The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-01-18
PURE DEMOCRACY.
rTorLE'sPaKTY PLATFORM.
Adopted az the Omaha Conference oil
iaboring People, } aly !. i~t'e

Adopted az the Omaha Conference of
IaborinE People Jaly !. 1889.
Assembled upon the one hundred
nd sixteenth anniversary OF the
declaration ot Independence, the
Peoule's party Of America. IN their
first national convention, invoking
upon their action the blessing al
Almighty God. puts forth III the
name and ou behalf of the people
of this country. the following pre-
ambl- and declaration OF principles:
The conditions which surround Us
best justify our cooperation. We
meet ia the midst of a nation broaght
10 the verge of moral. political ana
material ruin. Con- upton dominates
the ballot box, the legislatures. the
congress. and touches even the Ell
mine. OF the bench. The people are
iemorlized Most of the State have
been compelled II isolate the voters
At the polling places 10 prevent uni
verSal intimidation or bribery. The
newspapers are largely subsidized or
muzzeled, public opinion sIirnced
business Frustrated. our homes
covered with mortgages, labor I'M
pUVrrlshed. and the land coucentTat-
ing IN the hands of the capitalists.
/ The urban workmen are denied the
right Of organization for self-protec-
ton; imported pauperlzed labor
beats down their wages; a hireltng
standing army. unrecogulZed by our
laws, Is esta bilshed 70 shoot them
down, and they are rapidly degener-
atlng into European conditions. The
fruits of the toll of millions are
I bodily stolen to build up colossal
| fortunes for few, unprecedented
/ IN the history Of mankind, and the
| possessors Of these, III turn, desplse
the republic and endanGer liberty.
| From the same prolific mode Of gov
| ernmental injustice We breed the
| two great cIaases-tramps aud mil
| h0nalres.
The national power to create
money is appropriated to enrich
/ bondholders. ~ vast public debt
payable III legal tender currency has
been funded into goid-btaring
! bonds, thereby adding millions to
the burdens OF the people.
THE OLD PARTIES ARRAIGNED.
Silver which has been accepted as
coin since the dawn of history, has
been demonetized to add to the
purchasing power of gold by de-
creaslng the value of all forms OF
property, as well as human labor
and the supply Of currency is pur-
posely abridged to fatten usurers
bankrupt enterprises and enslave
industry. y vast conspiracy against
mankind has been organized on two
continents and is rapidly taking pos
session Of the world. If not met anC
OYerthOrWn at once it fOrebOdeS ter
rible social commissions, the destruc
ZION Of civilization, or the establish
ment Of an absolute despotism.
We have witnessed for more thar
century the struggles of the tive
great political parties for power anC
plumber, while grievious wrongs
have been inflicted upon the suffer
ing people. We charge that the
! NCIltlOIilLS mn
both these parties have permitted
the eXising dreadful conditions t.
) develop without serious effort t
, prevent or refrain them. Neither d.
they now promise JUS any substantial
reform. They have agreed togethe
to ignor IN the coming campaign
every issue but one. They propos'
to drown the Outcries of plundere,
people with the uproar of shan
battle over the tariff, so that capI
tallsts, corporations, national banks
ring, trust, watered stock, the de
2 monetlzation af silver and the op
z pressIons of the usurers may all b
lost sight of. They propose to sac
il ritice our homes, wives and children
on the alter Of Mammon; to destro
the multitude IN order to secure cor
ruptlon funds from the million
Farles.
Assembled on the anniversary o
5 the birthday of the nation, and file,
e. with the spirit of the grand genera
E ton who established our independ
ence, we seek to restore the govern
ment of the republic to the hands O
1.-THE plain people," with which elias
it originated.
B., THR WAR IS OVER.