FOR GOD, FOB COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH."
W. FLKTCnKR AUSBON, EDITOR.
C.V. W. AUSBON, BUSINKSS MANAGER.
VOL. IV-
PLYMOUTH, N- 0., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1892.
NO. 17.
Published by Eoanoke Publishing Oo.
Directory.
STATE GOVERNMENT.
Geverr-fiv Thou. M. Holt, of Alimauce.
Seere-jMJtate, Uctavious Uote,
of
fTaka
. Trtunnw. Donald W. Bain, of Wake.
Auditor, Geo. W. Sanderlin, of Wayne
Superintendent of Public Instruction
' Eiriaav If. Finirar. of Catawba. '
Attorney General. Thoo. F. Davidson, of
' laacembe.
OOUKTT government
f Skerlff. Lev! Blount.
' Deputy Sheriff, D. Spruill.
Superior Court Clerk. Thos, J. Marriner.
fliMmioDtnnon FT J RtArr. W. C. Mar
'"kaer, B. D. Latham, Jes. Skittletharp
..A U A T.UtrhfloW.
Board of Education. Thos. s. Armistoaa
T. Tftrlrantnn J. Ti. Norman
Superintendent of Health, Dr. IS. Jj. Uox
y Superintendent of Publio Instruction
Set. Luther Eborn.
CITY.
Mayor and Clerk, J. W. Bryan.
. , Treasurer, j&. a. lAiusm
' - HkUf nt Pulinn. JoKeDh Tucker.
, , Crancilmen, E. R. Latham, G. R. Bate
..' .. n n Rrln Vlfiv. J. F. Kornian. J. W
V Jryaa. J. H. Smith, Sampson Towe and
Alfred Skinner. .
- . ' ' CHURCH BEBVICES.
' t Methodist Kev. W. B. -Moore, pastor
Karvlaa avarv Hnndav at 11 a. m.. and
y, aa, Prayer meeting every Wednesday
mlgfct at 8. Sunday school at 9 a. m., J
7. Norman, Superintendent
Baptist Rev. J. F. Tuttle, pastor, servi
'-'aa avarv iRt and 3rd Sundays at ll a. m.
iii 7,xa n m. Praver meeting every
4 Tknradav nicht at 7:30. Sanday school
very Sunday at 9.0 a. m., J. W. Bryan
Uperiatendent.
' Vfliiaonil Rst. Luther Eborn. rector
arricea averv Sd Buiidav at 11 a. m., and
T;St p. m. Sunday fchcol at 10 a. m., L
I. Fajaa, Buperintendent.
. MEDICAL SOCIETY.
Meets Tuesday after the first Monday of
. eaek month, Dr. H. I. Murray, unainnan,
LODOES.
' K. f H. Plymouth Lodge No. 2508
assets lit and Sd Thursday nights in each
aentk. , W. H. Hampton motator,
If. B. Yeagrr Fin. Reporter.
K.'A L." of H. Eoanoke Lodge Meets
Sd and 4th Thursday nights in each montli
' J. F. Norman jfrotecior,
N. B. Yeager Secretary.
I O O F. Esperanza Lodge, No. 28 meets
vrv Tuesday nicbt at liuneirs nan. i.
J. Lewis, N. G , J, P. Hihard, Secretary.
- COLO BED. .
.i
' ' OHTOCO SERVICES
Desoiple - Etder A B Hicks, pastor,
lervioes every Sunday at 11 a. m., 3 p. m
tiitn m. Sunday tchool at 9 a. m. E.
Mitekell Superintendent
Methodist - Bev. C. B. Hogano, pastor,
Services every 1st and 34 Sundays ai n a.
BL, and at 3 and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school
at 9 a. m., 8, Wiggins, superintendent ; J.
, W McDonald, secretary
1st Baptist, Mew Chapel - Services every
Sunday at 11 and 3, liev S It Knight,
pastor Sunday school every Sunday
2d Baptist, Ziou's Ilill-H H Norman,
Sasiar rreacuing Bvorjr iu ouuuajr. ouu
ay aehool every Sunday, Moses VVynn,
Saperiatendent
- ' LODGES
Masons, Carthegian - Meets 1st Monday
i(kt in each month. S Towe, W M., A.
