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THE CAUCASIAN:0 i 1 " " 1 11 1 - . 1 " . , , ,. Pure Democracy and White Supremacy. JtoTxI - CLINTON, N. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1892. No. 8 I ' ( : ! " i . i HI KIHTOIl'S CHAIR. A WU VlllilUV-CUIClI, VWV J voted a different ticket, met j;w days since. The one who I voted with the successful ty asked the other "where he f at?" The other replied: "I on the demands of the Alli- and will stand there, 'her in a majority or a mi y." The former was silent. ? The recent election shows the party lash is losing its er. It shows that partisan and machine methods are ned. The people are study the science of government 1 practical politics as never e. The majority of voters kon regard politics as a of improving business tions. I It will be the greatest po- discovery of the age that ral business prosperity may Jcured through appropriate lation. Is it not a fact that ; has been legislation which made some men enormously with the effect to keep most I comparatively poor. The locrats have preached this rine..Now let them put it practice. They have told us e bad financial policy of the "ublican party. Now let them JU. T 4 n : ..., Ice it. Watch and see which !ie Republican laws on fi re they change. See if they ish the national banking sys- I Grover Cleveland, in ch before the Manhattan b on the oth said: "The erican people have become lically more thoughtful and watchful than they were years ago. (Cries of "good," Cheers.) They are consid now vastly more than they ithen political principles and I politics, in distinction to manipulation and the dis ion of rewards for partisan es and activities (cries of p," and cheers.) This situa 5 one that ought at once to cognized and intelligently y those who are charged f tne management ot our i organization. (Cheers.) present mood of the peo iither the Democratic party ty other party can gain and he Support of the majority I voters by merely promis- distributing personal spoils avors irom partisan su- cy. (Cheers.) They are ng of principles and poli- and they will be satisfied nothing short of the utmost ffaith in the redemption of edges to serve them in their ttive capacity by the inau- ion oi wise policies ana g given to them honest Wment." (Cheers. are glad to see this. It that no one has learned uring this campaign than r. Cleveland. It shows le realizes (if he rt ie says) that many people t ted the Democratic ticket ar are not partisans, but ho determined to give the tratic party one full chance Jem its pledges and prom pt mrtner shows that he S that the people will con 3 shis administration by a vote as it was put as in I it tha Democratic party lot now giyg the people taxes and more money n nonest government in department, At Memphis, in conversa tion with Bro. Griffith, a delegate from Iowa, we referred to the methods employed by the oppo sition in the political campaign in North Carolina. Among other things we told him how the Dem ocratic machine tried to destroy our influence by charging that we were canvassing in the inter est of Harrison, and that we were paid by the Republicans to do it. He looked at me a little puzzled for a moment and then said : Why the Republican machine tried to work the same game on me in Iowa. They charged that I was canvassing in the interest of Cleveland, and that I was paid by Democratic money to do it." We sat and looked at each other, and it dawned upon us that the Democratic and Repub lican machines had gotten to gether and mapped out the same line of policy for this campaign, and that they both had the same object, and that was to crush out the reform movement. Their plan was to make odious the men, and to break the confidence of the people in the men who were facing the fire of the machine and championing the cause of reform. There was one varia tion in their methods. Up in Iowa they charged on Bro. Grif fith and the other reformers that they were in sympathy with the rebels, and wanted to put the Southern brigadiers in the sad dle again ; down here they hol lowed "Negro" at us, and charged that we wrere trying to turn over a million white people to the "control, domination and supremacy" of a half million negroes. There is one other va riation, and this will surprise you. Up in Iowa the politicians and newspapers of neither party used the partisan utterances of General Weaver's, nor tried to make capital out of his war record at Pulaski or elsewhere. This was because it was the home of General Weaver, and they knew that the people knew the truth. To have made such attacks in Iowa would have lost them votes. As every one knows the putting out of a State ticket by the People's party was against our judgment. We were over ruled by a large majority. But the majority npw no doubt agrees with us, and sees that we were right. If the fight had been made on the line we argued, we believe the State could have been carried for General Weaver. We thought so then ; we think - so now. But as great as the mis take was, and as damaging as it has apparently been, we have no quarrel with those who disa greed with us, and who are re sponsible for such a course. They acted conscientiously, and from the most patriotic motives, but they were mistaken. But it does no good, and we have no time now to argue over past mis takes. Let us make the best of it. We all agree now, so let us put our shoulders together, and fight for the future. It may be after all that Providence had a hand in it, and that it is all for the best. An immediate victory might have turned our heads, and put us to fighting over the spoils. Such a victory, with such results, would not only have been temporary, but demoralizing, and not for our good or the country's good. This fight has taught us much, and at the same time has driven the opposition and many men (whom we once respected and honored) to stoop to such low methods, trickery and corrup tion that they have lost thtir in fluence and hold upon the peo ple. Yes, the People's party is stronger to-day than it was on the morning of the 8th day of November, and we are wiser than we were before the cam paign begun. So if the protec tion of the people's rights must at last be accomplished by the People's party, we have now been better prepared for the work. So let us believe that our mistakes and defects were de signed by Providence for our good ; but at the same time re member, that the Lord helps only those who help themselves. Therefore let us go to work now for the next fight, and do our whole duty. ;Vbat It Means. This Third party is a reading party. It is also a writing and talking party. Right or wrong it has- reached a magnitude which entitles it to serious con sideration, for it means revolu tion. It does not carry bombs up its sleeve, and it does not mean to follow Parsons to the gallows, but it does mean revo lution. