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VOXiUME 1
NUMBER 5
Li. C. LATHAM HA RKY SKINNER
JATHAM & SKIN N EK,
ATTO RN EYS-A t-L A W .
. CiKKBNVliLE, N. C.
jji GK JAMES,
ATTOUNEY-AT-LAW,
Practice in all. the Courts.
("Collections a Specialty.'
ji M.BERNARD,
ATTO RNE Y-AT-L A W,
GREENVILLE, N. C.
Practice jn all the Courts.
THO. J. JARVI ALEX. L. BLOT,
JARVTS & BLOW,
ATTORNEYS-AT LAW.
GKEESVILLE, N. C.
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NDREW JOVNKR,
ATTO RNEY-AT-L A W,
GREENVILLE, N. C.
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DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM, f
The following is the State Demo
cratic platform as aniihciated oy tlie
State convention in assembly May
18th, 1992. - . ' '
Resolved 1, That the Democracy
of Nocth Carolina reaffirm the prin
ciples of the Democratic party, both
State and National, and particularly
favor the flee coinage of silver and
an increase of the currency, and the
repeal of the internal revenue system
And we denounce the 51cKinley ta
riff bill as unjust to the consumers of
the country, and leading to the for
mation of trusts, combines and mo
nopolies which have oppressed the
people: and especially do wetle
nounce the unnecessary and burden
some inci eae in tiie tax on cotton
tios and on tin, so largely used by,
r he poorer" portion of the people'. We
likewise denounce the ' iniquitous
Force bill, which is hot jet ; abandon
ed iy tfie Republican party, but is
tjeinx used as a measure to be adop
ted as soon as th.v gain control of
ihc House, of iicpiesen rati ves, the
purpose and effect of which measure
vih be to establish a second period
of reconstruction in the Southern
brutes, io subvert the liberties of our
people and inflame a new racefantag
Qiii8m and eciual animosities.,
2. Thar we demand financial re
form, amkthc enactment of laws that
will remove t lie hardens of U:e peo
ple lclative lo ilitj listing agricul
tural depression, and do full and am
pie justice to the farmers and labor
ers of our country.
3 That we demand the .abolition
of national banks, and the substitu
ting of legal tender Treasury nutes
in lieu of national bank notes,- issu
ed ia sufficient volume to do me bus
iness of the country on acasli system
regulating the amount needed on a
per capita basis as the business in
terests of the country expand, and
thar all money, issued by the govern
ment shall be legal tender iu pay
ment of debts, both public and pri
vate. 4. That we demand that Congress
shall pass such laws as shall effectu
ally prevent "he dealing in futures
of all agricultural and mechanical
productions, provide such stringent
system of procedure in trials as shall
secure prompc conviction and impos
ing such penalties as snail secure
most perfect compliance with the
law.
5. That we demand the free and
unlimited coinage of silver.
6. That we demand the passage
of laws prohibiting the alien owner
ship of land, and that Congress take
early steps to devise . some plan to
obtain all lauds now owned by alien
and foreign syndicates ; and that all
lands now held by railroads and oth
er corporations, in excess of such as
is actually needed by them, be re
Claimed by the government and held
for actual settlers only. .
7. Believing in ; the-; doctrine of
''equal rights to all and special priv
ileges to noii e,'. we demand that tax
ation, National or State, shall not be
used to build up one interest or class
at -the . expense pf another We Re
lieve that the money of the country
should be kept as much as, possible
m-the hands of the; people, and hence
we demand that all revenues, Na
tional, State or county, shall be lim
ited to the necessary expensesiXf the
govern men t, economical Iy and hon
estly administered.
8. That Congress tesue a sufficient
amount of fractional paper, currency
to facilitate the exchang through the
medium of the United Stares mail
3. That the General Assembly
'pass such laws as will make the pub
lic school system more effective that
the blessing of education may be ex
fended to all the people of the State
alike v
10. That we favor a graduated tax
on incomes.
