The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-02-16
CUNNING AND FORCE

/ force destroys the accumulation Of
E. cunning The contest between enn-
/ ming end force Is perpetual and uni
versai. The French Revolution Is a
conspicuous example of the results
of this contest. Cunning transferred
| the wealth of the masses to the church
and the mobiles. Force tore down the
Bastlle erected to protect cunning
and either destroy or divide all accu-
mulated wealth. While cunning alb
! serbs wealth the end justifies the
means; but after force has destroyed
the acquisitions of cunning and lib
Grated the people, impartial history
explains the necessity of force and
approves its use.
JUSTICE STANDS BETWEEN CCNNINC
AND FORCE.
| Cunning is now victorious. By tn,
act of 1873 cunning is Transferring
the wealth of the civilized world t.
a gold monopoly. Justice stands be
tween cunning and force. Justic.
rebukes cunning and avoids force
The people are appealing to justice
to right the wrong of 1873. If jus
tice is deaf or powerless to enfore,
the right history will repeat itself.
The ownership of property must be
general to be enduring. Large occu-
mutations in the hands of the few are
dangerous. Such aecumulations ac-
quired by cunning are condemned
by reason and justice. When law
becomes powerless, force destroys or
divides. Let the kings of avarice
take warning in time, and let the
voice Of justice be heard before it is
too late.
PROMISES OF THE REPUBLICAN AND
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTIES.
In 1884 the Republican party was
defeated because of hard times. The
Democratic party promised free
coinage Of silver and financial re-
lief, but that party failed to redeem
its promises, The administration Of
President Cleveland maintained the
corner ON gold for the benefit of
fixed capital. The convention which
renominated Mr.. Clevelad in 1888
made no mention of silver. The Re
publican party promised relief, and
| promised to use silver as money, and
condemned the Democratic admins
tration for ITS efforts to demonetize
silver, but the Republican party
| failed to redeem its promises and
adhered to the policy of the Demo-
cratic party which it condemned.
HARD TIMES CREATE DISCONTENT
AND DISSATISFACTION,
Discomfort increased. Hard times
made the people restless and dissatis-
fed. The gold kings nominated
both candidates for the Presidency
and furnished them the same plat
form on the money question. The
Democratic party promised relief by
tariff reform. The Republican party
promised nothing but adherence to
existing conditions both as to tariff
and money. The people rebelled
against such existing conditions.
They decided that no change could
be for the worse, and that any
change might be for the better.
Some in their apathy and disgust re-
main away from the polls, others,
and sufficient number voted for
change, and the Republican party
was defeated.
The people put in a protest under
rthe name of the Populist party. The
Populist party was without posi-
ton, without organization, without
money; but by way of protest aud
without hope of success polled more
than 100000 votes. The Demo
cratic party has lease of power
limited to four years unless it mends
its ways. If it maintains the corner
on gold and does the bidding of the
gold kings, the day of reckoning is
at hand. The next election will
bring another change, more radical
and more decided than any that has
! taken place since the war.
THE OLD PARTIES HAVE JOINED
HANDS ON FINANCIAs QUESTIONS.
The strongest evidence of the ne
cessity of a new party consists in the
fact that the two cid parties in their
conventions have joined hands on
the financial question and have
agreed to sustain the act of 1873.
The same plank on the money ques-
tion in both platforms is irritating
to the people. This system of tao
tics is not new. The experiment
was tried by the Wings and Demo-
Gratis in antebellum days. Examine
the platforms of those parties from
1848 to 1860, and you will find that
the Wings and Democrats took COM
mon ground on the slavery question.
They tried by that means to prevent
agitation and to prevent the people
voting on the question of the exten
sion of slavery. But the effort to
prevent agitation created agitation
and brought into existence the Re-
publican party, which overthrew
both the old parties, abolished sla-
very, and cemented the Union on
the basis of equal rights before the
law without regard to race or color.
HISTORY OF THE GREAT POLITICAL
/ PARTIES
The Republican party started as
a party of the people. It came into
power because the people ordained
| it. Its records will always be the
most conspicuous page in the his
tory Of the United States. But its
leaders have surrendered it to the
kings of avarice. The power con-
ferred upon that great party bv the
people has been turned against the
people. The Republican party is
out of touch with the masses on the
money question. The Democratic
party, which has at times been near
the people, is also trembling before
the majesty of money kings.
| The shadow of Lombard and Wall
streets hangs as cloud over the de-
! liberations of the Democracy. Al
though nine-tenths of the voters OF
that great party are in favor of the
free coinage of silver and the liber-
alton of the masses, yet it is feared
that the next administration may
serve only the gold combination.
s;n.oroly hopa that sueb foariS with.