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r 1 - sta 'Jl of u 5 - By MAKlOX IJUTLEK, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIBE! Show this Taper to your neigh bor and advise him to subscribe. Subscription tiriCC$J .00 Tcr Year, in Advance. . . '1 Alliance Directory. IS'ATIONAf. FARMKKS' ALUASCK ANI INOt'STRIAk UXIOS. PrcBidci.t H. L. Loucks, Huron, Sonth Dakota. Vice-President 15. II. Clover, C'am ljri'lic, K.'inf-a. Sorreiary and Treasurer J. II. Turn er, (.e.oi-'ia. Addre.-p. 23'J Sorth Capi tol Hired, X. W., Washington, D.C. Leeturct' J. II. Willelts, Kaunas. KXI-X.'OTIVK 150AKI). V. Mpe.unc, Washington, D. C. Alonxo Wanlall, Huron, South Dakota. J. V. Tillman, Palmetto, Tennessee. JUDICIARY. A. A. Colef Michigan. !L W. Peek, Alabama. M. I). Ihwic, Kentucky. NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE OOLTfCII The Presidents of all theHtate organ izations with L. h. Polk ex-otlido Chair- Illi-!!. .SOUTH (MU)LINA FARMERS' STAT ALLIANCE. I'ref-idei I Marion r.utler, Clinton, ih 'arolina. Vk-e-Prcii.lcnt T. 15. Long, Ashe villo, X. C. Secretary-Treasurer W. S. Barnes, Hal. ;-!., N. C. Lnrhm.r J. S. Bell.Brasstowa, N. C. Stew.anl C. C. Wriuht, Glass, N C. Chaiilain Kcv. Krskinc Popi, Chalk Level, X. C. Duor-Keener W. II. Tomli- s'uj, Fay cttcvilln, X. C. Aiwtant Door-Keeper II. E. King, Peanut. X. C. Seigeant-at-Arms J. S. Holt, Chalk Level, X. C. State Business Agent W. II. Worth, Kalei'h, X. C. Trustee Business Agency Fund W. A (Jraham, Machpclah, X. C EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OP THE NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS' STATE ALLIANCE. S. Ji. Alexander, Charlotte, X". C, Chairman; .1. M. Mewhorue, Kins ton, X.C.; J. S. JohiiRon, Kulliu, X. C. STATE ALLIANCE JUDiCTAKY COM MITTEE. lllias Carr, A. Leazer, X. M. ( 'nlhreth, M. (r. Gregory, Win. C. Connell. STATE ALLIANCE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. . It. J. Powell, Kaleigh, N. C. ; . C. Ciiglifh,Tiinity College; J. J.'ung, lV'leuta; II. A Forney, Xe-vton, N. C. NORTH CAROLINA REFORM PRESS ASSOCIATION . (Jlliecrs J. L. Ramsey, President ; Marion Hutler, Vice-President; W. S. Haines, Hecrelaiy. PAPERS. The Caucasian, Clinton ; Tro Kresbive Farmer, Ilaleijih ; Rural Home, Wilson ; Farmer's Advocate, Tarboro; Salisbury Watchman, Sal isbury; Alliance Sentinel, Gokls bwio; Hickory Mercury, Hickory; The Kattler, Whitakers; Country lil'e, Trinity College; Mountain Home Journal, Ashevillft; Agricul tural Bee Goldsboro; Columbus News, Whiteville, J . C; The Busi ness Agent, ltaleigh, N. 0. Capt. A. S. Peace, editor of Alli ance Department, Oxford, N. C. Iach of the above-named papers are requested to keep the list standing on the lirst page and add other?, provided they are duly elected. Any paper fail ing to advocate the Ocala platform will he dropped from the list promptly. Our people can now see what papers are pub lished In their interest. PROFESSIONAL COLUMN. CIIAS. S. DOYETTE, DENTIST, ;iiers ins sur vices iu yuunv;. iUhargcs moderate and work guaran- .ftnp.l. Office at Dr. Flowers' old stand. my 28 tf M. LEE, ATTO RNEY-A-L MV, Clinton, N. C OSfice on Main Street, opposite Court House: mchl7 tr W. R. ALLEN. W. T. DORTCJf. iLEN & DORTCH, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Goldsboro, N. C Will practice in Sampson county. feb27 tf M. LEE, M. D. PlIYSICIAN,SURQEON AND DENTIST, OHico in Leo's Drug Store, je 7-1 yr FAISON, LTORNEY AND COUNSELL OR AT Law. Office on Main Street .ill practice in courts of Sampson and adjoining counties. Also in Supreme Court. All business intrusted to his are will receive prompt and careful ttention. je7-lyr W. KERR, . I ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR at Law. sa Office on Wall Street. Will,practiee in Sampson, Bladen, Pender, Harnett and Duplin Coun ties. Also in Supreme Court. Prompt personal attention will be given to all legal business, ie 7-lyr T7t RANK BOYETTE, D.D.S. JL Dentistry 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. JSST My terms are strictly cash. Don't ask me to vary from this rule. L. J. MElllUMAN, 232 Washington Street, N. Y., COMMISSION MERCHANT In Vegetables," Produce, Fruits, Berriep, && ' -No Traveling Agents employed. -. BhipiaePt8 solicited. iachl7 tf Many Persons Are broken derwn from overwork or household cate Urnun's Trrtn "Hittftrs rebuiTOs the system, aids digKiifcnrreitf&v'eiex. s4 vf bii, VUsa BuluJia. Get the genula VOL. X. EDITORS CHAIRS HOW THINGS LOOK FROM OUR STAND POINT. TheOoinion of The Editor and the Opinion of Others which we Can Endorse on the Various Topics of the Day. Twenty-two millions of dollars are annually paid to the railroads of this country for the transportation of the malls. The secretary of London Banker's Association said: "It will not do for greenbacks to ciiculate as money any length of time, for we cannot con trol them, but we can control the bonds and through them the bank issue." 