.. Xvarett, seoretary
Q U O of O F Meridian Sun Lodge 1624
Meete evry 2d and 4ih Monday eight in
each month at 71 o'clock, T. F.-. Beuibry,
M. G., J. WMoDonald P. 8.
Christopher Atocks Lodge K of L no-
Meets every 1st Monday night iue&ch
taonth at 8 o'clock
Burying Society meets everj - 3d Monday
sight in each month at 8 o'clock, J M.
Walker seeretary . .
Eoper Directory
-1 - r civil.
Justioe of the Peace, Jas. A. Cheseon.
Coastable, Warren Cahoon.
: , ;, CHTJBCHES.
Methodist, Rev. Jr. Finlayson, pastor.
Services every Sanday morning at 11
(d'clook (except the first), and every Sunday
night at 7:30. Prayer meeting every Wed.
nesJay night. Sunday school Sunday morn
ing at 9:30, L. G. Boper superintendent,
X. R. Lewis secretary.
"Episcopal, Rev. Luther Eborn, rector.
Services every 2d Sunday ht 11 o'clock
m m. aua i ou j w. uuuuaj
Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, Thos. W.
'Bloumt superintendent, W, II. Daily 6eqre.
-tary.-1 - " ' -" : ;
; ' Baptist, Bev. Jos. Tinch, pastor. Ser.
ylces every Sd Sanday at Ila. m., and 7:30
-p. m.
LODGES.
Roper Masonic Lodge, A. F & A. M. No
448. meets in their Hall at Roper, N. 0, at
-P 7:80 p. m-t 1st and 3d Tuesdays after 1st
Sunday J. L. Savage, Y: M- R. L.
WilhAms, Secretary.
Important to Ladles.
' ' Sir I made use of your Philc token
Vita my last oaiui, in oraer 10 procure a
aafe and easy travail. I used it about two
months before my expected time, until I
was taken sick, and I had a very quick and
easy confinement; nothing occurred to
Erotract my convalescence, and I got about
i less timu than was usual for me. I think
' i . mcutirinA hat Hhonld be nsed bv everv
expectant mother, for should they . but tryj
witixout it at such times. I am yours re
spectfully Mrs, ELIZABE I H DIX.
- Any merchant or druggwt can procure
RlBLBT's PhilotOken lor $1 a bottle.
CHARLES F. BISLEY, S hole.ale Drug
gist, 62 Cortkndt St., New York.
THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN
OF 1892.
Air "Bonnie Blue Flag."
The great campaign of ninety-two,
At Chicago, opened last June,
By patriots good and true : ,
Whose loyalty none impugn. v
With their country's good alone,
Inspiring eaoh man ly breast,
Discord was banished from their midst,
All working for the best.
. .. f . -
, Chorus : .
; Hurrah! Boys Hurrah!
Stand firmly to your post,
With Cleveland and Stevenson
We'll rout the Badical host,
With the noble firm resolve,
Their labor have well done,
Thay plaoed upon the Banner high
- Cleveland and Stevenson
The Gallant 8hip is now'afloat,
Proudly riding the spa.
With a bold and fearless erew
Sailing to victory,
Chorus.
With Grover for Commander,
And Adlai as Chief Mate,
We'll charge the eneny's citadel
And capture the "Ship of State."
And with our trust in Him on high,
Who guides the Mighty Storm,
We'll bid defiance to Force Bills,"
And Hurrah ! for Tariff Befornv
- Chorus.
Tbeu arouse ! brother Demoorats,
Heed your country's cry,
Be up, your armor buckle on.
Meet the enemy druwing nigh,
Already the Foe is on the tramp,
Arrayed in martial stylo, -
Be quick! and guard each avenue
Through whicn no must aenie.
, Chorus.
And. when November eight is past,
Sweet neaoe will reieu at Home.
Cleveland and Stevenson on the Flag
Will float o'er the Capitol Dame.
And beneath its starry folds,
United we will stand,
With uncovered heads we'll shout
For God, and our Native Land.
Hurrah ! Boys nurrak !
Stand firmly to your post,
With Cleveland and Stevensoa
We'll rout the Radical host.
Chowan.
THE TARIFF PLANK
AT CHICAGO.
