The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-11-08
A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM

Under the leadership of Governor
Woodrow Wilson the Democratic party
has won its greatest victory since 1882.
But this victory is no tawdry. partisan
triumph. 1t is no vote OF confidence IN
the Democratic party, simply as party.
1t is the mandate from the people, and
woe be to the leaders Of the Democracy
if they falter in obedience to that man
date
The country is seething with political
discomfort, in spite of lis unparalleled
material wealth and prosperity. This
discomfort is confined to no particular
class or section. Rich and poor alike,
children OF fortune, and children of pow
ertv, have begun 10 lose faith in the eff
! caCv of their government TO establish jus
! ice and 10 promote the general welfare
| They are not sure where the taul. lies;
they are not united As 10 the remedy; but
( tins they do kuow-that their institutions
/ have been seized by the privileged inter-
/ esis and turned against them; that subtle,
! mysterious forces operat ng unseen have
| proved time after time that their power
| over public affairs was greater than the
power of the people as whole, and they
| demand that their government be eman-
| cipated from this partnership
/ This is the great work that Confronts
/ Woodrow wilson and the Democratic
! party-to restore popular confidence in
| the institutions of the Republic and to
/ re establish government of the people,
( BY the people, and for the people.
/ For sixteen years the Republican party
/ has been IN continuous control of ma
/ tiOnal affairs. In 1896 it polled 7,IO4, 799
( votes. In 1900 il polled S, 2o7. 1928 votes.
In 1904 it polled 1913, 1876 votes. In 1903
/ it pohed 7,-6S 9oS votes. But suddenly
! this seemingly invinclble organization
/ came crashing down to ruin because it
had not Kept the faith. The Democratic
party in Turn will go crashing down to
ruin II II does not keep the faith.
The American people are no longer
/ hypnotized by party labels and party
emblems. They are, on the contrary,
/ concerned with the principles OF good
government, and with parties as means
OF tranSldtng those principles into action.
They have made Woodrow Wilson the
President because they believe that his
ideals are their ideals; that his courage
5 their courage and that ne will nni
way to right the wrongs against which
they nave protested so strongly.
ideals, of smaller ability could not have
won the victory that Governor Wilson
won on Tuesday, November 5th. He
could not have appealed to the magma
tion of the country as Woodrow Wilson
appealed toit. No man has ever been
elevated TO the Presidency who was more
fully the peoples President than this col
lege professor who scorned the support
OF the Piuiocracy. 1t is a tremendous
compliment that the voters have paid to
him, but the responsibility is equally as
great
Ii he should fail. the consequences
must be doubly disastrous. If he sue
cesds, as The H0yii believes that he will,
a new era will have begun in American
history, with a new vindication of Re
publican Institutions and new vindica-
uon Of the immortal principles of the Re-
public. This nation will indeed have,
new birth Of freedom.-New York
World.