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voi. XIII.
PR. THOMPSON'S
FAMOUS REMARK
'flhurch" Beinz on the
UliUrcn ceiDg on me
gie of Human Slavery And
liot of Human Freedom.
DOES NOT RECEDE.
Very interesting Matter
nil""""
vm
tot
Tl,.i.- VI II U
Meek to Blander Him-
Mr 1"
tor ControversyBat
'rr-nt Krt If Itcuueated.
nn tV' l,;'b ,,av r August, in
a brief
I 'irv I made some
remarks
....tai ij i. - j
i(n,iiicli well-received at the time
nil Wll'l'H'l iiiiisii'iauic tir uiikiuu
" . 1 . I IhlUU ti? I 1 k llll. I I 1 b 111. ' n
Iii'i'll Bimjri k iii buii.iucriuio
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... ......... ....... i .t tv ..
.itirl-illi. lor as 1 naic urcii in me
UI :.!..- f
ublit-' j r i ni?, in j itiwm uuuoiiiuie, it
ma V
n term inai constantly
i.nirit rrofii
the pfii of the reverend
w"" i . it I
alitor i '" '"";'" .urnitjrr ine
liiiinnlnn
irilln uno ifii i niiru tu nreacu in nine
J war uii'l ,:iiieu n innii in liiiii; oi
4,., i hi- Mime "gang" that expressed
jujjr'iif Huliritude for the welfare of
the .V 1 1 i j. ri when, in the face of their
tfiH'ixlilf Ifura, it "went into politics
.nil riiin-l itself" refused, in other
fiifl, i" Ine in'" l"B "iBviune oi
IiniM rin ) in North Carolina.
I'rixl i K' 1 vne rpituetH upon ine,
tlicj ll'"'" noiu'iiiiH ior ine
W Kl KAHK OK THE OKDEIt
,iinlir ml tiresiuency. Having loi-
trttfil without protest, If they have not
u'tivtii niiMeKi, most outrageous irauus
ipno Mi' iiiuioi, tney wunouL me least
oiiipiin' tion ride forth as the
I II 'MI'IONS OK T1IK CHURCH.
Lai-king honesty of purpose, they
have ii' 1 1 lir appreciated nor desired to
liibrfi'iait' ine spirit himi irmptr in
fhicli I littered the subject-matter of
thnir hurHh amiinad versions. It was
.ulllriiMit for them if I hud paid some
tiling that they might wrest from its
ippmprciM setting anu use against me
Kith' iniury oi me finance.
Tlif lir-t oi my accusers was the
St timl nlmfi ifi: The(ibeonite8, who
tia (! iveil .losliua that they might
rrinuin in the promised land, were con
tent atterwurd to lie maue Hewers oi
wood iiml drawers of water if only they
were permitted to live. Certain jour
nalist who have deceived the people of
.North Carolina would not be content
to (HTiipy so clean a position as mat:
ttiey naturally seek a lower plane, pre
fern ii t always to drop below the com
uioii level where they can find mud.
I have
NO AKOI.OUY TO OKFKK
ou Hiroiini oi me speecn l maue at
t ar v. I said nothing unadvisedly.
The name speech I would make again
tomorrow before any audience. My
iudifiiietit of the attitude of the church
ii either correct or i ncorrect. 1 believ
ed then, as I believe now, that my esti
mate in true. It was, therefore, what 1
uutrht to have epoken. iritis true, in
deed, it is what any man should have
uid, and I did, in that case, absolutely
nifht in declaring it. Am 1 to be cen-
mretl (or right-doing? One good pas
tor says: "Uiit.iny brother, will t not
hurt the church for you to say it?" Kv
ideiitly he knew the import of the
rreni-h saying, " loute vente n est pas
bonne a dire." It can hurt the church
ONLY IK IT HE TRUE.
And if the truth hurts the
the church ought to be hurt.
cnurcni
If it is
a
untrue, ou the contrary, nothing would
to much help the church as tne demon
itration of its untruthfulness. For this
at least is true, that in the church and
out of the church, among Alliancemen
nut noii-AUianceineii Populists, Pro
hibitionists, Republicans and Demo
crat, deep in the heart of the toiling
mass of mankind who struggle con
sciously or unconsciously toward the
divine image and cry with bitter long'
ing, "Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be
done in earth as it is in Heaven I" you
will Hint that the thought for utterance
uf which I am censured and abused has
fuund wide lodgment and grows
HI KI'KlSINOLY INTO CONVICTION.
That the public may know the spirit
anu temper of my utterances wuerein
I nn said to have "attacked," "slander
ed," and "blasphemed" the church of
Christ, I desire to summarize here what
I said on that occasion without special
preparation. I spoke my every day
thoughts. am an Alhanceman be
cause I desire to be and trust 1 am a
Christian. I believe with Milton, that
there are no songs to be compared with
the Honga of Zion, no orations equal to
those of the prophets, and no politic
'HUnl to those the Scriptures can teach
u." I spoke of the work of the Alli
ance as a political educator. There
would be no excuse for its existence es
pecially in a republic, where the citl
en ij theoretically a sovereign, if it at
tempted to educate and did not extend
it teaching along political lines. It
ttempts to educate "in a
S1KICTLY NON-PARTISAN SPIRIT !
me only spirit in which a man can
er arrive at the truth. "Ye shall
oow the truth, and the truth shall
Bike you free" a truth applicable
uiKe in politics and in religion. The
P&rtisan. whether in utilities or in re-
'igioti, believing that he has found the
"nth already, doubts no text, learns
Bo more of truth, but proceeds only to
) force his belief upon others. If we
"ve been a free people, we recognize
'i constant
TEN IUCNC Y TO LOSS OF KBERTY.