When tlio recent convention met
at Chicago, the representatives of the
Democratic party wore united and
zealous in their devotion to tariff re
form, and f nil of the confidence born
of many victories freshly won under
its banner. Thev expected a clear
and courageous statement of funda
mental party priuciplo and of the
party's attitude to existing laws. The
resolution as reported by the com-
mittee lelt notning 10 oe uesireu on
the latter head, but instead of the
former contained a preliminary para
graph or two, in which, with much
that was admirable, appeared some
of the farmiliar but now unsatisfac
tory phrases of the make shift of
1884. The convention, with very
slight protest from tho committee on
platform, took the risk of striking
out these phrases and their setting
and of inserting in place of them a
clear declaration of fundamental
party doctrine. The inserted words
are: '
"We denounce Republican protec
tion as a fraud, a robbery of the great
majority of the American people for
the benefit of the few. We declare
it to be a fundamental principle of
the Democratic party that the Feder
al government has no constitutional
Sower to impose and collect tariff
ntios except for the purpose of reve
nue only, and demand that the col
lection of such taxes shall be limited
to the necessities of the government
tionestly and economically adminis
tered." v-V '.. ' - -
This is no new doctrine. It is a
return to the frank and explicit dec-
aration of 1876 and 1880, showing
that the party is now ready to avow
in the thickest of battle what it then
avowedbefore the combat opened.
The democratic party has always
maintained the principle that the
power to impose and collect taxes in
aid of any private enterprise is be
yond tho scope of legislation, and
doesnot pass, unaorireogovernmenr,
even with the general grant of legis
lative power. This doctrine has been
upheld,- in a long series of decisions
in the State and Federal courts, when
efforts have been made tousotho tax
ing power in the States for other
than public or revenue purposes.
The principle is tho same when Con
gress undertakes to 'impose and col-
ect tarin auues in am ui private
enterprise or for the support , oi
Special luuu&mea, uui niwo w uv
way in which the question can be
raised, for tho law imposing them
always appears on its face to be a law
to raise revenue, ana courts cannot
nquire into the motives of Congress
in passing it. Even Mr. Randall, in
his speech in the House,' in 1892, on
the Tariff Commission Bill, said .
"I do not favor a tariff enacted on
the ground of protection for tResake
of protection, because I doubt tho
existence of any constitutional war
rant for any such construction, or
the p-rant of anv such power."
The denial of the right of the fed
era! corernment to "impose ana
collect" tariff duties for the sake
protection is merely saying in a dif
ferent form of words that under the
government of equal rights there can
be no class legislation. It is, there
lore, in effect, but a rc-statemont -o
the position takenjby the party in
1876 and in 1886. and it docs not
necessarily imply any radical depar
turo from the methods of tariff re
duct ion, to which it was deemed best
to give more prominence in 1884,
than to the great principle that de
manded such reduction.
There is need for little comment
upon the paragraphs of the report of
the committee which were stricken
out in convention. , They , were no
longer aids, but incumbrances in the
fight. The temper and the courage
of the party are mightily different in
1893 from what they were m 1884 ;
what was necessary prudence then
would be cowardice now. The con
vention responded fully and heartily
to the feelings of the party it repre
sented. It showed its confidence in
tariff reform as the great and winning
issue by its nomination of Mr. Uleve
land in the face of warnings that
would have driven it from a man
who did not also stand for a cause.
It meant that there should bo noth
ing ambiguous about the party's at
titude to that cause, and that the
statement of Its fundamental princi
pie should not be overlaid with
cumulative limitations. And in all
this tho convention wa9 right. We
have passed that stage, in the great
tariff controversy where it is necessary
or proper to cumber party platforms
wun limitations anu promises aim
protests. After the Milli bill and the
special bills passed by the ' present
House! it is superfluous to assure the
people that the democratic party will
proceed carefully and conservatively
in reducing the tariff. , In dealing
with this as every other long stand
ing abuse interwoven with our social
or industrial system, the statesman
will alwas remember that in the be
ginning temperate reform is safest,
having in it the principlo of growth.
-Extract from Hon. W. I-.. Wilson
in North American Review.
POLITICAL POINTS.
