People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1893-07-07

1t takes Wealth to dominate !:
haven't we got it?
It takes social, financial, lsgisla-
tive, military, naval, ecclesiastical
and educational establishments to
dominate: haven't we got them ?
For thousand years the whites,
the Anglo Saxons, have had all these
advantages. Armed with the gar
nered wealth of ten centuries, equip
ped with all the mental advantages
Of school systems hoary with age;
holding all the land, all the avenues
of commerce, all the sources of poht-
zeal power, outnumbering the blacks
eight to one, and continually gaining
on them, what words can paint the
cowardice of the Anglo Saxon who
would deny "equal and exact JUS
tice" to the ignorant, helpless, pow
erty- cursed Negro in whose ears the
clank of chains have scarcely ceased
to sound-upon the ground that he
feared
" Negro dOmlnatlOn.
Away with such contemplate tim
idity of counsel!
For twenty-five years The Eastern
democracy has whipped Southern
and Western democracy into repul-
sive positions by the threat of help
ing Republicans "put the Negro
over us
In the name of common sense, let
us throw off this yoke and be men.
No power on this earth will ever
reverse the decree of God
For these convictions | have bat
tied and have suffered. In their be-
half I am ready to battle and suffer
again.
l have an abiding faith in the
triumph of reason, of truth; and
the day will not fail to come when
the people of Georgia will appreciate
my motives, and do justice to my
work.
Ny enemies have pursued me with
a bitterness which made no allow
ance for honesty of conviction; and
which has sought in every way to
make life uncomfortable. They have
given me many bitter hour because
of the difficulties they threw in my
way, and of opponents they arrayed
against me even among those | was
trying TO serve.
All this they have done, and they
are proud of it..
But one thing they have MOI
done-nor will they ever do!
They have not planted one doubt
in my soul, one fear in my heart, nor
one recreant word upon my lips
With whatever strength it pleasee
God to give me, the future shall find
me where past has put me, IN the
vanguard of those who love Jeffer-
sons creed, and who denounce those
that surrender it.
The work that I did, somebody
had to do. The abuse | took, some
body had to incur. The losses
have sustained, somebody had te
dare.
| did the work, took the abuse
riaked the loss +; and | am proue
of it
Proud of my record, proud of my
principles, proud of my friends
-Four years ago, the plain people
took me up, and babe me carry THEN
cause to the front, and plant then
banner where the fight was heaviest
AS sacredly as man ever achieved
task, | tried to perform mine.
At that time, the cause was ascen
dant and all men could see its merits
To- day it struggles for existence, anc
some Of the very men 1t pushed t.
power can see no good to come ou
Of that Nazareth.
Comrades! Here is one man who
honors you to-day more highly thar
in the hours of your greater prosper
ity, and who will share to the las
whatever fortune comes to you.
Right is everlastlngly right. Wrong
is eternally wrong. No shifting O
electoral success can alter princi
pie, and that man who flies the felC
and abandons the cause at the APP
proach of danger and at the dlscour
agements of defeat, is at heart pitt
full coward or an Infamous renegade
To-day-Jefferson's day-let u
pledge ourselves anew to the holy
mission Of bringing back the Govern
ment to the old landmarks.
Let US 60 hence with new fires o
purpose blazing in our hearts!
Let our hopes, our labors all bt
consecrated to the work for bette
government and juster laws.
And the prayer of this Publican il
for a new era in the affairs Of tn
Republic; a reign of the best meI
and the best laws, to the end that tn
land may be blessed; that industr,
may prosper in all her fields, com
meroe in all her marts; that honest,
may be cherished in all her rulers
justice in all he- courts, equity in al
her statutes, purity in all her temple
and happiness dwell in all her homes
If you are a Peoples party man