1 he Christian Union of New York says the capitalization of the Read ing Coal Combine represents three hundred million dollars, two hun dred millions of which was never in vested, but on which the public is compelled to pay dividends. A com parative statement showing the re lative amount of actual capital of some of our railroads would prove very interesting to the people of this State. The Senate, after considerable wrangling, has passed a bill for the frae coinage of silver. A similar bill was recently defeated in the House, and the people await with intere-t the action of that body when the bill is again submitted to its de liberations. Will the bill become a law as it stands? Will it be killed outright, or will it be amtnded to death? The people eagerly await the result. Statistics show that American gov ernment and railway securities own ed in Europe amount to $1,000,000,- 000, upon which it is said we pay $80,000,000 interest yearly. This revenue to English bondhold- lolders is probably ten times greater than the memorable tax which pro voked the revolution of the colonies n 1776. The annual drain of $80,- 000,000 in interest alone from our country is something appalling aud shows that there is not sufficient money current in the United States to carry on the business of its peo ple. Annie L. Diggs, the well-known ectnrer and writer on Political Temperance and Farmers' Alliance subjects, appeals in a paper which will prove of great interest to those engaged in the agrarian agitation to-day. It is entitled "Women in the Alliance Movement," and con tains a graphic description of the social conditions which made the present movement inevitable and why women from the first played such an important part in the agita tion ; after which she gives a vivid pen picture of prominent women in the movement. There are six illus trations of leading women accom panying this paper, including a full page picture of Mrs. Mary A. Lease, popularly called the "Joan of Arc" of the People's Party. POLK MEMORIAL SERVICE AT OMAHA. A very impressive memorial ser vice of the late L. L. Polk was held at Omaha Sunday evening July 3rd. The large attendance afforded strik ing evidence of the great. respect in which Col. Polk was held by the supporters of the movement which he was such an important factor in framing. .The Washington Post says: "The session wras devoted exclu sively to the delivery of addresses eulogistic of the dead champion of relorm, and expressive of the rev erence in which his name is held. Though the speeches contained many inspiring sentences as to the future of the fight in which the in dependent party is engaged, - the recognition of the loss which the party has sustained in the death of its leader seemed to be the one thought which filled the minds of the delegates, and rarely was there a departure from a solemn ; silence, wnicn gave 10 me garnering more -4 the air of a church service than to a great national convention." THE SILVER BILL. The bill for the frae coinage of 6i! ver is one absorbing topic for thought and discussion at W ashington, and. the result of the fight for silver in the House thi3 or next week is anx iously awaited. The situation is i very remarkable "one. The House refused to pass the bill some time ago, in order to eliminate it from the fight in this campaign. The con ventions of the two parties met and formulated their idea of this ques tion in their platforms. It was then thought the question out of the way .Vfc.yald ret down. The Senate VQ1 of the UkS 9Q rn 2f nnonpri thrt T ?Vy 10 P838 WW jl jL-.ji.jtif in i ace oi party piauorms ana ex pressed opposition by the leaders of the House. The bill is again' before the parties, and the Hou-ie will pro bably settle the question before it adjouras. Senator Morgan, demo crat, and Stewart, Republican, were the leaders of the silver forces In the Senate. Six Democrats voted against it and eighteen for it. Eleven Re publicans, voted for the bill, and nineteen igainst it. The question is will the Republicans allow the House to pass the bill, and send it to the President, and let him go on record on silver. It is thought that they will use every possible means of pre venting this, and at least silence this troublesome qnestion 'till after the election. And it may be, that the House will refuse to take it ud till after November. STEVENSON ON FREE SILVER. Hon. A. E. Stevenson, Democrat ic nominee for Vice President. 