The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-08-24

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exercise OF this power u defiance of
right, but too often u ser the cover
Of unjust laws, j. the snake in our
body polite. aud the curse Of our
civilization. This is the frightful
game where the big fish eat the
smaller f~h, and then turned 10 eat
each other We have seen this game
PLAYED with growing force and in
tensity for the last quarter OF a cen
tury. and for the last few months
we have seen il in It's most frightfuI
aspect.
None have suffered more from
| this evil condition, a. a rule, than
the industrial and agricultural
classes, the bone and sirew, the
wealth producers of the land. Yet
viewed from the standpoint of mum
bers, none We're, and are to-day bet
ter able, not only to protect them
selves. but to force justice to be done
| 10 all other classes alike.
That we have failed in this, IL lit
tie short of crime. a crime not
onl Y against those dependent upon
US, but against all oppressed and
suffering humanity.
| But why have we failed? The basic
cause lies in the cumulative heredi-
| tary defect in ourselves. The iso-
lated lives we have lived has resulted
in each one following his own way
unaided and unguided by The wisdom
that comes from the association Of
| ideas And besides we have nursed
our own opinions, or somebody elSe'S
opinions were furnished us, which we
| thought were our own, until wehave
grown dogmatlc and intOlerant of
the opinions Of others. We haYe not
pooled our intellects and manhood, i,
W. have fought single handed and
alone and been beaten in detail
Past organizations and lodges of the
present organization, the Alliance
have disbanded because every man
could not see alike and agree. Our
intellects are made different. We
were not intended to see alike, we
were intended to differ, and in DIFF
fering to find the truth, or at least
a safe line Of action between our dI-
vergent opinions. All other classes
and organizations have learned the
use and value of divergent opinions.
and have learned the perfection of
human wisdom from organization
bv acting as a unite on line Of ac-
ton, that was the combined wisdom
all, though it did not represent the
individual opinion of a single mem
ber of their organization. They have
practiced cooper alton themselves
but have preached competition to
us. Competition is destructlve-it
is the devils game. When we
learn this lesson, when we overcome
this fatal defect in our own organi-
zatiOn. and unlearn the false educa-
ton that has been taught us by sell
fish and designing monopoly, when
we begin to practice corporation
we will not only .e able to protect
ourselves, but TO advance our mutual
interests. Then we will not only
prosperous, but also Well nigh lnvlnc
ible.
And though every effortat organi
{ zation in the past has failed, YET
every effort has done good, every
effort has to certain extent over
come the fatal defect and taugh'
US the folly and danger of competi
tion and the value and possibilities
r of cooperation. The same cause
, that produced the other orga
| nizations, produced the Alliance, bu
f the cause is intensified; the same
defect that made the other organlza
: tions fail may wreck this organiza
E ton, but the defect is growing les
= is disappearing. We believe the
, time has come, that the hour ha
| struck, when the peoples organiza
f ton under the guidance Of a Divin
Providence will be successful-wll
| become permanent. But let this b.
f as it may, let every reformer fee
that it is our duty to press forward
g the Lord helps those who help them
selves. Let every reformer buckl
on his armor with new zeal. Th
:, struggle will be great, but the re
h suits will be greater. The resul
e will be justice and liberty or oppres
sion and servitude,
y We have so long allowed othe
r classes organized to control Legl:
!, latures, Congresses, and to exerclS
It undue influence on the Executive
n and the courts and to encrOach upo
l. our rights through the form of law
:, that today we find heartless gree
e and soulless monopoly entrenche
k behind unjust laws, and watchin
+ the rising tide of discomfort from tn
ct millions they have oppressed, ble(
k made poor, and who are we'll mig
l. desperate. These organizations III
derstand the significance of this la
If great uprising of the people. The
to are preparing for the struggle. Xii
ut dred monopolies are organizing In
j. associations of monopolies with OF
to central head. They see that the pc
IS pie are learning to stand togeth
a and that they may therefore su
f. ceed. They see that the +
lg forms demanded by the people
wv successful, will force them to disco
as tinue their game of speculation al
of wholesale preylng upon the masse
IL They are growing arrogant as We
r. as more vigilent and subtle
lis ana SIlll, dS tulS SllLtOdl hOo
Ii when liberty, justice, and even
or Republican form of government a
hanging in the balance, and it seel
er that nothing can save the peoI
as but united effort on their part
re regain their government, and ret
% tablish the principles of Jeffers
ell and jackson, the hired press and t
in servile politicians howl that the /
lr- lance has gone into politics. 9TH
would have the people to devote tn
us whole time to making more whe
,ly corn, cotton and tobacco, while tn
lal want you to have confidence IN tn
,b- to run the government, to ma
,p- money scarcer, to make produ
So cheaper, make debts bigger, and
nj a larger tribute and heavier b
BUT den upon the masses for the BEN
les of monopolies and the bondholde