The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-09

I ciaIism Ne wonder that AZ Ire posi-
\ BE success Of the Democrats party,
! the benefeiaries Of tbis rObbor tariff
/ threatened the country with ruin, claim
/ iBg e Il the effect Of the success Of the
1 Democratic party. Can any one Won
/ der that the benefciarieg Of such eX-
cessiVe tariff rates DO, every fouFyears.
threaten the people with ruin if an at
/ tempt is made 90 change the laws BY
which such eNactions shall ceasel Dur
Ing the last campaign they threatened
ruin and destruction IN case Of success
/ Of the Democratic party. Many men
quiVered IN their boots for fear Of such
disastrous consequences. But when
viii the people be strongerg WIN the
/ people Be stronger 20 assert their rignt9
after ~ or IS years more Of Republican
rule IN the sO-ealled interest Of the la-
boring mani Will they be stronger
when not 6, 200 will own one nth Of the
property Of the United States, but
100 men shall have owned % OF so per
cent OF the wealth Of the country
''In their platform they declared that
they had destroyed slavery. How long
will Il Be before this policy Of theirs
WI enalave. not only the former slaves,
bat the white men tOO7 / deny even
that they destroyed slavery. One Of
the greatest men that the United States
ever produced, Abraham Lincoln, ID bis
inaugural address, stated: II have no
purpose, directly or indirectly, % inter-
fere with the institutions Of slavery in
the States where Il now exists. ] be-
lieye / have no right 70 Do 90, and
have no inclination 10 do 30. The free
ing Of the slaves was simply an incident
Of the war between the Statse, due 20
secession. These seeding Southern
States, now politically called the Solid
South, were first taught the right Of
secession by the action Of the New Eng.
land States. They might equally be
called the Solid New England. -
Governor Gilchrist quoted josiah
Quincy, John Quincy Adams, Daniel
Webster. Coy. Plummer, Of New Hamp-
shire, Julian Hawthorne, and other
New England authorities TO show that
the spirit Of secession was long rampant
in New England prior 10 the civil war.
The Governor proceeded:
"If the Democratic party had not
been defeated IN 1880 by having more
than one candidate in the field, it is
quite probable that the now sOlidly Re-
publican New England States would
have seeded. The Democracy OF the
Solid South has never yet claimed that
the Constitution was a compact with |
He'll, and an agreement with Death.
The question OF secession and OF Ella |
very, growing out of the war between |
the States, has undoubtedly been settled |
for good and these questions have been |
settled right. The Democrats Of the |
Solid South are, without doubt, salts !
fed with the result. 10 u safe 20 say |
there 70 not more than one In 10 thousand
In the South today who would Feinstate |
slavery II they could. The New Eng |
land ancestors Of the Republican party |
were largely responsible for slavery at
lie inception. The Republican party In
Ice platform now talks about having /
freed the slaves They never did any
such thing. Their freedom grew out Of
= war incident % secession, the seeds
Of which they had themselves sOwn.
They simply make this claim in order 10
have and 20 hold the negro vote. They
assuredly need al Of them they can get.
Instead of the Republicans claiming
that they freed the slaves, their state
ment would have been more accurate
had they claimed that In open defiance
Of the Constitution they enfranchised
The negroes" Governor Gilehrist de-
slared, adding that be was opposed 20
the agitation OF the unconstitutiOnality
1f the fifteenth amendment 20 the Fed
sral Constitution being started by any
Southern legislature or State, believing
that Il will be raised, sooner or later,
by what Burns calls 1.-THE uncO guild"
ut can safely be. affirmed that sooner
Dr. later, when the Asiaties become vo-
.erB In California and elsewhere on the
Pacific Coast, or when the colOred con-
tingent OF Springfield, Ill, and of
Springfield, o., or OF Pittsburg. Pa, or
Df other cities and States, become too
aggressive, and that when the G. o. p.
Fan no longer use the Brother In
Black, that this question will be set
tied right by the Supreme Court Of the
United States, / am opposed 10 lie pre-
lentatiOn now, or 10 Us presentation by
any Southern State"
Taking up President Taft's plea for
greater division Of political sentiment
md afliliatiOn In the South, Governor
said:
President TAFT, undoubtedly q good
nan, and one worthy Of the high Office
>f President Of the United States, IN q
speech In Philadelphia, April 18th, 10
looking forward 10 q division IN the
parties Of the South, 90 that there shall
DO tolerance Of political opinion, 90 that
n their State governments and In their
national affairs there shall be more than
,ne political creed % be subscribed and
He furthermore aava. Il