Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-10-15

Their proFositon 10 purchase ana con
'roi ali fhe lines oi transportation and
telegraph in the L nite.i Stairs, a, the ex
pense OF many billions Of dollars, anal ~
reinnt!lng 10 the soldiers the dliFerenc.
bet~ern paper and gold 1t the date Of
'hel" payment al least Il billion more Of
loaain9 people money on real estate M
lower rates Of interest than the market
rates. and kindted schemes. are 50 pre-
posierous tha' - argue them sefiousl, i
4 SANDER upon Your civilization; and the
advocacy of such measures by the hith
erto most conservative element oI oar 40
clety is Il notification 10 all the - orld that
we ARE approaching thai stage Of dema
goguism and communism which mark "A
people as unfit for self government Ny
unfaltering confidence is in the true
farmers oi North Carolina who. a> mem
ber~ Of that Alliance. Yiu trust. no,
permit their noble oriex and their Just
causc to be thus perverted and debased.
Rest assured that no real friend Of that
noble class # men who. under the provi-
dcnce OF God, give us our daily bread
will ever consent to this. degradation Of
their cause into the ohs.,1uous tool OF
up~crupulous. ambitious men, forfeiting
the sympathy Of all moderate people,
and making the Very name of Alliance
to stink III the nostril~ Of Justice and
common sense. | can but believe that
the good Judgment If our farmers will
enable them to see where their leaders
ere takin. them. and that their native
honesty will impel them to draw back in
time to save their country.
Many nt our people it Is true, have oh
lected 10 Mr.. Cleveland, and preferred
that he should not have been nominated.
| confess thateI was among that number
But in Individual preference before the
nomination Of candidate is one thing.
and the duty Of true man after that
nomination has been fairly made, is an
other and very different thing indeed. In
he one cas-: preference may be in
,luigcd properly. without danger 10 the
principles we profess or the party which
| has those principles in charge; in the
other case we endangcr both and falsifv
our pretensions by contributing undena-
bly, 10 the succt IS of our adversar.cs
II we refus. to abide bv the voice of
the ma jority Of our fellow Democrats
freely and unmis,akably expressed i'll
friendly convention. there is an end Of
al associated party effort in the govern
mcnt Of our country: if we personally
participate in that consultation or con
yention and then refuse to abide by he
decision OF the tribunal of oar own Sc
lection. then there is an end OF al! per
sonal honor among men, and the conf.
| ,icncc which is ntce ssary to all combined
| / etlolt is gone forever The man who
| bets. proposing to collect if he wins aud
! 10 rrpudiate If he loses, is in all coun
| tries and among all cla>ses Of people con
| >de7el Il dishonest man.
| Bat il the considerations Of good faith
10 not influence mems actions lu such Ia
case rs this. surely those which pertain
10 the public welfare ought to be decis-
i've. II not satisfied with Mr.. Cleveland,
it seems 10 me tha. an honest man should
balance accounts pro and con. in this
way: cleveland agrees with me in
desiring to reform the oppressive tariff
| taxation, to re .trict the abuse of corpor
ate privileges, to repeal the tax on State
banks and thereby 10 expand the cur
rcnry; and above all. he is vehemently
opposed to force bills aHd all similar
attempts IL destroy the rights and Iiber
ties Of the States In all essential It
! form, he agrees with me except in the
matter Of the free coinage of silver and
Ill respect to this. there il reason to hope
;nlt the same candoi and vigorous inves-
tiuatinn which brought him III full >v,n
pa hy with his parry On the great Infs-
lon ii tariff reform will soon brin. him
10 SEE the absolntr necessity Of main
tanning both of the precious metals on Il
u4f, tn meet the urgent needs "i II.
currency oi the world. Harrison. on tht
contrary agrees with me\ln nothing
There i no change or reform which
desire T. which he i not bitterly op.
posed, and his party with him. VII,
then ~houl,! he>itate> Either my vote
ioi Weaver will help Harrison und II
iurc Cleveland or II will not II ranno
avail Weaver for he has no cnauc
Whatever Will probably To. carry
single state Why, then, should risi
my doing damag t. the candidate h
would d. mo>, for me, though ii. dos
not promise 10 d all and con'ribu { 4
me election .: the one who promises n
nothing bu: an indefinite continuance @
| f'AtNlttIg w 4lE> At1't All 4H.t!fitA 19iIt i
of o.he: aua grcatcr @tongs - loon =
h.. ia~ 'he bower /" psrpf'raf" them
L >eetu> u ms e .p@ ci,izen~. tha
The path ~ sinty y a never more plain .
he necessity of walking !ty i Tnorr III
tseFatlxe than II ! u 1nls moment.
Lc. m- beg your earu.s. considerable
! ot the SITUATION before YOU vote in "
scEnbe:; and before You cut ioose iror
: tie old constitutional Democratic part,
which q times III oar eAtreEa: ,,cTi. Il
ottei brought u forth out Q! 'ae l.na'
II bondage ati abandon - ,hinio
] b4uner 70 follow E.cA less aud iuconpe
. ,e4l u4cn into the wilderness 9: the.r i,
(, real schemes Think we.! ot the poss
) i result III Sour action, ho" easy i,
, - ,i,>.roy-how hard 10 rebuild
Z recently cut down n ny nouots
tpte>. ii ..boGt five hours. u tree that Ia
+ ,aken tv. hundred year. 70 grow. I.
| Democr2.ic party i >'rou. and able :.
Villa. ;" help YOU Is arm j. u
. .ortened that il cacro. saee souI I
cherish aud uphold il IS he dic.a.e