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tii i; rcMtA j- Ti 1 1: i , 1 1 ui.xi vi:i:k i,v i Si nil Librnrv J it. X NO VOL. XIII. RALEIGH. N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 189",. AT-: Ji TT C Till: AtlVKUTtNMM' t V Mi:itTM C it i-ai - ui.ia. S A X. X MM I S I I I I X 1 NO. 25. V I) HR. STEWART TO THE PRESIDENT. V I oi oiis Answer to The Goldbug .ttf-i The Challenge to a lJ( f!tiit(! Battle Accepted. jMK pointed questions. I, 1 I In ii "- i A'4 iiti4iiii -triking I .... i;. ICe lii.-ln lie rel ,llil Oiiotnl II, it .! of Itiiml -Hlittt I tim I '- li 1 lie I . iik e rein. . . i uti.r Stewiuf, of Nevada, , .. i'Ii The World, ;t '.dresses the v .if.' "I - ii It Iter to Mr. Clevc- A i, !,Mi',-t..n, !) (! f April 1.'., ".)'. wi l'i !-:, ni; V,,ni I ii. r of 1 1 , , it it!ilif- .1 to Mers V. l il . i. it ur ge W. Sini.h ami oth . "t it..' Chicago committee, is i ly. Id xuitrv looks to von hh Im mpioii ol the present of the country. mi Miiihtion , policy inr w ti if ii you have nil .- long urn! ft p. rM:.stfnt ly I"-, ii .st.il I i.sh fl , ninl tin- money ti.f I iiit.il St.'tt.-s i.-t reduced to ;i i in km I vol ii iik; of gold. hi -,iy: 'What is now more i cl t h;t n mi) th in ls is a ln in i i in j1' pM'H.'iitat ion of thergu ni in l.iv or of sound money.' ' I !n' trutli of tins proposition m.m he denied. If there is any I I .'I MM II I III IHVIir OI T 1 14 SOUtHl- I I , MiiiiM v pi'iM'v which you irivo aiorT- mi'I tm i t il upon the countiy, it hi i li' presented at once. You vi' iii!i ii . ii the country in all ir public utteraiic s lor the last i yi t'.rs the iiccesuty of .sound i '.i.i in n v. i on irive i xciici me curioi- l , I tli' people Ly your fr-'out'iit "f such pliriiscs as V'ouiid money' i;.l '.-.-ife eurivney,' b it you have I i r r on ' 1 sf ni I t'il to satisfy that ii inMty 1 y stating what Ihoso ft -rain p in, or what is 'souno money, or i I" currency.' "Vmi mi): 'If the sound money riitiini tit aliroatt in the land is to live us from mischief and disaster it inn t ' t ry.siniuzea aim eotnnimu m l ni. til.- immediately active. It is int'i urns to overlook the faet that i a-t number of our people with nit opportunity thus far to ex amine me un Mnn m all its aspects. rive nevertheless been ingeniously pree,i wnn specious suggestions, sslith.in this time ot misfortune I, i i ii i ami impression, nini wining nsreners l ii ,tit'd to jive credence to any I me which is pliusi'dy presented a unutly for their unfortunate mlitioii." WHAT IS.SOl'N'H .MtlXKV? bimetallic. He contended for 'un limited eoi ae of both metals up on terms of exact equality.' "This is the contention of the fore s in favor of bimetallism and opposed to irold in riometaiism, and this is the full extent of the d. mamls of the advocate of silver coinage. A Vol.T.EV V L K.sTION.s. ' Why do you arue that a return to the coinage of both metals upon term:- of exact unlity us establish ed by .LiTerson aud Hamilton acd maint aim ! by all patriotn; -tat s mn of very party previous to the clandestine demonetization of silver in 1S75, would debase the currency aiidd.stroy the credit f the (lov ernment ? "Have ou ever compared the pros peri'y of th country i nb r your illusti ions ired- eesor-, who main tained unrestricted coinage, of both tii t n Is with th -unfoiun:1e df-fires sion' which iH'n' t.s the c untry under your ndniini.-tiatiouf "D.d it ever occur to yon that letferson and Jackson mij'-ht be iit,'ht. and that you mi'ht be wrorc? Iid ou ever consider the p ssi b'lity of the radical chintrc that you, Mr. .Sherman, iinl your associates, in co operating wit'' w hat you term the 'fores of sate currency' have made? ACrfSATIIlNS N KXT. "You have disreariletl not orlv the teachin-i of the fathers of the Republic, but you have reversed the ua(cs ami customs of the civilized world which existed for thousands of years previous to 1S7I5. "You have destroyed one-half of the world's metallic money Mid en hanced the value of the other half full V 1 per cent. "You have the debtor to surrender in order to liquidate his debt more than double the amount of property that the money he borrowed would have purchased at the time he in cur! d the obligation. "You have increased the value of g Id by refusing the use of both metals as money, and created a con stant decline of prices until you have ruined enterprise and deprived labor of employment and produced uni versal distress. You now call upon the Democrats of Illinois to present a plain and simple argument' which will satisfy the people that a financial policy whi'h makes them miserable is 'so i rid money and safe currency.' "If you know such an argument, why do you not produce it? If you know any argument that will con vince the people that it is right for them to suiter depression and hard times while all the wtalth they pro duce is absorbed by the dealers in bonds and manipulators of money, it is y ur duty to present that argu meiit without delay. Such an argu luent would be a new discovery, and one never before used by any ad vocate of your sound money forces. YOUR SlTEKIOIi WISDOM." "Ifvoucan show that the con- tract iou of the volume of money of " l nliiiii'itu iiMvment to I'old alone has 1 1 utie and depression and that i.. ni.,w " il'll. Illlir.1 IMO'l'l ivrioii i -i"v i - can. It all depends upon your Yen ate tight. In this time of i 1 i tune and depression the peo I" ure willing to listen to any reme- ii I' i I heir unfortunate condition Ii is gratifying to know ihat Ii nve learned that this is a time of mi . i i i oii unow mat sounu money is ine ll ou WJlllil Mimiy i ci i Jnr Tho c.mtitt-v le what sound money is, Xlvy L.j,;,,,, t n.l von alone, to .... " : - - exolain whv times are hard under 1 " THE GREAT FIGHT IS ON. The Democratic President Has Sounded the Keynote for the Campaign of '96. THE PEOPLE VS. PLUTOCRACY. feint tly. I lit' pi III would understand the remedy you propose ami could form their own opinions, as to its probable eflieency. ' lu your letter to Gov. Northern ol Sept. 