9 makes some pointed remarks on the money question. In discussing the act of Congress of 18G9 making the 5-20 bonds payable in coin at par that they had been worth only 40 cents on the dollar. "I believe," he says, "that it can be demonstrated by the public re cords and acts of Congress that a conspiracy was entered into for the purpose of decreasing the wages of labor, depreciating the valne3 of property and Increasing the power of money by contracting the cunen- cy and withdrawing it permanently from the channels of trade. "In 1870 Congress passed a law known as the Refunding bill, bv which 1,500,000,000 of bonds paya ble in greenbacks were authorised to bo exchanged for new bonds which were payable on their face in coin. "The third step in this conspiracy was the demonetization of silver. "This act of demonetization add ed largely to the burdens of the peo ple and increase the difficulty of paying off the national and the debts of the individual citizens." In discussing the position of Mr. Stevenson, the National Democrat says that Mr. - Stevenson holds t he advanced position on the silver question and fortifies with facts and figures that are convincing. He calls for the repeal Of the resump tion act ; the full and unlimited remonetization and coinage of the silver dollar ; the retirement of the notes of the national banks and the substitution of greenbacks in their places. He draws a picture of the prosperity of the country from 1865 to 1868, before the demonetization of silver. In the year of 1866 the volume ot the circulating medium was 1,803,702,826. Ten years af ter, in 1876. it was but $735,300,000 and in 1877 only 1696,243,18 . Each year tne volume has decreased as the population grew greater, until the amount per capita is now but $14.60, as against $50.76 in the pros perous year to which I have referr ed. He quoted Edmund Burke's words: - "I love clamor when there is an abuse. The alarm bell dis turbs the Inhabitants, but saves them from being burned in their beds." The people of this country are now engaged in an earnest and successful agitation of this impor ant question. They are organizing throughout the United States for political action, and their tnuraph is only a question of time. President Harrison has appoin ted John W. Foster, of Indiana, to be Secretary of State, and the Senate has confirmed the nomination. This is probably the quickest case of tlw kind on record. The action of the Senate in confirming Mr. Foster's nomination alovost immediately upon its-reception, and without ref erence to the foreign relations com mittee, is almost without precedent as heretofore it has been customary to reserve this honor for Senators in active service who are nominated for office. ; The Miss Greensboro Record says : Anna Neal, of Morganton, was engaged, to De married 10 iur. Gowan Dusenberry, of Concord, the date of the wedding being July 10 next, but Miss Anna changed her mind, and from a gentleman who was here yesterday it was learned that cards are out for her marriage to another gentleman Professor Ambler and Mr. Dusenberry, though not threatening suicide, is very sick at the stomach." The President has signed the joint resolution of Congress making Octo ber 12, 1892, the tour hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America, a general holiday. Piles ! Piles 1 1 Itching Piles III Symptoms Moisture ; intense itch ing and stinging : most at night worse by scratching. If allowed to continue tumors form, which often bleed and ulcerate, becoming very sore. ' S wayne's . Ointment .. stops the itching and bleeding, heals ulcer ation, and in most cases removes the tumors. At druggists, or by mail, For 50 cents. " , r- Dk. Swayne & Son, OC 8 tf Philadelphia. CLINTON, N. 0., THURSDAY, JULY 7, THE MTIONAL PLATFORMS OF THE DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN PARTIES. In the past very few p opb have read platforms and still fewer hav studied them. Probably not more than one person in a thou-iand takes the various platforms and compare them closely. We depended entirely upon newspaper comments and campaign speeches and the lniormatlon from such sources has been too frequently incorrect and "always Imper fect. But now the people are reading and thinking for themse Ives. We give below the platforws of thollepnblican and Democratic parties in parallel columns. When you read a plank in one platform, then read the corresponding plank in the other : , - REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. The representatives cf the Republicans of the United States assembles in general conventioa on the fhores of the. Mississippi river, the everlasting bond of an indestructible renublic. whose most glorious chapter of history is the record of the Re publican party, congratulate their countrymen on the ma jes tic march of the Netion under the banners inscribed with the principles oi our piattorm or 1888, vindicated by victory at the polls and prosperity in our fields, workshops, and mine?, and make the following decla ration of principles : FORCE RILL. We demand that every citizen of the United States shall be allowed to cast one free and un restricted ballot in all public elections and that such ballot shall be counted and returned as cast ; that such