The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-07-28
FEW PLAIN WORDS TC
THIRD PARTYITES.

Colonel Charles T. O'Ferrall, ac-
cording to Washington dispatch,
is reported as saying that the South
will not vote for the Peoples candi-
date. We do not know on what au-
thority Colonel O'Ferrall bases his
opinion, but certainly a little plain
common sense reflection would lead
him or any one else to such a can.
clusion. For what has any Southern
man to gain by voting against the
Democracy and for, I'D party !?
The causes which led t. the formation
of the Weaver organization were that
OF the farmers and other classes felt
that they were poorer than they ought
to be, and that they could not get
such relief as they wanted from either
of the old parties, and for this reason
some of them joined what they call
the Peoples party But is there a
single sensible white man, be he far
mer or be he anything else, in the
South who does not know with abso-
lutte certainty that there is no possible
chance for the success of any Third
party this year, and that if the Demo-
Gratis do not win the Republicans will?
There is not one who, if he will ex-
press his honest convictions, will not
admit this to be true. What, then, is
to be gained by Third party vote
in the South? Nothing but to give
help, aid and assistance to those bitter
enemies of the South-the Republi-
cans.
When this is done and the Repub-
llcans have been elected by the aid of
Sothern white votes what is then only
to be expectedP All chance for free
silver is certainly gone, and gone for
ever, and on that point the Southern
farmer will find himself absolutely and
completely disappointed, without any
chances ofever seeing his hopes realized
or of even receiving what relief may
be afforded by the repeal of the 10
per cent. tax on State banks. But
this will not be the worst by a great
deal. Not only will all hope of relief
from an increase of the currency have
vanished, but in its stead we will have
the Force bill, and the South placed
at the mercy of negroes and Federal
soldiers just as if our people were a
lot of unruly Indians. This would
be thousand times worse than the
failure to get more money could ever
be, for nothing could compensate the
South if her progress were retarded
indefinitely, as it would be she her
self thrown back thirty years, and her
civilization threatened with destruc-
ton. All the money in the universe
would be of little service to under such
conditions, for if she had it, it would
soon be stolen from her by her un.
scrupulous and thriving rulers.
The remembrance of reconstruction
ought to convince any one that thi:
is no exaggeration. Why, then, ir
the name of common sense. should q
Southern white man jeopardize Demo
cratic success by affiliating with the
enemies ofhis section since any part,
opposed TO the Democratic is, either
openly or indirectly, friend of th'
Republicans, and therefore inimica
to the South? He has nothing il
the world to gain by such cours
and every thing in the world to lose
. Il is incredible, therefore, that an,
Southern State should be SO madl
blinded to Its own interests as to e
against the Democracy. In this hgh
, there can be only two parties on
} the Democratic the other the Repub
1 lican-and whoever is not for the on
? is for the other. Let every Southern
: white voter remember this and refee
t on what Democratic defeat woul'
t mean to him. IF he will there can b
' no doubt that Colonel O'Ferrall wi
: prove a true prophet.-Richmon'
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