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A if 0- ; n mliift I, "11ai1111M THE CAUCASIAN. l'UISLIgHKD EVERY TJIUitKDAY, Ilj MJLKIOX BUTLEIt, Elitor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIBE1 Show this Papvr to your neigh bor and advise him to subscribe. Subscription rnce$150 Per Year. in Advance. Alliance Directory. NATIONAL KAKM KK.S' AM.IANCK ANi ISI.CSTKIAIi VNION. President L. I lV)lk- '-rtli Caro liiia. Address. 341 I) Street, N. V, A'ashhiniton, I). C. y Vice-President 15. II. Clover, Cam bridge., Kansas. s.-. Tf(rv :uk1 Treasurer J. II. Turn er, Georgia. Address. 220 North Capi tol .Street, '. W'., Washington, D. C. Lecturer I. II. Willcits, Kansas. K X VA U'J I VK HOAKI). ('. W. Mr t une, Washington, 1). C. Alonzo Wardall, Huron, South Dakota. J. 1'. Tillman, Palmetto, Tennessee. JUDICrAKY. II. C. Dcmniini;, Chairman. Isaac Mi-Craeken, Ozone, Arkansas. A. E. Cole, Fowlerville, Michigan. NATIONAL LF.GLSLATIVK COUNCIL The Presidents of all the State organ izations with L. L. 1'olk ex-otlicio Chair man. NOLTH CAROLINA FARMEIIS' HTATE ALLIANCK. President Marion I'.utler, Clinton, North Carolina. Viee-I'rer ideiit T. 15. Long, Abbe ville, N. C. Secret.iiy-Ticanurer W. S. lianies, ltal.'i-h, jN. C. Lceturer I.S. i;ell,IJras:-.town, X. C. Steward C. C Writrlit, Class, N. ('. Chaplain Kev. Erskine Popo, Chalk Level, N. C. Door-Keeper "W. II. Totnliuson, Fay eltuville, N. C. Assistant Door-Keeper II. E. King, I'eanut. N. C. Sergeant-it-Arins J. S. Holt, Chalk Level, N C. Slate. 15iisiness Agent W. II. Worth, Kal.i-h, N. C. Trustee Usincss Agency Fund W. A. Graham, Machpelah, N. C. KX1XUTIVK COMMITTEE OF THE NOHTII CAROLINA FARMERS' .STATE ALLIANCE. S. 15. Alexander, Charlotte, X. C, Chairman; J. M. Mcwborne, Kinston, X.( '.; .1. S. .Johnson, Kullin, X. C. STATE ALLIANCE JUDICIARY COM MITTEE. Elias Carr, A. Leazer, X. M. Culhreth, M. lr. Gregory, Win. C. Council. HTA1E ALLIANCE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. 1L J. I'owell, ltaleigh, X. C. ; X. C. English, Trinity (College; J. J.Young, IVlenta ; II. A Forney, Ne vton, X. C. NORTH CAROLINA KEF )RM PRESS ASSOCIATION. Ollirers J. L. Ramsey 1 'resident ; Marion liutlei, Vicc-PrcsrJent ; W. S. Raines, Secretary. PAPERS. The Caucasian, Clinton; Pro gressive Farmer, Raleigh ; Rural Home, Wilson ; Farmer's Advocate, Tarboro; Salisbury Watchman, Sal isbury ; Alliance Sentinel, Gokls bt.ro; Hickory Mercury, Hickory; The Kattler, W hi takers; Country Life, Trinity College; Mountain Home Journal, Asheville; Agricul tural 15ee Goldsbero; Columbus News, Whitevillc, 1 . C; The Busi ci'ss Agent, Kaleigh, N. C. '('apt. A. S. Peace, editor of Alli ance Department, Oxford, N. C. Kach of the above-named papers are requested to keep the list standing on the lir.st page and add oth.-r., provided they are duly elected. Any paper fail ing to advocate the Oca'a platform will be dropped from the list promptly. Our people c m now see what papers are pub lished In their interest. PRO FKSSIOX A L COLUMN . I CII AS. S. IjOYKTTE, J DENTIST, Oilers ins services to the public. Charges moderate and work guaran teed. Office at Dr. Flowers' old stand. my 28 tf rn m. lee, JL ATTORN EY-A--L AW, Clinton, N. G Office on Mam St reet, opposite Court Housp: Eicbl7 tf W . K. ALLEN . W. T. D0RTCJC ALLEN & DOIITCH, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Golds boro, N. C. Will practice in Sampson county. feb27 tf A M. LEE, M. D. Pit YSICIAN,SU P.GEON AND DENTIST, 'Xtice in Lee's Drug Store, je 7-1 yr HE. FAISON, Attorney and Couxsell 1 or at Law. Office on Main Street, ,iil practice in courts off xmpsonand adjoining counties. Also in Supreme Court. All business intrusted to his are will receive prompt and careful ttention. je7-lyr fi W. KEIIH, JLJ Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Office on WallStreet. Will practice in Sampson, Bladen, bonder, Harnett and Duplin Coun ties. Also in Supreme Court. Prompt personal attention will be given to all legal business. ie 7-lyr F O A XTTT T'fU''T?TTV T1 "P. S 1 IB 1JCI X Office on Main street, Offers his services to the people of Clinton and vicinity. Everything in the line of Dentistry done in the best style. Satisfaction guaranteed. IST'My terms are strictly cash. Don't ask me to vary from this rule. L. J. MEBlliitf AN, 232 Washington Street, N. Y., COMMISSION MERCHANT In Vegstables, Produce, Fruits, Berriep, &c. No Traveling Agents employed. Shipments solicited. mchl7 tf Neuralgic Fersona 'And those "vibled with nervousness resulting from care " Verwork will be relieved by taking ' ISrown's Iron Sitters, Gennina U tr4 auk aad crossed red Usee ea wrapper. VOL. X. EDITOR'S CHAIR. HOW THINGS LOOK FROM OUR STAND POINT. The ODinion of The Editor and the Opinion of Others which we Can Endorse on the Various Topics of the Day. Corporations, capitalizing ilmos a billion dollars, were formed in Chicago alone during the mouth of April. Private business is dooin.id unless the people act for their ovn protection. The Executive Committee of the Farmers' Alliance made their in spection last week of the books of State Secretary Barnes and Business Agent Worth. The volume of