Supposing Mr. Harrison were to "modif
his views" f the Force bill. Would the
country be willing to trust him, bearing in
mind that it was a pet measure of his, and
that in his latest speeches he advised every
body to obey the laws, no matter how bad
or unjust they might be ? Louisville Con.
rier Journal. N
The third party is right when it says
labor's demand must bo won at the polls.
Butthethirdhlyiia not the agency to
bring about thewtieeded reforms. The
Democracy is the party to assist "the under
dog in the fight," and a vote at the polls
for Demooracy means a vote in favor of
improving the condition of the laborer.
Savannah News. -
Whitelaw Raid has recently been speak.
ins in the West. He stated that Madison
and Washington fayored a protective tariff.
He is right, but the protective tariff they
favered was strictly for "infant industries,"
and they justly regarded it as a tx of Trom
If to 17 pereent. Even Henry Clay never
advooated over 20 to 30 per cent These
old statesmen would turn over in their
graves if they knew that the . people were
taxed 60 to 70 per cent, and that they were
quoted as endorsing such a system. iiorth
Carolinian, Balcigh.
BALANCING THE PARADOXES
N. Y. World. ,
No aorobat on a tight-rope ever had al
more ticklish task before him than have the
champions of McEinleyism in balancing
the paradoxe of Protection.
Their ehief organ in this city is busy . in
trying to prove t
1 That putting a tax on an article
eheapena it to customers.
That Cheapening tne proauct eaoies
the manufacturer to increase or to "main,
tain" wages. . -
3 That the cost of rood can De reduced
to workii'gmen. while the farmer sets bigii
prices for his products on tcooHnt of a tariff
on foodstuffs wnicu constitute me main
part of our exports.
4 Teal tue loreigners reauj pay mo
duty, though Mr. McKinley.in the kindness
of bis heart, taxes tuem amy $iau,uuu,uuu a
year towards the expenses of the govern
ment.
It is a very nice piece of tight-rope bal
ancing which the defenders of taxing a
nation into prosperity have undertaken.
MR. HARDY COMES OUT FROM
AMONG THEM ,
Goldsboro Arjjas .
vepuDiisu in tnis issue "an open
letter from Mr. Dal. M. Hardy to
"Gov." W. P. Exum, which speaks
xor itseii. ic is a calm, clignmed
comprehensive, patriotic document
just Kuch a manly and courteous
statement as thoso who know Mr.
Hardy best would have expected
from his pen. It will be read with
great interest throughout North
Carolina, and furnishes it wholesome
food for sober reflection to erring
democrats who have gone off with
the nurd party.
AN OPEN LETTER.
To Dr. W. P. Exum, People's Party
. Candidate for Governor of North
Carolina :
My Dbab Sir ; Aftor looking carefully
over the field, I find every argument against
ne iemoorauo party iaise.
I looked carefully through the "political
uoauer- and l una tnat the Republican
party is responsible for all the bad lawn
and only occasionally has a Democrat voted
lor any ox these bad laws.
The Republican party passed all tha had
acts ef fluancial legislation which we hava
had since 1860. namely those aots'explamed
in tne "seven financial censnirafiiW sn
trutnluUy by Mrs. Emery, and when tLcse
measures went through Congress every
uraacu was JxepuDiican.
Uneefthe leading facts our reformers
now advocate is that this legislation has
been more harmful than even the iniquit
uua juvinniTn icuiu lawa, VI W fllUO m He
publioan party is also the anthor and
wwhMAtiWA tn.' M 1 n C
advocate. When Mrs. Emery's eloquence
shook the faith of the western Benublicana
in their party, I am of the opinion that the
enjoinmeat snouia nave been, go to the
Democratic party whioh has so earnestly
opposed tnese conditions that now crush
tne laborer and farmer to almost a half.
existing atate of livelihood.
It the reformers now divide en the verce
of victory, is it not suicide and especially
o when they are to look to the Republican
party lor assistance, and that oartv tha
acknowledged author of all the evils of
wliicu we complain f
' I see so many dangers ahead that I tram.
we ror tne aeatiuy cf our State under the
existing political ooudition of affairs.
lhe Republicans are now taking a census
or me voters to rind out our strength in
the following way :
uirrt. lo know how many People s partv
men we have that have been Demoorats.
Second. How maav will return to the
Democratic fold in oase thev eive us a
three-cornered fight.
