The ingenious old party leaders may appeal to the passions of some; the "Force Bill," like Banquo's ghost, may continue to "bob up;" the farcial cry of "negro supremacy" may again fill the air; but the wide-awake spirit is becoming prevalent, and these politicians, instead of being absorbed with the tar-_iff_, will soon be astounded at the tear-_off_ from the Democratic party. The feeling of the usurer's grasp is more likely, hereafter, to convince the possessor of the ballot of his duty, than will the artful arraying of one section by corporation talent. The presence of the legislative curse that makes the over-producing producer produceless, will, in days soon to come, more largely influence a vast majority of the citizens of this state in the exercise of their inalienable will, than will the Democratic hobgoblin of the farcial prospective (?) "Force Bill." The appeal for education that comes from the innocent eyes of little children, as they caress a weary mother's careworn face, shall soon carry more force of persuasion with the voter than will the bluster of office-seekers in their feigned warnings of "negro rule;" and the father will then seek to hand down to his children the magic wand that is dispelling brutishness from the face of all the earth. Thought having once inundated the passion-played Southern public mind, an awakening is begun, and, aroused to an appreciation of affairs as they exist, the rank and file of the people of Alabama are in an astounding state of agitation. Some idea of the extent of this unrest can be derived by recalling to mind the results of the last elections. This change in public sentiment, and attainments of the reform crusaders against the organized Democracy, will best be appreciated by an understanding of the campaign intolerance and election methods which have made the "Bourbon" historic, and which is fast making all those who believe in keeping sacred our free institutions, shrink from the support of men of such a party and a party of such methods and men. CHAPTER VI. "BOURBON" CAMPAIGN INTOLERANCE. The revolt of the common people of Alabama against the "machine bosses" is, simply speaking, a revolution against revolutionists; and the increasing strength of the former is rapidly developing the intolerant spirit of the latter. This savage-natured sentiment that has characterized the campaign policy of the Democratic party of the South in its treatment of the opposition, has often received the scathing criticism of many a caustic pen. Yet nothing too severe could be said in its condemnation.