Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-10-06
.sHU L THE PEoPLE,"

repflnI fils party S nominatloh TOT
the Presidency is a c'ear-"ut,
Straightforward document, modest
yet fl ~ ana digniiod in spirit and
i~anEuaIH.
cat ali tiunes and all places we
trust tic people," is one OF the cen
te%ntiors .rntIs which he is so fe.ic-
itous in expressing. HIS u~tterances
On the tar ~f'qaestion aud the silver
qu:s;;on are frank and unambjgu~
on; but 4 NEST important sub
ject before the American people in
this campaign is that which has
evoked the above tex, The couu-
trJ could aff,rd 10 go utterly wrong
on either Of the former questions.
Cool inca in each pnIiticsl party
dIffr hntcstly GU both, while no
great nlofal principle is Involved in
either.
Dnt III tilo case q the Ubiquitous
F,fuc Bill, something mach more
serious and indeed vital TO the wei
fare 81 toe Republic is involre5
T.c L publican party, although it
Il .eavo-s nov TO j5Io1e that part
OF ito recent history, is committed
TO hc principles o: the biii ~concoc-
!c,i i, Henry Cab,t L)dye and the
~notrr.on sJ ,hnny" Dsv nport-a
j |. which, il it shot ID bcuine Z
aw, W nd eubeert Popular gov
rnmcn., No:lh a. well as Sputh,
md establish a military DIS; ot:sm
over NJ t:.e land
A II iubliran President recon-
meud,d the Force Bill; \ r pub i
can majnity in the House OF Reps
rescnfatives endorsed il; the def c~
ton of Republican Senators, ins
te It upon passinr a free silver bill,
a nc prevented It's receiving the
S ,nction Of the Senate and the
Presidential signatnre,which would
have made It a law Of the laud.
TIE Free Bill is abhorfent to
American ideas, MT because it
would perpctuate R'publican rule,
for it would be equally rcprehen
81, i. il p@pe-ul7s} Dsn>crat.c
ru!> net because it mean Negro
Iomina!i m" in n section Of the
country-but because it would
perretGate Party rule, in detiAnct
Of the peoples will, which should
be the Cornerstone and keystone
Of the political fabric.
There are nations less free than
ours, but perhaps more Jealous OF
suel. Liberties as they eri"y, III
which. the soldiers of a standing
army arc removed from every town
>n cltcf.on dag. l>st there might bc
even the sembjauce Of an attempt
q ov.Iawe the Fe pc in the excr~
rise If their most cherished right
But we Iced not lock abroad tc
sec the evil effects Of the bayonet
at the polis, The strong arm Of
,hc Federal Government upheld
tic wicked and corrupt carpet.
bay" rnlers Of the Southern States
iEr'ns nearly ten years, until ever
the i"r: -willcd Graut was com
PEELED 10 put an end to the gro
frfqpe anomaly.
Wish ;he far WIDER and prac-
~ticailE intcrnlinabEe powee con'c1u'
plated y the Force Bill, a rev
brood o: carpet baegers could at
ford to laugh at pablic ccnsure an<
even at the authority which Great
ed them; for the L)dge-Davcnpor
supervisors of elections would Lolt
ofiice for lite; and history show
that a life ruler never fails, soone
or later, to usnrp the coro!lary pri
vilegc Ct making his offi;e hcred;
tarv.
Il is not, then, the danger o
Republican rule, nor OF Negro rni
but the rnle Of political oil
garcby independent OF pablo opin
ion and holding the power Of per
!, petuating itself, which the peopl
haye to fear and to fight. It Is
legacy of old Federalism, wllicl
was the child of English Toryisn
la thing to be hated and combate'
/, by every patriotic citizen, for ii .
the enemy of pcpniar government
and American freedom.
!. This is the issue, the great an,
! vital issue, to be decided at th
5 polls next month. Fifty years 0
aggravated McKinleyism, and fit,
4 more of the freest Free trad
would not work a 1.-THE of the evi
that would follow a single decad
q. mis-government nnder theinfam
Gus Free bill. "Iruet the PEG
.lple,.