laws shall be enacted and enforced as will secure to everj citizen, be "he rich or poor, native or ftfreign guaranteed by the Constitution. The free and honest popular ballot, the just and equal repre sentation of all the people, as well as their just and eoual protection under the laws, are the foundation of the Republi can institutions, ana tne party will never relent Jts efforts un til that integrity of the ballot aud the purity of elec tions shall be fully guaranteed and protected in every State. "VVe denounce the continued inhuman outrages perpetrated upon American citizens for po litical reasons in certain South ern States of the Union. THE TARIFF. We reaffirn the American doctrine of protection. We call attention to its growth abroad We maintain that the prosper ous condition of our country is largely due to the wise revenue legislation of the Republican Congress.; We believe mat all articTes which cannot be pro duced in the United States, ex cept luxuries, should be admit ted free of duty, and that all imports coming into competi tion with the products of Amer ican labor, there should be levied duties equal to tne differ ence between wajes abroad and at home. We assert that the prices of manufactured articles of general onsumption have been reduced under the operations of the tariff act of 1890. Wft denounce the efforts of the Democratic majority of the House of Representatives to de stroy our tariff laws as mani fested by their attacks upon wnYL lead and lead ores, the chief product of a number of States, and we ask the peopje for their judgment thereon. IV RECIPROCITY.' We point to the success of the Republican policy of reciproci ty, under which our export trade has vastly increased and new and enlarged markets have been opened for the products of bur farms and workshops. We re mind the teoDle : of tho bitter JConUnaed on Second Pige. toy. DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. Section 1. The representatives of the Democratic parly of the United States,-in National Convention as sembled, do affirm thair allegiance to the principles of the party as for mulated by Jefferson and exemplifi ed by the long and illustrious line of his successors in Democratic leader fchir. from Madison to Cleveland. Wo believe the public welfare demands that these principles be applied In the conduct of the Federal Govern ment through the accession to power of the party that advocates them, and we solemnly declare that the need of a return to these fundamen tal principles of a free popular gov ernment, based on home rule and in dividal liberty, was never more ur gent than now, when the tendency to centralize all power at the federal capital has become a menace to the reserved rights of the States, that strikes at the very roots of our gov ernment under the constitution a3 framed by the fathers of the Repub lic. FORCE BILL. Sec. 2. We warn the people of our common country, jealous for the pre servation of their free institutions, that the policy of federal control of elections, to which tlie Republican party has committed itself, is fraught with the gravest dangers, scarcely less momentous than would result from a revolution practically estab lishing monarchy on the ruins of the Republic It strikes atr the North as well as the South, and Injures the colored citizen even more than the white ; it means a horde of deputy marshals at every polling place.arm ed with federal power; returning boards appointed and controlled by federal authority; the outrage of the electoral rights of the people in the seveial States; thejubjugation of the colored people" to the control of the party-1A power and the reviving of race antagonisms now happily abated, of the utmost peril to the safety and happiness of all; a mea sure deliberately and justly describ ed by a leading Republican Senator as "the most infamou3bill tbatver crossed tbe threshold of the Senate." Such a policy, if sanctioned by law, would mean the dominance of a self-perpetuating oligarhy of office- holdeis, and the party first intrusted with its machinery could be dislodg ed from power only by an appeal to the reserved right of the people to re sist oppression wrhich is inherent in all self governing communities. Two years ago this revolutionary policy was emphatically condemned by the people at the polk; but in contempt of that verdict the Repub lican party has defiantly declared in its latest authoritative utterance that its success in the coming elections will mean the enactment of the Force bill and the usurpation of despotic control over elections in all the States. - Belieying that the preservation of Republican government in the Uni ted States is dependent upon the de leat of this policy of legalized force and fraud, we invite the support of n 1 P t rona w hrv iladrotft aoo thomn. stifution maintained in its integrity, with the laws pursuant