The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-02-16
NO. L..

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No head nor tail 20 it. Aud | ,soabt
very much whether. IN the wav Won
+ proPc@c. Il would he Hrnen 6-sstsr.
hal nothing a. 10 wtth the usvan.
lxasson of the legion. ! vas no,
! prca-ut when | vas clccssxi. and
do not desire The position nos. I
am overloaded with work, and one
Of my chief burdens is irsing Ia ex.
plain 10 the pcuple. who oryhs Ia
know. that ue eanuot ain the hattie
against the money power sishous
the bess political organization that
sas ever formed on the American
Continent We can make this out
Of The Industrial Legion. aud we
have demonstrated that il cannot
lie made withoa, the political cluh
organization. such ~ wc have hFi
heretofore. Another thing. there
have been seven or eigh. industrial
organizations, Alliances aud other
wise, that have admitted ONLY Ger
tain class into their organization.
Members Of all these orders, ,nem-
bers of the National Committee.
our leading workers e,eFy~ herr,
have all agreed tha, we should have
place where every one believing in
our party and wishing for a success
should tind broad and geaerras
welcome. ] wish you to understand
distinctly tha. We do not wish nor
intend TO substitute the Legion for
the Peoples party. | again repeat
to you, that il is simply the politi-
cal club organization of the Peoples
party.
You object To the military plan.
That is only the skeleton. Il j. the
simplest plan Of organization in the
world. / recommended many amend
ments TO the plan adopted at Mem
phis, which were all agreed to. ex-
cept the mere titles used 10 some ex-
tent in the Grand Army. They
carry no rank with them. aud will
not add another human being 10 the
list of people who are not promoted
captains, colonels and generals for
bravery after the war.
Many of the best aud noblest peo-
pie IN our party think there is great
danger of a resort to arms BY the
money power of this land. Lester
Hubbard and many greater minds
even than his, believe that the Le-
glon will be the means of saving the
country from armed revolution.
Thirty-two organized societies in
Europe backed by the money power
and all the Jews and Shylocks of
Lombard street. France and Ger
many are shipping the scum, dregs
and filth of the diriiest haunts of
vice in the crowded cities of the Oid
World TO our shores. They work
for mere pittance: drive out honest
labor and live Oh what decent peo-
pie throw away. They have driven
into penury aud want hundreds of
thousands of good people who once
earned a comfortable living and
lived in happy homes surrounded
by plenty. They add to our popu-
lation seething mass Of corruption
and anarchy, and can be hired for
Mere stipend by the money power
of the nation to burn and destroy.
1t is not menace TO the liberties of
this Government TO have the COM
mon. honest, plain people banded
together, and they will never lift
their hands to tear down the flag or
raise the red rag Of anarchy in the
nation we love. | know not whether
such conflict will ever come, but
do know unless we win the battle
against the oppressive money power,
that has fastened its fangs upon
the people of this land, this grand
republic will be DESTROYED. The
history of all nations demonstrates
this fact, and ! assure you that this
plan of organization will not injure
the party in the least, but has met
with great favor all over the country.
The National Industrial Legion
does not take the plsce of national,
State, county or precinct COM
nittees. They remain in full force
and power. 1t is intended as a help
full auxiliary, and is to be organized
SD firmly, and the interest kept up
50 strongly, that it will last through
the campaign of '96.
Ii you would appoint county or
ganizers, the work could be done
very cheaply. The charter fee sent
to national headquarters is only
three dollars, and that is only until
a State organization is made posi-
ble by the organization Of five coun-
ties. 1t is the same price charged
for Farmers Alliance and Indus
trial Union charter, aud the plan
of organization is just the same,
and the cost Of coming in only City
cents 1t is as cheap as any organ
izatIon can be devised, and if taken
hold of properly, will do away with
the necessity of feg men in each
community reaching down in their
pockets and paying ali the expenses
of the campaign. Your plan would
do very well, but it has been tried
over and over, and proven a failure
In the line of systematic work. The
Industrial Legicn was organized by
the members of the national execu-
tive committee. They have recon-
mended in the most earnest terms
that each State and county com
mittee could take hold of this work
at once. Every State committee
but yours has taken hold of i cord
tally, and You are the only member
of any State committee in the United
States that has, even in mild terms,
protested against this organization;
and In accordance with tba ias. Frlc-