People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-02

that we are here, caring more for
principle than for hog meat. We
can eat tonight, and when we re-
tire it will be with the proud con-
seriousness of having discharged our
duties as citizens first. Our first
and highest duty, as citizens, is to
meet the issues presented to us, and
thus get on higher planes of progress
that will help the black, without
injuring the white, and that will
help the poor without injuring the
rich. Great applause.
They say [ am an advocate of
social equality between the whites
and the blacks. THAT IS AN
ABSOLUTE FALSEHOOD, and
the man who utter it, knows it. /
have done no such thing, and you
colored men know it as well as the
men who formulated the SANDER.
Several colored mea: 1--WE know
it to be les" 1t is best for your
race and my race that we dwell
apart in our private affairs. Many
voices among the colored: CHATS
so, boss" 1t is best for you to go
to your churches, and I will go TO
mine; it is best that you send your
children to your colored school, and
I'll send my children to mine; you
invite your colored friends to your
home, and I'll invite my friends to
mine. ca voice from a colored man:
"Now you's talking sense" and muir
murs of approval all through the
audience.) Now, here is the truth.
CA voice: "That's what hurts.'') Yes,
my friend, and here is where it
hurts. have said that there is no
reason why the black man should
not understand that the law that
hurts me, as farmer, hurts him, as
a farmer; that the same law that
hurts me, as cropper, hurts you, as
a cropper; that the same law that
hurts me, as laborer, hurts you, as
a laborer; that the same law that
hurts me, as mechanic, hurts you,
as a mechanic. "a voice out in the
audience: "Boys, amt ne getting
there?" Another voice, at my elbow:
"He's been dar, all the time.'O Still
others: eyes, and he'll be dar in
November, sho'."
| said thaty you ought not to take
a certain position, just because you
are black. In other words, you
ought not to 90 one way lust be-
cause the whites went the other, but
that each race should study these
questions, and try to do the right
thing by each other-should con-
slider the interest of all-should vote
for the enactment of just laws, and
against unjust laws. Great ap-
plause. That the colored farmer
and the white farmer, that the col
ored cropper, and the white crop
per, that the white laborer and the
colored laborer should stand Shout
der to shoulder, and foot to foot, and
win the victory that viii bring bless
ings alike to all That will benefit
the black without injuring the white;
that will give the poor, of whatever
color, compensation for their honest
labor, without injuring the rich.
(Long continued applause)
A voice: "Tell us some more
about the dudes skedaddIing."
Mr.. Watson; You just keep still,
or the first thing you know, the
Democrats will bring that barbecue
up here; if they do not, it will be a
lonesome barbecue, indeed. Lo!
"They spread feast, and no man
come to partake thereof. III daughter,
loud and long.)
Now, let us go a little further.
What is it Mr.. Black promises to the
people? What does he propose to
advocate TO help the people? We
all say that we are too heavily in
debt; that The price Of cotton is too
low; that the masses Of the people
are getting poorer from year to year;
that the houses of the people are
going into decay; that the taxes OF
the people cry out, more and more
for relief. Now, what is it that the
Democratic party promises to you in
the way of relief? Do they propose
to remove the source? Voices: "No:
they do not
Let us look at the way the Demo-
Gratis propose to treat it, and the way 4.
we propose to treat it. We say that
the government makes the money
and allows the national banker to
have it at one per cent the national
banker lets the New York banker
have it at four per cent; the New
York banker lets the Augusta banker
have it at six per cent; the Augusta
banker lets the merchant in the
country have it at eight per cent;
and your merchant allows you to
have it at from thirty to fifty per
cent, according to your necessities.
How does it work with you men out
in the country? Here is q colored
man working for me; he turns into
the field; he follows the rows; he
ploWs the corn; he chops the cotton,
and at the end of the week he comes
to me and says, "Mas Tom, I want
to get something for the old lady
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