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. GENERAL WEAVER. Democratic Power will be Short Lived, While the Republican Party Is Dead Forever. " Gen. Weaver came out of the Presidential campaign in excel lent health and with cheerful spirits, and is just as sanguine of the future success of the political movement he is now identified with as he has ever been. He believes that Demo cratic ascendency will be short lived; that the Republican party will n6ver enter another contest, and there is no relief in tariff reform; the financial question is the great problem, and that relief cannot come ex cept through the free coinage of silver. "The Populists succeeded in the late election far beyond their expectations," said he, "and have demonstrated their strength as a political factor in American politics. We have carried almost as many States as the Republican party has carried, and have been defeated in a half dozen States by very thin margins, which amounts to a practical victory. They hold the balance of power in a large majority of the States of the Union, and better still, will hold the balance of power in the United States Senate. This will enable them to act as a breakwater against vicious leg islation, and will equip them to force the great economic is sues to the front. "The Republican party is as dead as the Whig party was after the Scott campaign of 1852, and from this forward will rapidly diminish in strength in every State in the Union, and can never make an other campaign. All their great leaders have been killed off, including Depew and Mc Kinlev. It was our vote that defeated Harrison in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, and side-tracked McKmley m Ohio. The Populists will now com mence a vigorous campaign, and will push the work of or- . n i ganizauon ana cuucauuu iu every county in the Union. Its organization is now na tional, from sea to sea, and from the lakes to the Gulf. A conference of its leaders will doubtless soon be held at some central point for the purpose of thoroughly marshaling the forces of the new party-through out the country.' Great West. 3IASOX AST) DIXON'S LINE HAS BKEX WIPED OUT. Let iu Remove the Barrier Between Town and Country. The Key Note of the Situation Presented by Mr. Butler at Memphis. In response to the address of welcome by the Mayor of Mem phis, Mr. Butler responded on behalf of the National Alliance. The following is clipped from the report given by the Avalanch Appeal : " MR. BUTLER'S SOUND APPEAL. Marion Butler, President of the North Carolina Alliance and a gentleman of extremely courte ous bearing, made one of the re sponses to the welcoming speech es. Said he : In behalf of the National Alli ance I wish to thank you for the courtesy and kindness displayed by your citizens to us during our stay. If the great explorer, De Soto, the pioneer of your city, who first looked upon the bosom of your majestic river standing upon this very spot, was here this morning, he could not feel more at home than you have : made us feel since our arrival. Yes the Alliance has done much I to wipe out Mason and Dixon line." It is a propitious sign to i see the sections of the North and South thus uniting. But as much as the obliterating of sectional j lines is to be desired there is an other thing that stands as a great er barrier to economic and indus trial reform. It is the imaginary line of supposed antagonism of interests which has grownup be tween every town in America and the country adjacent. The North and the South shaking hands across the bloody chasm will not solve the situation to -day. It must be done by the neighbors of each locality whose interest, though In different lines, are identical, or rather complementary, putting their heads together, finding the cause of depression to both, and touching elbows in their efforts to remove it for the common good. The present feeling of hostili ty between the town and country has grown since our organiza tion has started. It came from a misconception of the great rank and file of the laborers and great wealth-producers of the present inequalities of the distribution of wealth. The man in the coun try only partially acquainted with the nature of our government and the laws of commerce naturally laid the blame at the door of the first man in sight. This?man was the business and professional man of the small cities and towns. These men naturally resented the accusation, arid, knowing but lit tle about the object and purpose of the farmers' organization and the nature of our deliberations, were in a measure justified in viewing the movement as hostile to them. The mistake of our peo ple has produced this lamented misconception and hostility on both sides. Therefore, the key note of the present situation is to break down the barrier of hostili ty between town and country and join hearts and hands for their common interest and good gov ernment. I had rather see this line blot ted out than the Mason and Dix on line, because it divides neigh bors, and it is more essential that neighbors, with common interests agree that the two sections of the country shake hands. The num ber of men in this country and their businesses that are logically and justly antagonized by our movement are extremely small. The others would not be antago nized by us, nor would they feel hostile to our organization if a proper understanding was arrived at. Our organization and the work it is doing is making a stu dent of political economy . and good government out of people of every class and calling. It is a propitious sign for the perpetuation of a Republican gov ernment.. In fact, this is the most propitious day in the histo ry of our American government We are now devoting most of our time fighting political evils, results of bad legislation because they seem to be the greatest cause of depression. Hence .we are in politics, but as soon as you will join with us to remove these evils then we n ill be cut of politics and deveing our efforts to the other great objects of the organization. Yes, join with us to remove the cause. It is your interest, it is