busi ness transacted is very great, and this year will bo over half a million of dollars. Ceitain men and newspapers in this State have raised a fearful howl about the so-called pension plank of the St. Louis platform. They have been using this scare-crow to blind the people while the corporations and bosses have been trying to stock the cauls. Why did the platform committee at the lecent State convention re fuse to incorporate a plank denounc ing pensions, and especially the pro position to pay to union soldiers the difference between gold and de pressed paper currency? Such a plank was offered to the committee. We pause for the committee to rise and explain. If all the gold and silver in the world should be destroyed in an in stant, the people would lose nothing except two metals, eaily dispensed witb. They would have about all the wealth of the world remaining and be much better off because the people would then learn what mon ey really is a creation of law. Charleston Advocate. The Norfolk Landmark (Dem.) says : "The nomination of a farmer Democrat, Mr. Elias Carr, for Goy ernor of North Carolina, and the election of Messrs. Kent and Corbin as delegates-at-large from Virginia to the Chicago Convention show the farmer to be a coming man politi cally." He is not only going to be the coming man, but the "staying man" after he comes. How many delegates to the late State convention went on free pass es? How many had tickets bought for them? There were over a hun dred delegates who failed to get to the convention. They would have been there too if they would have Rgi ed to voted differently. They were not able to go. They were poor but had honest convictions. The reduction of rates given by the railroads wa very slight. This bore heavily on the reform delegates. For every man who voted against the interests of the people was there irrespective of rates high or low. The Charleston Advocate says : "The Alliance has completely cap tured North and South Carolina." This is not exactly true. The Alli ance did not completely capture the State convention in this State, but it was powerful enough to shape nearly the whole course of that body. If the machine politician is satisfied with the result then cer tainly the people should be. If as great a step toward reform can be won in every fight as was won in this one, it will not be long before the people will again have pure Democracy. But to do this the peo ple must not relax one particle of their interest in public affairs. "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." Let this be the motto of every reformer 1 The majority of the Alliance of this State is iu favor of the three planks of the St. Louis Demands, Finance, Land and Transportation. But it was decided that it was not best for the State and the cause of reform to demand that much in this political fight. It is good politics to imke a fight on those points that the organization is practically a unit oj. And this is the Ocala De mands. In the mean time the or ganization will go on with its cam paign of education on the St. Louis Demands. On whatever principles wo are practically a unit at the time of the next campaign, the fight should be made at this point. Let us as Alliancemen do nothing rash. Let us stand together, and as far as possible in the same paity, and continue with unrelenting zeal the fight for reform and honest gov ernment. If we will act wisely, the people have never had a finer opportunity to win a complete vic tory than now lies before them, - . . i 1 H A CHAMPION LIAR. To correspondent who sent the dispatches from ltaleigh during con vention weeir, icpresenting the pro eeedings of a third parfy meeting & the proceedings of the Alliance con ference, i3 a champion liar. He tries so often to serve monoj.oly at the expense of the people that he must be a susidized liar. The alli ance adjourned sine die on Tuesday night. No political action was taken by that body. MACHINE POLITICS SMASHED I When the people rise in their might as th y did at ltaleigh last week, and smash party machinery into atoms ; when tltey thus assume control themselves, it is safe to pre dict the professional politicians will have to remain in the back seats to which they have been relegated ; and that under a Democratic rule, the State will be preserved. Hen derson Gold Leaf. FINE POLITICAL OBJECT LESSON- Whatever may be the result of the difference of views among Dem ocrats in other States, the sovereigns of North Carolina gave their South ern brethren a grand object lesson in harmony and unity last week. The Anglo-Saxon maintains his po sition as manager of the State, and will emphasize it in November by a large Democratic majority. Gold Leaf (Henderson.) THE "MACHINE POLITICIAN" VS. THE PEOPLE. The Shelby Aurora says : "The machine politician wanted Governor Holt, but the state con vention nas acted wisely and pa triotically and gave us Elias Carr, ex-President of the Alliance." We take pleasure in reproducing the above. The political boss and the machine politician has had his day in North Carolina. In the late contest through the primaries and up to the State convention, he found