The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-09-24
NO. 81

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al cOntiadICtcd, that the Peoul..s p;lrIN
l. The only NatiOal party HOW befor,. n,
people. lEC The Democratic or Reuuh-
| ilcah partlts put Southern man (aII o,Ci
VettraE) on tncic national ticket. an.
thelr party would go 10 pe:ceS in twentv-
iunr hours.
From the rise Of the Democratic marty
down - 1860. II a'wavs adopted .IefYpr-
sons financial plank on tue currau,.,
, question. ana one OF ITS perm nent u.Ii
| tUrn planks was this:
| "Ihat Congress has no power TO char
| ter national banks: that = g believe Su,.;.
an ms hutton one Of deadly hostility II.
the best interests Of the country. dau.
| E"rouS To our Rppubiic and ;U.titnfints
and tie liberty of the people. and rai
culattd to place the business of The conn
| ny within the control OF 4 concentrated
| money power and above the liWs an,t
the viii of the people"
| IRON The fact ihaj no National Dem
ocratlc platform Tor the past. 30 yeor
Aus contained this tiine-hon0ied DiiHCi-
| pie or JelIersOHilu-JackSOu Demo.-
racy, is enough to satisfy even, f,..
"bUsses' iiE.t the DemocratiC Da,tv -.
lS3. mas drittCd away from her npnnrino-
aHu Is not the Democratic paIIyOfIS lr.
WlJn al of these IaCts Starlun L,,atn >,
the race, many stump orator, part.ssr
edlJorS, cruSs-iOad politicians aud war,
-, wv wa VI u" up Iut ~ hat ana ShCUf.
hurrlh T)r Andrew Jackson DruaC-
rLc5,' without having the least idea b3f
he Is condemning himself and hisl3udrr.f
DAllh llunen. class rule Democracy
upon the matter of Il CO silver, modern
DehocFacF mas a2aIn repudiGted the
sacred principles OF ancient Ds.uo,racv
III Is Wen Known fact that ~ cOiua-.r
Oh Sod ana SILVER was IL Jtlfersoniau
pFlnclple. lt was considered so maui
testify just in IhOs- days TINT A!tyai,.
der 1lanliiioO, the leader OF The FEEDER!
ISIS, an not oppose II; and both barrie
agreed upon bi-meialism i'm IFS i'm
sense of perfect equality III the c1Ina.r
~ DOth gold and silver upon g raliv of -
to l.
Inst al OF the old Democratic marty
whose principles should have been kent
luvlOlate and made a home for The uoo,
laDOfers, hos rights of freedom could
nave Deen secured to them, have bpci,
made an article of barter aud trade. ann
h@Ve passed from The hands OF its ole
leaders. ihto the cOntI Ol of the putocrac,
OF wan street The party manipulators
an national bank presidents. VINO di,-
tate the Doicy of the party.
Mr.. Cleveland, the standard bearer and
Candidate Tor presi 'enC of the United
States, Is we'll known. He is honest
courageous. and lives up To his profps-
slons, and deserves the highest credit for
the impulse he gave the tariff reform.
But unfortunately tor The farmers ana
lah0reT-, he imbibes the financial views
OF Wall street; allows the national bauks
20 use the public funds without interest
HIS views upOu finance are those of Mr.
WINDOW, John Sherman and Other Il
publicans.
In each of the old parties we find the
protected ella ses; the few who iatten Oh.
special privilege; the untax.d c;l.,itaiiSt.
favored hOnHhnIAA4P-
corruptionist; the unscrupulous riug: IN,
greedy com bIne: the heaiJle<s trust In
each OF thtln we find lh. meu whu. nm
der forms of law, come down from their
castles OF special privilege aud levy trio
Ute upou commrrce, upon agriculture
upon Iabor. AT ali crossroads uf trade
they halt the producer, and he must
stand and denver" for the law de-
mands il.
Infinitely more complete than any
federation OF FreebOoGeFs; infinitely
more cruel than any nation of Burcau-
eers: Infinitely more voracious than any
horde of Goths or VanGais, they meet til.
toiier IN every field, and plunder him Ur
his reward.
The Peoples party is the protest of the
plundered against the pluuderers, OF the
vi tim against the robbers
III defense OF The people against the
slanderous attacks of the subsidized
press, and IN behalf OF Jackson DeI1Oc.-
raey, L have attempted To prove TO the
unbiased mind that the Cleveland Dem
ocratlc party bas not the setnblauce OF
appearance TO Old time Democracy. liz
denounces every demsnd and declaration.
contained III the platform of 1886, as fol-
lows:
Declares its trust in the dc op,e,
Declares Internal improvements un--
CONSTITUTIONAL.
Demands economy.
Denounce natiOna. banks.
Demand separation VI public money
from tue bank-."
Aud 50 on TO the. end.
In fact, 1t has changed owners, and OF
course principles; and Instead os remain
lug as IL orig nally was-uieyoteu 10 the
interests OF the laboring classes-it is now
machine by which ihe nutioual bank
ers OF New Yoik aud London reap their
golden harvest.
Will the true Democrat continue to b.
blinded by platforms aud party prom
ises, and follow in the wake Of a party
simply because it claims TO be DEMO.
cratic from ITS name. but whose prInci.t-
pI,s w.uld be abhorred by Thomas Jeff
ersou! Orwiil you, as 4 patriot. call u.
halt, ana take hold of the Party Of the
People, the only pure Democratic Ma
tioBal party III America. and save our
people aud country from ruin aud re o.
luton! An OLD-TIaE DEMoCRAT.