ours. Sooner or later the men of town and country will learn to pull together, and both combined w ill right the wrongs of w hich we complain and give full and equal opportuuity to American citizens of every industry in the United States will start with new impetus. I will go back to the mother State of v North Carolina and tell her how her fair daugh ter, Tennessee, has rivaled, yea, outstripped her in old-time hospi tality, and all the delegates, when they reach their distant homes will join in praise of the unstinted courtesy and generosity of the in habitants of the "Bluff Citv." "The Alliance Live and Will Contin ue to Live in Spite of Mistakes and Outside Attacks." The following editorial ap peared in the National Econo- j mist of Oct. 12th just before the Memphis meeting: Many old familiar names are on the list of delegates to the Supreme Council, and the edi tor of the Economist anticipates with pleasure the hope of again meeting the old workers, and conferring together. We have now had experience. We can no longer be blown about by every breath ot doctrine. The man who wants something done or a certain policy pursued can no longer frighten us by saying that the order will go to pieces if he fails. We have had ex perience, and know that this or der now lives, and believe that it will continue to live and pros. per in spite of our mistakes and blunders, and that the responsi bility is now resting on us to profit by the , mistakes of the past, and under the guidance of Divine Providence do the very best we can to-day. We have no fears of and no-time to lose on the slanderer or the backbi ter, we have had them on hand all the time, ready to miscon strue every act and word of our officers and workers, but a little time has always been sufficient to vindicate the right, because these fellows cannot long keep their object hid, ana that ex posed, they destroy themselves. Now a word to the delegates: The man who has an ax to grind will try to get up strife and dis cord, try to center interest on those present and stir up prej udice. The true friend of the order will forget the personali ty of those present especially if they differ on other things and concentrate effort on meas ures calculated to build up and strengthen the order and there by benefit the millions now working and waiting at home. The above was true before the meeting and true after the meet ing. Ed. Don't Get Mad With a Pool. Soever get mad with a man who considers his views are, be yond question, correct, and are superior to reason, for if he is correct, mortals have no busi ness to attempt an argument with one so superior to man; and, if incorrect, they have no business to fool away their time or lose their temper on such an ass. Never get mad with a fool. Ex. Colorado gives Weaver from 5.000 to 7.000 majority. The Populist3 will control both houses of the legislature, has elected two Congressmen and Ihe Governor. "Rah" for Col orado. eElrM'c WINE OFCMTOUI for female dsae; The Kale of Few. Aristotle, after enumerating the governments which he calls governments in the general in terests, monarchy and the re public, treats of governments in the interest of individuals, tyranny oligarcy. Ologarchy. says Aristotle, Is the political predominance of the rich, and democracy the political pre dominance of the poor, to the exclusion of the rich. To the objection, "But what if the rich be more numerous and govern, or if the poor be the less numerous and govern!" He replied that the rule of the minority in the democracies, and that of the majority in oli garchies are wholly accidental, because the rich everywhere constitute the minority, and the poor everywhere the ma jority. "Two parties," continued the impartial Aristotle, "claim ex clusively, each for itself, the right to make the law, and in deed this right belongs to both of them up to a certain point, but this right is not absolute in the one or the other. On ' the one hand, superior in a " single point, in wealth, for in stance, they think themselves superior in all; on the other hand, equal in one point, lib erty, for instance, they think themselves absolutely equal; the main object is forgotten on both sides. If political asso ciation was a commercial asso ciation for the purpose of gain, the share of the association in the State would be in direct Iroportion to their investment, and the partisans of oligarchy would be in the right; but the object of political association is not only the existence of the associated, but their happiness, the well being of families and of the different classes of the people.- Those who bring the most (by their talent) to the general fund of the association have a preater share in the State than those who,' equal or superior in point of liberty or birth, have, notwithstanding, less political virtue; a greater, share than those, superior in' wealth, are inferior in merit." To whom, then, should sov ereignty belong? To ine mul titude, to the wealthy, to the good, to a single individual of superior talents, to a tyrant? "Neither to these nor to others, " says Aristotle,' "but to the law," and if "one of the elements of the political body must be preferred, Aristotle would incline in favor of thev multitude, for the reason that, if each individual errs in judg ment, in the aggregate all judge well. But the " government which seems to him to best as- sure the reign of the law is the hrepublic, which borrows its principles from oligarchy ana democracy. If he' had been asked how the Alliance of these two governments, which he calls corrupt, could give birth to the best of all governments, that tLey were only bad be- cause they were exclusive, and that political wisdom should be the reconciliation of these two elements. Oligarchies may maintain themselves by minis tering to the material well-doing of the people. But as ava rice is the vice peculiar to oli garchies, their government, to gether with tyranny, is the least stable of all. The rivalry of the powerful, their miscon duct, their acts of violence, the creation of another oli garchy in the bosom of the first, the ambition of some who began to flatter the people, the influence of mercenary troops -all these are so many causes of ruin. Lastly, that which in jures them most is, -"that they . deceive the lower classes." The above is extracted from an article contributed to f the "Cyclopaedia of Political Science by Jaques DeBoisjaa. lin. National Economist. i im Hi
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