'J7, 1M , you said: 'I want goiid, .sound ami stable money and a t oinht leu of confidence that will keep it in use. I am therefore opposed to the free and unlimited coinage of silver by this couutry alone and independently, and I am in. t ivor of the immediate and uncon ditional repeal of the purchasing clause id" the so called .Sherman law. I ci ii l ess I am astonished by the op position in the Senate t such rrompt actnui as would relievo the present unfortunate situation ' WHY THE I.oXiJ DEPRESSION" ? " The opposition in the Senatu at winch vmi weie astomstiett was iver- your s o u u 1 1 currency poncy iou "have delayed the explanation too long. The country is getting im patient. It is eucouiaging that you appreciate the necessity for prompt action. "Youay: 'If the sound money sentiment abroad in the land is to save us from mischief and disaster it must lo crystallized aud combined and made immediately active ' Y u are right. Your sound money gold monometallism is in danger, but w hen ci vstalli.' d and combined the danger will be greatly iu Teased un less your 'plana and simple presen tation of the argument iu favor of sound money' is im mediately pre sented. "As the case now stands your crys uiie and the prompt action which ta'hz vtion and combination or tue ou declared would relieve the un- sound money sentiment which you fortunate situation was obtaiu d say 'is abroad' might confine it to the more th in eighteen months ago, and bauks and nioney-ch-tnerers and leave the then 'i resent unfortunate situa the popie or lue i uneu oiaies om t n hi' tn w hich von alluded has con t, i.a.d mul isnowMhis time of mis forces of gold monometallism. What fortune and depression.' Your cou- ever may happen, you are entitled ( I. nt prediction that the repeal ol 10 ine gramme m iue "'"niMii the Sherman act wounl relieve the 'unfortunate situation' rallied to oiir support the commercial press, i lie hoards o f trade and the dealers iu money and bonds ca'.Kd business nun. ami euabled you, with the power and patronage of your gn at rice, to overcome the opposition iu the Senate which astonished you. Tii. Mai. W ho w l'lrlgel lo Krf Oilier Tom. Ill t are to the lilJ-n ( air--Sn.r Iml. in I he K-rorli if Ituth Man ami I'uilj I lur ui fr lit. Slrncjjlr. i rover Cleveland was recently in vited by a number of business men, of Chicago, to visit that city. One hundred prominent ciiiznc-, l"th h morrtita and I'epulil iru hk, sent an invitation to the Pres dent on April oth, stating that they were aoxious to -spies their deep seus" of appre ciation of his statesmanlike and couraireous action in mmutaininij the ti mi in-tul rrclit of our m.tion, and his attitude in favor of the preservation of xi'iiuil national mrrtney. Mr. Cleveland could not accept the invitation, but he wrote a letter, from which the following is taken: tJe.'itlcmcii: I am miicft gratified by the exceed in'ly kind and complimentary in vita tion you have tendered me on behalf of many citizens of Chicago to lie their guest at a atherinn in the interest of sound money and wholesome financial doctrine. My attachment to this cause is so i;I!kiT, and 1 know .so well the hospitality and kind nesss of the people of Chicago, that my per sonal inclination is strongly in favor of ac cepting your Mattering invitation. 1 hoie, however, the event w ill mark the b'-giuning of an aggressive effort to dissemi Hale among Jthe people safe and prudent financial ideas. The situation we are confronting demands that those who appreciate the importance of this subject atid they ought to be the lirst to see impending danger should no longer remain indifferent or overconfident. If the sound money sentiment abroad in the laud is to save us from mischief and dis a ter, it must be crystallized and combined and made immediately active. What is now meded more than anything e'se is-a plain and simple presentation of the argument in favor of sound money. If our eople wvre iso'ated from all others, and if the question of our currency could be tieated without regard to our relations to other countries, its character would be a matter of comparatively little importance. If the American jieople were only con cerned in the maintenance of their precious lii'e among themselves, they might return to the old days of barter, and in ibis primi tive manner acquire from each oilier the materials to supply the wants of their ex ist ence. Hut if American civilization was satisfied with this, it would abjectly fail in its big ai.d noble mission. In these kfsti.Kss hays the fanner is tcmptrd by an assurance that, though our currency may oe dPhastl, redundant, and uncertain, such a situation would improve the price of his products. Let us remind him that he must buy as ! well as sell; that his drrams of plentv are shaded by the certainty that if the price of the things he has to sell is nominally en hanced, the cost ot things he mast nuy w ill not remain stationary; that the best prices which cheap mom-y proclaims areunsubstan tial and elusive, and even if they weie real ami palpable, he must necessarily be left far behind in the race for their enjoyment. It ought not to tie difficult to convince the wage-earner tin if there were benefits arising from a degenerate currency they would reach him least of all and last of all. In an unhealthy stimu'ation of prices, an increased cost of ail the needs of his home must belong to bis perMon, whit? he is at the same time v xud with vanishing visions of increased wages and an easier lot. The pages of history and expeiiente are full of this lesson An insidious attempt is made to create s prejudice atainst ihe advocates of a safe and sound currency by the insinuation, more or less directly made, that they belong to linanc.al and business clas-es. and are there fore not only out of sympathy with the common people of the land. but. for sellish aud wicked purposes, are willing to sacrifice the interests of those outside their circle. I lielieve that capital and wealth, through combination and other means, sometimes gain an undue advantage, and