Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-12-05

carried on and continued will
untiring zeal till the end of thu
contest comes.
| see in those vehicles which
carry to the people sentiments
from high places, plain declara'
tions that the present contro.
versy is but a strife between one
part Of the community and an
oJher. l hear it boosted as the
unfailing security-the solid
ground, never to be shaken, or
which recent measures rest-tha1
the poor naturally hate the rich.
know that under the shade OF
the Capitol, among men sent
there to devise means for the
public safety and the public good,
it was vaunted forth as matter OF
boast and triumph, that one cause
existed powerful enough to sup>
port everything and to defend
everything, and that was the
natural hatred Of the poor to the
rich.
l pronounce the author of such
sentiment to be guilty of attempt
ing a detestable fraud on the
community; a double fraud d
fraud which is to cheat men out
Of their property and out Of the
earnings Of their labor, by first
cheating them out of their un>
derstanding.
It shall not be till the last mos
ment Of my eXistence; it shall be
only when [ AN drawn to the
verge Of oblivion, when [ shall
cease to have respect or affec-
tion for anything on earth, that
l will believe the people capable
of being effectually deluded, ca
jOled and driven about in herds
by such abominahle frauds as
this. II they shall sink to that
point; if they SO far cease to be
men-men who love liberty and
hate tyranny, men who are proud
OF their ancestry-as to weekly
yield to such pretenses and such
clamor, they will be slaves
already; slaves to their own pas
sions; slaves to the fraud and
knavery Of pretended friends.
They will deserve to be blotted
out Of the record Of freedom
They ought not to dishonor the
cause Of self government by at
tempting to exercise it. They
ought to keep their unworthy
hands off Of republican liberty if
they are capable of being the
victims Of artifce so shallow, Of
tricks SO stale, so threabare, so
often praticed, so much worn out
on serfs and slaves, and the vic
Tins, too, of wicked and nefas
rious designs so thinly cloaked-
designs deep in purpose and in
wickedness. but shallow in their
p%retenses.
Mr.. Editor, I admonish the
people against the objects of
outcries like these. I admonish
every Industrious laborer in the
country to be on his guard
against such decisions. [ tell
him of the attempt tc play on his
passions against his interest and
to prevail on him in the name
of liberty to destroy all the fruits
of liberty, in the name of patriot
ism to injure and afnict his coun>
try, and in the name of his own
independence to destroy thai
very independence and make him
a beggar and a slave. Has he d
dollar, he is advised to do that
which will destroy half it's value.
Has he hands tn labor, let hin
rather fold them and sit still
than-be pushed on by fraud ano
artifice to do what will render
his labor useless and hopeless
The very man, of all others,
who has the deepest interest in
sound currency and who suffers
most by mischievous Legislation
in money matters is the mai
who earns his daily bread by his
daily toll. What can the labor
ing man hoard? preying on no
body, he becomes the prey O
dill. LIS property Is Ill Ills HdHuS
His reliance, his fund, his pro,
ductive freehold, his all, is hi:
labor. Whether he work on hi.
own small capital or another S
his living is still earned by his
Industry. And when the money
of the country becomes depre-
ciated or debased, whether it i:
1adulterated coin OF paper withou
credit, that industry is robbed O
its reward. He then labors fol
a country whose laws cheat hin
Iout of his bread.
Whoever attempts under what
ever popular cry to shake thu