more of the people who knew what they wanted in his way than ever before. He found that his taffy, demagogury and sly political tricks would not work smoothly any long er. He was forced to desperate measures. This showed the people who he was and what he was. And this marks the beginning of his end. If the people will but act wisely, stand together and fight for reform in the same party they have never had a flier opportunity to purify Democracy and win a com plete victory for good government and for humanity. REDUCED RATES FOR THE DEMO CRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. "For the above occasion the Rich mond and Danville railroad will sell tickets from all first and second grade coupon ticket offices to Chica go, 111., and return, at one lowest first-class fare for the round trip. Tickets on sale June 16th to 20th in clusive, limited returning July 28th, 1892." Why was it the reduced rates like the above was not given to our re cent State Convention? If we re member correctly, the railroads had always before given a one-class round trip fare to State Conven tions before. It seems that it was the object of the railroads to keep as many men "who were not right" away from the convention as possi ble. And these hard times, the railroad fare" was a big item. There were over a hundred farmer dele gates who failed to get to the late State Convention, and at least half of them would have gone if the rates had been reduced one-half. The delegates "who were right" either were able to pay their way, or had free passes furnished them or tickets without cost presented to them. And this is one of the ways the railroads attempt to prevent the will of the people. What a parody on free government, railroads manip ulating convention;', and trying to control Legislatures and Congress. Let the people be on the look out. "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." THE PEOPLE'S TICKET. The Henderson Gold Leaf com menting on the State ticket, says : "The truth Is, that neither party got either man they had stocked the cards for. Both slates were shatter ed to atoms, and the people, rising superior to political cliques and com bines, nominated a ticket which is par excellence, the people's ticket, and one which is freer from reasona ble objection than any offered in this or any other State iu the last decade. The gentlemen who com posed that convention have achieved a great victory for North Carolina, and when the vote is ccunted in November, they can with pride, lay the spoils of the battle upon their country's altar. It wilf be a. grand object lesson of the will of the people." CAUCASIAN, X"xn-o Dotuocrnor CLINTON, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, WHERE HE STANDS EXTRACTS FROM EX-PRESIDENT CARR'S ANNUAL ADDRESSES TO THE STATE ALLIANCE. How They Interpret the Gener alities, Enlarge the Meaning: of the Platform Adopted at the ICecent State Convention. In the last issue of The Ca jca siax we said that the man noJiira ted and the vie a s held by him meant more always than the wording of the platform he stood on, and that therefore the nomination of Hon. Elias Carr for Governor meant more for the cause of reform than the strongest platform could if the nom inee were opposed to "equal rights to all and special privileges to none," We have frequently asked in what way the platform was interpreted and enlarged by the nomination of Mr. Carr. We"" answer thee ques tions by quoting from his two annu al addresses to the North Carolina Farmers' State Alliance. From his address delivered at the fourth an nual meeting, which conveneu at Asheville, we make the following extracts : Perhaps the most important meet ing ever held in this country has been the assembling of the farmer and laoor organizations in St. Louis n December last (1889) the necessity f( r which was foreshadowed by that f eminent statesman and jurist, the late Judge David Davis, when he said, as long ago as 18G6: "The rapid growth of the corporate power and he malign influence which it exerls by combination on the National and Stated legislatures is well grounded cause of alarm. A struggle is pend ing in the near future between the overgrown power, with its vast ram ifications all over the Union, and a hard gr p on much of the political machinery on the one hand, and he people in an unorganized condition on lhe other, for the control of the government It will be watched by every patriot with intense anxiety." Never more prophetic words tell from the lips of man! The people, though slow to admit it, had at last been convinced, and three millions of people sent their representatives there to form an alliance against this monstrous iniquity. The uninmity with which the demands set forth by that body were adopted, and the universal endorsement by all ihe States and Territories after mature deliberation and discussion, should, and I belive, will convince our legis lators of our honesty of purpose and determination to accomplish our cuds This meeting, mtional in character as in name, was a magnifi cent success in obliterating the old lines of sectionalism a matter de voutly to be wished, an'1 of first