The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-09-15
No. 40.

'NAN NAaN lpNSkatp LieN aIG u~st1 a.
colossal engines 10 invade the rights |
OF the people and their political
ELECT Is directly opposite to that of
the government by the people.
The money gamblers hirslings in
the press AMI on the rostrum, tells
Us that neither of the old crgauiEa-
tions will die To accommodate A new
organization hut IL seems not TO
occur 10 them that political party
i lone OF the parts into which n
people Is divided ON question, OF
public policy" and that cieveland'-
so-called Democratic party aud Har.
risou's mock Republican party are
factions of the same organization
and the supremacy Of eitker means
further invasion vi the rights of the
people. Under their protection the
"elack crooks" OF despotism are
gathering in the political sky aud
the money gamblers are casting lots
for the dishonored remnants of our
national glory. They ignore the
primitive and Fundamental truth
that a nation is ri;rely disrupted by
the oppression Of its paper bonds ;
but it is invariably destroyed by
decay of the moral bonds which
hold its people together in common
defense of their national Character
Nations are seldom destroyed wher,
bold critics of their government car
arouse the people TO IA life and death
struggle 10 prest rye the country. bu,
they generally die Of disease innocu
lated into the people through tn,
agency of political parties corrupt
ing them with inSensible disorders
The GrecIan had The fulle~t conf
dence in the ultimate Justice anC
judgment OF hi, people, tut his re-
public was strangled by the greed,
grasp of The ravaging money gam
bier. Babylon staggered to her ruiz
and III single night expired in
drunken nightmare of delirum trem
| ems, Nineveh was killed by NC
p,exy, Macedon pcrished in rag
irg fever. Egypt died Of gutton.
| and gout. Tn. Roman could no
| be aroused to a :ealiZa; ion that hi
nation was in c0pyul5ions Of i'm
pending ruin and that ambition
| leaders, claiming To love Rome bet
ter than they loved life, were divid
ing the people. cOrrupting the mora
heart Of the nation and visiting
I with inevitable degradation an
death. 44.H .f ...nf.. ".
We might continue to write tru
epitaphs on the tomhstones of man
other deceased nations. and our pc
would only reprint that unalterabl
rule declaring that "eternal justic
governs the universe" and all Il
component parts, and verifying tn
fact that a people who suffer decei
i tion or compromise Of principle an
do not vigilaatly remedy nationi
disorders are visited by the sever,.
retribution which the steruest ju
tice can inflict. Our fellow citize
is rarely conscious of this law al
decree of nature. He often believ,
] that the forces of q nations lite a,
| playing haphazard, but he was new,
more mistaken. We often hear hi
say that elections are only scran
|: BILE for office and that it is itnmat
rial to him which party is victorio
: as he viii receive 10 benefits fro
, the victory Of either; and he
right so far as the supremacy of Il
money gamblers despotism Is co
t cerned but where is the citiz,
: whose life, liberty, Happiness
property Is not involved IN the ?
t litical issues that should underl
| the government of society and ~
T rantee these inestimable blessings
q mankind ? Can he, who is 80 q
Y praved, SO corrupt al. heart, 80
4 sensible to wrong, 80 impenetrat
e to the truth, be found so criIniu
d in belief and conduct that he has
n respect for his own life, liberty
= happiness Yet lie who ailOws {
r common rights of the people to
r invaded by The votaries of politi
e mi-rule and does not protest agsir
g their despotism, is beneath the &C
0 tempt of the basest convict that
e hales the breath of life. -Americ
e Free Trader.