The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-26

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isbb. tFfu a.8in dt~r Sa-tn t.ss.st ata
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tir Woo 80 tui issa 10 ~ sss4ta-
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So ouEsclNfs. hr = -faet - "a
~couapHsfent you "isl - b- ua8-s taos
IT. ING every z ~ 9ug- i9 1haN
bDuy u would D@ an assuurptfgu
l. hicu eoul4 10 injustice = you. .Iud
purpose ami. no ,ioub1. would rs con
trayH 10 ta.f 1891 BIZ Is pgrhap a.
towabl. to u ~ fcel Thar - yotr rep
rcSentattNcs YOU tHiniS tpaj o. work
has been honesty douc according -
Our understanding a. tle platform
upon which Sou placed Us and accord
ing to or pledges IN the campaign.
which resulted ~ an Increase 81 -
pcr cont in tie Democratic majority Or
old GuilfVru."
Every man. ne saiI. .hoteyer l.ts
vocation. must - tae last follow tire
thrilling command. Choose ycti THU
day whom you VIII scI,e. = Baal be
God sore him and If the Lord bc God
serNe MIN. Men MI be s,dnc
II tho ballot hos when they are Souna
on the mart"
al pIa forms. senate Hon said
., YOU know we had 10 do scuau
thing i peas. the people. cXclaimcg
4 man who thought he uas straight
forward and upright. when at heart he
MIS- a hEpocrltc IL political life.
platforms are made to get In On. said
a notorious party leader, and he said
-
have not lost their integrity these
platforms can be used tbIt way III,
once. Platforms ought 70 express the
highest thought Of The party: they
ought to indicate principles TO 30 ell
acted into law III ease of success: for
why should people banu themselves
into parties but to carry out certain
principles ana policies or to defend
the came If already upon the law
BOOKS, surely parties are not oncsl-
~ founded merely to aid certain men
to get certain Offices. instead Of lite
minded men in anothc.' party bent on
like purposes. Honest men give al
lcgiancc TO certain principles as set
forth in party platforms and their
servants in legislative or executive
capacity snow a lack of fidelity whcn
they fail 10 carry them out. That
man is unworthy to represent the
| p"op'c who's" majority eiccts him, it
he holds lightly tho toncts, principles
and policies OF those who have hon
orcd MIN. whether he be Republican,
or Democrat. and if he essays to
! write his individual and diverse views
into law instead Of the written sign
manual Of his party. lie does vio-
lcncc 10 thc VIII Of his constituency. II
nc Wilfuli, seeks TO substitute his Own
opinion for theirs expressed ~ cOuNcn-
ton assembled. That minister of the
PRESBYTERIAN church. for Instance, who
standing il tho pulpit. clothed with
til" authority ana vested With tue cr"-
drnt;als Of that church. turns from its
creed ana gives pleasure to lis enc
mics. tuIEctS the nigh estate 70 which
ii has called him aud brings ~rcproach
upon it,. Not less SO, that man On
trusted With oaice who forgots to be
faithful. as IL understands them. to
his part, principles"
"FfdciitA' was one Of the noblcst
virtues. In being faithful the members
from Guilf"rd were supported rs with
Il cloud Of Witnesses by the nobl"
names that ~ to make the history Of
tina greet county and If their de-
s~ccndaEt3 who had trusted them, 70
whom thoy were no. not afraid to
make accounting.
Twice" he said. II followed toe
matchicsS loadcr or Democracy While
not agreeing with him in his diagnosis
of our financial troubles: but I never
LOST sight of the fact that his remedy
lay in tTuc Democracy. the Will of the
people. Twice | saw him go down not
under an oVerpOWering avalanche OF
ballots. but under the combined imam
cial avalanche OF railroad, trust, ana
insurance money. Later I saw the
great New YORK JuTiSt suffer the same
fate though the truth of it was bit
by the beneficiary Of those m~onopolics.
Whether the banner Of Democracy
shall pc carried next Year by the in
comparable BRYAN or by some other
leader | pray God that there n-ly be
no subServicncy to the hosts Of mann
mon for the purposes Of temporary and
meaningless victory: but that we may
biGc our time till the people come to
their own as they must DO in Gods
good time. " "
The Democratic party must stand
for the people against the Interest,"
against monopoly and deleterious COM
bllations. 50 far in North Carolina
there is no great difference of opinion
on this subject. What appeared to
some 10 be 9 cleavage had only TO do
with the rapidity With which We shUuiu
respond to the great popular dGInan
Of leSislatins for the people. No DEM
Ocrat dared to stanG on the floor 81
either chamber and proclaim that mo-
nopolies and trusts are the best for the
people. In the l0bbics one could oc-
c~asiona]ly hear it. with a threat Of
voting the Republican ticket; bu
nearly every vote that seemed 70 be
|nonoplistic was given with an cXpla-
nation that the representative casting
il was opposed to railroad and mopopo-
iistic oppression. If the Democratic
party should become trust ridden, the
voters who arc behind Mr. Roosevelt
in his great fight against railroad greed
and trust combinations would increase
md would finally wage 4 successful.
fight: for do not believe thc pcorie
VIII always continue 20 pass undo iho
yoke Of the monicd captains who have
combined 10 Cypress them. who rob
without conscience and hold VI the
tojling millions With ~affrontclI- II
they co, then the republic IS gone,
ana with it the libcrtv of The fa(hcrs.
ana her there comes Niat has -
often happened in tn" history Of na-
lions. tho beginning Of the end
'"tl1e divine right q tn. dollaf rests,
upon a more tli1l*y foundation Uan
the divine right Of klnSs and aobie
and when either rules in absolute hu-
thority and consequent oppression ~"
pcoulc are no longer free" -
JUDGE StuJuicn tDpiics 'DciDocra'N.
E,irc u a. ~SfudWick, answering