People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-25

ing lQ0HGIcdlly the same Ill i0T0Sb DIS
Whitney and Brice and German,
viii just as surely come together as
the necessity for that union will
come.
In both the old parties are masses
of honest voters who yet believe
"relief" will come through those i'm
possible channels. No amount of
political trickery or newspaper lying
can long blind these men to the fact
that Cleveland stands pledged (if to
anything) not to ''disturb" the "busi-
ness world" The robbers feasting
on special privileges are not to have
their banquet intruded upon. This
is virtually the contract upon which
Cleveland was elected. He will keep
it. He is compelled to keep it. He
is in the hands of men stronger than
himself.
Then when the masses of honest
Democrats realize that offices may
be changed, but that the laws are not
to be touched, there will be sure
enough popular wrath. The disaf-
fected will seek a Party of Principles.
They will come to us simply because
there is no difference in principle be-
tween the two old parties. The pop
ular element of both will come to us.
The aristocratic element Of both will
fuse into the one Democratic party.
The Democratic party of to-day gives
national banker all he wants. Gives
manufacturer all he wants. Gives
a monopolist all he wants. Gives the
untaxed millionaire and bondholder
all he wants. Therefore the Demo-
cratic party will gather in all the
classes, and the Republican party, Of
fering nothing better to them, will
cease to be useful or necessary.
The Democratic party offers moth
ing but insult to the farmer; nothing
but the privilege of being robbed to
the laborer nothing but the luxury
of paying all the taxes to the poor !;
nothing to the unpriyileged and I'M
favored save the satisfaction of al
ways feeling on their necks the heels
of the privileged and the favored.
Not only is this true, but the Dem
cratic party has deliberately saddled
itself with the body of-death of sec
tionalism. Never was the bloody
shirt !" waved as it was in this cam
paign. Such men as Gordon, Black,
and so on, were sent abroad to undo
the healing process of twenty years
and teach the lesson of hatred again
where every dictate of prudence, of
patriotism, of common sense and of
Christianity pleaded for the recon-
citation which the South had SO often
said through the mouths of Ben Hill,
L. @. @. Lamar, John B. Gordon and
Henry Grady she was ready for and
prayed for. Every speech Of Cor
don in this campaign gave the lie to
the speeches he made ten or fifteen
years ago. Every speech of Black
in its bitter partisanship and reckless
abuse was a Reputation Of Ben Hill
and Henry Grady-not only that, of
the plain, simple duties of ordinary
citizenship and religion
No party founded on the mere
holding Of plumber illegally obtained
under class laws can long rule this
land.
That's the Republicans.
No party founded on the continued
hatred of one section toward another
can long live in this country.
That's the Democrats.
Success, just as surely as God rules,
is bound to come to that party
pledged to equal and exact justice to
all men, to the progress which is
founded upon Right.
That's the Peoples party.
The highest duty Of every Re
former at this hour Is to be patient
and keep right in the middle of the
road. This is advice which I have
some right to give, for in the eyes of
the world [ have more cause for dis
couragement than any one.
But am to-day more certain we
are right, and more certain of our
success, than | have ever been.
And [ am sure to do just what |
advise you to do.
"Be patient and keep in the mid
die of the road" T. E. W.