im portance in securing the necessaiy national legislation. What means these labor organiza tions? This: That the people see by combination alone can they live. Under a pure system of government forty years ago these organizations were unknown, and there was ne cessity for them, but to day how different! Every branch of trade has been compelled to organise to save itself from absolute annihilation, and is to be wondered at when we become to learn that the present in iquitous tariff laws, "the passage of which was purchased by a few thou sand rich manufacturers, have rob bed the people and ut into the pock ets of these same manufacturers no less than nine millions of dollars. Hence it is, that at our city of Wash ington the protest of a millionaire will override the petitions of mil ions of working men. The acts of Congress in aid of ag riculture for the last twenty-five years have been few indeed, com pared with those of our rich manu facturers, and the tariff is so manip ulated that they (the few thousand) reap the entire benefits. We all know but too well the result of this reign of selfish greed. The small land owners are being pushed to the wall, the larger ones are no longer able to make both er.ds meet; farms in tha Nurth, South, East and West and especially the West, that twenty-five years ago, during the period of the greatest inflation, paid a fair percentage on a valuation of ?20 to ?40, are now being foreclosed on mortgages for half that amount, and the former owners seeking new fields of employment for a livelihood. It is a sad commentary on hu manity, but nevertheless true, that with an unequal distribution of wealth there is an unequal distribu tion of social power. The influence of the middle class the man of mod erate mean? is no longer felt in the legislative halls of the Capitol; he is being swept away. Wealth is rap idly concentrating, and out of the consequent corruption but two clas ses are forming the lordly rich and the beggarly poor. While Tree to admit that the iniquitous protective tariff has brought about the present depressed state of agriculture oy stripping the poor of three-iourths of their natural savings and concen trating a majority of thewealih of the country in the hands of infinites simally small part of the people, compose ! of manufacturers, trusts, pools and combines, a repeal alone of this unjust measure would not re lieve the present distress. It would not lift a single mortgage. The one thing needful in the present finan cial condition of tire people, i3 a debt-paying system of finance, in comparison with which; aU other ftnd Wlilto Buprotnit or. questions sink into utter in-ignifl cauce. I have dwelt longer upon nation affairs, believing that there, in the Uapitol at &hington, have orizl nated the farmers' woes, and from that source alone can co.ne the rein edy. It us continue to insist upon our national Congress giving m this much needed relief. History teach es that the witha with which the rich bind the ioor can be broken only by fire, sword or bloody revo- . iuiii ii. uui run i.ac 15 utrtiL-t Iljflll- lfift, Witt urj V n a j n Lf.ti,,. ..iL od of overturning fraud anlcorrun 11011 iu nigh places. We have free speech and free ballot, and when the wisdom of the acts of the national meeting, like leveti, be;iu to woik upon the masses of the people, then, and not till then, shall we have a peaceful and happy solution of al our troubles. EXTRACTS FROM ADDRESS AT MORE HEAD, 1891. Officers and Delegates of the North Carolina Farmers' Alliance: Since last addressing you, as Pros identofthe Mate Alliance, it has been my gieat pleasure to wctch th healthy growth of our Order, and the rapul devclopement of the prin ciples we have inculcated. The unprecedented politic d ud- heval of last November was the na tural outcome of the doctrines taught by the Alliance, and despite the pro tests of our enemies, we can take unto ourselves the credit of that more than glorious onslaught. Tru Iy, it was a great work; and well may we feel honored, since it was a mtst salutary lesson to the groed of capital, the rottenness of govern ment and the ravings of political demagogues. But, though the fu ture seems bright, there is much yet to be done. Indeed, when I view the dangers which even at the pres ent lime surround us, I think I may be pardoned lor saying that the work seems scarcely yet begun. We are issailed on every hand by dema gogues, chiefly those in office, whose sole object is to perpetuate their power, and it matters littlaby what means they effect their purpose.Some times we see them masquerading as tnends of the farmer, but in reality employed by soulless corporations to sow the seeds of discontent among us; and sometimes they are hirelings of the great trunk lines, which, like a gigantic octopus, are slowly but eur .iy absorb ng and parauzing what little blood ami energy is now left unto us. We have nothing with which to fight this redoubtable combination save honest hearts, willing hands and that spirit of independence which has ever characterized the husbandman from the time of Cin cinnatus even unto our own. I think, then, I do not miss the