The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-01-25
PURE DEMOCRACY.
Adopted at the stEssahA Cesafsrenc~ Of
fa9soriug People. JaIy :. 1899.

Adopted at the stEssahA C.safsrsaos Of
Iaborius People. daily ;. 1893.
Assembled upon the one hundred .
and sixteenth anniversary OF tbs +
declaration of independence, the
Peoule's party Of America, IN their .
first national convention. invoking
upon their action the blessing Of
Almighty God, puts forth III the
uah1e :lud on behalf 81 the people
Of tbgs country, the following pre-
amble aud declaration OF prlu, lpIeN:
The conditions which surround n
best justify our cooperation. We
meet Il tae midst uf nation brought
10 the verge OF moral. political and
material ruin. Corruption dominates
the ballot box, the legislatures. the
congress, and touches even the 81
mine OF the bench The people are
demorlized Most of the State have
been compelled To isolate the voters
AT the polling places 10 prevent uni
yer-al intimidation or bribery. The
newspapers are largely subsidized or
muzzcied, public opinion slIenced
business Frustrated, our homes
covered with mottga ges, labor i'm
poyerlshed. and the land conct ntrat-
Ing IN the hands Of the capitalists.
/ The urban workmen are denied the
/ right Of organization for selt-protee-
/ ton; imported pauperized labor
/ beats down their wages; hIrellng
standing army, unrecoguIzed by our
/ iaws.-l established To shoot them
/ down, and they are rapidly degener-
ating into European conditions. The
/ fruits Of the toll Of millions are
bodily stolen to build up colossal
fortunes for "A few, unprecedented
in the history OF mankind, and the
the republic and eDdanGer liberty.
From the same prolific mode OF gov
/ ernmeutal injustice We breed the
two great classes-tramps aud mil
ionalres.
The national power to create
money is appropriated to enrich
bondhOlders. a vast public debt
payable III legal tender currency has
been funded into gold-bearing
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-
creasing 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 enslavt
. 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
/ ton 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 grievlOus wrong
have been inflicted upon the suffer
ing people. We charge that the
controlling influences dOmlnatin!
both these parties have permitted
the existing dreadful conditions t
develop without serious effort t.
; prevent or refrain them. Neither d.
I they now promise us any substantial
4 reform. They have agreed togethe
: to ignor III the coming campaign
D every issue but one They propos
to drown the Outcries of plundere'
people with the uproar of a shan
i, battle over the tariff, so that capl
talists, corporations, national banks
: ring, trust. watered stock, the de
g monetization az silver and the OF
s pressions of the Usurers may all b
= lost sight of. They propose to sac
- ritice our homes, wives and childre
- on the alter of Mammon; to destro
y the multitude in order to secure COZ
= ruption funds from the million
- aries.
~ Assembled on the anniversary {
:, the birthday of the nation. and file
!. with the spirit of the grand geners
~ ton who established our indepen(
f ence, we seek to restore the govern
y ment of the republic to the hands {
the plain people," with which ella!
v it originated.