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Doubt, distrust and indignation
have taken possession of all demo
crats who are watching the course of
events. But they have no doubt of
their party tluy do ubt distrust the
organization. They are not indig
nant with those who are striving ior
the supremacy of democratic priuci
pies. Bui tliey are doubtful and
distrustful of the policy that runs
counter to the hopes of the people
and the pledges of the platform, and
thtfy are indignant with those who
are throwing away a great opportu
nity an opportunity that the party'
has been seeking for more than a
quarter of a century to reform leg
islation and to give the people the re
lief that republican maladministra
tion has made 'necessary. Atlanta
Constitution
One of tlie ablest and most influ
ential Third payty men in North Ca
rolina in conversation with a Demo
cratic friend a few weeks ago said :
It will be impossible for, our party
to combine with the Republicans in
North Carolina. To think that such
a tiling can be done is to think that
the Third party is composed of men
controlled by prejudice and passion
and not by reason. If such a scheme
is undertaken it will fail, A bargain
may be attempted, but the goods
will nevtr be delivered. The Demo
crats may not do all we want; the
Republicans have done and will do
nothing we want." These are ac
tually the facts- Coalition along this
line is impossible. Ashevilie Citi
zen. The church to day is enabled to
use the wings of commerce, the voice
of the press and the principles of
business organization to propel world
wide religious and moral, education
al and benevolent movements Deep
er love and faith, greater sacrifice
and a more profound 'religious fervor
are exemplified by him who gives
himself and his daily toil and life to
the work, than in kim who gives sim
ply money. But modern civilization
in its thousand departments could
not go on, if all gave their lives to
the religious work of the race. The
development of civilization requires
division of labor. It is fair that those
who do not bequeath their iLdividu
al toil to religious work should give
from their earnings to those' who. do,
so that all may have an interest aiid
part in the common cause. .-.
The Southern Methodists take
kindly to the .Christian Endeavor
movement, while the Northern Meth
j odist, repel it by their Ep worth
i .League, which is Christian t Endeav
or re-labeled ; and are indeed the
only efficient opponents of the non
sectarian union. It would be better
for the Methodist young people to
come into this form of affiliation
wini tnose ui, utiier uenuminations.
They would get a solider an d graver
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If the churches were doing all that :
f lion. ss-i , 1 I ,1 -,.v,i s 1-1. iiJ ' 1 x i' - '
i; u u t ix UO UI1U UUgU V U) U Oj I IJ Qlti
w jiihi. uc iiy piace ioi: oaivauouists.
This movement has risen because the
churches have largely adopted what
may be ; called a defensive attitude.
The-Salvationists.do not wait for men5
and women to come to them : they
go to the multitude into- the depths
of the si urns wherever vice may lurkV.
j.ucu euuo uuu aiiu are pracucai.
from the 1 urid i niage v op the vrl u tu re
ueu, out iroiu xnesyices ; o our pres-,
ent civilizatibhV"W-2K':,c - V:-
a ne iui tuer . x iie qit3swon Ul tininii,
between Baptisfs aifd J vjDisciples1 is -discussed
the more the wonder grows
thatr they should continue as two sep;
arate bodies, gtucly the differences
and disputes of Baptists among them
eives, anu ui iiscipies among tnerar ;
selves and undertake to reconcile the"
various elements ol the problem
with one another, and you Will ' ar
rive at th& conclusion that the one
great wall between the two (bodies-
so far as they may be considered as
ooqies lies in tue n&me.'Siristian
Standard. .. . -, ,i
iorial on the relation of the Church
to foot bail.. It charges: that .many
young men neglect their studies, and v
that candidates receiving aiu from .
the Board of Education are low in
iiicii riLttiiuck u- x fjiuieKsuro report.,
excessive devotion to football as the '
cause It asks : Can the Church
organize a band . of ministerialbruis
ers to procoed, on the plan ot Pe
ter Carcwright, to knock sinners-
salvation into them ?" - -
Religions life should have' no ups
and downs. There may be fluctua
tions m bodily comfort as weariness
and sickness come and go. There
may be chauges in temporal cii cum
stance as wealth and fortune come
and go ; but faith is fixed on ; te'
promises of Grod, which never change
and ou the person of Christy who. is
the same yesterday, to.day and , for,
erer. ' ', ':
A Maine paper tells us that an.
Auburn pastor is carrying put a nov el
plan for bringing the congregation
at his Sunday evening services into
the front of the church. 'At these
meetings hi causes rails to be putnp
along the ends of the ; rear pews,'
which pews are kept uhbceupied un
tit the front pews are filled. The pas
tor is much pleased with the success '
ot the plan.
flliinWorrv Tiuo- rViViiei nf . oil:
denon. inaiiohs; Of these the M eth -odist
have 105 churches andimissious
the RomaiT Catholics 101, the Con
gregatioualists8 the Baptists ' 72,
the IiiitherahsV 5e?Presbyterians
56,he Episcopalians!. . ; : i :,
itemorse is sometimes ? the a black
angel commissioned - to V bear a mesr
sage of light-v One' mastV swim " the.
darts sea of his own dnslr He must
meet; the sooty K4eonsl6f Jhis own
life; God is not restricted. V He 'has :
a thousand Johns, and to each a voice
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