Eternal vigilance is its price. Lib-
t lia manna that fell from
Jven, because it is perishable' must
,w contended for every day. PeaceaDiy
It mv hw pairiinml nr uruaurvnil nnlv
tJ the wise use of the ballot. Hence all
patriotic men ought to hold up the
I'miu of the Alliance and encourage
wwork,
. 1 spoke of the spirit of the order as
wing "peace 0n earth, good will tow
lrl inen " Not for ourselv es alone, but
ln behalf of every legitimat calling,
-'contend against the commou ene
B'M of liberty and individual develop
-cui. The Alliance seeks to
CSBI KDKN AND LIFT CP HUMANITY,
. . . . ....
make the conditions of life more
"Arable and (lod's goodness more evi
lent
to the humblest man for whom
l,. KMC IIUU1U1COV AAA CO 14 V VfMViM
UriHtdied. The genius of the order,
"terefore, is Christianity, manifest not
"U,J in feeling good, but in doing good
") Hi prunlii... V ..or. Th.Mfnni T
'hou ir hr ti.u iiii.nn. yttici 1 1 An fMtfi r ha
tve countenance and support of the
Y'ace of it, however, while the member-
.... mo tiiv. IAA K- k?u a'O
JJJJPof this order consists of sterling
Jj)"tian men and women, it had re
eved little encouragement and posi-
" opposition
T THE HANDS OF THE CHURCH
'? the DrnsPi-MiHnn nf It.a vnrk Klirelv
l - ' uiiuu Jk i is nut as. w"'1;
"'uri'h does not yet comprehend
J.. .
. "iiBSKin ntlinn tr man It MlnnflM in-
.,! " it ha always stood on the side
V BJ BW 111 V. A4 0 .M W Uil IfWW
J Itlliai u .,,,, ,,,. s,n i. m'fi rtt
ttl"(i Vw,,,,,, wtinn its mia.lnn la
comprehended! instead of opposing an
-un.ai.iun oi this Character, tue
CI1 Tfli.. 1 . . . 1 I
urowa tne aitar win crowa
o the Alliance also. I thai
thank God
that here and there even now the put
pit it beginning to realize tbtt
MEW MCST LIVE
HEBE
a well an hereafte r.
cKrTicecuumiu not in pious
reelings, long prayer and sanctimo
nious countenances. You cannot come
I 1 1 1 n . ... . I . . .
KV coni .w,th the ln except
through the medium of the finite.
iou cannot comprehend the Infinite
"ouana rattier of us all save iif the
f'buij oi uesus ijnriat. nor ran won
. . ",UJ cceptaoie service nave by
1118 children here. Christ is solicitous
rOB OIH TIUPOKiL WELFABE.
ana this is tbe meaning of that early
morning question, when Hp taniinr
tr 1 1. .. L. ll a . . . . ... 9
mo .uure, caueu to mote wno "nad
toiled all night and taken nothing."
'Children, have nv mMt''
Himself passed the stage of necessity, 1
but mindful still of our physical needs.
Pleading for humanity and a fuller
comprehension and practice hy the
church of the Master's second
law so like unto the first, feeling that
'the human race is now at one of the
crucial periods in its history when the
lounuauons oi tne great deep are
broken up," believing that the church
no more shapes civilization than civil
ization shapes the church, and that
the life of Christ. the one universal
character' exemplified in its fulness
oy tne organization which bears 11 is
name, would bless and satisfy the long
ings and needs of men both here and
hereafter, I ventured the criticism
which seemed to me to be justified by
PAST HISTORY AND
CURRENT EVENTS.
In the course of my remarks I related
tne
one
tlfJ ?l V0? ?e,n, Ahwl the while indulging their appetite in 11
thing that Leigh Hunt wrote to nancial greed and extorting usury.
live and bless us through the
As illustrating the temper of
ages.
all I
said, 1 desire to quote it here :
"Abou Ben A.dhetn (may his tribe increase),
Awoke one night from a dream of peace.
And saw within the moonlight in his room,
Making it rich and like a lily in bloom,
An angel writing in a book of gold :
exceeding peace Had made lien Adhem
bold.
And to the presence in the room he said :
' w nat writest thou?" The vision raised its
head
And, with a look made of all sweet accord,
Answered "The names oi those who love
the Lord."
"ADd is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay. not
so.
Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low,
But cheerily still, and said : "I pray thee,
then,
White me as one wLo toves his fellow men."
The angel wrote and vanished. The next
night
It came again, with a great wakening light,
And showed the names of those whom the
love of Ood had blessed
And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the
rest."
Such is the speech I made at Cary.
I spoke in the presence of certainly
six ministers of the Gospel, whom I
personally Knew. Tney uttered bo
strictures upon what 1 said. When I
sat down a . Christian gentleman as
prominent as any in the audience, gave
me his hand and said: "I want to
thank you for that speech." And in
after conversation he said: "If the
CHURCH WOULD GET RIGHT,
these evil conditions would be revolu
tionized in forty-eight hours."
The following Sunday morning tne
low comments in the partisan press
for partisan purposes began.
So far as l am lniormea, not one oi
these journals has denied or attempted
to disprove the truthfulness of the
now famous utterance. Of all those
whose calling might entitle them first
to speak, and with some degree of au
thority in behalf of tne church when
it is "assailed, not one has spoken.
The pious pastor of one of the largest
churches in one of our largest cities,
is reported to have said to a newspa
per correspondent "that he was not
against the Alliance, but that such an
uncalled for attack upon tne cnurcn
called for the deepest censure."
I hardly think those wno nearu me
felt that I was making an attack upon
the church. This pastor was my per
sonal friend, an old school-mate of
twenty years ago. I immediately
wrote him that no amount of censure
or abuse from the church at first or
second hand through the partisan
press,
WOULD SATISFY THINKING MEN
of the falsity of what 1 said. 1 in
vited him by letter, as 1 naa previously
done in Derson. to disprove my decla
rations. After ten days he replies with
renewed assurances of personal friend
liness, eminently satisfactory in their
wav: but he neither attempts to dis
prove, nor even denies, the truthful
ness of wnat ne so aeepiy censures
me for saying. I submit in all candor
that he should have made some effort
to
TURN A SINNER
from the error of his way.
I can but condemn the statement.
he says; and, while regretting that 1
said it, he attempts nothing more.
A ne Cliurcu can niauu 11c mire ,
but I don't think that you can stand
it"
If the declaration I made is half-way
true, the church cannot stand it. What
effect my remarks at Cary might have
upon my personal rortunes i neitner
calculated nor cared. I am conscience
of no ambition that would whisper
"Be cautious: sunpress the truth as
you seet
FOR THE SAKE OK YOUR FUTURE"
My only ambition is to do some sub
stantial service for the uplifting of
men that are oppressed, that humanity
mav be free, happier and more sure of
God's love because the f ather gives
me life. Therefore I can stand to
.neak what I conceive to be true with
reference to any organization or insti
tution ; but 1 could not stand to con
ceive a thing true and
NOT EXPRESS MY CONVICTION.
