The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-09-06
A CULORED MAN SPEAKS.

MESS. EDIToRs.-Wbile all of us have been
watching, with that admiring sympathy which
never fails to wait on courage and magnamity,
the career Of the Populist's party, we have been
reckoning with an interest scarcely less their
writings and workings which seeks not to aid in
the furtheranee of this government but him
derancc to the same. In the defeat of the Popu-
list party of Alabama few weeks ago, Demon
strates the fact that the people of that state are
not yet ready to place the affairs Of this govern
ment into the hands of few dissatisfied men.
And feel confident that the people Of the ''Em-
pire State will do likewise In the coming election.
In country like ours where every man may
transmute his private thought into history and
destiny by dropping it into the ballot box pecul
lar responsibility rests upon the individual Moth.
ing can absolve us from doing our best to look a.
all public questions as citizens, and east our
ballot likewise.
theoretically, at least to give populism any
ground for an argument with despotism or
oligarchy majority of the men composing ii
| should be statesmen and thinkers working for the
interest of the people, and not for few ofkcC
seekers who fail 10 be recognized by the people o.
because Of some personal disagrsemants The
| populists debates, and their newspapers discuss
| day after day, not questions of national
| interest, not what is wise and right, but what
members of the democratic party should say or
| do. We believe that the coming election is a
turning point in our State, for although there
are four candidates there really, as everybody
knows, but two parties and only one of those have
out candidates, one or the other party must rule
this government.
1t is no longer a question, but decided fact,
that intelligence must rule this country. young
man attends college, returns home enters upon the
duties Of life with different plans to that of his
father some of his older friends, to hear "that
you are trying to crush the old folks down" The
populists have left their FARMS come to town. and
are saying to men who have spent years in fitting
themselves to run this government, 1--WE do not
mean to pay the taxes and work ourselves to
death while you lawyers, merchants and bankers
enjoy yourselves. And to the negroes we will
give you your rights and free ballot If you will
come and help us rule them out"
would say to the very sympathetic party who
makes such fair promises, to negroes, 60 back to
your own party or come and join the republican
party. If such promises made by omr friend
"Plunkett,' who denounces the negroes of the
South because they failed to support the populist
party, would say to every negro of the south,
cast your ballot, use your influence and seek to
wipe from the south party that encourages such
principles. Plunkett says no great party can exist
in the south who recognizes the negro in its
councils. "And the democrats will defeat the
devil with the negroes in open daylight" 1.-THE
solid south ought not to be, and he hoped that
the negro would aid in breaking it," "The negro
must be dispensed with" "We can have no
division mo populist party as lopg as the negro
looms up"
The negro asks not to enter their councils and
such party and its designs need to be watched,
other states to abolish it until it will be party
unthOught of. Let the negro voters read Punk
ett's article in Sundays Constitution and you will
find ont how much rights the poPulst party will
must run this government, or else we will fall
into the hands of anarchists. H. W. POTTER.