Show WHY THEY ARE DEMOCRATS All over this broad land there is a flocking flock-ing to the Democratic standard Hundreds and thousands of young men are studying the principles of the two great parties and the result is that two out of three when they cast their first vote cast it for the Democratic ticket The acquisition to the ranks of the Democracy is so great as to cause alarm to the Republicans and their newspaper organs and their politicians are trying to check the tide The reason for the flocking of the young men and the old ones for that matter into the Democratic L fold are clearly stated by a young Demo crat in a communication to me ues Moines Iowa Leader The argument is so conclusive con-clusive that we print it in full and ask our young men to read it Democracy means in substance a govern ment by the people for the paonles good This Itind of government has always come to the front when the people had the right to rule In other words it is natural government The en joyment of life the right to own property the I pursuit of happiness the full enjoyment of liberty lib-erty by each bounded only be the same liberty of all Democracy i founded on thee prnci pIes and we should never lose sight of them when conditions change and new issues arise Whenever true statesman a student a politt economist delve into thophilosophy just government he generally comes out a Democrat Demo-crat This is why the brains of the country arc Democratic The moment a man takes up the study of politics for the purpose of arriving at the true political doctrine he cannot help becoming be-coming a Dpmoorat The common people are Democrats because democracy is natural and simple forthem to understand The Intelligent man is a Democrat because the thunders from Sinai tho reason of the ages and the pen of JEFFERSON all tell him that democracy is pa litical truth ltcallruth The Caucasians are the highest type of the human family and given tho grand advantages offered in America they rapidly absorb democratic demo-cratic ideas The result is that 5530009 out 01 003000 voters are Democrats Young Democras men who read who study the flower of the land are coming to the Democratic party by the hundreds hun-dreds and thousands They recognize in it the friend of liberty of education frend lbery and of good government gov-ernment and they aro not slow in casting their lot with the party of progress We are glad to see it glad to welcome the young men to the great party that was here at the nations birth and was baptized the nations blood glad to secure the aid of the ycuag in the battle for natural law banishing corruption from high places and in sweeping ovary Vestige of Hamil tonian centralization from the land In the Republican party may bo found the witchburners the puritans the ignorant negroes ne-groes and nearly all those schemers whose onlycreed i greed whose principle is pelf l Is gratifying to note even in this state the number of Republicans who are flocking to the Democratic after having w studied the principles I prin-ciples of Democracy Believing that the state and nation must be freed from the CLARKSON I and QOAY despotism some thirty or forty I thousand of them have deserted the pirate craft I of Republicanism during the past three or lour year with the determination of placing this government where MOSES placed the Israelites I after the destruction of AARONS golden calf We need the cooperation of the young men To them Democracy means enlightenment to the enemies of liberty and equality this stampede I stam-pede of the young men to the Democratic camp I i means destruction and death i |