The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-05-25
THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
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HLs4s6T0E AFTER ~ INTEREST
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TWO OF OUR ALLIANCE EIE0TBIfs
WHOM THE DEMOCRATS PgoEisti'
oFYICE On THE RAGsTD-EDGE
OF UI>PAIK.
4 Delegation of Farmers Insuitst bs tie
secretary of Agriculture.

WASHIsGToS, May ZJth.
! Ny visit to Nebraska and Kan 2as
was necessarily hurried but sas
enough to convince any dor bt-
+ ing Thomas" The highest type al
{ American manhood to he found 10
+ the northwestern States. The I:cn
are fearless. brave courageous. ut
spoken, independent earnest. T'ey
have outiived sectional pregui: go.
+ Like Othello. the ''bleoGy SHIRT
/ howlers occupation is gone. THE
war" Is no longer an issue among
these people. They have hearty
/ hand shake and a cordial greeting
/ for the "cx-Rebel." The question
/ between Us now is that Of common
destiny. The question Of the pres
ent and the future, they say, J. \
/ HOLY ALLIANCE BETWEEN THE SOJ ri
AND THE WEST AGAINST Eastern
Monopoly AND AGGRESSION. Thi~ |
found to be the spirit of the indie
/ pendent movement III the great States
/ Of Nebraska and Kansas. And the
men | have described are the leaders
who are championing the invincible
cause of Reform in the great north
west
| No sane man can mingle single
| bow with these people and doubt one
moment the triumphant vindication
of our principles. Just let me say
right here, when you see in the
Bourbon press that the Reform party
has gone to pieces in the west, you
may safely nail the statement LIE
out of the whole cloth. Every day
is demonstration of its growth and
| strength. The organization is in
perfect condition and every day
adds recruits to the best equipped
| political force that American contro-
versy has ever developed. That
this movement will sweep the north
western States is as clear to me as
| the noon day sun on this historic day
of the Mecklenburg Declaration Of
independence. There is not weak
place in the imposing line of battle
and every private IN the ranks is a
| commanding officer. These brave
men-heroes, every one of them-rep-
resent every shade of political
thought. They are Democrats, Re
publicans, Woman suffragists, Free
| Silverites, Knights of Labor. POpu-
lists, Alliancemen, Industrial League
men, moved and inspired by com
mon purpose. THE EMANCIPATION
OF THE PEOPLE-THE OVERTHROW
OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
TIONALISM--CORRUP IN HIGH
UNCONSTITUTIONAL OSSISM MILLION
AIRES-MACHINE MADE LEGl Station
! American manhood. American mus
Gle, American brains, American SIM
plicity, American frugality. No
plutocrats, no money, kings, no ar
istocrats. The people must and
shall rule as God Almighty, in His
wisdom intended they should do
And yet these people-these brave
Pioneers of the free west are branded
FANATICS! For one, say, give me
FANATICISIM or give me political ex-
extermination-for the latter is in
evitable under the rule and ruin pol
icy of the two dominant political
parties that now alternately mis-
govern the country. The day has
passed when great reforms can be
howled down by the cry of "Fanat-
ics.' Communists" The honest
sentiment of the whole country is in
revolt against this despotism of free
thought and fearless speech. Go
west young Bourbon and see what
political revolution means. Go west
ballot box suffer and see the big
plain handwriting on the wall of ad-
vanced civilization that means free
suffrage to every American freeman.
60 west and learn the truth about
the growth and future of this great
American Republic. No power on
earth can stay the irresistible
advance of the Reform movement
in the western States. | write these
words to encourage the brave men
who are fighting the same battle in
our own impoverished State. Go on
zealously and fearlessly in the pa
triotic work you have so nobly un-
dertaken. You are freeman. Assert
everywhere and on every occasion
> your independence. Maintain your
convictions as becomes men And
so sure as a God rules the universe
the day is not distant when all your
: rights will be indicated.
BACK IN WASHINGTON.
Things here are very much as 7
left them. North Carolina people
are not so numerous as they were
. The Pie-Politan hotel wears an air
s of mournful desolation. The White
House door was insolently slammed
IN the faces of the men who fought
!. and won the battle last November,
e More than that the autocrat in the
y Executive Mansion ordered these
: people to leave town. Many of them
j are unable, financially, to get away
+ Once, not many moons ago. they
> were Jubilant and full of expeeta.
ton. To-day they wear a sorrow
: full, woe-begone countenance thai
: means desperation or suicide. MANY
! of you readers will recall our ex.
State Lecturer, Brother Bell. | re
J member the sledge-hammer blows Of
!, the stalwart young mountaineer from
. Clay county. l can see his long
powerful arms saving the air as he
!, metophorically pounded the Demo
: cratic party into Washington board
= house hash. | can hear the echo OF
his powerful, ringing voice advo
J eating the cause of the people.
e can see his hurcuelean form around
. the camp fire of the Gideon Band
The Bell of that day is no more
;. The Bell of to-day is one of the chief
O front pew mourners at the Demo
:, cratic pie counter. He is but ;
shadow of his former promises. III,
y Is not the same bouyant, hopeful
It blue-eyed son of the Blue Ridge
Since the eventful 18th of March b,
has been here. His firmly set, pug
'e nacious looking jaws have more thai
W once opened to receive the plum
:, that fell into the other fellows mouth
- Finally in the keenness of his mis-
cry and humiliation he begged hi
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