My reverend friend writes me furth-
pr; Manevonr war hwhi ii uui uuu
-,. . . . ..- V. . . A .AA
nnnn the church of Christ;" as if 1
had attacked the Christ of the church,
T was not even "making war" upon the
church as it is. What! said as to its
attitude. I said in serious sadness
and without bitterness. Against
rhrixtianitu I said nothing, in Denau
of Christianity, Christly living, I was
pleading. For verily I Deneve mat in
is the one supreme need of the time,
and that Christ should De tne meas -
ura nf all things for all men. Ana n
T lnv Christianity, may l not "maae
nrr nnon sin wherever I find it,
EVEN IF IN THE CHURCH?
I a SI 1
Or shall I "make war" only u
outside of the church? In that
upon sin
case, to
be at ease, sin need oniy get unuer
cover of the church "steal the livery
I nf ho Avon tn serve the devil in." From
the days of the Scribes and Pharisees
til now the history of the church
"
shows that
MUCH OF THIS HAS BEEN DONE.
MThe Devil" preached Latimer,
"is the
" The
sacred
busiest prelate in an Jngiana.
church should never be more
than the truth.
de-
l fr lit; II was uciuvuovawu
dared the dogma of church infallibil
When was demonstrated ana
ity, that we Bbould entirely disassociate
the notion of sin from church organ
imf Was no crime ever done by it
1 i. .nn,mittaH in It.a name? When
aome Stephen was stoned did it never
i stand bv
Continued on Fourth Pace.
HAT IS A
M0I1ETALLIST?
The Question Bisonued in a New
and Hovel Manner by a Cau
casian Subscriber.
THOSE WHO DENT CHRIST
Fat U th Front la DlatmtlM m4 Mm.
! Natlnl Affairs And la th Btat
th Sam ttmn arc Kacoarasd ay Prm-
loaat Cl tsans Br ma Strongly Orlg-laal
Praaantatlons.
For The Caucasian.
Wilkesboko, N. C, Sep. 16. The dis
cussion of the financial question seems
to De an-aDsoroing, and many defini
tions are given as to what it takes to
constitute a monometalist. Now. bv
your kind permission I will give my
opinion, based upon observation :
First, I think it largely governed
by locality and ancestry. If you lo
cate him east of the Ohio river and
north of Mason and Dixon's line, it is
not improbable that about nineteen
hundred years ago bis "away-back"
grandparents were at and taking part
in the cruciHctiou of the Lord and Sa
vior Jesus Christ, as a matter of re
venge for having been
DB1VEN FKOM THE TEMPLE
inen again, tney may nave
may nave ongi
nated from that class of individuals
who indulged their greedy appetites
in speculation by kidnapping, trans
porting and selling the African into
slavery to the American people, there
by enhancing their purses. Or it may
be possible that they sprung from that
ancestry
WHO PLAYED THB TOBY
in the days of the Revolutionary war.
and obtained much goods aud chat
tels without the knowledge or consent
of those who had produced them by
honest labor. It is not improbable
that some of their ancestry may have
been engaged In the manufacture and
sale of wooden hams, or wooden nut
megs, or the manufacturing of shoes
with paper bottoms. Or it may have
been that they originated from the
Present Day Saints, who engage in the
PURCHASE OF LEGISLATORS,
or the instigating of court dissensions,
either and all of whom would very
properly be entitled to demand "sound
money" and honest government, after
having secured their means as above
indicated, and still be entitled to be
rewarded for their ill-gotten gains.
Why should either of the aforemen
tioned classes be promoted to the
further control of the institutions of
America? They are all and each of
them un-American, and Torys to
American institutions, and should be
made to understand that America
should be governed by the
PATRIOTIC PEOPLE OF AMERICA.
Now, if you locate the gold bug south
of Mason and Dixon's line, and east of
the Mississippi river, it is not unlikely
that he originated from that class who
aided the British in their efforts to
execute their tyranny on the Ameri
can citizens and coerce them under
the yoke of the British government.
Or if you trace tbem to their origin,
you may find that some of them have
"blood in their eye" against American
institutions because some of their an
cestors were ever opposed to a Repub
lican iorm of government by the peo
ple. But the principle portion of them
are either
OFFICE-HOLDERS OR OFFICE-SEEKERS,
and are willing to do anything to pro
cure a position by which they can se
cure a livelihood under appropriations
law.
Show me a goldbug in the last men
tioned locality, and I will show you
an office-holder or an office-seeker un
der the present administrrtion, who is
willing to pay a large per cent, of his
salary to the "boss" goldbugs for a
crumb from their table. It is proba
ble that you might here and there find
one who has been
SO FREQUENTLY BRIBED
for bis service as a legislator or judicial
officer, that be feels it incumbent on
him to stand by those who swerved his
opinion by cash or checks placed in
some safety bank to his credit.
Now, if we desire a wholesome diges
tion of the financial question and all
other questions connected with a re
publican form of government, we
should secure true and patriotic Amer
icans to administer remedies for bad
government; or in other words, if you
would keep the American digestive
organs in a healthy state, you must
APPLY AMERICAN BEMEDIES
by the hands of patriotic American
citizens.
Medical scientists say that it is not
so much the mission of medicine to cure
sickness as to prevent it; therefore the
true and patriotic people of America
should see to it that no traitor or tory
to American institutions should be al
lowed to administer American reme
dies.
It seems to me that Americans have
gone back on their
MUCH BOASTED RELIGION.