it must be conceded that the maintenance ot a sound currency may in a sense be invested with a greater or less importance to individuals ac cording to their conditions and circuiu stances. Disguise it as we may, the line of battle is uravvn between the forces of sate currency and those of silver mono-metalli m. I will not believe that, if our people are afforded an intelligent opportunity for sober, second thoi.ght, they will sanction schemes, that, liowever cloaked, mean dis aster and confusion, nor that thev will con sent, by undermining the foundation of a safe currency, to endanger the beneficent character and purposes of their government. iours, very truly, Gkover Cleveland. peoule for your bold and open ad voeacy of the combination of gold monotuetaliists against the doctrine of your Secretary of the Treasury of the coinage of both gold and silver upon terms of exact quality. COURAGEOUS AT LEAST. "You are doing what no other President has had the courage to do Hie to otde naturally look to you for since the crime or 1S3- ISone or an t xtilanation why the n peal of the your predecessors since that de purchasing clause of the Sherman plorable event has dared to advise a act did not relieve the 'unfortunate combination of gold monouietallists situation' ns you predicted. against the constitutional light of " i our present plan 01 renei is a the Amencau people to nave coineu 1'ltiu and simple presentation of the at the mints both gold and silver, 1 .i gutnetit iu favor o sound money.' und thereby -to enjoy a sufficient Whv do vou not present that argu- supply of money of ultimate pay- tii.audsay what 'sound money' ment to do the business of the coun- i-. Are you unwilling to trusiiue try, sustain enterprise aud turmsn people with a pfuiu statement of employment for labor, what you moan, or are you using Your confidence iu your wisdom teims which you yourself do not uu- aBd ability is sublime when, under ilerst!u:d J present conditions, you are willing to "If the former, it rellects upon ehallenge comparison between your your good faith; if the latter you are policy aud'that of the founders of "nlvisinir others to use arguments the Democratic party which placed which vou yourself are unable to you in pwer. If you could point to present. You say: 'Disguise it as any beu tit you have been to the wr mn v. the line ot battle is drawn Country four task would be much between the forces of safe currency easier; but, in view of the universal and those of silver monometallism ' distress, your courage far exceeds your discretion unless you present in Every man in the land should study this letter. Every man liould note carefully that this goldbug president speaks of gold mono-metalhsm as sound cur rency." He should alo note that 4 free coinage of silver" is referred to as tsilctr monouuttUim. REMEMBER THESE FACTS, TOO. Let 't be remembered that the President who wiites this letter was elected on, at last a limetalliam plat form, if not a free silver platform Here is what that platform (1S92) sys: "We denounce the Republican legislation known as the Sherman act of 1--90 as a cow ardly makeshift fraught with possibilities of danger in the future which should make all of ita supporters, as well as its author, anxious for its speedy repeal. We hold to the use of both gold and silver as the standard money of the country, and to the coinage of both gold and silver with out discrimination against either metal or charge for mintage, but the dollar unit of coinage of both metals must be of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value. or be adjusted through international agree ment or by such safeguards as shall insure the maintenance of the parity of the two ruetals. ami the equal power of every dollar at all times in markets and in the payment of debts; and we demand that all paper cur- currency shall be kept at par with and re deemable in such coin. THAT SALE OF UONPS. "Your recent sale of .02,000,000 of bonds to the Kothschild syndi cate f r !H,000,000 less than their market value to obtain gold to main tain gold monometallism is some evidence of your familiarity with 'the fore s of safe currency. But Your as-er'ion that the opposing ton es are trios1 of silver monometal lism shows that you do not under stand the position of the bimetallists, or that you knowingly misrepresent their p' sition. Assuming, as I must, that it is waut of infoimatiou on ymir part, without the least desire to deceive the people, you will par don me for informing you for what the advocates of unrestricted coinage f both gold and silver contend. This contention is so clearly stated , by your Secretary of the Treasury, VMr. Carlisle, in his speech in the yi ur reasons for gold monemetal lism without tit lay. "There must be something in these reasons besides the catch phrases 'sound money,' 'parity,' 'incoutro vertabili't; 'national creJit,' patri otic devotion,' 'party' and the like. Such talk is stale and can no longer restrain the people from just indig nation against, the combination which has deprived the young aud enter prising of all opportunity to acquire wealth and independence, and plunged the country into misery and want. "Are you aware that every pro fessor aud student of political econo my except those in the employ of gold monopoly, in Europe and America, are in favor of the coinage of both tention is so cieany siaieu , pp nnon t of xaet by your Secretary of the Treasury, u ty, and that the advocates of .Mr. Carlisle, in his speech in the , . l .j,; nY.a Jlouse of Representatives on the 21st . . .... 1 .u;. This is what the Democratic party promised the people. This is the platform on which Grover Cleveland and a Democratic Congress were elected. Friend, citizens, fellow-countrymen everywhere do you remember? LET'S K F. il E M P. K fi STILL FURTHER. Do vou rcoietiiWr the fginnintr ot the "Rich Man. Panic in IMUr Do yon lettembtr low bankers, money-j.