The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-10-21
The Peoples Party.

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Editor Of MIDLAND JOURNAL.
The parties of Jefferson and Lin.
coin, the two old party conventions
establish this fact:
Read their platforms, the results
of the Chicago and Minneapolis
conventions and they are found
similar only on the tariff. The
Democrats have abandoned almost
in toto the principles contended for.
and inserted in their platforms here
tofore, the principles of Jackson and
Jefft rson.
1t can be safely charged that the
Republicans have abandoned the
platforms of its patriotic leaders,
Lincoln, Stevens, Chandler, Logan,
Blaine and conclusive evidence ex-
lists thatthe money power controls the
conventions OF the two old parties.
Read the platform and resolutions
of the Peoples party and there will
be found nearly all the principles
which formerly have been the main
stay of the two old parties and which
the great majority of the people have
endorsed.
The Democrats have dropped free
coinage of silver, protection TO our
industries, as taught by Jefferson,
Jackson and others, marked out the
income and national bank clauses,
always in their p atform until Cleve.
land,) and caught on to the miserable
fad which the Republicans have been
playing on the people for the last
ten years, a monetary conference,
engineered by Seligman Jew
banker.
The party of Lincoln, made up of
the free soil wing of the Democratic
party, anti aristocracy and the
patriotic wing of the old Wing party
far more democratic than tue pro
slavery wing of the Democratic party
started on its mission by electing
the peer of Jefferson, Abraham Lin
coin, to the Presidency.
The party of Lincoln. the Repub.
lican party which has left its
principles, was repeatedly and
prophetically warned by Lincoln
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. prophecy
ing when this period arrived this
republican form of government would
be destroyed and an aris:ocracy of
money would take its place.
Read the platform of the Peoples
party. No ambiguity and juggling
of words to conceal their meaning, as
found in the platforms of the two old
parties. Free coinage of silver is
boldly proclaimed, as formerly by
the Democratic party. National
banking denounced, as formerly by
the Democratic party. Income
taxation advocated and taxation
limited to the necessary expenses Of
the government economically and
hone silly administered, simply o
tariff system advocated by the two
old parties heretofore, a 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 now be found in the
Peoples party.
If the majority are to decide these
questions of government there can he
nothing else than a combination of
the producing classes. This condi-
ton will be opposed by the monop-
oily class wherever organization of
capital can be found. The latter
condition will retain the name
Republican, while the former will
train under the banner a national or
Peoples party.
Undoubtedly thisis an educational
as well as progressive campaign,
but it appears that 1t is left for the
Peoples party to do the educationa
part of it. Yours truly,
f. MOVES.