M uch of the population of America have
I preached and taught that the great sue
cess oi ine American people was a re
sult of their belief in the religion of
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. It
now seems that no one is so well quali
fied to administer thought and action
to the public opinion of America as
those who deny Christ, and nailed him
to the cross. They are selected to con
trol and
MANAGE THE AMERICAN FINANCES
by declaring what shall be the circula
I ting medium and who shall direct and
handle the same. Not only the finan-
ces, but we see tnem Drought into our
town much Deiovea state, dictating,
I managing ana controlling tne manu-
facturing and sale of our goods, and
i some oi our most nonestanu innuentiai
citizens are aiding and abetting them
1 Dy giving mem power w control meir
i Dusiness ana capital, ana mereny en-
i nancing tueir nuances, anu mis great
honor is given by those who believe
I tllc
I religion taught by christ
1 10 those who crucified Him. and
wno make a down-right denial of the
I christian religion. One of these denial
maaers ieeis it incumoent upon mm,
not only to levy a handsome per cent.
on the manufactured articles of the
State, but to propose and offer
A REWARD OR BRIBE
to a portion of those who mould and
shape political opinion in the State, to
secure such information as would ap
pear to be in the interest of the "gold
bug" doctrine, and to make a favorable
report of the same to the citizens of
North Carolina. Further, he throws
himself to the front in political mat
ters, having had encouragement to do
so fro n citizens of the State, who claim
to be professors of the religion of Jesus
i vuimi, ...U.S.UB)
(Contfnued on fourth
RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1895.
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.
Tha Madlay aaa Mm Wale taa OU Par
tlaa aro Maklac af "Prlactpta.-
Some weeks ago Hon. Mr. Crisp,
of Georgia, who was Speaker of the
last Democratic House of Represen
tatives, declared himself pquarely in
favor of free silver.
Bat Mr. Crisp has bn to Euro.
He returned a few days ago, and thia
is what we see:
"New Yoax 8ept. 7. Ex-Speaker Crisp
was surround! by newspaper men as aoon
as the steamer Sew York, on which he was
a passenger, arrived at the dock. On the
silver question he was not disponed to peak,
and would not commit himself on financial
subjects any further than to a that Eng
lish capitalists were fast baying np Ameri
can bonds.
Mr. Crisp expressed himself in favor of
the nomination of William C Whitneyas
the Democratic nominee for President. "His
record as Secretary of the Navy was good,
and showed him to be not only a capable
but a most desirable candidate at the present
juncture," said Mr. Crisp."
Now, Mr. Whitney is a big gold
bug and a Standard Oil trust man.
But Mr. Crisp can declare in faor of
such a man after he has been t Eu
rope. Do you see? " '
Senator Roger Q. Mills, of Texas,
is a big Democrat. He has written
a public letter in which he says:
"I advocated the unlimited coinage of sil
ver and gold at 16 to 1 as long as I oould see
a prospect of keeping them both in oar cir
culation. The continued fall of silver and
the progressive abandonment of it as a
standard of value by other countries has se
parated the two metals so far that the con
clusion has been forced upon my mind that
the United States alone caanot bring them
to par and keep them at par tnrougnout tne
world at that ratio. I would be glad to have
a!l the mints of the world open to the un
limited coinage of both gold and silver at
15 to 1, or 16 to 1, but this is a result that
cannot be produced by any one nation.
No one country is able to control the de-
mand and supply of all the gold and Bilver
L v..
xmo is JUOL wuai ius uuiukuhuo
j ai i a i - I
buu lilt) Bjruuicaie uiu&cib kbui mo
Democrats to say. It is what Cleve-
and says. Do you see?
The Atlanta Constitution gives this:
"It is now understood that Editor Watter
son's visit to London is for the purpose of
convincing H. K. H. Queen Victoria, that
the goldbug Democrats of Kentucky are in
line with the true British policy."
Watterson is editor of the Louis
ville Courier-Journal, the greatest
so-called Democratic paper in the
South. Not long ago he was a free
silver man. Do you see?
There is considerable talk going
on about a third presidential term
for Cleveland. Chauncey M. Depew,
a leading Republican, and president
of the New York Central railroad,
at a salary of $50,000 a year, re
cently said in Europe:
''eveland is as certain to be the Demo
cratic nominee as the National Convention
is to meet."
Seuator Gray, of Delaware, a
Democratic goldbug leader, who has
stood close to the President, says:
I believe Mr. Cleveland to be the logical
nominee next year oi tne democratic
party."
The New York Tribune, a big Re
publican paper and goldbug organ,
says :
There seems to be no reason to doubt
any longer that President Cleveland has as
pirations for a third term."
The Charleston News and Courier,
a big Democratic paper and goldbug
organ, says:
Mr. Cleveland is the best man for the
Democratic party to nominate as its candi
date for next year."
General F. M. Cockrell, Senator
from Missouri, is an out and out
silver Democrat, and says;
"For myself, I've no doubt of Cleveland's
intention to run. He believes he would be
elected: the question if any, exists in his
mind, turns on the subject of the nomina
tion. If he's satisfied that he can get the
nomination, you may be sure he'll be a
candidate."
Senator Morgan, silver Democrat of
Alabama, says he will vote the IS a
tional ticket, no matter who is nomi
nated.
Senator Harris, of Tennessee, says
the same thing.
Congressman R. P. Bland, the
great Democratic silver leader of
Missouri, was asked "in case the
National Democratic Convention re
fused to adopt the free silver plat
form, what would be the result!"
"There would be a division between the
Eastern and Western Democrats. It is. it
seems to me, inevitable any way. The
party is inharmonious. War issues, the
tariff, and other things, have kept the party
together heretofore, but they are being lost
sight of. The only thing the free silver
Democrats can do is to keep organizing. If
there should be another bond issue before
lone it would have a great effect. It was
the issue of the last 165,000,000 that set the
people to thinking. The Eastern capital
ists know this, and will try to prevent an
other issue."
"Is not a compromise possible?"
"They tried it in Kentucky. They put up
a free silver candidate there on a gold stand
ard platform. What is the result? Why,
they are in worse shape than they were be
fore the convention."
Ex-Congressman Geo. Tillman, of
South Carolina, is a Silver Demo-
ad will vote for it inside the
Democratic party. He says:
'Our people are desperate. We are ap
proaching a war between the rich and the
poor, and I loook for lots of throat-cutting
between now and 1900. The millionaires
have oppressed the masses until the latter
are like a squeezed lemmon. They are un
able to educate their children, to travel and
improve their minds or to read books, pa-
pers and magazines. Theymerely make
living, and a scant one at that. They have
grown uespcrau:. luc uiuiiuiiaira uujr ut
half the masses and put arms in their hands
Willi wuiou to luuiuiuaic uie uuier iuu anu
thus keeD them all in sublection
ine time is cuiuinK wueii uiese
will rise in a bloody conflict. I look for it
during the next presidential election or the
one alter that. All our writers on
our government unite in declaring
that if this republic ever goes to
pieces it will be at the pe
riod of a presidential election in a con flic
over the spoils of office and the adminis
tration of the faculties of taxation. Cal
houn told the truth when he said that the
tendency of republics was toward despot
isms never toward aristocracies.
