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Show is not a party of individual or com-niuual com-niuual liberty but a grand aggregation of ollice seeking manipulator!, appeal, ing to the people to put it In power Tiiekk is a young man serving somewhere some-where iu the west with tho United States army mimed Malvkun Hill liAiiM M. If opportunity should ever offer, be ought to become a great soldier sol-dier in thu sen icuf hU country. His fa i her was .shot through the body at Malvern Hill .while trying to discover whether it was friend or foe upon whom his command had been liring. The buy was born some mouths later. The mother died, and her last wish was that her infant might grow up to be as brave a soldier as his futher. When (iAKKiEi.u was in the White House there were four presidential appointments appoint-ments to West Point to be made. At a cabinet meeting the selections were determined de-termined upon. A few days later General Gen-eral Ua uni m visited the White House and asked to have his son appointed. Ha w as told that it was too lato, but when he had narrated his story, the prci-ident changed the list and put the young man's name at the head of it. Such a young man ought to make a 'coord, if the inspiration of patriotic memories be of any valuo in a human career, lint that which is so impressively impres-sively applied to his case belongs, in a great measure, to all the young men of the nation. The heritage of patriotism tout is ititc to tliem by tho detention of tho Union should bo an inspiration all through their lives. All can sen that the circunistauci.s through which this individual secured his mime and his position should serve as a spur to lead him on to noblo endeavor; but there is no ono who yields allegiance to the Hag tlmt floated over the armies of freedom on M.ilvern Hill and on a hundred other lields, who does not owe an eipial measure of patriotic, unselfish devotion to his government aud ta his fellow men, iutensilied and mada more binding by tho sacrifices and sufferings of those who risked their lives that this nation might be Treo indeed. THK UK.UOCRATIO I'AItTY. The Ttiiladelphia I'irs.t, iu discussing republican prospects in the south, says: "Tho republican of Florida have accepted ac-cepted the inevitable, and have concluded conclu-ded to make no nominations. The republicans re-publicans iu Mississippi and in some other states will follow the same course. Iu the faco of tho legislation in tliose states an etlort to carry any of them for tho republicans would lie entirely useless. lu South ('aroiiua the infamous in-famous eight ballot-box law. in addition to the control of all tho electiou ollieers, enabled the democrats to have everything every-thing their own way. To make assurance assur-ance doubly sure, Florida passed similar simi-lar laws, lint before that was done I'ensacola, Jacksonville, and other cities were robbed of self-government. The governor was given power to name commissions to govern these cities, and also to appoint election ollieers. Under such circumstances it would be useless for republicans to expect to have their otes counted." This presents a feature of democracy that people in Utah will do well to study. Tho democrats tell the people here that theirs is the iiartv of the oeo- ! pie; but intelligent voters will remember remem-ber that the democratic party is controlled con-trolled by the south and that in the south it is a sort of oligarchy, the loaders load-ers of which stop ut nothing necessary to retain them iu power. While the democrats denounce the federal elections elec-tions bill, tU'y neglect to tell their readers that in many parts of the south elections are a farce and that the fareo is publicly approved by the democratic party. In Florida the iullux of northern people peo-ple has strengthened tho republican cause and given the party a lighting chance, but a democratic legi.ihiture steps in and puts tho priucipal cities of the state under the direct control of the democratic executive, the governor being be-ing empowered to govern them through commissions. This subversion of setf government is practiced iu many of the southern states, justices of tho peace and other ollicrs being appointed by the governor. I his is intended to pro-vent pro-vent the republicans from obtaining a foot-hold anywhere. At the same time the election lays are so juggled, and the election districts so constructed that the democrats feel safe in every election against the republicans under all possible combinalious of circumstances. circum-stances. If we are to learn what democracy j really is we must look for the definition ! in the south; and whoa we find whole ' cities being denied the right of local elf government we may weil ask w here the claim springs from that the democratic demo-cratic party is the party of the people. It ia all a mistake. The democratic party as instituted and controlled today to-day is not a party of human rights. It |