The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-09-28
1 REMINDER AND 4 WARNING.

REMINDER AND a WARNING.
A few months since when we were
prociaiming to the country, both on
the stump and through our columns
that the financial question was the
great one that needed immediate
solution, the politicians and the
goldbugs (headcd by Glover Cieve-
land howIed tariff, tariff, tariff, and
tried 10 brand everyone who dis
agreed with them as cranks, fanat-
ics. and denIagogucs. Generally the
business men Of the country accept
ed y hat the great Grover and the
hired newspapers, and the politicians
said without stopping to investigate
the matter for themselves. We have
now wildly pictured in our memory
numerous instances, where merchants
stopped selling goods to those who
wanted to buy. and actually left
iheir stores on even busy days, and
got out in the street to warn the pco-
pie of the great destruction that that
awful tariff would bring to them be-
fore next Christmas if the great
Grover was not elected. AS an OF
iect lesson they would take with them
from their stores some times hat, OF
a ten penny nail to show them how
much dynamite and destruction the
tariff had placed on them. We tried
to reason with some of these men and
show them while much of what they
said was true except it was exagger,
ated) that while tariff was a tax, al
unjust tax in principle, and in
amount too large for the needs OF
the government if it were properly
collected, that there were other and
greater evils in the country that
needed Legislative reform. We call
cd their attention to the Transports
ton question and to the money ques-
ton. But with wild eyes and ex-
cited gestures they would not hear,
and we were unable to find any ave-
nue. of approach to their reason.
But the Populist party has continu-
ed the work of education from one
end of the country to the other,
which backed by the logic of events
has forced even the great stiff neck
ed Grover to admit that the fnan-
cial question must first have atten-
ton. And now there is not TO be
found in America, a man who dares
question it. But mark you, when
the great Grover bowed his stiff neck,
he did it not from honest convictions,
but he stopped to conquer. He,
backed by the combined wisdom of
the goldbugs, conceived the most
daring scheme ever yet attempted in
any civilized country. They sudden
ly changed fronts, and in answer to
the demands of the people said 80
yes, the finances are in bad shape,
the people are right and shall have
relief" Thus having stolen the
thunder of Reformers to hide be-
hind, they proceed to plot to change
the financial system but they make
it worse. The people ask for bread
and with cold heartlessness, I'm.
paralleled in history, they offer then
stones.
1t Is our opinion that the tariff
campaign which Cleveland inaug
urated and pushed, was a dishones
dodge by him. We believe that a
the suggestion of the money powel
he used this slogan to call attention
from the currency question and tn
resultant evils that the monopol,
and money power were putting upol
the country. And it's our opinion
that when he comes to send a mes
sage to congress ON the tariff ques
ton, that it will be with view t.
please the proteotionist and the Re
publican party, or at least to pande
to them and bid for their support il
the next campaign. We trust tina
we are wrong, we give this now as
warning. When the time comes, W
will give the people the facts.