-i.dt rs, speculators, gamblers, aud shy lock everywhere raise! a cry of hard times and distress? Do you remember that they poured peti'iop on petition (uot on Couuren in s1. sion) bat on the President to call AS EXTRA SF.SsI- N F C'oXoRESS to give th-m relief? Were they told that kjitlntion cat, nut fflp vou ? Wer they told to go back home; woRK HARPER, MAKE MORE and Kl EP OUT OF POLITICS. Friend and feilow citiz ns do you REMEMBER WHAT WAS PONE? Listen! A rptti-il fii"n of Congress was cal'ed. A Democratic President called a Democratic Coiigr ss to -ether to give relief to the bank ke. Was ever tuch a thing done fi the hard-woi king weallh-j n duciDj. people of the United Statsf Are y t: t'liukingabout tbesethings now ? Lis ten! That Congress that President, squarely, un quivocally and as t L people thought, honestly pledged "to the coinage of both gold and silvei without discrimination against mt tai or charge for mintage" deliberately, openly and brazenly struck from silver all the little lite they found in it, and leffr this country fiuaucia 1 speaking, on a contracted gold basis, the results of which, during the past two years ought to convince any sane man that, if per isted in, will reduce 'he masses of the people to poverty then beggary then slavery. Do you see it? Are you studying and think ing of these matters? Are you a man? Do yon want to be a freeman? Think, think, oh men of Carolina; for (Sod's sake for humanity's sakt, think and then if you are a man. act. There can come a time when it wall be too late to think or act. ON'CE MORE REMEMliER. That (.J rover Cleveland sold $(52, 000,000 of four per cent thirty-year bonds for. !),000,000 less than they were worth in the market. That he sold these bonds to English shylocks through the asrency of Francis Lyiule Stetson, his former lair partner. He made the safe by a secret deal with out consulting Congress or the coun try. By this secret dicker mad by Cleveland and his s cretary, Orlisle, the country was robbed of .$0,000,000 To say that Cleveland and his secre tary received no part of the stolen money is the same as to charge them both with being idiots; but they are not idiots, and therefore must have each received a liberal part of the money which was stolen. These high officials stand before the honest, in telligent world as thieves, and there is no word of milder meaning that is at all adequate to express the char acter of their crime. THE KEY-NOTE FOR "DC. - The goldbug press, both Demo cratic and Republican have taken Cleveland s letter as the "key-note" for the campaign of 1896. The Phila- lelphia Times says: "Disguise it as we may. the line of battle is drawn between the forces of safe currency and these of silver mono-metallisiu." That sentence in the President's C'h'cago letter is regarded by political leaders as a campa;gu Key-note ior is; anil as a warning to the abid, populistic free silver element which is endeavoring to dominate and destroy the Democratic party. The President and the sound money wing of the Democratic party intend tooffer no sop to the -silver men this year, next year, or at any other time. The New Y"ork Times says: The gist of the President's letter to the friends of sound money in Chicago is con tained in these two paragraphs: "1 hope, however, the event will mark the beginning of an aggressive effort to dissemi nate among the people safe and prudent financial ideas. Nothing more important can engage the attention of patriotic citizens, be cause nothing is so vital tot e welfare ot our fellow countiymen and to the strength, prosperty. and honor of our nation the situation we are confronting de mands that those who appreciate the im portance of this subiect. and those who ought to be the first to see impending thin ger, should no longer remain indifferent or overconfident. in contronting an enemy so numerous and alert, overcontidence would be an un pardonable breach ol the rules of prudence and safe tactics. ,Mr. Cleveland has spoken the needed word. Jr or two years at least, unless a Kepubhcan Congress can muster a two-thirds vote for the silver standard, a Democratic President will shield us from commercial disaster and national dishonor. And this is what a man does in 1S94-95, when he was pledged to an exactly opposite policy in 1802 and was elected on that expressed policy. SOME AXSWFRS TO THE LETTER. The goldbug demagogy in Cleve land's letter has not gone unchal lenged or unanswered: W H. Harvey, author of "Coiu's financial School,' says in reply: You call the attention of farmers am wage-earners to the tact that the rising prices, while enabling them to sell their pro ducts and labor at a higher price, will also cause them to pay equally more for what they may purchase, but you neglect to say tnat your statement is not appncaoie to debts. W un prices coming down regularly and steadily since the demonetization of si! ver. our merchants, manufacturers, aud people reneraliy have been doing business on a tailing market, so that the time inter vening between the purchase of their mer chandise or raw material and placing it mouths alter on the market has removed the margin they would have otherwise made This shrinkage iu values, added to the ordi nary risk and expense of business, be ed to an ever-mexflasmg volume ot de,. to a money lending period, until it has ..icreased all told, pudic and private, to about $ 10.