Now if thev are assured of a viotorv to
fight their own battle, they rejoice al our
division and will take advantage of the
same. But as the last resort they will sup
porc the People's party tioket, and a viotory
with their support will be a blank victory
for reform and only leave ua at iheir merov
in-1896. Hence the very came lion that
pulls our lead in 1802 will turn on ua and
devour us in 1896. And I sec that victory
for us now is a viotorv for the ReDublican
party in 1896, with the strong probability
of their coming in the field in the eleventh
hoar this year even and oarrvias the State
by reason of the People's party.
tv nue x regret to te seemingly untrue to
my friends in the People's partv there is a
duty moro sacred than personal, friendship,
and that duty ia to go into the cause that
calls the patriotic- sons of North Carolina
to the standard bt-arers of Democracy, and
under this banner I am not only trne to
my friends but to all other citizeus of my
State, because Democracy is the true friend
of all the people the masses. : . ;
I surrender all political ambitions or
prospects for what I conceive to be a more
sacred duty.1 viz: voting the Democratic
ticket, and thereby proving mybelf faithful
to the best interests of my State and coun
try.. - .-. . : -: - ;;.
I assure you of my personal friendship.
and also regretting everything that shall
prove detrimental to you personally. , But
assure you that the same motives that
caused me to be your political advocate,
cause mo, upon acourate investigation, to
be true to the party that opposes the great
evils that now afflict us. .
Yours very respectfully,
. Dal. M. Hard v.
Goldsboro, N .0 , Aug 29. .
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receipt of price, $. Drummond Medicine
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DON'T BE AFRAID.
Printer! Iuk.
Too little advertising is like sowing too
little seed. A farmer in planting; c ta
puc8 a number or grains into ecn mil,
and is eatufled if one good healthy stalk
comes from each plauting. It's tti con
stant advertiser that is bonnd to attract
ttention. Its the succession of bright,
catchy advertisements that refase to be
allowed for th fruit to crow, ripea and be
gathered is as true as that whet . cannot
be reaped the day after it is sown. 8 '
Dyepepela and Liver Complaint.
Is it not worth the small price of Jc. to
free yourself of every symptom of these
istreHBing complaints, if you think bo call
our store and get a bottle or bnlloU's
Vitalizer, every bottle has a printed guar,
anlee on it, use accordingly and if it does
you no good it will cost you nothing. Hold
by lixynn Uhears, riyuioutn, ana ur is.
i Unllsoy. Boper - .
THE GREAT SOUTH,
Great Roath. ''"
Nature in dispensing her blessinss
nas given to the South many natural
advantages. To describe the numer
ous and varied industries and re
sources of this great section of the
country, in this short article, would
oo to write a large volume on one
small pago. We are proud of our
country as a whole, but especially
are we proud of our own Southland.
W e are proud of her people, proud of
ner resources, and proud of her dos
si unities.
The Sunny South is the land of
our birth, the scene of our earlv as
sociation, and the stage upon which
our lives nave been acted. In this
God-favored country we have the
most congenial climate, the mnsfc
unlimited water-power, ' and the
greatest and richest natural resour
ces that kind natnre has huan Mn
to bestow. .
NTftfnra Loo A;.n.,aX t,- i.
n..nt,nni: il 1 , , V
picocimug w us tuis iQveiy iana,
these rich resources and this cone-e-
nial chme. And here the niiPRtinn
arises. WUn ia ah,- r1fw if
7n;: 0 Q"rr:. .r- J j Y
nnr.V ua iNnnrhftrn nihiand f n J,..
"J . v. iu3 iw u.ctoiuj
tnis lair lana, to Utilize the resources
and to make tho South what hor
drfmtnr rloaio-nol
o-rpafoaf nnnnfi-TT 1, ai
greatestCOUntiy on the face Of tho
earth. It is notonlvour dutr to An
this, but as patriotic citizens as
those who lovo our country it is a
nlotv, rtKH.i,v i .
.r.wAAAAA VMA1SaivU emu iiou u pun U8
f-) wUjV.a.w M va. tlU
all to do our pjirt of this grand work.
WEAVER'S BRUTAL CRUELTY
TESTIMONY OF ONE WHO WITNES
SED IT IN TENNESSEE.
