The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-05-30

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coinage and to all the qualities Of
legal tender which gold posses.
es. They demand that the circula.
ting medium of the country shall be
issued direct to the people at low
rate of interest and in sufficient
volume to do the business of the
couptry, and that in whatever form
it may be issued, il it bear the i'm
print of the government and is
denominated a dollar. that it shall
be worth one hundred cents in pay
meat Of all dues, public and priyatel
They demand the prohibition OF
gambling in futures Of all agricultu.
raj and mechanical products. They
believe that every acre of our public
domain should be secured to actual
settlers, and that not one foot OF
our territory should be held except
by citizens of this country. They
believe the barriers should be erect
ed between corporate power and
the rights Of the people. They favor
absolute governmental control of
transportation and telegraph lines
because the prefer that the govern
ment should control these great
agencies of power, rather than that
they should control the government.
They demand a just system OF graz
nated tag on incomes. They de
mand that an amendment to the
Constitution shall be submitted to
the people, by which United States
Senators shall be elected by a di
rect vote of the people. They be-
lieve that no interest, or class, or
industry. should be taxed to build
! up any other interest, or class, or in
dustry. They demand that all reven.
ues shall be limited 10 the necessary
expenses of an honestly and economi-
caily administered government.
From these great questions they
cannot and will not be diverted.
Even the protective tariff, with all
its abominable iniquities, cannot
sapplant them. Force bills, "bloody
shirts" the cry Of negro supremacy
10 the South, and of rebels 10 the
North, will lose all the power
of their baleful charm in the pres
sence OF these great overshadosing
questions.
The great mass of the Industrial
classes, North and South. Democrats
ard Republicans, without regard TO.
sectional or geographical lines, with
one purpose aud with one heart,
have locked their hands and shields
in a common cause.-the cause OF a,
common country. The evils under
which they suffer, and which threaten
Sthe destruction of the republic and
its institutions, are national 10 their
character and cannot be corrected
by acknowledgements. Hence, recog
nizing but one Aag-the flag OF our
common country-impelled by a
common purpose, aetuated by a CON-
mon motive. confronted by a com.
mon danger. they have solemnly re
solved to turn their backs upon the
past and make one mighty effort to
rescue our government and institu-
tons from imaendtng peril. They
have wiped out, and forever, the
last trace of Mason and Dixon's
line across Alliance territory. Afri-
can slavery is gone, thank God, aud
in the spirit Of manly magnanimity
and fraternity the Alliancemen of
the blue and the Allianeemen Of
the gray say: Let the bitterness,
aaimosities and pfejudiees, born of
its existence, perish with it and for.
ever. The proud Saxon spirit, and
courage, ard patriotism, which
crowned the heroism of the "bIue
and the gray" with undyIng fame,
are now summoned 10 break the
calling and degrading ch ms OF
white slavery, the slavery of honest
labor and how fitting that they
should lead in this glorious strug
gle for god and humanity.
Ye brave men Of the North I who
stood by the star and stripes with a
devotion and a courage that would
have added new luster to the
spler dol of Rome's legions in he
palmiest days--ye brave men Of the
South who stood by the sinking
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