- (KO.noo.Ono. orabout two thirds of the total value of all the nronwtv in the United Stat-s We have constantly pointed the people to the ever-increasing interchangeable value of the creditor s dollar and to the reason why it was increasing, b.jt the influence of these creditors have dominated your administra tion, ana you insist on such a currency as they have established as a sound currency. It means thetosnscATios of the property of the people by the sale of property under MORTc.AiiES. judgments and execut os. It means that fixed incomes will wijieout the interest of hundreds in our railroads and TRAITS OF SOUTHERN CHARACTER. s,-" It. IU. lir e, b rihrnr 1 I l'n 1 rat tlittg I ri.urrlj Ihruugtt IH Ma.! h. VaduntOU Pot Ad observant NoMherrer b Wt-n travelling leisurely in the Suh and in a pome hit lengthy acd alto srether intnetding le;ter to the New "rfe Sun. pivt M.me of the re ?ults of his observation. H call special attention, for instance, to thrt distinctively American character of the people: '"It is remnrkab' that I'opuliitn. with itc doi-trine of dept ndence on a internal ifny crimi-nt, should have sraii'd any foothold among t hit proud und -elf reliant l-ipula-tiuti. now the mot tecuiinrlv American in the whole I nioii. The face uf the crowds coti.vted at the railway stations are almost wnouy ol distinctly American tyjie and indicative of a long American lineairr. ri- pt w here thev exhibit the Afri' an frn'ure. I hey are strong an 1 well-modeled facet, and the physical development generally is viif- on us ;iiid end :.r;ng. nig tn. tit. iiob.iiv need ! surpr d that the rebellions .SouiL vas able lo gatht r '.ogethcr armies incom putable in their fortitude. If there is any where a notion th-t this clima'e tends to he enfef blPineiit of I he peop'e, the cxp rii-hce i.i I the civil w:r and prest-nt on t-rvatioii in a'i parts of the South proves it to !e utterly base'ess. The young men of the coU'i'ry ditr'n ts are almost invariably notable sfci-t'lt-iis of a'hlclie manhood. Their grasp is st -ong and tirm. their moxemcnts are much fieer aud more gracelu! than we are :ic iisttiuied to see in similar regions at tin N'orih. and they give all the evidences of an enduriiitr and commanding race. Their habit of riding and of pursuing the chase. of bunting and shooting gives them a "set up w hich we do not st among ti e young fellows in our Northern farming comiiiuni lies. Italso makes them bold and self re liant, accustomed to surmount physical obstacles, and inured to hardship. Thev constitute sujierior examples of the English race, lor. in genera", the Southern white, itopulation is made up of the old American stock of English descent, strengthened and enlivened by st rains of the Irish, Scotch, Teutoniujand Huguenot blood of colonial times The later admixture of foreign ele ments has l.ten comparatively trilling." The wtiter then refers to one so cial aspect which invariably arrests the notice of intelligent strangers and which constitutes perhaps the most attractive feature of Southern character the kindness of feeling ad the good will that prevails with out regar4 to worldly conditions: "The Democratic character of society is also preserved here more fully than at the .North, certainly than in the more Kastt-rii States. The malignant envy and jealousy of prosperity which has been iniorted into the North during the last generation, a vile exotic, does not exist here, so far as co:, t erns the feeling of the Southern people toward each other, though it may be that there is some such sentiment regal ,'ing the superior material wealth of the North . Usually ihe relations of the jeop'e in their social and business intercourse are distinctly and, to me, charmingly democratic. Even when the oltl slave-holding aristocracy existed, its members were without arrogant assump tion. No oslent.it ious di-play of wealth was made, and really there .vas no wealth, a., measured by the Nor h :rn fortunes of the present time. The people were then, and they are now. without the cautious reserve to w hich we are accustomed to at the North, with its heterogeneous Herniation. '1 hey know each other as people w ho have been 'raised in these communities from fami lies long established here, and thev meet i on terms of equality, every one resjiectfu! of the rights and regardful of the dignity of his neighbor, though they may lie widely separated in material condition. Nobody is utraid ttiat he will compromise himself by being too civil. So long as they are fellow- Southerners there is a bond between them which cannot le broken by any accidental and artificial social classilication. Iu this resi.ect the tone of Southern society reminds one of New England in my early youth be fore the great flood ot immigration began to pour in, and when every community was made up of American-born people, all sieaking the English language, homo geneous, and of a kindred spirit."' The Post has frequently adverted to these typical Southern peculiari ties as representing the real Ameri anism that has survived foreign admixture and the artificial develop ment or modern times. The South is now the one rection of the country in which one hears only the Eng lish language, sets only American fac s, and encounters a distinct and homogeneous people. Wo prophet is needed to tell us that when the v comes as it surely will in which our institutions must fight f- r existence, their safest reliance and their nioist ardent and spontantous championship will be found in the South. Speaking of the relations between the races, the Sun s correspondent affirms the proposition so frequently made in these columns: LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. Various Matters on Which the Popular Opinion is Expressed. All Sections IuterefU-d. LIVING ISSUES FORWARD. Cont..i.. anil 1(1. 1 Ir t.lr f . r I lie llriuoi l allc ' '- MandlRg hy th- Ifcr t.iai... 1 hank for It. lart Ion .f I hr All aao ( hi.rltr-"Miui ttnw' lr Ma. IRREPRESSIBLE REVOLUTION i th tu-n.-t at.! jt !' pp r t'y rr rrd. l if thfV s,itthl t -!.- 'h !. 'a "( t r UxTt mean ta n?Ltn ri"'. ttt-y tt-r mold tte f.r thrm irm. I tti I mrr ! to n 1 ft aropl r. j T f thm Ct. . ftUiV,Uny 1rtt',rm f,rc'1" i11 Whil e rrte Silver Mare cent Frcziiwi to Be Ht Combine to Fight it. RAXSOM'S GREAT rROUISES. tb (MHa ItefecaflM n.j M ' ftam mt Mta t ..iii.i-ik. j r mm lkMt,ii. ra.ly-A tM. .fl tKf 4 ta trt4W m 14 Ttiyt.l!me I m i.h hiDt-t a tn-n .. U lor.g tut'r P ..ul..t parly V L ttiiit i ti.e m i. I m n it. ! do I. d L, r M f.vLt tfclr th rg tl.t .'.. t ot lloee t n. 1 1 l ii 'utn-.. 