"So firmly do I believe that this revolu
tion is coming that I am already preparing
for it," declared Uncle George, I have
three sons, and to that end 1 am giving
them all a milhtary education so that when
the throat-cutting comes they will not be
high privates in the rear ranks."
We have presented a medley of
Democracy above. Read it and
study.it. What does it meant
l?v,i;,. k
ZZL "":71Z:L :jr a-s
.brutuwia .vo.uou,..
an t.. n ij
v.
wui buuuuii. kuiu
uub-
Silver Democrats will precipitate
Diooay war in mis country oeiore
they will vote for silver outside the
party.
Who They Aro.
Memphis Commercial-AppeaLl
are seriously eonsiaerLug me aavua -
bility of giving Mr. Cleveland a
third term," ard the Washington!
Post asks him to name his people.
There are people, bo doobt, who,
without eonaidering the matter at all-
are to faror of a third term for Mr
Cleveland. They are mostly mug
wumps, euekoos and whiskey-gangers.
THE POWER OF INTEREST.
Haw Lang Cm Ito Faaata Staaa It?
Haw Long Boforo to Msnay latarort
Will On tha raonte?
Dakota Baraliat. .
The power of interest to accumulate
is not appreciated as it should be.
When it is, there can be no question
but that an intelligent people will re
fuse to continue a system fraught
with such a terrible danger to the
progress of civilisation and the wel
fare of humanity.
The following table will demon
strate the astonishing rapidity with
which compound interest accumu
lates as the rate per cent, increases :
$1, 100 yean at 1 per cent,....!
VI, 100 years at 2 par cent
L 100 Years at 24 percent....
$1, 109 years at 3 per cent
ll, 100 years at Si per cent. . . .
$1. 100 years at 4 per cent. . . .
tl, 100 years at 5 per cent
tl, 100 years at 6 per cent
tl, 100 years at 7 per cent
tl. 100 years at 8 per cent. . . .
tl, 100 years at 9 per cent.. . .
tl, 100 years at 10 per cent .
tl, 160 years at 12 per cent....
tl. 100 years at 15 per cent. . . .
x 75
7 23
1175
19 28
31 25
60 50
1S1 50
S40 00
868 00
2,203 00
5,543 00
13,009 00
84.675 00
1 174.405 00
tl. 100 years at 18 per cent.
. 15,145.00 00
tl, 100 years at 24 per cent.
2,551 779,404 00
THE WEALTH PBODUCXft OR THC
DOLLAR.
Another practical illustration is to
compare the man at work with the
dollar at interest. At first thought
it would seem ridiculous to make the
comparigon with even one man, but
we shall make it with aU the pro-
J-..,, .1 th nation rtirtAri aoainat
" r
one dollar. I
In 1890, after almost 400 years of
labor of many millions of people. I
the total accumulation of wealth of
the nation was about $62,500,000,000.
This included a large amount of
wealth brought to this country by
Immigrants; it also included the
vast value of, our lands, forests,
mines, etc., which we did not pro
duce, but found ready for our use.
With the great shrinkage in val
ues that has since occurred the total
accumulation would probably be less
than $50,000,000,000.
Now, suppose that Christopher
Columbus, when he landed in
America, had started a bank on a
capital of one dollar, loaned the
money at the rate of ten per cent.,
compounding at the end of every
three months, as is the usual cus
tom with banks where they do not
charge interest in advance.
The capital would double every
seven years, and by louu would have
accumulated $143,603,198,813,228,-
032.
As a wealth accumulator the dol
lar proves far superior to the most
ingenious and industrious people, oc
cupying the most fertile country on
earth. Great are the United States
of America.
Great are the American people.
But 2,862,064 times greater is the
Shylock dollar at ten per cent, in
terest.
How long can the people keep
ahead of the banks?
How long until the banks own the
people and the nation?
The power that the system gives
to the bankers over the industry and
commerce of the country is well il
lustrated by the following, clipped
from the Baltimore sun (Democratic)
of August 20, 1893:
"When Venice was the republic
that ruled the financial and com
mercial world the Council of Ten
were the potent magnates who
swayed the destinies of nations.
But not even in their most influen
tial hour did they possess a tithe of
the enormous power a council of
six men, sitting daily in New York,
a fM a t a
now wield. This modern nnanciat
junta have an authority and direct own party, aud now their only rea
a wide-reaching influence that is son for fusion is that they know they
probably unprecedented in the his-1
tory of all nations. No president's
nahinet. not even the directors or
w .
the world-renowned 'Old Lady of
Threadneedle Street herself, could
approach their possibilities. Their
- '
identity is known to comparatively
affect. They are the half-dozen
members of the loan committee of
the New York clearing house. F.
D. Tappan. president of the Galla-
tin National Bank, is the chah man.
and his associates are: E H. Per-
kins, Jr., president of the Importers'
and Traders' Bank: J. Edward Si-
mons, oi the D ourtn mationai; a.
W. Cannon, of the Chase National;
a . a v-a . a . m rr
W. A. Nash, of the Corn Exchange
Bank, and George G. Williams, of
the Chemical Bank. Each business
day they meet at the clearing house,
11 Pine street, and by their decisions
formulate the policy of the New
York Banks, which, in turn, domi
nates the tone of the finances of the
whole country, and incidentally af
fects the rest of the world. In the
I present emergency they have issued
Fl i i J uvow.uou
the $64,000,000 of loan certificates
mat nave aiemmea tne nsing tiue ui
. . . 1 . , ." . J .
VViUIUOaVint UPVtVDSlVUl AalVt. W VS. VS
ZZLfiS
bkTShVntVr
I that brines ruin How
that D rings ruin, now
is the law
that saves
few know how much depends on the
iwiuoBi ua 6
judgment of those six men, and
how few appreciate their tremendous
power.
