The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1892-10-26
Pcople's Party Address.
TO the voters Of South Carolina (.

the most fateflll Of our country's
history, we might say Of the world,
torthe lowly aud oppressed in evcry
land hnve their eye fixed on Amor
ica us the battle ground where the
last great fight for human liberty
is to take place. Fearful forces Of
antngonistic clements are being
censered here T; but u just God has
never yet moclScd an individual or
q nation by imposing a task that
cannot be performed if met in a
proper spirit.
The old time, nicely balanced
relations, aud well-nigh even
strength, thatonce existed between
labor and capital are no more, for
while one has shrunkto o pigmy,
the other has grown to giant.
When autocratic kings granted
monopolics to their favoritcs it
taxed their dcspotic authority to
the utmost to defend them against
the competition Of surreptitious
traders. While under our new
commercial regime mighty monop-
olies arc created thatnot only crush
all rivalry with ease, but dominate
the government, where their sell
fish interests are concerned.
The curse Of our land is partisan
politics. It is time for lis to vote
Tor our best interests. Tho willy
politician, by playing upon sec
tional and race prejudice, keeps
the, solid North and the solid South.
Every yearin Congress the battles
oftlle war are fought over and over,
while issues Of the utmost impor-
tanoe to the welfare Of our people
are overlooked or lightly dealt
With. We cannot long remain in
different to the conditions that
confront us. The volume of money,
hassfeen contracted until business
is aaid,2s 81 l!yyzcd and tho pyicc Of tho
products labor has been reduced
below the cost of fproduction. The
conspiracy oftol ign capitp lists to
control American labor by controll-
| Iingjthe valume Of money has been
successful. Corporations, welding
the power Of aggregated capital,
control the government and so di-
rect our finances that all save q
bare existence is denied tho pro
ducers of wealth. Both Demo
cratic and Republican parties, ma
tlonally, are controlled by the same
influence. The judiciary has be-
come the bulwark Of this formidable
and growing power which, unless
checked, will be the destruction Of
the democratic principle in govern
mcnt.
Thomas Carlyle said many years
ago that we would have our period
Of trial "whcn health is intact,
crops abundant and the magnifi-
cent land open. Then So called
statesmen will cry overproduction !;
md then the man Of the ballot, the
self-reliant, the self-pliant, will go
to the ballot box, amidst hunger
and dcstitution, (but surrounded
by the glitter Of self-rule) and rat
ify by his ballot the lnonstrous
falsehood uttered by mis-statcsmcn,
and vindicate by the same ballot
the infamous lie thrown upon the
breezes by senile editor through
o corrupt press, thus bringing ruin
upon his country and serfdom upon
himself"
This period is upon us, Reform
crs of South Carolina. Will we
rntify by our ballots a system that
we know to be wrong and that is
bringing ruin upon our country
and serfdom upon us and our chill
drcn? Let liz file our protest in
the sacred form Of q freeman's bal
lot.
Our demands havo been other
Ignored or rshamelessly triAed with
by both parties. The fate Of the
silver bill in a Democratic House
is tho last act Of trcachery.
Tho day for sentimental politics
is past. Sentimental politics has
cost this country rivers Of blood
and billions Of treaeure. The SEN
timental politician is q fraud, a
snare and dclusion. Practical
politics and common sense is the
need Of the hour.
Why should we vote for Grover