The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-05-30
A BANKERS WARNING.
Ii the People La.e Ihi. ftxht-rhsy Nay
Lose for all Time

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| Lsse fes all fiae-
| Ia secured peace the gold men OF
this country nave been harvesting
for years the fruit of their victory
and nothing has disturbed them.
But there Is trouble ahead and the
mutteriugs have aroused the pluto
Gratis of tins nation. The people AT
last are awakening TO the danger
that confronts them. The great pop
uiAr movemsnt In favor of the re-
monetization of silver has stirred
this country as il has never been
stirred before. When the people
once get to thinking the danger is
not so great and there is no hope for
reform. The handful of men who
| have for years controlled the finan-
clal interests of this country. shaped
its politics, made its laws, now hear
their authority questioned, their
nights disputed, and see their power
scattered to the winds. 1t Is not
often that the utterances of an cas-
tern bond holder finds its way direct
TO the people, but recently there was
An exception to this rule. AT sup
per given by the bankers association
at Chicago last Saturday, w. c.
Cornwall, President of the New York
Bakers Association made the prin-
cipal address. Now the report of
this speech was not found in q Pop
ulist sheet, but was printed in the
st. Paul Call, the extreme of all ex-
treme gold standard papers of the
West.
Mr.. Cornwall looks upon the pres
snt movement as the last that the
american people wiH ecer make. If they
fail, the sun of their liberty is set
never to rise again. The gentleman
is frank in picturing the last desper-
ate stand the American people are
making. He says. AT this time
We are confronted once more in or
ganized masses by the silver heresy.
l cannot but feel that this is the last
desperate onslaught, and that these
wild delusiOnists are making their
last fierce fight before it is too late"
Let the people read and think ooer these
~ords. They mean Just 1hat they say.
Mr.. Cornwall thinks that the Wes-
tern bankers have been and are now
Indifferent and he spurs them on.
at is the bankers duty to use the
large influence which Is at his com
mand, and make his clients fully un-
derstand the issue ut stake" He
wants the bankers to put on the
pressure.
Every farmer who has loan,
every business man who is accomo-
dated, the professional man and the
manufacturer, all who borrow money
must vote for tho interests Of the
banker. This is fair sample of the
gospel patriotism and liberty as
preached by the President of the
Bankers Association to the Western
bankers. Is there any excuse for
anarchy when such things are urgedi
Is it any wonder that the line
of obstruction between the rich and
the poor is clearly definedl The peo-
pie coerced to save and protect the
interests of q very small class of
men! Is it any wonder that some of
the wisest men are able to predict a
revolution in this landi The strug
gle is on and the men who throw
anything In the way Of the peoples
cause is not their friend but their
enemy. 1t is time that the people
drop all party names and engage
themselves in a cause that will make
this government of the people, for
the people, and by the people.-Ex-
| change.