Bin and Gray.
Commander Scott, of Devin Post,
G. A. B. says that in all his
trips among Grand Army people
Devin Post had never been so cordi
ally received as by Camp Lee, C. 8.
A. of Richmond.
'They know how to treat Union
veterans, and I have to say now that
I will always oppose anything that
I tends to shatter the bond of union
between the blue and the era v.
"If any foreign country wants to
tAstthenowsrof the United States
I -ii v. i .u vi
mey wui oo uow oo tuo umV .
LUt, irTBI WlU BLBU1U IVKSUIUi
I -i ' a. a...x ij
- i MimDiaDuer oooit i untie r biu no
I , , . . -ra
was giaa tne monument io eaerson
a I Davis would soon be erected, and
when the corner stone was laia in
Richmond next spring, during t here-
nrtion of Confederate veterans, ne
would certainly be present and take
P. ui ui wwiuwiuw, bo uo
VSUMU to uiuw uia appicviauuu vi
. a. a. mm a -m- . a Am aa aa.a.oa a aa ok aia
ue rovsi reeepuon nvsn uevm roi
1 ana ueip to anniniiate soouonai teei
I Lug between the North and South.
LETTERS FROII
THE PEOPLE.
ooae iMmarti About toe Demo
TV. rrr:.!.
wiuii iau gi xuHon nun
the PopnliiU tad Opin
ion i Thereon.
THE PEOPLE AEE GAINING
AU Ovor Ta lu to-Piaaaatta Hrlfclaa-
Inc Xvary Day 471avalaa Waat to W
tfco Baanar Panamas Comnty Toonla
Kagar for Uta TrmUk.
Kmb raatoA.
For the Caucasian.
Alliance, N.C.Sept. 14. We are
having very fine weather now and
the farmers are not failing to use it
for saving fodder. Crops are fine
withus this season, especially sweet
potatoes.
1 read your paper and think it a
grand priie. It is jut what the
working class needs to turn en the
light and keep them posted, so when
tl AAA .1 .
iow comes tney can vote witn a
clean, clear conscience, regardless
or znena or xoe. Lat us ever en-
deaver to look ahead for coming gen
erations, and keep posted by read
ing the Caucasian.
Leon Barnett.
Loaders Oono Goldbng."
For the Caucasian.)
Franklin, N. C, Sept. 11. I here
with send another list of subscrib
ers making a total of 35.
The Deu8 and Reps are
both down
uere, since meir leaaers nave gone
groldbug. Our people are honest at
heart and for silver; but the party
name it to dear.
T. C. Brtson.
Well, He Is Working!
For the Caucasian.
Parkersburg, N. C, Sept. 14 1
beg leave to advise you that 1 am
just "splitting my shirt" for the Cau
casian. Have senf. you five clubs.
G. P. Sutton.
Fager For Tha Troth.
For the Caucasian.l
China Grove, N. C-, Sept. 15.
Enclosed please find list of ten sub
scribers. I have never in all my life
seen people so eager for the truth.
I have just read Mr.' W. R. Henry's
unanswerable address.
M. A. Stirewalt.
We Don't Want Democratic Kaformera.
For the Caucasian.
Rooky Mount, N. C, Sept. 16
You can put me down as one who is
always ready to do all that I pos
sibly can for reform, and I feel when
I am working for the Caucasian, I
am working for reform. There are
people in our section now reading
the Caucasian, who, a year afco,
would not take it out of the office
after it had been sent to them free.
I send you to-day nineteen subscrib
ers, making 41 in two weeks.
I only wish it was forty hundred.
I do earnestly believe the Cau
casian is doing more for the reform
in politics than any other paper
printed. It is simply a dynamite
bomb thrown weekly in the camp of
the ballot box robber s and election
swindlers, and it is scattering them
to the four winds of the earth; and I
hope it may live to obliterate them
from the minds of all honest people.
T a.- v-v .
i see in the Democratic papers
that they are proposing to fuse with
us. 1 have talked with several of
my friends in regard to the matter
and find them of my opinion. I am
willing to give any honest Democrat
the right hand of fellowship who
wants to join our party, but we
don't want a single one of their ma
chine. They have disrupted their
dead. They want to come as
pretended friends to destroy and
I a a I 1 m
stop me progress we nave maae ior
reform. They are working hand in
band with the British. They find
1 .S I. m a , . a
J can t wnip us iair ana tney
I have adopted the plan of the British
to whiD us bv secret encroach
ments. We can see plainly, that in
the last United States Congress,
I when they had all power in all three
branches of the government, how
they stuck to the British on the fi
nancial question that the machine
ior the British and not for the
people of this nation; and I say to
you, fellow citizens, that we don't
want any sucn reiorm. n.eep your
eyes open, and dash to earth the op
pressors. J.D. BARNES.
A Dead Sara Way to Bind Fablle Officials.
For the Caucasian.
East Durham, N. C, 8ept. 17. I
enclose you another club. I hope
the circulation of the Caucasian
may become so great, that its influ
ence may not only be felt in securing
a permanent victory for the Peo-
le,g t iB North Carolina
fn J najon 1896 j ghaH
but
I AU tuv UI.UU11 .U A NUIII UIVBI
aMuredly do what I can to advance
the cause of the People's party so
"-f tr!
the P60?1.6- But when traitors begin
inMMk:ntn n. nV. and h0in
Ia anaalr iiiOa Anv n Ir. a1 hatvi ,
to sneak into our rank, and begin
to break faith with the people, and
betray them into the hands of an
enemy, then the patriots within our
..... , ,y., .r
have no room for traitors, and they
should be summarily dealt with.
Bvery person prof easing to belong
to our party who is elected to any
office of trustor profit, who doe. not
S7r!eonleewh howfL anS oSJL
the people while holding such office,
should, npon his return to tne people,
be taken out and hung. If a few ex-
amDles were made of such sconn-
drels. I think that nolitics might be
nnrified.
If the legislature would, and
would b atill hott.r if fnr.
j I ,j ' jL- r : 7
soam, psu an uungme iran
I CUIMI LUITBIilBr WIL.I1 nirill ID HU1U ni.
