The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-04-27

interests. Il l. utterly impossible
for the two wings of the Democratic
party 10 unite on these lines of iegis-
lation of which have spoken.
When Southern aud Western Delao-
erass will fight for these reforms, the
Northern and Eastern Democrats
will fight against them. Every
Southern Democrat viii tell you so.
The great question. thea, l. will the
Southern and Western Democrats
allow themselves Ia be dominated by
the minority element in their patty,
who have no sympathy with their
opinions and no regard for their in
terests' | do not think they will.
and, when Mr.. Cleveland forces the
issue, he will get the worst of il.
think he will draw of into his party
all those men up there IN the North
and East, while the liberal and truly
Democratic elements in the South
and West will gravitate together
with the Populists.
THERE MUST BE \ PARTY or THE
PEOPLE.
What is your view of the future
of the parties IN this countryg'
Il consider the Republican party
is done for, and its elements must
seek new affiliations. By the APP
pointment of Gresham to the Cabinet,
Mr.. Cleveland has opened the door
to the least radical of them TO come
to his view of politics. But there
must be a party between where the
Democratic party now stands and
the mass of the people. The Demo
cratic party has come so near to the
vested inter ests of the country as TO
WIN their support, and by so far as
they have done this they have ousted
the Republican party from standing
ground and vacated its own ancient
vantage place as the pecnle's party.
So it is that the old line Republicans
must either act with the Democratic
party or close up their shop. Yet,
there must always be two great par
ties in country like this. one rep
resenting in the main the vested in.
terests, corporations, ETC., and the
other representing the great body of
the people. The poor, the mlsera-
BILE, the debtor class, the unprotected
people will always be large enough
to demand one. The Democrats, as
now controlled, represent the vested
interests, and a new party is neces-
sary to represent the people the
debtor class, the dissatisfied, the re-
formers. That is the ground the
Populist occupy, and they are just
as sure to receive accessions as we
exist; and this great popular wing
of the Democratic party, represented
in the South and West by such men
as those | have mentioned, will
gravitate toward us, or come to some
ground ON which we can mutually
act. just as sure as they remain true
to their present conviction of coop
Grafton and harmony in the peoples
interest"
WATSON'S PERSONAL PROGRAMME.
''How do you feel personally with
regard to your past experience and
present position?"
Il would like to say, personally,
that | came home with no bitterness
toward anybody. | have nothing
ahead of me but an earnest desire to
advocate the views | think to be cor
rect with moderation and in that
spirit which comedies to my antago-
mist, conviction just as honest as
that which | hold for myself. | de-
plore the mixturing of personal bit
terness or private rancor in the dis
cussion of these very important
questions. So far as | am concerned
there shall be none. While fregret
the tone that the press and some of
the Democratic leaders have adopted
toward me, l have no disposition to
retaliate, and | trust the time will
come when We can debate these
issues without the intrusion of any
such disagreeable elements. | need
rest and time to give attention to my
own personal affairs, which for two
years have been neglected.
NO SPEECHES UNTIL SUMNER.
81 will make no speeches at all
until summer. | will give attention
to my paper, which now has eleven
thousand subscribers, and is growing
in circulation daily, and when July
comes will go out to canvass every
section of the State, asking simply a
| fair hearing on the merits nf the
questions at stake and that courte-
Gus treatment to which / think | am
entitled and which / have always
given to my opponents. But as TO
leaving the Peoples party, no such
thought ever entered my mind.
| These principles are the same as
when | embraced them and the peo-
pie are the same. And the rank and
| file of the Peoples party have been
so splendidly faithful to me and stood
by me with such loyalty in every
crisis that l would be lost to all sense
| of shame or honor if / deserted them
or. their cause. | would rather have,
just as | now have, the confidence
and esteem of the plain. common
people of Georgia, those who first
gave me position, who first bestowed
honors upon me, than without this
esteem and confidence, have tine
highest Office which any party on
earth could give me. am willing
patiently to abide the time when our
principles Will do that which | an
confident is in store for them-win
the support of the overwhelming ma
jority of the people of this country
/ ALLIANCE SPEAKING,