mark when I say that, as a class, we are palient and willing, much abuse 1 and never murmuring, yet when we are arous ed, as I now trust you all are, the act bears more than ordinary signifi cance. But what makes this our last resort, if our energies be not united, if we be not a unit in our actions? Shall we profit by the ex perience of the past? The road to defeat, the road to victory lie equal ly plain before you. The choice is of vital importance somethi-r-g must be done. It is no lenger amat ter of condition relief must come Our condition is such that delay would be fatal among us, and the conscious opinion is that relief must come thr.ugh the legitimate and peaceful channels of legislation. We have held up to the scorn and con tempt of honest men tho existence of trusts, combines and corporations; but of what benefit has this expo suie been to us? The work of rob bery still goes on. Why is this? Why have we accomplished so lit tle? The answer is an open secret - it is because the vast majority of the producing class are yet untaught, uneducated, deaf to the appeals of reason ai d experience, callous to the cry of those who preach the im portance of thorough organization. Is it not strange that so many of our fellowmen utterly ignore the very first law the law of self-preservationand the fact that a complete and thoiough organization is the only safe means whereby we can be assured of our rights? On every hand we hear boasts of our great pro gress and our civilization, but since good government, "the government of the people, for the people and by the people," the secret of all happi ness has not kept pace with the oth er sciences, we see great reasons for asserting that this boasted civilM tion is not shared in by the work ingman who, here, as the world over, is the pith, the marrow, the back bone of the country. And how is he to share therein, handicapped as he is in the race of life, in the severe struggle for existence? Handicap ped by his own ignorance, which he so unfortunately evinces when he asset t3 his opposition to that bill, which now, in anything but a spirit if rirt'pas irs hpincr riisrviSSftd v. - - - n j throughout the country I mean, of course.the Sub-Treasury and touch ing this I do not think it amiss to s -y we are not wedded to the partic ular phraseology which now charac terizes the bill. We do not pray for the passage of this bill unaltered and undiscussed, for that would deprive us of the opinions and experiences of others; but we are attached, yea, even committed, to the principles involved, and are convinced that only after a lull and free discussion can we arrive at a satisfactory solu tion of the subject. There is prece dent sufficient of governments loan ing money to the citizen with and without security, and thus is estab lished the power to loan, which is indeed all sufficient. The kind of security does not enter into the case the government can select what it considers ample and best calculate, to relieve the wants of the people. It is unaccountable; indeed, I cjumot understand how a man dependent upon the sweat of his brow for his Continued on Second Pige. 1892. A WAVE OF REFORM. REV. THOMAS DIXON, JR., ON DR. PARKHURST'S CRUSADE. My .-w lork Has ftfr City for Young Ma Kin th ration of ThU Movent t-TTk Umtgm of U Cwotmoa Poop!, New You, May 29. Beforo the trxx Ur sermon of the day Rev. Tboroaa Dix on, Jr., reriewed again the subject of the crusade against the protector of vice and crime in New York. He gsiJ Dr. Parkhnret some time ago bravely sprang into the arena, and with bared head and breast challenged the protect or and defenders of vice and corruption in this city to mortal combat. He tx'gan single handed and alone. But he waa not long alone. He wan elandored. enreed and vilified by the world, the nesh and the devil, and criticised by a few aacred dndea He jxwtly has today the unanimous moral sentiment of this community at his hack. A wave of moral reform now sweeps our city. It is the hour to strike. Let every man who loves truth and right eousness give now the full weight of his manhood to the cause. There is no time to discuss points of casuistry involved in any particular methods used in the beginning. Dr. Parkhurst and his supporters have adopted no patent methods. They mean simply by the grace of God to accom plish certain definite results. And they are accomplishing those results. RESULTS. It was disclosed that the police de partment and city government had the power to abate certain nuisances, but would not do it because they were the friends of criminals. This has been proven by the arrest, conviction and sentencing to the penitentiary of two notorious women, without the aid of the police department but in spite of it It has been clearly demonstrated that a corrupt city government is the friend and protector of the criminal classes. It has been shown that we pay $,"1,000,000 annually for police protection. We get it protection of a certain sort protec tion for those who have a pull and pay their hush money promptlj'. New York has been a safer city for yotmg men since the inauguration of this movement. There are fewer gam bling