, '
l. . . ... .
i nee irom aui sncn miscreant, aneri. Am mm i aii h.
i naving oeen convicted on a chars -
I of faithlessness in office, it mirht do
I some good. .
C.J. Knight.
I
ChacltjU
mWt Am I I I . H BT B na - T nfTiV U B V
-uiw mi-snw,
making a total of seventy-eirht.
l hop that every eommauity, hasj
If , great good will
be the result.
a oo vatrcAHA ts ine aaoet mm.
m- a
lar paper sow in my eommmaity, W
caase it is roaaded upon Tratk
and Justice. Wherever it la Jin.
emiaated it briar reermita
ropuim party, i wish i eoaid pt
" 18 r7 B.oltl in orth Caro-
Una. If so. I fa anre that the dm.
pie would vote right ia for it is
an edacator and vote maker. If
every (Popaliat in North Carolina
will do his fall duty fro as now until
November 96. we will uut to flirkt
all the election thieves, ballot bos
staffer, bull-pea builders aad other
such rascals who have beeu promi
nent in that dirty work.
Long may the Caccasiax live to
teach the people to stand for right
and justice ia the great battle for re
form J. M. Early.
"If tat la
roaaJlola.-
For tha Caucasian.
MlHEOLA. N. C. Sep. 16. The oat-
look for reform in this county was
never better than it is now. While
we have a few gold standard men in
this county, we have hundreds of
Democrats who say they will vote
for free silver if they have to vote
the Populist ticket, which, of course,
they will have to do if they mean
what they say.
Tne Democratic party is so cor
rupt that it is being denonnced even
by its own members.
A prominent Democrat was heard
to say m a meeting of the Demo
cratic coanty officials: "If that ia
Democracy, give us the Populists.
l he act of the officials was this:
On the first Monday in September
the county commissioners had the
electing or appointing of a county
superintendent of health, and there
were two prominent physicians who
put in their bids one at ore hun
dred dollars, and the other at one
hundred and twenty-five dollars-
The commissioners -three out of
five voted to give it to another
physican at one hundred and fifty
dollars, thus taking or robbing the
tax-payers of Beaufort county, not
withstanding the county is in debt
fifteen or twenty thousand dollars.
But this is one of the many suall
things done by them daring their
long rule.
It is a common thing to hear a
Democrat say he is glad that the
time is near at hand when the com
missioners will step down and out.
When we look at the record of the
Democratic party and see the cor
ruption practiced by it, we cannot
see how any man can vote the ticket;
and if the people would read and
investigate for themselves they
would not.
I have done all I could to circu-
late the uaucasiax, and I can
. a, a ar
the effects of its good work.
a. E. Hodges
Proa pacta Brlgntan Every Day.
For the Caucasian.
Rutherfordton, N. C. Sep. 14
I am sick, and have been for some
time, but came down to my office, it
being first Monday, and saw quite a
number of our friends. We induced a
few to take the paper.
The prospects for us brightens
every day. We expect to have a
mass union-county meeting here on
the first Monday in November, which
you will hear more of later.
C L. Harris.
Can't Bain Bending Sebeerlhore.
For The Caucasian.
South Creek, N. C, Sep. 13 I
thought as 1 met our neighbors I'd
see if I could get them to take the
Caucasian. I was surprised. I have
never seen people so anxious to learn
in my life. I have sent yon ten.
lhe twelve l send this time are un
solicited. Of coarse I can't refuse
to send subscribers when they come
to me and ask me.
The Caucasian is doing a good
work. God bless you in the under
taking. If it was not for the scarcity
of money, almost everybody would
be taking some reform paper. Ex
cuse me; this is a mistake. The
scarcity of money is what makes so
many read reform literature.
B. H. Lave.
How to Pat o Eta wan Cooaty Fan on
His Kar.
For the Caucasian.
Salisbury, N. C, Sep. 16. I only
get off from my farm on Saturdays.
If 1 had time 1 would canvass the
county. I wish the Caucasian could
be in every laborers home in the
county. I think every man who will
lay aside his political prejudice and
read the Caucasian three months.
will vote the Populist ticket.
It is really amusing to hear the
Democrats proposing fusion, but
strange things do occur in these
times of "Democratic prosperity.
I am much pleased with your an
swer to them in regard to fusion. I
have made the same answer to like
questions asked me by our Demo
crats here.
If you want to see a Rowan county
Pop get on his ear," propose fa
sion with the Democrats to him. 1
do not think any of our Pop. have lit
tlm enough self-respect to ever thinl
f guch a thing, after having beet
i j j i
think
bscn
abused, slandered, and even in some
maunee ostracised, at manv of us
hav been, bv thm. Men who h,
.tod nrm through the trying ordeal
uu Mm jrops nave passed are
proof, and have back bones in them
laa lar a tlerinh nnl.
After reaortinsr to everything
I known to political tyranny, from
Satorotrin uXaL eggi' crack-
hM blnd"KM "d d'
ujff no aa a last resort by appointing
notorious thieves a judges of elee-
tiOM. stealing our ballots and claim-
: ?nn k
LJt:.t. T .m .m;niS
I.u.ni : .i. . -i
it UiZ ZA ttaT ,iaA c A.r .Mai
I rT : j .V"' 7 1 " T
I ww. .j f"r-
- forion.
i .uiwv u..
I Tkiut a, I.a M imI... 1... ul ma
- aw
el Wanr" anl fll" Af thai nartt
I - ;.i ... t ...
I .hn wm t.lTrin fnim. and that
a tha el a. That did not want:
I u : u. j ...
that each man waa doing his own
l thinking now, and U tha Pops were
' . m a. a .
. ..Mtm bbhi ji tko
ContiBoedo i page.
doae as well.
NO. 46.
DOE THEY TRIED.
TO FOOL US!
Seat Saaplej of Ut Fttdifiot
LTiagef the Dcaocrttio Pa
pert Abont .
"ELTUElilliQ PE0SPI3LITT.H
Tbo CarcaaiaB v taboo U rvtalad
the propio of tltleg faeta. t
hope ibooo facta win bo atoM-d sad
anal j sod B tbo fallcat aoaaa.
