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CONCORD. l 0. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6? 1892.
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YOL. V. No. 139.
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Editor:
Uncloubfctiiy hs
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conyng election will b
one of the
inore import tnkall its. ttffcjtnt
phases to thetSouthern people than
any of recent date ,if not at any
period in the history of this nation,
Believing it to be the duty of all
citizens of North Carona to assist
in promoting, by every honorable1
method, the success of the Deino-
cratio party, I fetl constrained to
give you my Ifuuible views of the
present political situation.
The Farmers, and other laboring
classes, are very -justly complaining,
of hard times, scarcity of money and
the low price of cottoir, arAl every
one is advocating and speking a
remedy.
In 1890, the Alliance undertook
to raise the price of coUon, by hold
ing back their crop. Very few were
able to do so, for "any length of
time and in the spring of 1861, were
compelled to market it at a low
price.
Two causes exist for the depres
sion in the cotton market. The
farmers should have sold thei cot
ton, in the fall of 1890 because had
it gone forward, and gotton into the
hands of the factor, at the seaboard,
the price would have kept up, at
least for a considerable period, be
cause they could hold it, and the
farmers could not. About the same
time the McKinlev Tariff Tax Bill
commenced operating, its efiect bear
ing heavily on the farmers and work
ing classes of this country ,in its every
feature letdinsr to the aff?randize-
ment of the manufacturers and
favored trusts of the Manufaturers
and favored trusts of the Northern
States, creating a monopoly in their
favor, at the expense of the toiling
masses making the rich, riches;
and the poor, poorer.
It is a fact that tour nuns or. our
cotton, is sold to the English and
other European Countries, mostly to
the former.
Estimating the crop at 8,000,000
bales, they buy 0,4CO,000, being a
surplus over the amount that our
manufacturers require.
.This iniquitous measure, (th
McKinley bill) has almost entirely
stopped the ejehane of their goods
for our surplus cotton, and having
to pay spot cash, they rule the nmr
ket to such an extent that we are
entirely at their mercy.
The surplus o our agricultural
products amounts annually to nearly
600.000.000 .do11a3. which is ex
changed in tfce greater part, for for
eign products. No i see! How this
Tariff Tax operates: our products go
over there, and we exchange them
fairly, but as soon as we bring that
which we have received in payment
for our surrlus to New York or any
port of entry in the United States
McKinley Tariff Tax demands fifty
per cent of it on behalf of northern
millionaires, claiming it as protection
to tbeir infant industries, but it. is
nothing less than a public robbery
nf thp farmers and laborers of this
country and it bears more heavily
on the South than any other section.
The Republicans claim that the
foreigner pays this Tariff Tax, but
the consumer pays it-vthis is a truth
too plain to be denied.
Some claim that overproduction
contributes to the present depression.
There is no such a thing as overpros
duction until every man, woman and
child has all the necessaries of life,""" u3
both food and clothing, consistent : been brought forward by the Re-.
witn tiit-ir tiiaii-s a?u ui
why many are not able get whJl
Uty ought to have, is Tbecause Re
publican legislation has impover-
ished the southern ccfuntry to such
an extent that the wages of the la
borer aft gone below zero.
Overproduction may be local, but
can never be generator universal as
long as the; masses require the pros !
ducts of the manufacturer and foe
Lneeda pur cotton.
The Republicans exult in the
downfall of the European manu
facturer arid merchant. Sucu an
exultation, fallacious and suicidal,
nefer entered'the brain of any
but
political idiot?. ,
One question suffices t answer
this assertion, viz: If you dest.y
your hezt and only customers what
nje you gointf to do with your sur
plus cotton they now buy and which
our mills cannot consume. Now let
us take a look aUhe political horo-'in
scope and see how best to attain the
object S(3 much desired, vii: Justice I
to all, special favors to none!
' Doubtless, the true interests ol all
the citizens of North Carolina with
out respect to race, color, or previous
condition, beyond the possibility of
a mistaker, lies in the success of the
Democratic party at the coming elec
tion, it being the ouly one to cham
pion the cause of reform, and civil
and religions liberty pure and nude
filed standing pledged, to undo, and
repeal all the obnoxious laws now
existing and to place others on the
statute book that will alleviate and
dispel the adversity and tyraney we
now are subject to and give to the
toiling masses, both alliance and non
alliance every relief they ustly
claim.
