The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-06-05
\ STRONG ARGUMENT.
One Of the Brainest Citizens Of
the state, Defines his Position.


ing certain questions especially
with reference to the Sub
Treasury Bill, Prof. b. +. Grady,
writes the following letter,
which we take the liberty OF
publishing without his knOWl-
edge or consent 1t IS as follows
My Dear Mr.. Beaman: / have
delayed answering the question
in your letter received several
days ago, because OF a lack OF
time. My position as to the
Sub-Treasury proposition Of the
Farmers Alliance cannot be
made clear to you nor defenSl-
bic in myself wi hDut All eX
PLANTATION more or less elaborate.
You and ! have always been
strict cOnstruCtiOnist5 of the
"mOst straigbtest Sec';" but we
have reached a point in orr
career as people where strict
construction does not meet the
demands Of the Situat on and,
in my judgment, is not invOl-
we'd ii the issue which has been
joined.
BE patient with lie, and !
will explain. The government
Of the United States was created
by the thirteen States to "estab-
lish justice, insure domestic
tranquility, and secure
the blessings Of liberty to Our
selves and our pOsterity." How
far these purposes have be II
complied with by those who
have been deputed to administer
the government, We may judge
from a consideration OF a few
facts:
The first Congress, without
warrant in the constitution, sad-
died on the farmers and labor
ing people Of the Union, at a
time when the total population
was about three millions, a
debt of twenty one millions OF
dollars for the benefit of the
commercial class In one section
of the Union.
2. A standing law of the
Union has always given &
monopoly OF the coast wise
trade to domestic vessels, thu:
placing in the hands of the
owners OF these vessels the
power to levy tribute on the
farmers and labOring people
This has always been justified
on the plea of patriotism, anC
from that standpoint may b'
n hSffbH Es3RR Is R RygttaDtssn ef Gsrd "a
3. With notifications nov
and then, legal. power has beer
conferred, from the beginning
on the fishermen of the New
England coast to draw out from
the peoples treasury money
for which they have performed
no service.
4. Equally without warran
in the constitution a system o
encOuI aging domestic manu-
features has robbed the farmer
and labOring people for tn
benefit of Il class, with conse
quences which | need not ind
cate.
5. An unjust and unconstitu
tiOnal system Of internal taxa
ton has impoverished tn
tOiling masses of the country
Do you ask why think it III
constitutional? The tax O
whiskey Is an "eXcise" ta1
Now an excise is a part cut OF
tax i'll kind-and certainl
ninety cents a gallon cannot b
a part of the value OF a gallo
of whiskeY. Moreover the col
stitution declares that take
shall be uniform thronghOu
the United States, whereas thi
tax is not paid in prohibitio
States. Let each State tax it
whiskey drinkers.
Is. a banking system has bee
established, without warrant i
the constitution, which has, fC
quarter of century, been ell
powered to expand and cOntraC
the market prices of the pre-
ducts Of the country, so as
enrich themselves at the e1
pense of their helpless victim.
Z. The halls OF Congress hav
been, ever since you and | hav
had any knowledge of publ
matters, s. PandoIa's box out {
which has flowed a continuor
stream of evils disturbing an
destroying our domestic tral
guilty"
8. The money unjustly take
from the people has been to a
enormous amout squandered
ways and for objects not col
temTlated by the States whe
the constitution was satified
them.
Now it is as clear as noon da
that if the government could
TO day set back on the track i
tended and laid down by IL
patriots of century ago, the.
could be no reparatiOn of tt
mischief that has been don
the clas ses heretofore favort
would still have all the none
and the farmers and lahore
would still be in their pOwe
M0nnu So cd th4