hells, dives and brothels open in this city today than at any time within this generation. I met a New York gambler in a southern town the other day nearly a thousand miles from New York business in this city was too dull; he had gone out into the provinces. Let every Christian man and woman in New York and the nation give his un qualified support, moral and financial, to this movement now, and the result will be a regenerate metropolis of ths nation. A REGENERATE CITY. It must come. New York has wal lowed in filth long enough. The day of the Lord is at hand. Let us wash the stair of disgrace from her name tkat it may no longer be a stench In the nostrils of the people of the state and the nation. Dr. Parkhurst has given us a rallying center. He is a man of spotless life. He is a man of magnificent character. He is a giant in intellect, and in hia big heart he carries the burden of a world. He is a worthy leader. Upon this I congratulate you. Such a leader is half the battle, and yet so great is the cause that the personality of any man engaged in the work is an un important incident as compared with the tremendous issues involved. His cry is, "A regenerate municipality." Surely every lover of his city, his home, his God will say, Amen! The city government bids defiance to the moral sentiment of the community. Mayor tyrant has just reappointed Koch as excise commissioner. This fellow was the biggest scoundrel of all the board, the one man of all men who de served to be kicked into oblivion. He stands indicted for - the violation of hia oath as commissioner and should be in the penitentiary today. He alone came up to the standard of the mayor and was reappointed. Let us have an organization of 10,000 young men banded together around this pledge: "I hereby pledge myself to study the municipal interests of this city and do everything in my power to promote ihe purity and honesty of its government." With such an organization the city can be redeemed. A success here will 8wef p the nation. THE REIGN OF THE COMMON PEOPLE And the common people beard him gladly. -Mark xii, 37. We saw lately that Protestantism during the past twenty years in the city of New York had made a dismal failure, so far as real progress is concerned. We saw that so far from increasing its hold on this great center of modern life, it had not even held the children born into the leading Protestant churches during these twenty years. We simply stated some facts painful and startling that be- onged to the history of this period. We cannot but ask ourselves the question, What is the cause of this failure? It s--ems to me that one of the secrets of oar failure lies in the fact that the age In which we have lived for the past twenty years and will live for the next century is the age of the common people the great masses, the great multitudes. We are now in the first years of the reign of the common people. Power has leen gradually descending or ascending, as you may like, from the head of king and prince and aristocrat, until the crown of empire rests upon the head of the everyday unit of society. Science bends its energy toward discovering the secrets of nature that will make the life of the masses richer and bet ter. History now records not the life of kings and princes and armies; but tells us the story of the everyday life of the common people. The eyes of the world are on the great nndermasses. All the great novelists pf the past fifty years who have swept the heart of the world with power have told the story of the common people. CONSERVATIVE ETGLA5D. There is just tfow sweeping over con servative England a wave of enthusiasm in the work of reaching and elevating and savin tr the ereat masses of mankind that is, the world." Christian socialism has received within the past few months a tremendous impetus in England. The objective point of Christian socialism is the Balvatiga of the passes, Qna thing No. 34. that Las Cotttrtimta to thu cwr rct movement ha Im the drth ta Keg land of a diatinfuULM member of the tovernment who wa a millionaire, wh made his millions by a monopoly for whku the dmn of the pmpl jwia, and yet who died and did not gir om craft back for the benefit of tboae from wham it all came. The time is comta and now U upon m when the man who is mean enough to die worth uiHtaa and give notnlng for the alleviation and aal vatkm of the great tuaas of the people, frou whom bi wealth derived iUraloe, will be justly rured. not only by this generation but by all the generations that are to follow. The name of such a man should become the byword of a peoples contempt. This conception of the overwhelming importance of the great mum U a result of the teachings of Jesus Christ. As it is the work of Christianity, so it gives the opportunity of the ages to Christianity. I fearlessly maintain that the church today that ddc not reach the common people is not a Christian church. First Because Jesus Christ Is the earn and substance of Christianity. Chris tianity is not a creed, or a philosophy, or a rCheme of ethics, or a theory about the universe. Christianity is Jesus Christ. It is founded pon his unique personali ty