The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-21
THE PEOPLE CLA SSIT1ED.
(COna ntunicuted.)

woman and child. both white and black,
who is indebted to any other person
for anv cause whatever, solyable in dol
lars and cents This class is the most
helpless and defenseless class and the
most numerous. They are respecta-
be class Of white slaves to white mas
ter,. And this class Of slavery is equal
to Egyptian bondage, and the yoke i
more calling. more humiliating and de-
trading than any other kind Of bond
are. 4 man in debt is not free man.
His life nor his time is bis own. 1t be
lono> 10 another. and if that other Is
not a tona-tide saint, purified and re-
deemed his life is to him hell on
earth. OF all the miserable men in
thi. life the man, who is honest and de-
sres at heart, to meet and pay his Pc
c,Iniarv obligations. i, the most mlser
does not feel moral responsibility rest
ing upon his conscience. to pay his
debts. is the most cOntented and wort h.
less man in any community or society
The second and smallest class is the
creditor cl;,ss. This class, to very
great extent, carry their hearts, con
science and souls. in their boots Or lock
ed up in their iron safes AS rule
they demand the last pound Of flesh
and AL the marrow in the bones. They
are the most kind and accommodating
class, when they can see the almighty
dollar at the end of the line, and are
never violent OF relentless until the
incoming dollar fails to put III its regu-
lar periodical appearance Then this
class. as a rule, (not always become
heartless. reckless and soulless, devoid
Of sympathy, magnanimiiy and hu-
man kindness.
And he devil never fails to suggest
t. such. a reasonable and plausible ex-
cuse, from a human standpoint, to de-
mand a clearing up dealing, balan-
cling Of accounts. and the difference to
he settled 1T the end Of the law. under
the shctif's hammer for cash, when
the hands Of the creditor class. This
creditor class make up our nabObs, our
suDeriors. our lords and masters at
whose shrnes the debtor class is bound
to fall down and worship, and whose
orders are always obeyed and submit
ted to reluctantly. however unreasona-
bic and oppressive.
This class own and control nine
tenths Of the earth and the flllness
thereof and has q recorded maturing
mortgage on the other tenth And
when that tenth is cleared out, as it
soon will he, they will own and doIni-
nate the world
The third class. alone is a small class.
who are neither in or out of debt. neith-
er hapi,> or miserable, bat sit all their
days balanced upon the see-saw plank,
first up ami then down taking life
easy. looking neither forward or back
ward. not caring much which end goes
foremost This class never disturbs
tie public or allows the public to dis
tlrb them. They never accomplish
ANYTHING III this life or IN the life 10
come They neither add to or take
from the wealth Of nation. The
world l.; 10 better by their living and
40 worse by their diving.
The fourth class is almost as large DIS
the first class This class is composed
Of the class Of our fellow citizens who
have neither much or iittless who must
either labor or steal for a living. who.
as ! rule. obey the mandate OF the Bi-
ble, and live by the sweat Of the
brow. This class, as 4 rule, cannot OBJ
tain credit and therefore cannot get in
debt
They TIC the wealth producing class
along with the debtor class. These
two classes produced all the wealth of
the world The great emporillms Of
the nations Of the earth, the great mar
kets for the products of human labor
are created and established by these
classes By them the great metropol
TN cities are buiided. magniiied and
glorified They dig down mountains
and level up valleys. They fill the fac
tories, the shops, the mines and the
fields with steady labor. They cover
the seas with sailors and navigatois.
the land with brave men and virtuOils
women. They are the creators and