The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1891-01-14


of democracy it reflects through the
myriad OF its pure waters and down the
corridor OF more than six thousand years
that the aim ard purpose OF all patriotic
legislation Is the greatest good 70 the
greatest number. Believing this system
will accomplish this end and that IL is ST.
ing upon the basic rock of Democracy my
feeble efforts will be IN the future within
the pale of the party TO get the Democ-
racy to cut the ligaments that under Ger
tain leadership binds TO Wall Street, 10
regard New York as no longer the terri
tory Of our hope ard throw the shadow
of It's protecting wings over its real
interest. the arm of IFS protection around
those that mead II. eud champ n the
rights Of the masses, supplying thf in
dustrial wants o. malkfnd instead Of
committing the Alliance To .orm u ueG
tnird party Iuske Il a auxil,Fy Of tde
great Democracy Of the people and -
Iato the cam paign 0. '92 with the Ali
ance and ali the other industrial unions
that have the same common purpose,
marching IN one common phalanX. under
one inspiring banner, that the earth and
its nperishable products is sonnd
basis for National issue as basis Tor
u legal standard for the ain easaveineni
IF value. With this shlbboieth we
will call TO our support the great
masses of the people from all tie sec
tons of our common country and will
bury so deep that arch enemy, the Re
publican party, into the cess pool of its
own lniquity, and not bubble will Use
10 the surface TO mark Its hlal resting
place. As Democrats can We afford to
close our eyes to the existing agrlculJu
raj and industrial depression or shall We
continue TO permit ourselves to be de-
ceived by rounded collation. OF statis-
TICS that would seem to show a suffi
cheney OF money In circulation and that
tDe agricultural South was prosperous
and booming when We know by prac,i
cable contact that neither OF the propo-
sitions are true. II there i. a sufficency
of money existing in this country it is
beyond the reach of those who created
it and for whose uses and purposes it
was created. Enough money, when the
agricultural products of the country
have to be sacrificed for the want of
money to move the crop. Enough
money, when it cannot be com m anded
by those who can give the best Of Sc
curity. Enough money, when man OF
known financial reputation in the heart
of the commercial centre of this
country with over four millions of
assets had to permit his small paper to
60 to protest. If 1t is existing so far as
doing the business and the people Of this
country and service it might as we'll be
in the bottom Of the Atlantic ocean.
What we want is not only auf1iciency
of currency but machinery that shall
place is within reach at small per cent.
as we'll to the farmer and laborer, the
country merchant and the city merchant,
as with the bondholder and railroad
magnate.
The South booming. The farmers
here will hardly appreciate that there Is
anything booming IN the production Of
cotton at 2 to 8 cents, aud corn and
wheat at equal sacrificial prices. North
Carolina may have booming Asheville
which by reason Of its proximity to the
clouds and the stars is enabled to make
merchandise Of its air, water and So
ciety. She may have booming Green's
boro, located within reach OF mines
that draw succor from = protective
tariff and for the same reasons Georgia
may have her Atlanta, Tennessee her
Chattanooga, Texas her Fort Worth,
Alabama her Birmingham, florida her
St. Augustine, Virginia her Richmond,
and there may be series ef small tow as
with furnaces drawing succor from the
protective tariff that are lighting up the
mountain sides of Virginia, North Caro-
lima, Tennessee and X .ntucky, but there
is nothing booming on the plantations of
the country, nothing booming in that
great gift OF nature, our monopoly TO
produce the feecy staple that stretches
its snowy down from the Golf OF Mexico
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less for US to disguise the truth that the
such reward for their labors and sacrl-
fees as it would seem but justice for
them to 90 and fundamental impor-
tance Of their high and honorable. yea,
heaven appointed, would seem to justify
They are not receiving their equitable
share in the net annual Increase of
wealth and comforts, which, by their
sacrifices with tie assistance Of the earth
and heaven, are contributed to the world
and the patriot farmer, merchant
and professional men are lending their
best talents to the solution OF this great
problem, and he that shall contribute
the most towards its solution i'll which
our every conceivable Interest Is in
volved deserves better OF his country
than the whole race of politicians.
Understand me not to speak despairingly
Of poll les or politicians. For 1t was
legislation, the sharp bladed instrument
of politics, that drew Gus the yoke that
bears Leavily upon the necks of the peo-
pie, the big blunt hammer, the leglsla-
tive instrument of politics that welded
the links by which the people are fet-
tered and holds them in slavery to the
American dollar, and it is only through
this medium that they may hope to OBJ
tain relief. l know that = great many
hold that legislation can do nothing
for the people in respect to monetary
matters, that it is impossible to
legisiate money in their pockets,
late justice for them, justice to their
muscles, justice to their home and chill
dren, ana this will bring justice to their
pockets. Some people attribute the
condition of the farmer to one cause
and some to another, Some say that it
is extravasance. Some the protective
tariff, but II l am called upon to name
the arch enemy of the people and their
prosperity will coincide with the ALI
ance and unhesitatingly point to the
financial legislation of this country for
tho past thirty years to false monetary
system. 1t is but derision to the labor
ing man to attribute the condition of
farmers to his over-peid labor. The
farm labor of this country is the poores,
paid labor on the continent. He has no
system Of time OF wages. His hours for
labor are marked only by light and dark
ness and bis wages are primarily depend
ent on the condition OF agriculture. He is
awakened by the Growing OF the first cock
and as the great god Of day rises from its
eastern couch dnds him we'll harnessed
for his days labor as he wheels his golden
chariot athwart the blue vaults of heaven
he looks down upon hin from his meri;
dian splendor weltering under his oppr9
sive heat. When his course is 81 ped a. 4