thereto, which have given our country a hundred years of unexampled prosperity, and we pledge the Democratic party, if it be intrusted with power, not only to the defeat of the Force bill, but also to relentless opposition to the Republican policy of profligate ex penditure which in the shortest space of two years has squandered an en ormous surplus and emptied an over flowing treasury alter piling new burdens of taxation upon the already overtaxed labor of the country. . THE TARIFF. Sec. 3. We denounce the Republi can policy of protection as a fraud on the labor of the great majority of the American people for the benefit of the few. We declare it to be a "fundamental principle of the Demo cratic party that the federal govern ment has no constitutional power to impose and collect tariff duties ex cept for the purposes of revenue on ly, and we demand that tne col lec tiou ot such taxes shall be limited to the necessities of the government when honestly and economically ad- ministered. - RECIPROCI Y, Sec. 4. Trade interchange on the basis of reciprocal advantages to the countries participating is a time-hon- ored doctrine of the Democratic faith, but we.denounce the snam re- and combines, a repeal alone ciprocity which juggles with the peo- of tnig unjust measure would not re ple's desire for enlarged foreign mar- iieve the present distress. It would kets and freer exchanges by pretend- t ,ift Binze mortgage. The one ing to establish closer trade reiations for a country wnose articles oi e Continued on Second Page. 1892. WHERE HE STANDS. EXTRACTS FROM EX-PRESr-DENT CA RIPS' ANNUAL ADDRESSES TO THE STATE ALLIANCE. HowTnej Interpret the tiener- nlities l'nlargo the Meaning of the Platform Adopt! , at the Jteccnt State Convention. In the last issue of The Cauca sian we said that the man nomina ted and the views held by him meant more always than the wording of the platform ho 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 these 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 convened 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 In December last (1889) the necessity for which was foreshadowed by that eminent statesman and jurist, the late Judge David Davis, when he said, as long ago as 1866; "The rapid growth of the corporate power and the malign influence which it exerts by combination on the National and Staled 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 the people in an unorganized condition on the other, for the control of the government. It will bo watched by every patriot with intense anxiety." Is ever 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 un-mmity with w hich the demands set forth by that body were adopted, and the universal endorsement by all the 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 eads This meeting, Lational in character as in name, was a magnifi cent succass in obliterating the old lines of sectionalism a matter de voutly to be wished, an'i 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 UDKIlOWn, UDU lliert) WHS 11W cessity for them, but to day now different! Every branch or trade lias 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 manutacturers 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 lions of working men. The acts of Congress in aid of ag riculture for the last twenty-nve years have been few Indeed, com pared with those ot our ncn manu tacturers. and the tariff is so manip ulated that they (the few thousand) reap tne entire oenenis. we mi know but too well the result or tins reign of selfish greed. The small land owners are being p ished to the wall, the larger ones are no longer able to make both er-ds meet; farms in th3 Nurth, South, East and West and especially the West, that t en- ty-five yeara ago, during the period of the greatest inflation, paid a rair percentage on a valuation of $20 to $40, are ao being foreclosed on mortsraeres for half that amount, ai.d the former owners seeking new fields of employment for a livelihood. It is a sad commentary on hu- manitv. but nevertheless troe, thai with an unequal distribution ol wealth there is an unequal distribu tion of social power. The Influence of the middle class the man of mod crate means Is no longer felt in the legislative halls of the Capitol; he I being swept away. Wealth is rap idlv concentrating, and out of the consequent corruption but I wo clas ses are forming the lordly rich and the beggarly poor. While free to admit that the iniquitous protective i tariff has brought about the present depressed state of agriculture Dy stripping tho poor of three-fourths of their natural savings ana concen tvatincy a mainritv of the wealth''', of 1 fha nntr , th hands of infinites- gimauv smaii part of the people, compo,sei of manufacturers, trust. th-nt,nee(jful a the present finan - iP?fli condition of the people, is a .ciebt-paying system ;Ot finance, . in No. 