Again -?
BY JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES.

most worthy who does not hesitate in
this vital period TO critioise. to chal-
lcngc and 10 demand u the Demo
cratic party has any chance In the
next election. n lies In the complete
separation OF itself from the Repub-
lean party with which 10 has grown
too intimate And We cannot separate
from the Republican party until we
separate from the Republican Demo
Gratis who have Jed us into bad com
pauy
let the fellows who do not believe
D., the things for which Democracy
stands go away to some other party.
Don't Doe afraid 90 let them go. For
every man who deserts the party OF
thc people because 30 stands for the
people there Will be- found hundred
to come bon.
Wc are now compelled 200 separate
fhe democratic Democracy from the
ruiu.uur ucmo,rac, Ou and water
Will not mix The Democratic party
cannot au, longer survive halfpiuto.
cratic and ta.fdemoDral.
Do B.. high time for reorganization
1l psriic. boo the republic. anyhow.
There are Democrats who ought to ue
Republican,. and Republican. who
ought tu hc Democrats iet These men
GuI ibl political level lei them
seek th. camps io which the, belong
Don't be afraid Go where your COM
.,..uons lead ,oH 10 you arc NOT "a
democrat don q bc false to your poiu-
"a. conscience. hut ro right ON to the
Republican camp o. you are not q
Republican. and your interests ue
with che Democratic party come right
.lu to thc fellowship OF your real faith
and your evident welfare The curse
OF au parties is the compulsory .o)a..
ift thaf comes from environment cor
Ierodip The democracy and thc p.u.
to.mr, has, great battle which
must be follht ou. let qIs deht DO
honestly and Ict us have uo halfheart-
et or ukc.varm followers in either
camp
There be- ro nee to get mad about &c.
There is uo way Goo drive tnc RepIb.i-
can Democrats ont of the party The
only thing to do is to commit thc party
o.. principles and platforms $50 essen
luaut Democratic that their fellows
.iU have neither motive nor excuse
I 1000 r.main.nr
Wc UH never have O. rea. Demo
l.ru. parts representing thc majority
IT,, rHr American voters until these
lnUoas au
We .n mover set saiI iuto port unu
a, unload the ballast
have somrimcs asked myself
n ether the Democratic party must
.o., before 90 can bc born again
might find DO easy 90 quote history
i, prove chat uo party so radically o.
l,Hsd as ours ever came into effective
Harmony again without "a burial or a
revolution 10 wac so with the Free
Soil party 20 was so with tho Demo
cratic party which split into fragments
a. the Charleston convention of 1850
aud never came together until q civil
revolution had washed away IFS an
,agonisms Loo blood
| But ~ Dlnul, AFFORD to die now
The south is hcId intact Pay the shad-
eva of negro balance of power. real
or imaginary The party al large Is
held together by the fact that the real
Democracy Is essential to individual
and popular liberty, and because no
iothcr party of possible relief looms
upon the horizon except In crceGs So
radical that the thought and judgment
Of the people is not ready to receive
lie
And We must not die now The
pcmorratic party is worth fighting for
and worth living for. It's principles
can never die. and its organization
,'ong norma and traditional lines Is
too vital To the people aud their inter
,sts
Least of all can We who love the
gnnd old party stand by and see 1t
go down To even temporary disintegra-
tlon without brave and honest effort
to reform its broken lines, 10 redeem
It's drift from the faith Of the fathers,
to bring g. back to the old creeds OF
the people. tu rebuke its enemies with
IN It's ranks. and at the cost of all the
truth, and all the courage and all the
criticism which its errors may require
to rally once more the great people
who are its faithful followers, and To
lcarry It once more 10 wholesome and
glorious victory
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES.
Weds Divorced Wife's Kin,