as the incarnation of truth, the mes sage of God to man through man. This being true, the church of Jesus Christ that has the right to his name must lie founded on his personality. Jesus him self was of the common people. He was of lowly birth, ne was the son of the carpenter. His childhood was passed in this humble home with its lowly sur roundings. He was born poor, lived and died poor. The foxos hd holes, the birds of the air nests, but he hail not where to lay his head. The one title by which he loved to designate himself was not the Son of God. but the Son of lfan. He mingled with the masses, taught among them, lived with them, lived for them, died for them. The Pharisaic and traditional teacher did not darken the home of the poor and out cast; but the news passed from lip to lip that the great Galilean teacher had ben seen in the humblest homes, and the ac cusation was brought against him that he ate with publicans and sinners. THE 8 TIFF KECKED 0 1 MIRATION. What a startling contrast is this figure of Jesus with the proud Pharisee of his day, or with the prouder Pharisee of modern timesl A little child in the south went to church one day with her mother. The preacher was one of those teachers who held his head si an angle of forty five degrees in the pulpit and out of it. The little girl began to whisper to her mother and her mother said, "You must not talk, my child; this is God's house. She remained through the service in overawed silence. When she reached the street she looked up into her mother's face and said, "Mamma, don't God hold a high headr I know there are thoee who believe that this is the attitude . of the Most High God toward the world, and that his representatives on this earth to do his work must use this method. But if we take Jeus Christ as the model, the result must certainly be a violent contrast with this idea. The mjrachi sl Jesus were all mira cles of mvi mnght for the benefit of this great, helpless, seething mass. We are told that he looked out upon the moving thousands as they thronged about him and his heart was moved with compassion. His heart was moved to tears as he saw them scattered as sheep without a shepherd. The first sermon that he preached was from this text, "The Lord hath anointed me to preach the Gospel to the poor." When John sent to him to know if he were the Christ, or if he should look for another, his reply was, "Tell John that the lame walk, tbe blind see, and that the poor have the Gospel preached to them." He was popular with the masses of the people. They followed him, they thronged him , and his enemies did not dare molest him during the three years of his ministry, because of their fear of the jeople. Again and again we aro told that they did not lay hands on him, because they feared the jeople. A RANK SCNFIjOWER. I would like to know if anybody In New York would hesitate to lay hands on the average modern preacher for fear of the people? Upon the other hand, the people as a rule would gladly aid in his arrest and persecution. This is a startling fact, but it is a fact. The editor of such papers as the New York Sun understands this only too welL His choicest rascality is to slander and vilify Protestant ministers. The reason of it is that lhe average Protestant min ister finds no sympathy with the great heart of the masses of the people. Hence he lies 4id slr.noVrs and vilifies with the utmost impunity. The life of Jesus was spent in the su preme work of ministering to the wants, the needs and aspirations, the weaknesses and the sins of this great, dark crowd. As he passed through the country, men I mall of stature climbed into trees that they might see him and speak a message to him as he passed. The crowds thronged him by the sea until it was necessary to push out into a boat that he might have room to speak to them. He stood by the gates of the city and healed the sick who were unable to find a phy sician. He died for them and because of them. His final arraignment of the Pharisees was the cause of his execution. From his lips, gentle with a thousand messages of love, there poured that ter rific arraignment of the scribe and Pharisee as hypocrites and sons of hell Never from the lips of man did such in vective pour. His words cut to the very marrow of the bone. They coud not forgive him. They determined to use all their power to destroy him, and they succeeded in accomplishing his down fall. But when he died the last vestige of the 'traditionalism which separated the people from the God of the people was destroyed. The veil of the temple was rent in twain and the holy of holies laid bare, so that the great mass who had not dared to look upon the shining altar, save through the person of the high priest, were now invited to come boldly into the very presence of their father, their friend, their loving Saviour, and make every want, every wish, every aspiration known. The last grand com mission of Jesus Christ was worldwide. The doctrine of election which he taught was the election of his people to a pur pose, and that purpose was the salvation of the world. "Go," was his command, "go into all the world, preach the Gos pel to the whole creation. " ICntmuedonaffe r Washing , . ' IF YOU WOULD LKE To commtiaictte with about tea thousand of the country Popl in tlis tM-ciion of North Carolina then do it through th column of TukCavcasux. X other paper in the Third Cn pvsiior.al District ha as Urg a circulation. NATIONAL lr.MAM)S OF Tin: FAit.Mi:ic.v au.ia.m i: AND IMU'STUIAh I NIC1N HN IMHll. J' J111 demand the aloUiiuu oX.NaUmal bank, .ml the -uttltu. lor, f el tender Trr,urynot i a unlclent voluuw to dolus bttrdnew of the country on a ch y-tem; reguiatlnjj the amount ttrwleU on a Jr capita Ul, M tM, buittem Interest or the country ei. ltuiU, and that all money tul by the government hall bhgl tender in payment of a!) debts, tKjth public and private. 