The coming election will bo a
great political circus; Harrison and
Cleveland performing in the big tent,
the side shows being run by Bid
well and Weaver, respectively,' rep
resenting the Prohibition and Third
party. Now fellow citizens; don't
you know that the genuine perform
ance is he in the big tent, and you
come out satibGed, but when you
patronize the side shows, you are
cheated and swindled out of your
money, and you come out full of re
gret? and conscious of having gone
astray
Let us all stand up like men and
lay our blows where they will do the
most good againet the common ene
my and vote for that astute states
man, that upright citizen, whose
every effort has been, and i still
directed towards furtfiering the
interests and alleviating fcfce suffer
ing3 of the farmer?, mechanics and
laboring masses. That man is
Orover Cleveland who a3 long ago
os 1890, in reply to the secretary of
an alliance l5e in, Ohio, asking
his views of alliance principles, re
plied at once that he conld see
nothing in them, which could not
be endorsed by a$y man that loves
his country, and expressing his suf
prise that the fanners had not txken
the matter iu hand sooner, and that
he wa3 in perfect accord with the
movement I do not believe that a
Third party man. can give any sound
and solid reason why he cannot vOte
for Cleveland, except Jt be, as some
say, that the Democrats have done
nothing for us; such men are surely
ignorant of what has been done.
They have stood up like a wall
of adamant against every oppressive
reisoii!i)ul!io..ina und finpssfnllv laid
' m 7 m. d -
aiae, at least or the present, that
uncalled fo, and revolutionary
measures,
Tsnown as the "Force
Bill," is again coming to the front,
depends ou our conduct at the plls.
The Weaverites say they want to
tryi new party. It would be advis-
.able for every man to take a search-
ing bok jft the political status of
iMurtu varuuua uejjre going uia
tracted Gver any party, and $ndeavgr
to reach tu4foal of his desire by the
best and shortest route. This can
only be done by giving the Demos
cratic party your united support
from beginning to end.
Because a united effort would
place it in a position it never enjoyed
emce the war.
Because it is pledged to give all
tb.3 relief asked for the masses of
the people.
Because it lacks but little of being;
a position to annihilate all oppo-
sition.
Because there is no doubt but it
will fulfill all its pledges.
isecause it lias always given us?
when in power, the most economical
and constitutional goyernnient, both
state and national.
Because it i3 in favor of a genuine
financial policy, and sound and
honest money.
Because it is opposed to Federal
interference with rights of the
states force bills, etc.
Because it legislates for the ma
ioritv without beiiiir uniust to the
minority.
Because it is ltd by a tried and
faithful servant, who extends the
right hand of fellowship to the
feoutb, ana has never given us any
reason to doubt the sincerity of the
same.
Other, and various reason could be
advanced 'ad libitum," but it is
useless to expatiate further, suffice
it to say, that every patriotic citizen
of the South owes his allegiance to
the Democratic party. There is no
chance of the election of Bid well or
Weaver; therefore, let every man
civil, and ecclesiastical, under tho
pressure of present circumstances,
give it, in this election, their undivi
ded and cheerful support, for if we
lose this (lectibn .every hope of
southern equality is dissipated.
To the disaffected I would fay in
all kindness : "Return O, wandering
sinner home," reflect well on the
consequences of your defection, if
carried out, and don't injure the
good oldState of North Carolina
by committing political suicide.
Remember that you should' never
let private feeling overcome your
sense of public duty. The Demo
cratic party promises everything ycu
ask for; let U3 place it in a position
to redeem its pledges ; "give it a
fair trial," and then should it fail
to do everything in its power to full
fill its sacred promises, I say then,
and only then, discard it as unworthy
of our continued support and con
sign it to political oblivion.
Supposing you could elect
Weaver?, What then? It would
mystify 'and disarrange the whole
financial and mercantil system of
the nation ; all classes would be in
uncerta:.nty and doubt, for who
would reasonably expect anything
solid from so frail a leader ?- Every
vote given either of the side show
candidates is a vote thrown , away
and in favor of the Republicans.
Old comrades of the. army, of
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