The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-09-15
DEMOCRATIC
TESTIMONY.
''THE NEGRO RACKET TO BE
WORK ED AND THE TARIFF
RACKET TOO.
What Hon. John X, Webster,
Senator Morgan, ofAlabanna,
and other Prominent DEM
Ocrats Say About Gro-
YER Ieyelnad.
Il Gold Bug" "A Pharisss, Not a Demo
erat, "''a Servant Of Wall Street, AN
Enemy Of the Industrial Develop
ment Of the South, " The
People are Sick and
+ Tired Of Him."
HON. II. III. BUM ON THE
FORCE BILL SCARE.
A Threat of the New York Democ-
racy."

WEBST ER s WEEKLY, OCT. II, 1891. |
The Principles Of the Alliance are
right. We want 10 see them en-
bodied in the laws of the country.
The Alliance must stand firm and
united in its demand for justice. 1t
must not suffer itself to be bulldoZed
or side-tracked. If buildozing will
not work, the next game will be
trickery. Let Alliancemen keep
cool and watch. The fundamental
principles Of their order are right.
They should not be lost sight Of at
any time Courage and firmness are
needed at this time. The farmers
can get the legislation they desire if
they will demand it, and show that
they are il. earnest. The Democrats
ic party cannot afford to ignore them.
OF course the seIf.appointed bosses
will kick, but they are not the par
ty by a great deal. The negro rack
ct will be worked and the tarl IF rack
ct too, but the people should notobeI
diverted from their, course by such
stale clap-trap. The South Carolina
bosses tried the uegro racket last
year, but The people grew weary of
the old song, and took the reins of
government in their own hands,
driving the bosses to the necessity
of courting the friendship of the
much abused negro. When they
found they could not frighten the
people by the false cry Of negro rule
the bosses tried to defeat the Dem
ocratic ticket with negro votes
| thus giving the lie to their lifetime
professions Of friendship for the
common people. The peoples move
ment swept the State. Has negro
rule resulted? Not much. The AL.
lance does not propose to have ne
gro rule. 1t draws the color line as
rigidly as does the Democratic party.
AS to the tariff question, the farm
ers have got too much sense to wran-
gle over it. They recognize the
fact that there is hopeless division
Of sentiment amongst themselves
upon that question, and that it would
be suicidal to their cause to make it
an issue. That there are iniquities
in the tariff system all will admit,
and they should be remedied; but
! nothing short Of divine wisdom
could construct law that would
please everybody. The tariff pro
; blem must be solved by time and
com mon sense. When it is consid-
cred on its own merits alone, as q
plain business matter, aside from
politics, it can be settled. 1t has no
place in politics. The Democrats
want sugar protected. Why? Be.
cause it votes the Democratic tick
, ct.
The people are sick and tired ol
= mud Singing <and tariff tinkering
They have found out the real cause
! of their ills, and propose to apply
j, the remedy. They will not be di
q verted from their cause by eithel
! threats or appeals. Bosses, trick
t sters and wirepullers must go. The
S people propose to rule. and not b!
0 proxy either.
0 Tariff, negro, yankee, rebel, etc.
:. have lost their power to frightel
Y and alarm. Weightier matters CLAIM
\ the attention of the American pee
}, people. The North and South hav'
v made friends, and the sectionalist
!. are out of job. Woe to him VIII
II disregards this important fact.
IS Let it be understood once fot al
e that the Democratic party canEo
e serve two masters. 1t must choos
a between the people and the pluto
is Gratis. 1t cannot support the fire
@ coinage of silver, oppose Natlons
q Banks, and at the same time SUI
D. port a gold-bug candidate for tn
e Presidency. Such policy Woul
k invite defeat. 1t would be the wor:
ID sort of duplicity. Mr.. Clevelail
O. and financial reform are antagoni
" tic. They are deadly enemies. III
two ideas will not harmonize. or
being of the people and the other
Wall street. So partizan a Dem
G crat as Buck Kitchen declares tn;
If the heelers ana strikers of Wa
or street again succeed in fosterlr
c. Cleveland upon the Democratic pa
r. ty, it will be the solemn duty of Il
people to combine to secure his q
feat. Why? Because, as The Ric
Is mond Dispatch truthfully says,
16 financial questions Mr.. Cievelal
II stands sinside the ranks of the en-
19 my.n AS we see it, his and She
20 mans views on the question are
21 much alike as two blackeyed pei
90 If anything, Sherman is the mt
% liberal of the two. If Clevela
"a could have his way, silver would
26 de-moneyetized. He is on reco
27 not only as opposed to free sily'
% but as an advocate Of the repeal
90 the Bland bill, which Woull stop t
80 coinage of silver, and leave it a
81 gal tender to the amount of or
five dollars.
'os The people have got their ey
ful open. They are reading and thin
ill ing as never before. In the futt
.rs ballots will register the peoples W
not their prejudices.
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