Tallapoosa, Ga., August 23.
To the editor of the Atlanta Journal: .
I see in yeur issue of Saturday, the 20th
inst., au extract from a letter written by an
old citizen f Pulaski, Tenn.; also a oopy
oi a cupping irom me uues county Demo.
orat of the 20th of July, charging General
VY eaver, the People's party candidate for
president with beastly cruelty towards ' the
citizens of Pulaski and Giles oounty while
in oommand of the Union army at that
place in 1864. . , -.
I can fully substantiate a; number of the
enarges contained therein, and couli add
many others of like character, all from mv
own recollection. Although quite youug
at the time suoh a state of terror as we were
kept in by this brute in human form made
an indellibie impression upon mv mind.
My father, Dr. Perkins, was livinc in Pulas
ki at this time. Our house, my . grand
mother's (Mrs. Dr. Osd way, now of Kesh.
ville), and Major Jones, a relative of ours,
were nsed as officers' quarters. , We were
subjected to mny insults. Maj .r Jones'
family were ordered out of their house
about 12 o'clock on a bitter cold eight iu
December. - Thoy were not allowed ' time
to dress. Mrs. Jones had to wrap her sick
ohild in bed-clothing. and carry it iu her
arms to a neighbor's house. Many acts of
barbarous cruolty committed ou my rela
tives and friends are fresti in my memory.
Men of the highest standing, both young
and old. were thrown into prison, . kept
there for months and some shot dawn like
dogs with never a charge entered ' against
them. Ladies were insulted ou the streets
it was iudecd a reign of terror. Such
acts of vandalism and crime I have never
even read of in a civilized country. All of
was done by the order or with consent
of Gnerul Weaver. f
Mas Annie E. Hill
THEY MISTAKE THE DIREC
TION OF THE ENEMY.
0. W. Clackuall lo News and Observer.
Kittiull, N. C Aug 29th, '92.
Seeifi2 as I do the misdirected attacks of
the Third party people on the Deniocrutio
party it calls lo mind au illustration wnicn,
trite and doubtless familiar to many of
vour readers, is so applicable to the present
situation that I think they will pardon ine
for repeating it. - ' .
, In one of C'sesar's fiercest battles, when
the iron legions of Rome themselves were
wayering before the deeper ite ouet of the
barbarians, a centurion was seen to desert
his post and hasten to the rear. The man
had b. en brave and true on a hundred
fields, but for the moment his nerve . for-
Book him and he sought safety in flight,
setting a bad example to those at the
battle's front, and doubtless endangering
the Bteadiness of the reserves advancing to
their support. vJamr etepped to tbe man s
side, placed his hand on his shoulder and
pointing back wheuoe the oeuturion came,
calmly said: 'My friend, you mistake
the direction of the enemy. They are ,
there." ' - ' ' ' - ' ' 1 !
Thus let us approach such of oar breth
ren as now falter, and laying our band on
their sheu!dt.r' with ail gentleness, eay :
"My frieni, you mistake the direction of
the enemy. Your enemy aud your conn
try's is now as of pld being faeed and
fought by. the Democratic party, .The
battle waxes sore. Turn and meet theai
and be assured that in all things that are
good, in atl thing that are meet, you will
be upheld and f urthcrd by the same party
that rescued you and me from the despotic
sway ar d raiuous narrate of Black Repub
licaniam ; the party which .has stood as a
wall of defense between Northern malice
and Southern helplessness; the party to
which the S mthern white men owes his
liberty; tbe Southern white woman her
immunity from outrage and insult ; the
pirty whieh iu tho State when it had the
power has done all things for us, and in
ihe nation though sorely hampered by hos
tile majorities hH doue all that human
means could nccomplit-h in our behalf.