39. comparison -with which alt other 4ticjlm ink Into utter liwijrttifi canoe. I have dwelt longer npon national rrlr Sieving that there. In the Upltol at Washington, hvt orUl tuted the farmer' woe, and from that source alone can cooie the reru edy. Let us continue to insbt upon our national Congtres giving u tbU much needed relief. HlMorv tearh ethat the with with which the rich bind the poor can be broken only by fire, ord or bloody rcvo lotu n. But we have better meth od of overturning fraud aril corrup tion iu hhh places. We have free speech and fre ballot, and when tba wisdom of the acta of the national meeting, like leven, to begin work upon Die masca of the people, then, and not till thea.hall we have a peaceful and happy &olution of ail ur troubles. EXTRACTS FROM ADORE AT MORE HEAD. 1891. Officers and Delegate of the North Carolina Farmers' Alliance: Since last addressing you, as Pres ident of the Mate Alliance, it haa been my great pleasure to wtch the healthy growth or our Order, and the rapid devoloperaent of tho prin ciples we have Inculcated. The unprecedented political op he vat 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 ly, it was a great work; and well may we teel honored, since it was a mcst salutary lesson to the greed of capital, the rottenness of govern ment and the ravings of political demagogues. Rut, 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 time surround us, I think I may be pardoned lor saying that the work seems scarcely yet begun. We are assailed on every hand by dema gogues, chiefly those In ofilce, whoso sole object Is to perpetuate their power, and it matters little by what means they effect their purposo.Some times we see them masquerading as friends 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 sur ;ly absorbing and paralixing what little blood and 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 IndejKiudence which has ever characterized the husbandman from the time of Cin cinnati even unto aur own. I think, then, I do not miss the mark when I say that, as a class, we are patient and willing, much abuse 1 and never murmuring, yet when we are arous d, as I now trust you all are, the ct bears more than owllnary siguifl ance. But what makes this our ast 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 somethh g must be done. It is no lenger a mat ter of condition relief must come Our condition is such that delay would be latal among us, and th conscious opinion is that relief inus come through the legitimate and peaceful channels of legislation. We have held up to the scorn and con tempt of honest men the existence of trusts, combines and corporation; but of what benefit has this expo sure been to us? The worluftf rob- betv. fiUll goca-rm: why is tint? 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 ol reason at 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 tho very first law the law of sell-preserva tion and 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 bear 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, w e see great reasons for asserting. that this boastei civiiiza tion is not shared in by the work ingman who, here, as the world over. Is the pith, the marrow, , the back bone ot the country. And how is he to share therein, handicappd as he Is in the race of life, in the severe struggle for existence? Handicap ped by his own Ignorance, which he so uuivrtuuaieiy evinces wnen ne assetts his opposition to that bill. which now, in anything but a spirit of fair ess, is being discussed throughout the country I mean, oi couree.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 Tor the passage of this bill unaltered nd undiscussed, for that would deprive as of the opinions and experiences of others: but we are attached, yea- even committed, tc the principles involved, and are eonvinced that only after a full and free discussl-n can ve arrive at a saustactory s.iu lion cl the subject. -Chere Is prece dent sufficient of governments loan ing money to tho citizen with and without security, and thus is estab lished the power to loan, which indeed all sufficient. The kind of security does not enter into the case the government can select what it considers ample ana best calculate? to relieve the wants of the people, It is unaccountable; indeed, I cannot understand how a man dependent upon the sweat of his brow for his Continued on Second Page. IP YOU WOULD LIKE To commutdctte with atxrat teu thonanJ o the Wit country People in this iKtloa C oith Carolina then do It through th colnmnt of Tux Cavcauax. No otier paper In the Third Cn greMional District ha a Urgt a circulation. NATIONAL UKUAND OP Tin: r arm r.n.v al.i.i anci: AND ISnrMTItlAt. UNION OF AMKICICA, AHAIMUT KD AT 8T. LOCISIN I MHll, 1 . That we demand I he abotit Ion of National banks nd the automa tion or legl tendf r Tmuarr note n lieu cf National lUokuotev Uu- ed In sufficient volume to doth bttstaes of the country on a cah yntem; regulating the amount needed on a per capita bdi a Ue bitelmits interest of the country ex. pand, and that all money lue4 by the government hall be legal tender n payment of all debt, both public and private. z. That we demand t hat ConzreM shall pas such laws a ahall eftVrtu. ally prevent tho dealing In future of all agricultural and mechanical reduction; preserving nrloirent oystcm of procedure In trial at ahall ecudtho prompt conviction, and mposing iuch penalties m ahall ure the moat perfect compliance with the law. 3. That we demand the fre ami unlimited coinage of silver. 