14 ms rvasetabrrtkat Ccxigrroa fcai
for years absolutely rrfnerd u iua
to ho taroMs and working p-rofOooi
the country; that prtiUoa after prU
tlon was aval there frvta tbo taaars;
that relief was asked thrvogh th aah
trraaury plaa or sosnothing brtter;
that every effort was made by I bo boa
est, hard-working, wealth -prvdartBg
yeomanry sad people of the land lo
get a bearing and orrtire roaalders
tion at the hands of their aatlonal rep.
rear nut Ives. Let ua resaeesbrr that
the practical aoawer Lo all ikM
effort was:
Lrgt'ldioej re ax krlp Vor. Go bark
home, WOBE MASDLB. MASS HUH ABD
anar otrr or politic. Frieode. ritl.
seas, fellow-countrymen evert wbrro
do you remember
let's bembmssb still rrsTBsa.
Do you remeoi berth beginning of
tbe-Kich Mans Panic la ima?" Do
You remember bow bank or, money
lenders, speculator, gambler, and
abylucks everywhere raiaed a cry of
hard times and ditrrar In ou re
member that they duo red twtliloa
oa petition (not on Congrrae la
session) but on (be President to
CALL AM KXTBA SMIOH W COS-
oaass to give them relief? Were
tbey told that iryulotun reaaU
Kelp Toff Were they told to go bark
home; wobk basobb, mass Huas abb
keep oct or politics. Friends and
frilow-cititene do yo
BEMBMSKB WBAT WAS BOSS
Lltten! A special erssion of Con
gress was called. A 1tbkkt at ie Pres
ident railed a Democratic Congress
together to give relief to the banks,
Ac Was ever suc h a thing done for
the hard-working, wealtb-produclng
people of the United hUU-a Are.
thinking about tbeae thing owwf
After Congress had been railed to
relieve the -banks" by legislation,
even the Democratic party, which lias
proven to be the champion liar of the
universe, could not summon the sudsc
iiy to longer assert that legislation
could not help the people, hut tbey
resorted to another dodge. They be
gan to bowl about "returning prosper
ity i nat
WAOES WEBB BE! BO ADVABCBD
everywhere. Their lying was simply
stupendous. It was and is beyond the
Kwer or description. Tbey tried to
ckup their lying by telling more
lies, i bey organ! red them selves Into
a lying machine and the machine ts
running full blast to-day. The New
l ork Press baa openly exposed some
of their lies and we reproduce some
samples."
They said that while the McKlnlry
law was In operation the Illinois
Steel Company, at Joliet, IlL, reduced
wages 23 per cent, snd that since the
Wilson bill became a law this company
ha increased wages 10 per cent. Mr.
Pettlgrew, toe manager of he Illinois
Steel Company, ssys that tbeae state
ments are "all lies.1
Tbey ssid tbst in October. 1891. the
Polsnd Psper Company, at Meets nlc
Falls. Mr- cloaed Its mills, and tbst
in April, 189S, it Increased wages from
10 to is per cent. C K. Mllliken.
treasurer of tbe Poland Paper Com
pany, ssys that these statements are
not true.
Tbey said that in September. 1891.
the Cotton Manufacturing Associa
tion of Fall River. Mass. reduced tbe
wsges of seven thousand operative
10 per cent, and that in April. ISM
tbe old scale of wages was restored.
(X C. Roun Seville, aecreUry of tbe
Cotton Msnufscturing Assoclstlon.
writes tbst no reduction of wsges was
made In 1891, and that tbe wages now
being paid by tbe association are 10
per cent less than in 1892.
They ssid tbst In Uece tuber, 1890
the Washington Woolen Mills of
Lawrence. Mass- closed down, sad
that In April, 189S, the wages of near
ly four thousand men were advanced
from to 10 per cent. William M.
Wood, treasurer of tbe Washington
Mills Company, writes tbst tbe only
time since tne organization of bis com
pany wben its mills closed oown was
during tbe Cleveland panic of 189J,
and that tbe employes of tbe mill are
receiving today less wsges than tbey
were in 1892.
Tbey ssid that In January. 1891, the
Trenton Potteries reduced wsges 22U
per cent, and that I a Jane, 19&. tbey
increased wsges from 10 to 40 per cent.
U. K. Bayne, president or tbe Trenton
Potteries Company, writes tbst tbe
reduction of wage which occurred la
tbe potteries in 1891 was not UK per
cent, but only 7 per cent, and that
wsges are fully per cent lower now
than the) were In 1892.
Tbey said that In November, 1891,
tbe Jones at Laugblin Company of
PitUburg. Pa- reduced wage 10 per
cent and closed down in August, 1892,
throwing four thousand sea out of
employment, and that la May. 189ft,
tbey Increased tne wages oi lour
thousand men from ft to 10 per cent.
Q. M. Laughlin, treasurer of lb Jcoes
A Laughlin Company, writes tbst bis
works were not closed in August, lfart.
except for repairs; that tbe only re
daction in wages oaring toe past nve
years has occurred since the Cleve
land panic of 1893; tbst tbe wsges now
ld considerably loser than those
i paid In ism.
Tbey said that tbo Salem Wire
ISailComDanr of Piodlay. ObiowAs-
I 1891, closed its MUUisbmeak.
1 001 tbat ,n ?' B DaT..r
" L" fAC7".LebJ
7 sWisUnt .7peH nOd7i
nr tt Haien Wir Kail Com nan v.
write that the shut down ia 1V3 was'
due to a change In motive power aad
ih.t tha nnl ahut down Lbev bav had
I oa account of poor business was sub-
leeouent to the Cleveland panic of
IB-nd that the Increase f wages
I granted last maj was oiy s jmrui
l rtMtorsUon OI to sum id wdicb
were reduced after the Democratic
. ticiwt,
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i ney aaio i.ua in auiuh, oa, . u..
t m ..- . im.
l n in a- rv n.n.rtrtoMM
I .k i. H-.M-hin Uaaa cJnai thr
I works, throwing 000 asea out of
I ployment, bat that la March, 1855, the
j i wages oi ?oo asea wem ibuihih bt
aeAtsacase. H tsars, wircaeu atiu
write that tbey have mad bo change
la their rate of wages, that their fae-
' - ,ah tha
am th
I
a STW tha "low Mmv VWaaa
ohm aa ho fa lee, ami
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