The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-10-22
Thepeoples Golumn

NIX EDITOR.
My Dear Sir-Please extend to me the
| favor of few lines in your paper as this is
a campaign of education:
THE PEOPLES PARTY,
The party of Jefferson and Lincoln. The
acts of the two old party conventions estab-
lsh the fact.
Read their platforms, the results of the
Chicago and Minnesota conventions and
they are found similar, the only difference
is on the tariff. The Democrats have aban
doned almost in toto the principles contend
ed for and inserted in their platforms here
tofore. the principles of efierson and Jack
son. 1t can be safely charged that the
Republicans hive abandoned the platforms
of its patriotic leaders-Lincoln, Thad
Stevens. Chandler, Blaine, Logan, and
others. Conclusive evidence that the money
power controls the conventions of the two
old parties.
Read the platform and resolutions of tbs
Peoples party, and there viii De found
nearly all the principles which have been
the maissGay of the two old parties, and
which the great majority of our people
have endorsed.
The Democrats have dropped free coinage
of silver, protection to our industries as
taught by Jackson, Jeffel son and others,
marked out the income and national bank
clauses always in their platforms until
Cleveland, and caught on to the miserable
old fad which the Repu blicans have been
fooiing the people with for the last ten
years-a monetary conference, engineered
by Seigman, a Jew banker.
How about the party of Lincoln, made
up of the free soil wing of the Democratic
party, anti aristocratic and the patriotic
wing of the old Wing party, far more
Democratic than the pro slavery wing of
the Democratic party, started on its mission
by electing the peer of Jefferson, Abraham
Lincoln to the Presidency.
The party of Lincoln, the Republican
party, which has left its principles, was
repeatedly and propheticly warned by Lin
coin against the dangers of concentration of
the money in the hands of the few, the
greatest danger to any form of government
of the people, by the people and for the
people, prophecying that wheI that period
occurred this Republican form of govern
ment would be destroyed and an aristocracy
of money would take it's place.
Read the platform of the Peoples party.
No ambiguity and juggling of words to
conceal their meaning as found in the plat
forms of the old parties. Free coinage of
silver is boldly proclaimed as formerly by
the Democratic panty, national banking
denounced formerly by the Democratic
party, income taxation advocated az form
erly by the Democratic party, and taxation
limited to the necessary expenses of the
government economically administered,
tariff system advocated by the two old
parties heretofore, protective tariff. All
these principles which have been discarded
by the Democratic party can be found in
the Peoples party platform, implying that
the principles advocated by Jefferson,
jackson, Lincoln and others, can only be
found in the Peoples party.
If the majority are to decide these ques
tions of government, there can be No other
than a comb nation of the producing classes
This condition will be opposed by monopo-
listic conditions wherever organization of
capital can be formed. oubtedly the
latter condition will retain the name Repub
Iican, while the former will train under the
banner of National or Peoples party.
Undoubtedly this is an educational as
well as a progressive campaign, but it
appears that it is left to the Peoples party
to do the educating part
Very truly, ENoCH MOVES