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
-The following ia the State Demo-
cratin nlfitfnrm ia aAnntaA U ai,
t A' MJJ flAO
State convention assembled May 18 :
Keeox-ved, 1. That the democracy of
North Carolina reaffirm the principles of
the democratic party both State and natio
nal, and particularly fuvor the free CoinacA
of silver and an increase of the currency,
and the repeal of the internal revenue
system. And we denouooe the McKioIer
tariff bill as unjast to the consumers of the
country, and Jwtding to the formation of
tnuis, combiner and iaonop3!ij whioh
have oppressed tho people : and eaoaniallv
do we denounce the unnecessary aud bur.
dfnaume inuruase in the tax on cotton ties
and on Ua, so largely used by the poorer
portion of the people. We likewise de
nounce the inequitous force bill, whieh la
not yet abaudontd bv ths republican trnrfv
but is being urged as a measure t ha
adopted as toon as they regain control of
the House of Bepreseatatives, the purpose
and affect ef which measure will be to es
tablish a 6f cond period of reconstruction la
the Southern States, to subvert tha libertlAa
of our people and inflame a nivr race an.
tagonism and sectional animosities. '
I lnat Wd demand financial reform,
"ua enaciraent or lawstnat will remove
l. "- . 1 .. i iu
exiting agricultural dapression. and do
and ample justice to the farmers and
laDo orour country.
a: f" w demand the abolition of
national banks, and the substitution of legal
I ... . . ......
tenuer treasury notes m lieu of national
bank notes, issued in sufficient volume to
do tkfl business of the country on a cash
y8tein, regulating the amount needed on
I " way11" ia iw iae uuainess interests
of the country expand, and that all money
I issued bv tha trnwrnmpnt film II ". Va l.ml
tedr in payment of all debts, both publio
a?P"T.?- " - '
. mat we demand that UonereBS shall
j,Mg BUch lawg . .u... .ff5fitnal, nr.A
shb aeaung m rmures or. au agricultural
and mechanical production? : orovidins
it,ch "tringent system of procedure iri trials
as shall secure prompt conviction and im
posing such penalties as shall secure most
perfect compliance with the law.
5. That we demand the froe and unlimi
ted coins ge of silver.
6. That we demand the passace of laws
prohibiting the alien ownership of land.
and that Congress take early steps to devise
'ome Plan to obtia !! lands now owned
bJJ auaQ nd foreign syndicates j and thai
all lands sow held by railroads and other
corporations, in excess of such as is actu
ally used and needed by them, be reclaimed
by tne government and held for actual
settlers only, :
7. Believing in the doctnne of Meaual
rights to all and special privileges to none,"
we demand tnat taxation, national or State. '
shall not be used to build up one interest
or etas at the expense of another. We.
beliwe that- the money of the 'country
should be kept as much as possible in tha
hands of the pople, and hence we demand
that all revenue, national. State or . county,
enall be limited to tne necessary expenses
of the government economically and hon
estly administered. , '
8 that Congress issue a sufcoient
amount of fractional paper currency to
facilitate the exchange through the medium
of the United Slates mail.
Kesolved, That the General Assembly
pass such laws as will make the public
Kcliool system mere effeotive that the bier
sings of education may be extended to all
ttie people of the State alike.
'lhat we demand a graduated tax on in
Comes. ' ;
THE DEMOCRATIC FLAT.
FORM ON THE FORCE BILL.
'We solemnly deelare that the need of a
return to the fundamental principles of free
popular government, based on home rule
aud individual liberty, was never more
urgent than now, when the tendency to . ,
oentralize all power at the Federal . capital -,'
has Jx'Couie a menace to the reserved V,
rights of the States that strikes at the very v
root of our Government and the Conati"
tulion as framed by tha fathers Of the
repub.ic. v w
We warn -he pcopls of our oommoa
oountry, jealous for the preservation of
their free institution, that the pohoy of
the Federal control of elections to which
the Republican party has committed itelf
is fraught vith gravest dangers, scarcely
less momeutous than would result from a
revolution practically establishing monarohy
on tha rums ef the republic. It strikes at
he North ai vrelt as the South and iaiurea
the colored citizen even more than the
white. It means a horde oi deputy mar -
shals at every polling-place armed with
Federal power ; w turning boards appointod
auo controlled by f ederal authority t the
outrage tf the electoral rights ot the peo
ple in the several States : the subjugation
of the colored people to the eontrol ot the
party in power, and the reviving of race
antagonism, now happily abited, of the
utmost peril to the safety and happiness ef
all a measure deliberately;, and lastly de
scried by a leading liepublicaa Senator aa,
the most lnlaiuous bill that ever croestqr
the threshold of the Senate." -: -
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