1 1 K -thine t i tbf P,; i.' .t btr d h I im ii'.ii; i.i tn. Ll: the ti. V vtt-n I tote ith h nau, nr.! t'.iu r3 luiu ht a. I. J. 1. U..t vi, ,. M Ftbrury, 1878, that his exact i ordi have become the motto or tue i sent in favor of their cause except Continued on Fourth Page.l MORE THINGS TO HE RKMEMBERED. Let us remember, further, that al though Congress had for years abso lutely refused to listen to the farmers and working people of the country teat Petition alter petition was sent there from the masses that relief, was asked through the sub-treasury plan or something better; that every effort was made by the honest, hard-working, wealth producing yeomanry and people of the land to get a hearing and secure consideration at the hands of their national representatives. Let us re member that the practical answer to all these efforts was: Legislation cannot help you. Go back home, "work harder, make more and keep out op politics "I find the relations between the two races more harmonious than when I was her lasr. They are altogether friendly and con siderate. so that now there is no other la boring population 111 the world which, on the whole, is on neuer terms wun us era- nlovers. hen I went to the ticket office at Richmond on my way Southward, a typical Virginian of the kind naturally addressed hereabouts as colonel,' was buying" a second class ticket, which admitted turn to th. smoking car. Going into the car afterward to smoke a cigar, I fouud him sitting very contentedly by the side of a negro, with whom he occasionally s(OKe in a very pleas ant manner; and 1 observed several ex amples of the same sort of relations between the races, the occupants of the car beiiu' about equally divided between whites and blacks. During my wnoie inp i nave seen no indication of unfriendly feeling on either side. Of course, the sort of equality which many of the negroes expected to enjoy when they were first made free has not come to them and they have now learned that it will not come; but they are treated by the whites of the more intelligent kind with an indulgence and a consideration which they do not receive at the North, and which the laboring population generally do not obtain." It al. T.'.f . rr to Trll It. For tiie Cauc:v.-ian ; fMi.i.ii Oty. N. i April lo. -Will you pi is.- b,. k nd m;h t. trive ium a bib f t isi-ry of tin c.pi ta ist bribing lh Tonr. and Nortl. ''and na 1 gi-latu-. the. Ut f.-w years I nt to know the bilb thev p-iss in f iv . . t th. capitalists, railroads at.d trust companies. How much money us- d in the last PreM d'-utial election to iret irov r Cleve l tinl in office. I hope you wUl com ply with my nqu.'St. The t.'AiVAH N is a good pspe" and 1 must read it every week. J. i). Letkk. The r-AM.x has week -aftei week been exp.'sing democratic c.-r-ruption and will e..titiuuet d so. but it s t b: a job to even out line it all" in one i-s u-. - Kp J M MKllng l I he lt-i,itiil. For the ";iucasi:in . J The fol.'owiu it solutions bj Vance county Alliance have been sent us for publication: "Seeing from published interview-wi'hvariou- Alliance b ad. rs that there appearslo jf a dispoition tt set aside as a whole the Alliance dematitls an 1 to substitute a single issue finance. Now, th i - fore, we, the members of Vance County Alii nice, at a regular meetinir held in the tow n ot Henderson, this the 11th day of April, 1SS.", do resol v, 1st, That we re-endorse the St. Louis demauls and that we are cp posid to changiug them in any way 2ud. That we call upon all go.". -Mlianctmeu to see that our demands are uot compromised away. And wehtieby serve notice tint we will uot follow the leadership of any person proposing to do so. .'5rd. That we hereby tender our thanks to the legislature for the con sideration showu the people's it. t.rest at its recent session, specially for the law restoring our charter. 1 lie sdioe l-'u. -(). For 'Ihe Cauca.sian J. Tho following has been sent us from Vance County A'liance; We. the Alliance of Vanct county, in regular session assembletl this 11th. day of April, lsr, d. en d'. re the Alliance Shoe Factory, and we recommend to the sub-Alliances jf our county and t individual Mliaricemeu that they take stock in the enterprise." Not I'ioiii ".slam Itmn;." For the Caucasian. 1 (.tUAXTVIM.E. N. C, April ' Your paper ought to go to every mat iu the S ate. All this couutry ouirhi to take it as an educator on votini iu the year lisiHi. Speechmakint would not do half so much (rood. Jas. Iiiachbfianl, a well diggei was covered with walling rock to th depth of thirty-five feet. The wel i i which he was cauirht was 0ft feet dt-p. He re ma i rod there foi seven hours before the rock was al tak. u ti of him. He was onh sliiihfl' hurt. e had a hail storm this week with hail as large as guinea "ggs broke out lights, split shingles, ki'led ducks, and chickens, etc.. etc Mad degs have bitten stock here Si i cows anil ten or fifteen sheer have b en killed. The dog did hi: work at night and passed on I)oz ens of dogs h ve died since by bul lets and clubs The man in the wel, was at Mars Hill; so was the hai storm, and then came the md do trouble. (Jar Democratic friends in theii eff rt to find something to how about hav stumped their toe nail.- all tiff. The Douirlass resolutioi took off the nails. Then came tin assignment root and other stumps Poor f 11 iws! They have stooped t tie up their sre toes b-f- re tbej start out atrain. htt will be nex I cannot say. From what their pa pers say, enough Populists will g. rack to them in this State to elec them a President in lS'J'I. Si. am Ham;. 1 Ita --ta- Iff" 0 . f For 'he I a... a,aii trta 1 Kt. Pm!ic. County, April iJ'ld ':. TL fIUler te buV p. tiitim i orn. I r s'i l',, i atoei. !r. .'ijjir g i . Iti- i.tKh rui n i at- route ir.. Thr pr ce . tn at r-. i .... lom. that t b- ing them i n d pn littl I-. Oiu ii. helbi.ir for fv.itt ;-. t hfiV Ct-Utu per buhel. The Democrats are holicg in ih.i. county. A It-w second !s lmi rrt no ft . very uu'ht m S:aewl! td c ntii ti.- to xjuiill aU.ut the at-aicn- ui nt act. A iieirro r.tuli.t t..l 1 n- of ihei- in. . tuiL'A. Wh.-i. le.H e' fo. ni.-t HHlii' Ii. ,-r.u . .l aid: Lx.k a-h.-nr. in u tf w in ti. le 1 V'sl.tch. I ? It if. nil,. .. .... dai in .Iistr I'.Mil.v'. li. ... u'wii:.