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VOS CORD, NOV., 7, 1896.
piic. HRHOUITIC PARTY MTIL.I4
JLIVEJ.
There is not hi in the result of
the presidential elec-'n to diahearc-vn-uny
true Democ ; The prin
ciples which the Democratic party
is . identified, by its history and
achievements have not been repu
diated. When Abraham Lincoln fell
under the assassin's hand, James A.
arfielf1, to an excited multitude id
New York, exclaimed : "The pre
sident is deal ; but the government
lives!" -The
candidates who bore the col
ors of Democracy vere overwhelmed
yesterday, but the Democratic party
survives."
The pirty ie no more extinct now
than it was juet after its overwhelm-
iuc defeat in 1872, or its disaster in
1SS8. There were those then who
presumed to write its epitaph and to
ri jo:ce oyer its assumed decease, but
sit tns next national election, after
.lJl of the defeats which we were
toid had finished the Democratic
party, it swept the country like a
Let no enemy of the Democracy
sheriuh now, unchallenged, the
deiujicn that it has received a blow
. from which it will not recover. The
election of McKinley is not the- vie
tor? -of the Republican party ; it is
not the vindication of the protective
tariff svstem. The issue which
;erohaowed all others in the le
" cent campaign was that of a sound
currency, and to it the Democrat c
party waB committed by Jefferson,
its founder, and to it the party has
been true under Jackson, Tildeh,
Clevelind and every other leader
uncter whom it ever marched' to vlc-
' tory. :
It should be remembered that ;the
Democracy has met defeat wherever
it has deserted its original principles
add whenever, for the sake of sup
posed 'expediency, it has mads an
alliance with any element which
did not fully accept and represent its
faith. Nor can it be forgotten that
the Democracy has recovered
with wonderful rapidity; from the
effects of every such false step when
.it returned to its old pathway.
Whenever it has been beaten un
der a new flag it has gone back un
dismaved to the conflict under its
.old standard and renewed its tri
umphs. That the lesson this eloc
ution will be properly understood and
wisely used we cannot for a moment
doubt.. Those who won Tuesday
proclaimed principles for which the
most illustrious Democrats in the
history of the party have contended.
The diatinctive Kepubhcan doctrine
of protection was filirewdly obscured
by the Republican nominee and his
followers. The country was con
fronted by the danger of a debased
currency and the Republican party
pledged itself to defeat it from such
a calamity, In this sign fit con
qdered ; for this reason, and for this
alone, did the people of the United
States consent tc trust that pariy
- - ' y - .
again.
Concerning those who led the
Democracy into the road to ineyi-
table disaster we have nothing to
say in the way of accusation or re
buke. We concede to them honesty
of purpose and courage of convic
tion, but they must realize from the
lesson of Tuesday, as well as from
the result of the past divergencies of
the party from the straight and nar
row path that leads to life, that the
best political expediency is that
which adheres mos- closely to sound
political principles.
We tried a fusion with Republi
canism m 1872 and were deservedly
defeated, we dickered with Popu
. "
lism in 1S96 and .have given the
only parallel of 'Greeley's defeat this
generation has seen.
VVe recovered fioui the disaster of
1872 by doing battle squarely for
Democracy ; we can regain our lost
control of the government by being
equally wise and courageous at the
next opportunity.
WUAT WILL TUEY WO?
Now the Republican party will
havfi fiTerv branch of the national
: . r, , ,
government again. Eight years ago
they came into ipower after an ad-
ministration of normal prosperity
. e iU -
save a contraction of the - currency
from hoarding in the national treats-
ury. Goyernmental affairs were in
good shape, save a tariff needlessly
high and productive of a large and
growing surplus. It was easy to
spend the surplus its a reckiegd heir
doe a legacy, but like such prodi
gals, it came abou to the husks
when tbv turned affairs over to Mr,
Oleveitiad again. With an anxiety
t0 circumvent: the : Democr ,
which it eeeins inuny Democrats
themselves tool: a read, hand, it was
easy to keep the administration
,
irom ;etting oraer out oi Miuaud.
I But now that they have gotten the
government sguin, they can be ex
pected to restore the condition of
lasting prosperity that had surely
set in under the first term o Mr.
Cleveland.
We will see what they will make
out of it. If they do well we. will
not need a change in 1900, if they
do not it is to be hoped a wiEer and
more united Democracy will be
equal to the task.
Governor Ed, Altgeld goes down
in 'defeat as he should, and of course
finds a ' ecapegoat in President
Cleveland. The News and Observer
also has not lost his venom and sees
sacrilege in the President's, procla
mation. Nota few within the last
four years have sought the path of
greatness through the abuse of a
great leader who should, have had
the sustaining influences of the
Democratic household. Hightoned
criticism of ten well, but low and
malicious slurs leads to no good
and Democracy lies prostrate now
with wounds more from her own
making than those of the enemy.
When will we learn wisdom, loyal
ty, fairness and fidelity?
The Same.
Old Sarsaparilla,
That'sjAyer's. The eaxne old
sarsaparilla as it was made and
sold by Dr. J. C. Ay'er BO years
ago. In , the laboratory it is
different There "modern appli
ances lend speed to skill and
experience. But the sarsapa
rilla is the same old sarsaparilla
that made the record-50 years
of cures. Why don't we better
it? Well, ' we're mucn iu
condition of the Bishop and the
raspberry : " Doubtless, - be
said, " God; might have made a
better' berry. But doubtless,
also, He never, did." Why
don't we better the sarsaparilla?.
We can't. We are using the
. - - . a-C- iirpd the
same oia pianx w- ' ; .
Tndians and the; Spaniards. It
has not been bettered. And
sincere make sarsaparilla com
pound but of sarsaparilla plant,
we see no way cf improvement.
Of course, if we were making
some secret chemical compound
miUit.... i But we're not.
We're making the same old sar
saparilla to cure the same old
diseases, You jean tell it's the
samel old sarsaparilla be
cause it works' the same old
cures. It's the sovereign blood
purifier, .and it's Avers,
HH
DR.S. C. GRAY,
late of Hajvkes Optical Co., Atlanta Ga.,
S ana :
DR. H. F. TAYLOR,
late oi tnQ jaiiiorma wpuuai u&titutc,
San Francisco, are at
a. j. a j. f. Yorke's jewelry store,
greatest care taken in difficult cases. If
vour glasses are not exactly suited, do
f& tn tnkft odvantae of this onnor-
tumty.
M0RK1S0N H, OALDWEL
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