The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-09
DEMoCRATIC ADDRESS.
Issued by the Committee that
Nret IN Raleigh Some Weeks

net IN Raleigh Some Weeks
Ago.
] Alta recent conference of til,
Executive Committee of tn,
Democratic party, which wal
attended by many Of the lead
ling citizens from different sec.
! tions of the State, and in which
our present political condition
rs a party, was discussed in !
! spirit Of forbearance and con
ciliation, twas deemed wise te
issue an address to the friends
and adherents of thu party urg-
/ ing that the same spirit shall
enter into and control all oul
discussions and actions prepar,
atory to and during the great
struggle OF 1892.
AT this conference the under
signed were selected to prepare
and issue the address, and WI
were especially enjoined tc
voice, as nearly as possible, the
spirit Of harmony aud unity
and loyalty to the Democratic
party which characterized the
conference.
1t must be apparent to any
thoughtful observer that there
is a general depression in agri-
cnlture and a consequent feel
ing OF dissatisfaction and un.
rest among those engaged in
that pursuit, though the tillers
of the soil are not the only ones
who are suffering from this gen
eral depression This want Of
prosperity among the farmers
has seriously affected in great
mass Of those engaged the other
yocations; in fact but few have
escaped its baleful influence.
Then we are common sufferers
from a common cause. If this
be true, can there be any rea-
son why we should not work
together to remove this cause
and drive from powerits author?
The real author of the griev-
ances Of which the people so
justly complain, is the Repub!i-
can party, which has admins.
tered the Federal government
70 the benefit Of sayored lass
es and against the toiling mass.
es Of the American people. And
we appeal to our fellow-citi-
izens Of all vocations to stand
shoulder TO shoulder in the fight
We must make against this
great adversary.
In the dark days following
1865 and 1869, we stood together
against this same enemy in
State affairs, and we conquered.
The lessons then learned should
not be forgotten, and we expect
them to bear fruit in 1892, If we
do not mistake the temper and
patriotism Of our people.
Let US not bs guilty of the
folly Of wasting our strength
and dividing our forces in un-
compromising, acrimonious con
tentions among ourselves as 10
the best means Of accomplish
ing a deliverance from the evils
which now environ us and from
the burdens which now weigh
us down.
Among these evils and bur.
dens we viii mention two about
which il seems TO us we can all
agree and frem which we can
not hope to be delivered till we
overthrow the party which
created them. The first of these
is the inadequate supply of mon
ey in the country and the want
Of a better system for its dis
tribution, so that il may he
procurable more easily and at
reasonable rates of interest; and
the other is the unjust and burd-
ensome system of Tariff Tax.
alton The former we regard
as the chief cause of the stag
nation in business, and the lat
tsra powerful ally in robbing
agriculture and labor of just re.
wards. That the supply OF cur
rency is wholly insufficient for
the business trasactions Of the
country needs no argument to
prove. IL is the experience not
only Of the farmers but Of most
men engaged in other business
and professional pursuits. Now,
and TO this inadequacy Of mon
ey supply and its improper dis.
tribuiion, the unequal and un-
necessary burdens Of Tariff Tax
alton whose cruel exactions
have now realized the widest
dreams of the most exorbitant
monopolist, and We find a suf-
ficient cause for the unrest and
disquiet existing among our
people. We affirm that these
evils are the direct offspring of
Republican legislation. Other
causes Of greater or less weight
may be assigned for the present
depression in agriculture and
other pursuits; but they too, 50
far as their origin can be traced
to legislation, must be charged
to the same Republican party;
fnr thern Inns not been an hour