The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-29

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been tried sud proved falthless.
Bot the leaders OF this new party,
falsely called the Peoples, lusis.
that you should abandon the Demo
cratic party DOW and vote with them.
| am grieved TO know that there are
quite q Damber of our fellow-citZens
in North Carolina who propose TO
| follow that advice. 1t strikes me as
the very extreme OF uuwisdou; and
| when doue with FULL knowledge OF
| the COZ sequences it ceases 10 be
mere folly and becomes q crime
For whatever may be the hopes or
the wishes Of these men. they know
IS we'll as they know OF their own
existence, that this party has not
only no chance OF electlng their can
didates at the polls, bot also none OF
throwing the election into the II ouse
Of Representatives, about which thew
appear to be most sanguine. Let 10
man he deceivet. about this. The
handful Of votes hich will be cast
for Weaver in thi. State, he 1t IS
large as they can earnestly claim,
cannot wrest the electoral vote from
both Cleveland aud Harrison, 80 a.
to help throw the choice into the
House. 1t is absurd to hope so, But
thirty thousand 10000 votes taken
from Cleveland and given TO Weaver
will throw the vote not indeed into q
Democratic House, but into the
hands OF Harrison. This result was
90 plsin that the Republican lead
ere, notwithstanding their profes-
sions 90 the contrary, determined to
not let slip the opportunity, and
thew ore now ready with full tickets
and a complete organizat alton to avail
themselves of everything which the
dlseer sion ana folly of our people
may throw into their laps. Their
promises to run 90 State ticket were
manifestig made with the intention
of alluring a Third party ticket into
the field, trusting that when men
got hot and bad blood prevailed
they might walk off with the prlze
in both State and Federal elections
Alas that want OF reflection or pa
| triotlsm SHOULD render this scheme
probable success. Indeed, it is go
plain that 10 intelligent man can
fail to see it or honest one deny 1t,
that the only probable, not to say
possible, resalt of the Third party
movement IN North Carolina this
fall will be to elect a foil Republi-
can State ticket and to aid in the
election of Republican President
and House of Representatives.. What
is to be gained by that result | need
not ask. How the reforms which
they profess to desire are to be OBJ
t4lned through Republican success
is something which surpa,ses human
conjecture. No true friend OF this
commonwealth, am sure, will con-
| tribute to this result. 1t ls reported
| that prominent candidate on the
ticket o. the Third party says be
bad rather snbmit to negro or any
kind of rule than such as We cave
| at present; but | am forced to be~
lieve that. II this be true, there are
very few otner white men of North
Carolins who are outside Of the pen
ltentiary and WHO ought to be out
side, who entertain sentiments so
| foul and brutal. Our people know
that under Democratic rule they
have had goods laws, low taxes,
e. onomy, and pnrity in the almin-
lstrstion OF their nifsirs, and | hope
and believe they will not lightly
risk its overthrow by casting use
less or hopeless votes in November.
The class RI our people who have
had greatest cause to complaint Of
vicious legislation is the agricultural
The party which ha. steadily resis.
ed this, aud continually declaIned
against it on tha hu8tings and have
struggled manfully to repeal 1t il
the hall. of Legislation, is the Demo
cratic You Will hear NE witness
that urrqmiltingly since | have heen
your representative in The Senate
have both spoken aad voted sgains,
that unjust legislation. At home,
as you know, never ceased TO ex'
po,e Its inequalities and to advise
the farmers to organize 70, resistance
to 1t. When they did begin TO COM
bine they had the sympathy and
} good wishes OF almost every just
man in the United States who was
} not in some way the recipient OF ths
plunder arising from this abuse.