The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-19
Leftsrs to The Editor
MIR. ACEE REMOVES
 SOME UISAPPREHENSIONs


 Dates CempIssnea Of Were Das Ts Certsin issnsr,.
 Editor Advertiser,
 AZ tc the publication of my Sparta dass & ss s pointed ssa hCs,s'f ous By n MT. Gori. setts but thought 1t not of sufiicient importance to nave corrected. II was written hh lss, ins,sad of lsys .1p s. pr,nsssa .s reconcile the patent mistake from the context. My hand is not so steady. My chirosraphy not so plain as type. sionai typoEraphicsi errors. Nor do I to dates. have no memoranda to re- fer to and depend entirely on memory. Printers sometimes change or leave out words. In the same Sparta letter wrote that did not see the Spartan hand. or pand of Spartans, not even sent.nce was dropped. am willing to divide responsibility with the printers for most errors. except when too glar- ing. IL would be asking too much of publishers to correct all typosrsphi-
 As to Col Langdop intended to pay a tribute to his honesty. fidelity and patriotism. and regret that that, was sss votes which defeated him. know that the bankrvpt law was unpopular in those days. and had been used
 The question of secession was not an issae in 1857. Approval or disap-. proval of the compromise measures of 1850 was discussed. There had been among Democrats since the days of Jackson and Calhoun.
 selma, Aug. 1s.
 Recreant Democrats.
 Editor The Advertiser:
 The last National Democratic plat form-the last authoritative definition Os Ss Sns wsns' tSe Ss sne mediate repeal of the tariff on wood pulp. print paper. lumber. timber and logs, and and that that , these articles be placed
 Notwithstandine this plain and posi- tive declaration of the position of the Democratic Party expressed in this plank of its platform; notwithsta nding the pledge of every 0rsanizstda ansta psmo- De 9o- office, to support the platform oe his party. we have recently witnessed the spectacle In Congress of Southern Dem- ocrats-Aiabama Democrats-ign bring their piighted political faith. and shamelessly joining hands with Ala rich and Payne and the whole crew of ssop1s ss antoas in Sns ssr SUa tSs has just passed Congress, increasing the rates of the oppressive Mckinley bill observe that the Representative Ihe Voted to Sass Q. bish If duty on imported lumber, In re- sponse, possibly, to the organized urg- ency of a few wealthy timber and of ons n nos Ss Would be benefited by such duty; and when, in order to secure such protection for timber and lumber. he had to become party to the whole scheme of high AR. al "a fn nVaI A ments and other necessaries of life tn- tering into the daily consumption of the great body of his constituents. If the toiling masses are. not organized to influence the sympathies and sup port of representatives by the use of ingenious Embellishments known to modern political expedieney. they have, tion day, to remand these apostate rep- resentatives to back seats. as pun ishment for the past, and as a warning for the future.
 tion by Democrats is the discourage- ment and disappointment of those pro- gressive Republicans of the West who incurred the hostility of the stand-pat- ters of their party by coming to the aid of those Democrats who were fight ing Cannon imperialism, the high tar if and the pampered interests" These tbeIz pack hana nS forrnss ana d dsstroved vd their usefulness as advocates of Dem ocratic doctrine. and are now being welcomed by Republicans as converts to the protective policy of the govern ment If a protst Is not made by the Democratic press against such betrayal of party pledges, the waning respect for party platforms will be lost alto gether. and our party will degenerate
 E. P. Morrissett.
 Lower Peach Tree. Ala.