Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-04-10
THURSDAY APRIL 10 1918.
Has COME INTO HER OWN.

MEHg all the long years since be-
&Ee. Thet"late unpleasantness Through
sAe blighEing reconstruction period
down to- this good year of our Lord
1I2-fhe South has been unsWerv-
mEh her support of democratic prin-
eSRleE and policies. She has kept true
DIN great doctrines expounded by the
faEnders of the party and remained
&aedfast to the faith of the fathers,
while other sections of the country
MEEe heEn .Vacoilating between pop
ullGRs socialism, republicanism and
watsnism. Every effort to wean. Her
zEE from the old traditions has fail
@k utterly. The desire of Republican
Raa@s to break the solidarity of good
cd Dixie Land has not been satisfied.
Eh@ arguments that She must sur
ERdaE pEinciplt to secure recongni-
MnzA by the Washington Government
Ill upon deaf ears. And now a day
IazackoHing has come and the Coun-
uy must sit up and take notice.
The present occupant of the White
8OnEEs for the first time in nearly
MB 4, century, is a native Southern
R<E having been born in Virginia,
edHeSted in North Carolina and mar
H1ed In Geogria. Of his official fam
HEs ave are Southern men, and the
eaf @ not yet. The tariff leaders in
Tie House and Senate hail from the
South and both are recognized as ex-
a~GNzS1nably able statemen. The full
responsibility of government once a.
GAIN rests upon the shoulders of South
ez1aMen and they will measure up to
asE opportunities. The new order
at things has provoked comment which
- not without significance. This
Gazae the Houston Post, indicates the
trend the discussion has taken and is
z1EEHting:
IT was inevitable that the south
W0Hld, as soon as the fires of section
N hate had died out and the faIlacies
3<EeHabGcan economic teaching with
E&EReet& 10 the great problem of taxa
11 had been fully exposed to the
apprehension of the mass of Ameri-
AER voters, resume it's former promi-
nance in the public councils and coun-
&& of the nation, for the greatest
RzEesMen the republic has known in
a& Es history were drafted from the
@Ra&h. |
Mating the statement of the New
HEKk Herald, that with the president
@& Eve of it's sons in the present cab
AREn the south is in the saddle the
~EgnmeFy Advertiser makes the
wEEzthOR that the Herald might also
n&R cited the fact that the oath of
WaEME% was administered to a southern
RaRent by a southern chief Justice
& GdR supreme court, which had not
W@WSnuslY happened in the last eighty
YMRER-
Kke Herald. commenting on the sit
mak5QRA observes that the government
ehRBnwerf0f thessouth is now SO large
aS WR 0ee0ut Of proportion to its popu-
n3EuE Not only is this true in the ex-
eEAESB&G branch Of the government, it
WeESG hut in the new congress the
ZEAL leaders are southern men. In
period since the civil war has the
sEZxA been so powerful at Washington
~ liz n0w Ia.
VI Advertiser tells why this is
sz7 Because the south has been
ReaaEast and has kept the faith. 1t
MRssto0d firmly and stanchIy by true
feEH0cratfe principles; it has not been
given to following after fads and fan
ezaHSfEhas chung to it's ideals. Again,
Ehgs south is in the saddle because its
WEBffee men are known to be honest
- tkfg era of graft
Having come into prepondenant
MsWeE again in national affairs, a
maExX responsibility rests upon the
@sosem representatives of the south to
s1n& minor differences, which arise
chiefly from the slight faint with which
GheT may have become infected from
GAOH close association with those quite
RneF&IlX inoculated with the poison
NRgeerm Of fads and fancies, to steer
sacrament back to the fundamental
PRINCIPLES and equitable policies which
uRdR democratic administration, gave
EF the~FepubIic the golden era of firm
aR&s benedcent government that pre-
eede1Ette ffties.
With Woodrow Wilson at the head
chi the government and sound leader
skip I'm both branches of congress, the
Wdfcatfons point to safe and sane
NunseTs SO tremendously carried out
sE to9reasonably meet the country's ex-
QscEadon Of party obligation"
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