Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-10-13
20 4. VOICE
FROM MISSISSIPPI AND BEWARE OF
: THE PEOPLES PARTY. 80

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Maj. III. I. Bird, q Native of Edge
field, Warns. .Edgefeld People
Against Strange and False
Political Doemas and !.
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Sc. FREELAND, Plum Branch, S. C.
DEAR FRIEND Tell the Company
I can not be with them on the 10th
inst, but, if alive, I intend to be
with them in.1S93. Tell them to
stick to the Democratic ranks.
"United we stand, divided we fall
By all means let the South remain
solid. We have suffered enough.
I do not like the platform:o of the
Third or Peoples Party. Notice
two of its planks--"We are in
favor Of the Governments issuing
money direct to the people and
charging not more than 2 per cent.
interest, etc. We will.have to
give land ORE something else as
collateral security. Suppose a
parent dies leaving four children,
A, B, G, and D. This land is di-
vidsd into four parts and each
child becomes responsible for his
fourth part of the principal and
interest. It may: be that they are
not able to pay either-the result
is+they cannot sell the land, and
will become mere tenants. Insuch
a state Of affairs we would in 80
years be in the same condition old
Irelandis to-day-that;is, of land
lord and tenants, the difference be-
ing that our landlord will be the
United States Government, with
perhaps Republican administra-
ton, and very probably so if our
people continue to- split up and
quit the Democratic party. But
whatis the use for me to tell you
the balance2
1t is surprising to me that some
of our men who suffered so much
at the hands of the Republican
party during the years immediate
ly succeeding the war can forget
it all and be willing to place even
their property where they will
have a chance to get it again. For
there is no doubt that nearly or
quite all these new. tangled planks
indirectly open up an avenue to
Federal control of our persons and
property, sooner or later.
Another plank is: "We are in
favor of the Governments owning
and operating all the railroads and
telephone lines, etc." Bosh! Well
all quit everything else then and
hire ourselves to Uncle Sam to
work on the railroads, etc. We
object to: the Republican policy
which tends to render this a GEN.
tralized government. What will be
the condition when all competition
has been destroyed and we supinely
|give this Government the fixing
of all freight charges and the con-
troll of almost one million more
appointees-conductors and other
railroad employees, telegraph
operators, etc? Sir, they who have
in their hands the administration
of governmental affairs already
have too much power. Under those
conditions we would have a GEN.
tralized Government in the true
sense of the word. The Sub
Treasury bill would in addition
give them control of the cotton
and other staple products to fix
their own prices upon. Had we
not just as we'll have an absolute
monarchy?
The silver bill would do if we
have all international agreement
toplace silver Oh a par with gold.
But as it stands England, France,
Germany, and Italy have demon
etized silver, and without this in
ternational agreement our Govern.
ment would have to give 131 for
100 cents, in all our commercial
transactions with them. As our
export trade is worth annually
more than one billion dollars, and
the silver dollar with them is only
worth 50 cents it would soon break
our Government.
Moreover I object to the compa-
ny we would find ourselves in in
the Peoples party, composed as it
is of the scum of the earth-Union
Labor and knights of Labor mar