- to kill de Pu Ikhii and P..,.. li i'.vti;d. h.. is. I tut vine to cave lis ple.- if dn d .n't !.. .1,1 legisbtcher in M.n. wallpurty i.....u." .. i . .. i . . " .'iu, Ia'TO y. .-.im; (a dt met tin rw i ne on now ?" "VeS. it ho IS." "Well, lit Vui lr'. in.. to kill dt own s.Ifs, anddf l'opuliM is gw ;ne to fake ho! .f ,lt j.K. e htio. I'f l puh-eit o. tittiu str.'iiirer -v-r lay, and jt s sw h b gis, h.-r as .lat :s tiie reason Mr. das. liateman, of the seh-H.ner. Hill, has arrived Lere from NcnU rn, ii d report that the tariff ha bet-u takt u t fT of 'Vhorts. ' .I..K. Jto I.I n. It tal Itrir MrtnbrM. For The '.Ll' :ii.iu. I Tr X, N. i, Apiil .'. Th. re seem.-, to t.e no Jm.it to Ibm.ci&ti tiieauues, aid tht-tf. oubt I Ik- some way to f rusttate their IT.. it U kei p t;ur luagistiaten lrui uali fy'ng. ir, . . ... lien a 1'i iiiocrat le't th- party ahd did not loir ti the bridge behind im, the DemocratK s em deiermm.1 i imin n uir tiim. iti. i w.re not iiiaiiy D. ni .crats in tl.it county last decii n, aud the numb, r m--tui t !.- decreasing very day. Jash.s S. Min uu.!.. A Willing I., I,.- .lanrr. For the '"atica-i .ti 1 (;KKsi:oo, X. C April 5. 'U 1 1.. . u... it . . .. . it..- .-ii( ere 1 I 1st l lied hi 1 ing it, I would M-ud yu rluck for U su'iscriUet s who eoMi.I i-.iiie .f thrt truths in Tiik Caicamas which hey .Might to know, and especially ..I a it la v iiii mcy migiiT - now con temptible th- News and bscrv-r i hat wholesale manufact urer of villi lit ati di, inisn pres. ntitioij arid lie tr.ii ine wiiiiug-to-i.e ! t imer ? n ."Mate if thereby it could help Ii cr.-ditabiH and a li-r dited ti'diti al oi iran i.at ion, known as the D-n ocratic party, to climb into Mwt-r iL'Jtin. Jow is t!ie level ;t tfeupie ....i: . , . ts a (tuoiif journal ami w.r:s can hardly be joint d together to c.rrstt ly convey th contempt miuy ic d have for it. Its own iM.litica tri-ndt are dgut-d with it many oi in. to are at Past. w. . S THE POINT OF VIEW. 0flul.ua Tl.at Occur I rum f ..t.dilluu Wlilrh r..U In iii v judgment tie po-ition here is uined is full of danger lo our in stmilioi a. Th auirust p-iwtr loJz- ed in thnouittof paaiii.g upoa tr :o!ift;lutionaiity (.facUo. Cyt gr; has aUayi n di-K-ni-tlv aud care- fnilv exerci-ctl. I lnliee this ii the iirat ( aie in our history where au di rity winch bad been coucedcxl to C igr.-js by nearly 1 years of 4C'p:ii -M-. !iPe in ail dejtartnienti of 'h' g iverntner.t, and lias ln sanct ioned by n a!eil adjudications cf thid c ourt bxii beu judicially denied. From the dis-ientin opinion of Judg- Wh te iu the iuwme tax cad. corporations. - - It it i an inustice to rpstore prices so that people cn exchange their property for a sumeient number ot dollars to pay their debts and bring happiness and prosjierity to our land again, it w as a greater injustice to destroy the value of property and enhance the value o: money by the demonetization of silver ami the establishment of a single gold standard. The gentlemen who invited you aud who petitioned you. only represent one class of our ieone. We resoec fully submit that it was safer that all the people suoum uo ine uiiiiKHr.' ior it, I'.an inai any cIhss should oo it for them. The selfish in terests pretlaiin'tte to promote selfish in P-r. r when one class does tte thinking, for all. We agree with you that it is time for the people to ravon together and to that end we respectfully ask that vou make it pos sible foi them to get printed copies of the art of 179J on hii h our forefathers based our financial srstem and suhseiiuent acts, to geth- r with the set of lr73. that reversed the former policy and acts subsequent thereto. D. Richmond M. Smith, profes sor of Gre.'k, Hebrew and Sanskrit in Ilandolph-Micon College, Ash land a , having taken the position that he does uot fully believe in the diviruty cf Christ, ana that all of the Scriptures are inspired, has ten dered hi3 resigi-atiou, and the board has signified their intention of ac cepUcg it. The results of the la3t national election show that the total number of 'Representative elected to the iifty-fourth Congress was -iG of wh:ch .244 were Republicans, 104 Democrats and 17 Populists. The Northern and Western States furd- ish:d 221 of this number and the remaining 13-3 were elected from the South. Only 12 D.-mocrats of the 104 come from the Northern and Western States; the other 92 are residents of the South. . t Continued on -1th page. Ilie IScat Yet. For the Caucasian. La ( k axi.e, X. C, Apri1 12. am a Republican but I like your pa per very much. It 13 the best Popu list paper I have read. It if getting better. Your lat wetk's issu (April 11th.) is the best. Vou are giving it to the Democrats jast about right. Let the good work go on until (iabriel blows bis horn ALhEkT MlLI.EK. I li- I) rnxrrata have 6a;l jtll th" time hat h-re r-uld be tut two pa-lit N-iw Mnc they hive tiwle such un itiopiinious failure a a party, if they ill kindly iep out of b" jy th-y prove the truth if th-ir assertion. Na. R-former. THE CAUCASIAN WILL MAKE IT HOT t'OR ENEMIES OF REFORM ALL THIS YEIR. IF YOd WANT TO KEEP POSTED IM REFORM WORK. SEND C3 TOCK NAME FOR A TEAR. The Weekly Caucasian 1.00 par yead. - Thr Alliance Charter oil dur. t'arr. For the Caucasian. Smith Creek Alliance. No. 3T1 J warren county. Ida undersigned, havinir been appointed a committt to draft resolution expre?ive of tb feeling of this AUianc9 a to tht course pursued by the legislature just closed, we beg leave to rt port the following resolution: 'Resolve.l, 1st., That we extend to thiii ourf-incere thanks for the res toratio i of the Alliince charter t its former standard a it as be fore it was tampered with by the legislature of ISO.'S 'Resolved, 2ui., That ve de nounce the action of Governor CaT in refusing to rec-ive a committee of the National Alliance upon the grounds as set forth by him. J. H. White, G. H. Flimix, J. B. Mayfield. . Committee " Oine, N. C. A Bul Paper. For the Caucasian. Snow Hill, N. C, Apiil 20. bimon pure Democrats say the Cac IVtpclis's, your opp-)rtunityii great! i... ...... ':. .t i ii i -jj.i o j'i'i tutr ouij I taiiy now htinJiiig up for t je tple. Diiia'.icfactioa with the old parties h wid eti-ead. The harvest ia ripe. . ... e uiH . iUp in and ctthrr the crop, uojk: yorr: Work: Org nize; U.'gamz ! Orgarir ! M iT:b'iii on to deipoiim. The legiali'ure of Inditna, which recentlr ad j turned in murderous riot, parsed law placing the military above th ;itil law. Only a few turns of the jrank, th blotting out of lust u. few uore privilege with aacb U, and r.hen inarchy, wild aul terrible ii-d all the outgrowth of cum laws. Itn,aj Agitator. a! ixt IL '. an J Wamu..t!. Apr.l r..