The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29
PEOPLES PARTY PLATFORM.
A Declaration Of Principles Differing
From All Other Partiss.

y, o"nVeht'on, m.ek"g ~" 'h"'r action the
blessing Of Almighty God. puts forth In the
name and on behalf of tho people Of this
country the following preamble and declara.
tion Of principles:
"Thc conditions which surround us best
justify our corporation; We meet in tho
midst Of nation brought To the verge Of
moral, political and material ruin. Corrup-
tion dominates the ballot box, the legisla.
turee, the congresses, and touches even the
ermine Of the b-ncb. The people are demon.
pelled to protect voters at the polling place
to prevent universal intimidation or bribery.
The newspa ers are lsrgely subsidized or
muxsled, public opinion is sIlenced, business
nSSF eHF s sA7ast iStb5SSssiseea. and ne
ihnd Is Concentrating In tho hands OF capital
ists Urban workmen are denied the right
Of organiss tion for self-protection. Import
ed pauperized labor beats down their wages.
hirel}ng standing srmy, .unrecognized by
our laws, h established to shoot them down,
and they arc rapidly degenerating into Eu-
ropean conditions. The fruits Of the toll Of
millions are boldly stolen to build up for
few colossal fortunes unprecedented I'm the
history Of mankind; and the possessors Of
these In turn despise the republic and endan-
ger libsrty. From the same prolific womb Of
governmental injustice We breed the two
great classes -tramps and millionaires.
VAST CONSPIRACY.
"The national power to create money Is
appropriated to enrich ondholders; a vast
public debt, payable In legal tender cur
rency, has been funded into gold bearing
bonds, thereby adding millions to the bur.
accepted as coin since the dawn OF history
has been demonetized to add to the purchas-
ing power OF gold bv decreasing the value OF
all forms Of property, as we'll as human Ia.
abrd sed to fatten usu,ers bankrunt enter.
prise, and enslave industry. vast con.
spiracy against mankind has been organized
on two continents, and IL 10 rapidly taking
possession Of the world. IL not met and
.overthrown it forebodes terrible social con
vulsions, the destruction Of civilization, or
the establishment Of absolute despotism.
The OLD PARTIES RESPONSIBLE
"Wehave witnessed for more than quarter
of century the struggles OF the two great
political parties for power and plunder.
while grievous wrongs have been inflicted on
the suffering people. We charge thst the
CONTROL ng influences dominating both these
parties have permitted the existing dreadful
conditions to develop without effort TO pre-.
vent or restrain them. Neither do they now
promise us any substantial re orm. They
have agreed together to ignore in the coming
campaign every issue but one. They propo e
to drown the outcries of plundered peoI le
with the uproar ef sham battle over the
tariff, 30 that capitalists, corporations ua.
tional banks rings, trusts, watered stock the
demonetization Of silver and the expressions
of the usurers may all be lost sight Of"
They propose to sacrifice our homes. lives
and children on the altar of mammOn n; TO do
stroy the multitude in order to secure cor
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Assembled on tho anniversary Of til,
birthdsy of the nation and flled with tn"
spirit of the grand chief who established oui
independence, we seek to restore the govern.
ment af the Republic to the hands Of tn"
I... oil iyin nt.l
We assert our purposes to be iden icnl With
the purposes of the national constitution"
form a more perfect union and establish jus
tice, insure domestic tranqu lity. provide i"l
the common defence. pronlote the genera
welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty
for ourselves and our posterty. We 'i"cla'"
that this republic can only endure a. a free
government while built upon the love Of the
whole people fer each other and for the ma
tion; that it cannot be pinned together by
passion and resentment which grew out Of IL
must die with it, and that we must he In
fact, as we are in name, one united brother
hood.
CONDITIONS UNPRECEDENTED
"Our country finds itself confro, ted by
conditions for which there in no precedent "
the history OF the W, rid Our annual agri
cultural productions amount to billions o
dollars In value, which must within q few
dollars in commodities consumed in thei
production. The existing cur rency supply II
wholly inadequate - mako ihis exchange
The results are falling prices. the formation
of combines and rings, the in poverjsbmen
| of the producing class. We pledge cuIselvs!
that il given POWER We will labor TO correct
| these evils by wise and easonabe Legislation
| IN accordance with the terms of our platform
| GOVERNMENTAL POWERS SHOULD BE EXPAND
1
| 1--WE believe that the powers of govern
ment-in other words, Of the paOple-shOul
| be etxpandcd las in the case OF the postal Eel
vice. as rapidly and as far as the good sens
of an intelligent people and the teac ings Q
Providence shall justify, to the end that or
preston, injustice and poverty shall EVENT.
ally cease in the land. While our sympt
thies rs party o. reform are naturally upo
the side OF every proposition which will ten
to make men intelligent, Nirtuous and TEN
ptrate, we nev'I 'he'ess regarl these que
tions-important as they areas secondar
to the great issu now pressing for solution
and up u which not only our individu,
Irosl Gritty, but the very existence Of free il
stitutions depend: and we ask all men
first help us to determine whether we are I
have a republic to administer before we dill
fer as TO the conditions on which it is to
administered.
TIE PLATFORM PROPER.
Believing that the forces Of reform th
day organized will never cease to move for
wsrd until every wrong is rghted, and equ,
right, and equal privileges are Sc urely estai
li,hed for all the an1 women Of tn
country. we declare, therefore
First. That the union Of the labor fore,
Of the United States this day consunimate
shall be permanent and perpetual. May 1
spirit enter into ell hearts for the salvatio
Of the republic and aid in the uplifting
mankind
sc nd. Wealth belongs 10 him wi
creates il, and every d"l sr taken from il
dustiy without an equivalent is robber
If any will not work neither shall he ca
The interests of rural and civic labor are d
sam tn ir enemies are identical.
"Thrrd. We believe that the time b
come when the railroad corporations W
either own the peop or the people must ov
the railroads, and should The goyernme1
enter on the work of owning and managir
all railroads we should fa-oT an amendme
to the Const tuition by which all persons q
z ged in the service should be paced und
civil-strvice regulations OF the most rig
character, so as to prevent the incre Sc Q
the power Of the national administration b
the use of such additional government en-
ployees.
ZEE MONEY PLANK.
Fourth. We demand national cure C.