4. That we demand the paiaire of law prohibiting the alien owner ship of land, and that Congmw take early step- to dcvUe aouie plan to obtain all land now ownod by aliens and foreign syndicates : and that all lands now held by railroAd and other corporations. In extxa of such as is actually used and needed by them, be reclaimed by tho gov. ernment and held lor actual net t let only. o. Hoi loving In tho doctrine of equal rights to all and Mtvl.d rlvilvges to none,' we domand that taxation. National or HUte, shall not be u.hI to build up one In terest or class at the cxitettne of an other. Wo believe that tho money of the country should, bo kept &n much as poftdblo In the hands of the NHiple, and henoo we dctnrnd that II revenue, Is at ional. State or Coun ty, shall bo llmite.l to tho necoary expenses of tho government eco nomically and honestly adininlMcr- ed. G. That Congress Lssue a sufilcl. ent amount of fractional paper cur rency to facilitate exchange through the medium of tho United "States mail. 7. Wo demand that the means of communication and transportation shall bo owned by and operated In the Interest of the people, as is the United States postal system. POLITICAL WOULD. From Our Kxchaiigctt. Benjamin Harrison wants to loan two hundred millions of dollars of tho fteoplo's money lo the Niagara Uan-u mj. Jerry Sim iwon was re-nomUnted for Congress, Tuesday, in tho sev enth district of Kansas. The Atlanta Constitution warns tho Democracy of the country that there is only one way to hold tho south In line, and that Is to pass tho reo silver bill. The bankers of New York have organized themselves to defeat, if possible, all measures of finance " that would benefit tho peonlo If passed. Ono hundred and forty-seven office holders wre delegates to the National Convention of tho Jlepub lean party. It required over ono column of nonpariel to report the railroad presidents address when he nomi nated Harrison. Harrison I owned by the railroads and money specu lators of Wall Rtreet and London. Nearly $4,000,000 in gold hai gone to England this week to pay interest and dividends on alien in- fvtHxicj)ts. In this mmmv the- people of the Ualtcdgtates are got ting rich by loaning mncy of the foreigner. , If It takes nineteen yoars to undo what half a dozen knaves did In twenty-four hours In the matter of demonetizing silver, how long will it take to undo all the cussednoss which all the knaves have commit ted in the last twenty-five years? The money plank of the Republi can party Is plainly expressed and undisguised. It is that all tho debts of the wo-ld fhall be paid in gold. There is in the whole world 3,000,000,000 of gold. . This U all in the control of banks and money lender?. The Interest and discount on debts amount annually to moro than all the gold In the whole world. Now, who will tell us ho I he debt Is to be paid. Ex. -' in ..I PERSONAL POINTS. .John T. Stone, editor and owner of the Henderson (N. U.) Daily- Hastier, is probably the youngest journalist in tho country. Master Stone Is only thirteen years of age. Uen. Bragg, of Wisconsin, is not the man of whom Gen. Taylor used the expression, A little more grape, Capt. Bragg, a little more grapj." This famous command was given at the battle of Buena Vista, February 23, 1817, by Capt. Braxton Bragg, afterward a distinguished officer of the Confederate army. David B. Hill sent a telegram to the New York delegation to Chica go, thanking them f .r their support of the regular Democracy of that State.' Dr. O. W. Sanderlln, State audi tor, says he would, not accept any nomination at the bands of the third party. Mr. Springer thinks President Harrison will prove stronger than, any other jman the Republicans could have nominated. Rev. Thos. Dixon has organized ar new party fn New York city. It was organized In secret session, and' Is to be called the Civic Union. Its object Is to cleanse municipal affairs. Ex-Senator J. J. Ingalla, before sailing for Europe, closed an agree ment to furnish a syndicate of news papers ft series of articles on special topics and features of life In Ameri ca and the Old World, .V '-V.
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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