-It dr.td uj-'h the UftJrr ia both 1 am at Ut that tb ilr 'Vrtut" an irrrprrvaitdr rvvtdnttoa. iK-iutH-ralir K-adrrvarr b..t alartuml. TL appatrut r rtamty that tL tt Natit.al l'-mH-ratip rourrtt..o ill b coll. J elied to make a Jitierti and unt .jmroral dtrlatation in fawr f u!t.uiat and ocrvn.litio&al roin age ii dfuioralidtig the leaders, and in their roni rruatiou Ibry ar aaia okmc to Clrvrland'a lr a.l.r.K . t. Le anticipation of party disruption n tn curreucy .iu-tion ia r. tlftltol ID the vrcaniKsl ixiovatnatit t lenominat. t'lrrland in iMHi. Of tnurw h will aav that Lm im but raudidatr, aud all that; but th tuo erne nt, tow el m ban J, mill not I rUibartakM-d by any delina ion of that Mrt. Yhr tuacbinery f tLr I. tuocratic party ia under ihm control -f Clrianda frimd and t'flii r L!ili t aud th tuuruimt will not Miff, r or languish unJrr tLeir lrtt-ti'U. t'levelatid'a bunynatiun i th iillr llt-rt ! TIIK MHih UAHi- I'AKTT. Sviiitheru lead.-r ae.juiea.-. ia thi ..pinion and auranrea Lavs bt ii given of a M.hd Southrtn Vot in that Ubalf. It ia kuoan that Mr Rttii.tn ban id.!gl a delega tion fi..iu North Carolina tLat il MipH.it Mr. Cleveland or CW eland t-atididat in th. national ronvrution. Old r-ntl.ly and ptofeaat-dl y it lutj laor tli uoiuiuation f a tiller niHii. The htatr ronrentiou may tf-at it Ire ai!i-r declaration of I, and -let t anti ailver lel-g;ata to th LatK-ual convention. Why uot, rince WauiM.ui war. tb avuwrd party enndidate for reflect ion lo the S uate n a fre -oinag plat form? WLen the n-htion of bia re tirement from i be national eomtuit ti.- & under eouideration. pre vi..u to !ji departure fur !et.co( Senator liutmin jggeted that it involved too much nk. What n uo ant maa not T-ry rlear at XUm time, but recent ritireMiiuDi from tiorniau remuvea th ambiguity rn- tirtly. . tit MAS' riV'thlt LK.VEL4KI. The l-t authority ran l given for the rtaterueut that i.ortuaa an tioipHteH a cri in ihe national con vei.tioj that will compel Cleveland's nomination. f rourw it ia under Kt.MMl that it ia not Ooriutb't wiah, but he rcn'iiea the utt r demoralita t ion of the party, and Lelievea that Cleveland in renftih for it. Ita hope of itricat iou - if that bo o aib ia iu Clereland and gobl moaoti.etalliMii. He Laa aaid aa ninth, and the ex predion of Lia apprehen Motia ban encouraged and faciliLatea the Cleveland mo re ine nt and em Indd. nel its leadera. Cabinot fS cer have alray initia-d an ae- tive raiupaiitn in that intereat. re retaiv Morton writes a lettrr urging Clcvt-land'a ienoniinatioo.ot on any letiiocrati' idatfortn. but aa a f-o'jud rurrency ratididate. An otn r eminent leader in tLis move ment, W. L. Trenbulm, comptroller f tue rurrrner under the first CJevs- and ad mi nitration, eiplaios in A rec nt publication in the aaras in- tevet, what MtNI l 'KHKe'CV MCAXH from the Cleveland standpoint. II say a: kl'l rn..-Kvmetallirn la the attavtndabla tleriitijr ol tiii mmntrjr. tUe wvhw re tmaog- tube ihM tn I m it it. our lava toe sootier ill e ri the fruita. the UmnT mm oefer the reettfuiUon, tue nor we ioivie ao4 pir4p:iite IU eMai.lmhruerjl ly law -the lr.J4.-er will our itltirtrea t Itatairx4 ar4 all fir tu:iaitieaa teratre4 t'7 fctoafMial ua- rrt a Tel n.iutnertial ap-rebeuK. rbouM we tiufontitiatrtr let jro the mcle rtld Mau laH. tJjere w ill he ooltinr U lakf bold of Out ilver toon fuetallira. fur bt suetai- likiu for u i a auare auJ a U-ioou. Tbi i a rlear, romprebenaivs and bineft exposition of tb 'leveland the-ry of finance, and reflects the opinion, conviction and interests of the foreign srold bond ay cd irate lUt directs tbe fiaeal fK.li'-y of the Cleve land adoiinittration. It is a bold declatation that offers n optof1n- nity or eirae for bedinf t.nd atraddling a&d juggling ia plat form coo t ruction. Itt-neiaUiasa is m, asre and a deluion, jast as inter ns'iotial bi-rnetal!itn is an imposai- bi'ity. There ran b oo muandet stsndintr of Mr. Cleveland's positioa, and wbst ts etpette4 of Ransom's pledge! delegation from North Ca.ro lioa is enally rlear. Bat ta Cleve land crowd will not have the Bttiotaftl to'ivention all its own way. With tbe Illinois Democratic btate convention All evidences ioint to a contest o nnemmpled m porta nee in the result of which, from a mone tury point of view, may make it the co. i teat of the c nturv. henr ad vocate of unrestrictrd iilver ojiuag should etaud np aud be ecu u ted unmistakably for his principles and fr the faith that is ia him. e ia- tor Jones. t'mw Heat er Sal. TheJDemocratic machice cf t'iis county (X jrthamptjo) will cell or reat the Democratic election "bul pena." Applr to The Dejcocbatic Macbixe. KEOIVS THE TKteOLE that mast inevitably rod ia tb complete disruption of tb Demo cratic party. Uy draperata and vigorous tnterfrreoce tbe adminis tration may prevent an affirmative free coinage derlaratioa at tbe Illi nois Jane convention. Active- steps have been taken t secure adminis tration delegates with a view to de ferring action in tbe matter, and the army of Federal ofS so-bolder em ployed in tbe work may be able to defeat tbe silver people. That ex treme will not be a surprise, bat it will only aggravate conditions and turn revolt injo revolution. There is bat one opinion about tbe West ern sdvci movement. It will sweep' every Western State. It-will sweep all parties before it. There is fie- (Ooattansd on fourth J ,1 ii
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