2. That wodemsnd tlut (Wrest hll pa smh lw a f,at t.fTlxtu. ally prevent tho dealing l ruturt of all Ncrlvultural aud niechanlml lroducU., ; prtvervlmr rtrlotfrnt eystcm ol procedure in trUhMahalt NTuro the prompt conviction, and Imposing tuch nftltles as shall se cure the most H-rlVet cotupllatjco with the law. 3. That we demand the freo and unlimited coinage of silver. 4. That we detnatid ho HfwKg of law nr.iMLIt k. ... - ; ni ouner Khip ol land, aud that Congrt! take early btepi to devise mine plan to .,...., now MnlHM ly aliens and foreign syndicates ; and that all liiiul .i.tiu I,, .i.i i... . . Mtlil nllior niriLitrulL.n I.. such as U actually ud and miod by them, e m-lalmed by the gov. eniment and held i,,r actuil M'ttln only. . ll.-lii'Vill!' In 1 1 equal right to all and speel.d privileges to nunc" Uli (Ionian. I tliMt taxiktit.n, National or Htnto. shall not U u-d to build up una lu t erect or ehw at tho Othor. V tioll.ivu tl...t (I of the country hhould be kept a j-v..w,,- ,u nsnusoi tno peoplf. and hoiw l U'lt llaIIIMn.l lti.it all revenue, National, State or Coun ty, hlmll Im limited to tho lieeeswirv expenne of the government eeou noinuMlly and honestly administer. eI. . Thllt Coniri- Inn a kn01l ent amount of tract Ion al pajerciir rency to facilitate exchange through tin medium of the 1 mail. 7. Wo demand that the mean of communication and trauortatloti shall be owned by and ojierated in the Interest of the pexjple, as 1 the United State K)ntal system. POLITICAL m:vh. Whoever shall secure the nomina tion at Minneapolis must first mukrt hit peace with James (J. Ulalno. It is now evident that tkero is danger to Harrinon, but tho exact measure of orll cannot yet bo estl nated. The People' Party National Con vention meets in Omaha, Neb., on July 2nd Instead of tho 4th. New Hampshire has Instructed Its delegate! u the National Demo cratic Convention t vote for dro ver Cleveland. It Is claimed by several gentlemen that Vilas will be the nominee of the nati nal Democratic convention if Cleveland is not. The President has announced t u Cabinet meeting that If the nomina tion depends upon the Boutheru votes he will not accept it. Iowa democrats will present the name of Governor Hole to the Na tional Democratic Convention for the nomination as President. An iutimato friend or Senator Carli.-lo says that his nomination Tor the presidency is far from an Im probability. His friends have been quietly but Intelligently at work, and, in case or a contest between Hill and Cleveland, claim he will be the heir. He is, they claim, In tellectually the ier or any Demo crat, is iwpular In the West, has made no blunders, and Is square on the tariff issue. risiesoxAL poixth. It is said that Garza, the Mexican Revolutionist, is again stirring up the people alonir the Mexican fron. tier. Kx-8peaker Heed, who Is ently seen on a bicycle In Washing, ton, rides the blggeet upright wheel In the State when at his hmna m Portland, Me. fifteen Presidents wore smooth faces, four wore beard and mnnph two wore 3ido whiskers, one wore oeara anu siae growth, and one wore mustache alone. The marriasre of Mr. A. J. rn! of Old Fort, and Miss Lillian How. ard Folsom, of Salisbury, Is an- nouncea. i ne bride Is a cousin cf Mrs. G rover Cleveland. Queen Victoria Is only""-! feet 8 inches iu heizht. vet she Is suhl in be regal Kovereign in her bearing. Prince Hismarck's profits from yeaPt alone are said to have exceed. ed $30,000 last year. Associate Justice Italian and Sen ator Morgan have aered in wrvn an arbitrators on the part of the United states in me lieiing sea controversy. According to Gen. Tracey's calcu lations Mr. Cleveland will lack only about ninety votes tf. secure the nomination. J 178 r ICE VS. POLICY. , The momeut that Justice i-. sacri ficed to party Interests or individual, so doing becomes factious ; for Jus tice being the grand object of the law of the constitution of the state itself, the party sets itself above these, makes Itself its own object, while a party can have no right to exist except so far as it is formed for the public good. Political Eth ics, Leibcr (Wooljey) p. 175. Coras, Warts aid Baiisas ; Bemoved quickly and surely by mslag Atlwtt'sEiatlfldiAaOoraFfciat. J 1 I s 1
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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June 2, 1892, edition 1
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