Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-10-19
their wrath.

CLelr WrdCn.
No man can read his speeches
and tell what he stands for, ex.
cept that he stands for the mon
ey kings of America, and against
the interest OF the "toiling mass.
es." He was, when Governor OF
New York, allied with the big
monied interests and corpora
tions and against the welfare OF
the people, and if elected presi-
dent, he will be the snbservient
tool of the same crowd.
The people Of the South are
as loyal to the flag and to the
union as are the people of all 9th
er sections OF our common coun-
try. Notwithstanding the I a t
that the shares ofwar seam
ed our hillsides and valleys with
terrible scars. that every South.
ern home was a sacriticial altar,
and the lintels of the door posts
OF nearly every Southern hamlet
were sprinkled with the blood Of
our first born, we thank God that
those scars havel long since healed
on all our hills and valleys, and
in all our hearts and homes, and
that the men OF the North and
the South and their children are
living together in the bonds of
peace and brotherly love. The
men OF the South, as deeply and
tenderly as the men of the North
appreciate the patriotic senti'
ment OF those who wore the Blue
and the Gray:
Each did the duty that he faw;
Each wrought at Gods supreme de.
sign;
And under loves eternal law
Each life with equal beauty Shines"
And yet in the face of these
blessed truths Hughes is attemp-
ting to stir among the dead EN-
bers and arouse a spirit OF Sec
tionalism by crying to his aui-
ence, "The South is in the sad.
dle." This vicious spirit alon e
should turn thousands OF Repub-
leans North and South against
him. Any man who attempts to
stir up bitterness between the dii-
ferent sections OF his country
is unworthy OF public confidence.
When we think OF the great Re-
publican party-the party that
enriched and glorifled the annals
OF ourhistory-the party-great-
est in initiative and achievement
the party of Lincoln, Grant,
Harrison, Mckinley, Roosevelt.
Taft, Blaine, Conkling, and a
great host of immortals-and
then think OF the shifty dodger
Hughes as it's candidate, we real.
ly feel that, for a season atleast,
the ..scepter has departed from
Judah"
When the people know t h
people know the facts, and they
will know them. being more en-.
lightened and independent ofpal
ty dictation than ever before
they will flock to the standard oI
the man who by his great diplo
macy and wisdom has kept oul
j nation out ofwar, has been large
+ ly instrumental in the passage o
5 laws which have brought nation
! al prosperity, widespread appro
val, and the assurance OF a more
glorious future. He is no veile,
prophet; Hughes is nothing else
. He never acts the part. Hughes
d had done little else, since h
presidential bee months agt
stung him as he sat in the chai
). OF an Associate Justice in the Su
q preme court. Wilson is frank
open, candid; Hughes is neither
v but with the studied art OF tn
t Demagogue he wraps authorit.
!. and power in mystery in orde
v to magnify them. PretendinI
v that he did not want the nom
g nation, recent events prove tina
!, he was a most "willin' Barkis
Il and this too in the face OF tn
:. fact that months aOO, he won't h,