Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-10-06
AND STILL THEY COME.
. YOU SHALL KECNHE KUH
AND 1: RUIZ SHALL
MAKE YOU FREE"
Faith Comes BY Hearing, and They
that Love the Light Will Walk
Therein.

One Of the earliest advocates O,
the Third Party in North Carolina
and a man who was sincere il
championing the claims of this new
party that he had prematureiy
welded, was Mr.. w. Marslendcr
formerly of Carteret, and now Of
Pitt county. But like the true
man that he is, finding the irreiuta
BILE error of his ways, he hastens
while there is yet time, to recons
secrate himself to the Democracy
ana BRING truth ard 8 TO beal
upon his fellow citizens that may
be following his third party foot
steps:
Lie writes a letter to the Wash.
ington, N. G.. Gazette as follows:
Mr.. Editor:-After cool anc
mature elaboration. | find that
have been misied by the false re
presentations Of the Third party
leaders, so l announce to my fel-
low citizens and Third party
friends that l have withdrawn
from and severed my connection
with that party. l will state as
briefly as possible the reasons that
t. at force this change of views.
| realized the distressed, i'm
poverished and oppressed condition
of our people and knew that it was
due to unjust sectional and pernic-
ious class les isIation, and in my
dilemma gEasped the idea of a
Peoples party we that were told
would sweep the county as the enc
tire w est was aroused. l now see
| arn wrong and was duped.
Upon investigation [ find that
all the evils uuder which we strugs
gle are directly due to the Reput>
lican party as that party alone is
responsible for the characterization
of silver, the contraction Of the
currency, the national banking
system, fraudulent pensions, and
the high protection and prohibition
tariff that robs the farmers, labor
ers and wage-esrners of this coun-
try.
find that the Republican party
repealed the tax on Incomes, Rails
road Companies, National Banks,
articles Of luxury, etc etc. amounts
to over a hundred and five
million dollars yearly, ($1o5 ,oOO,-
100000 relieving the rich Of their
share Of taxation and ~burdening
the poor by putting a tariff tax on
on the basis of consumption that
the plain people need and must
use.
Ifnd that by a high tariff they
make trusts possible and encourage
their formation;in return receiving
campaign funds for their
needs and purposes.
find North Carolina pays out
to the Federal government includ-
tariff, revenues and for protect
Northern manufactures over
($14,OOO, C00.c0) fourteen million
dollars annually, j. e. over ($s-)
dollars per capita when
North Carolina has only in circula.,
ton about ($6.) six dollars per
capita. Paying out more than we
l do not wonder we grow
poorer while Rhode Island, for in
stance, a rich manufacturing State,
by sectional and class legislation,
pays scarcely anything ION the
basis of consumptiop) to the Feds
eral government and has a per
circulation Of over 1851 OOl
three hundred and sixty-cne dollars
and grows richer.
In 1860 when the Democrats
had entire control of the govern
ment find, according to Senator
Berry, that the expensee of the
government was 1927 two dollars
per capita, in 90 under Harrison
the gross expenses will be ($12.o0)
twelve dollars per- capita
In 1860 when the Democrats
were IN power 81 per cent. of the
money OF the country was in cir-
culation, now only 70 per cent. is
in circulation and and that is held
almost entirely by the Northern
protected manufacturing States.
l find from 1850 TO 1850 the
value of farms in the United States
under a 20 per cent. tariff and
Democratic rule increased 102 per
cent. or more than doubled and
the farmers owned one-half the
wealth of the country. From 1880
to 1890 under a Republican tariff
of AZ to so per cent. the value Of
farms decreased and the farmer
owned ene>sixth of the wealth of
the country, and that in 1892 a.
600 people owned more of the
country's wealth than 61,0O0,0 0O
others did and this to BIS directly
traceable to class legislation.
find many more Republican OPP
pressions but your space forbids.
As to- cur State government l fine
that we pay about $4,000, 10000
for Federal pensions and only about
$50. 100000 TO our own disabled
Confederate soldiers and the wild
ows of those who died for us. I fad
that under an honest Democratic
administration the skcarnat han1