The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-08-08
LETTERS FROM
THE PEOPLE.
A Pusillanimous Party Pimp Urg.
es "Harmony"-- is Taken
to Task BY a Populiss.
PARTY BEFORE EVERYTHING

L. the slogan Of . D~moerst-Ths Dosg-
lassass History Does Not Csas. any kiek.
ing-A Correspondent On the fIy-He
spends some Time at '.C"al,tioa''-Ry
the Banks of"Fusion" River.
DIR. stevenson urge. Harmony.
To the Editor Of the Charlotte Obserre,.
AS some one makes the assertion
: most every day that the next cam
paign will be made on the gold stand
ard and free silver issue, and as these
two factions are becoming intoler-
ant in their utterances and intem-
perate In their criticisms of each
others motives, to such an extent
that gold STANDARD Democrats and
Republicans ON the one hand and
free silver Democrats and Populists
on the other seem ready to fuse and
throw all other party principles
overheard, now against all this !
beg leave to enter = solemn protest
in the vital interest of the Demo
cratic party. Such fusion would not
inJure the Republicans, for they
have always been for the gold stand
ard-it's their child; neither would
free silver fusion hurt the Populists;
they are like the Irishman who said,
He that stealeth my good name
stealeth something l never had"
They have no fixed principle or con-
sistent record to lose. But what
about the Democratic partys Must
it be sacrificed to these money godsi
If so, farewell to the autonomy of
the States, to white supremacy, to
honest government economically ad-
ministered, to the levying of the
burdens Of taxation on the luxuries,
and to the lessening of the same .on the
necessaries of life, and, last but not
EAST, farewell forever to good gov
ernment in the State of North Caro-
lima. The natural result of this bit
terness and of these loose affilia-
tions with the Republicans and Pop
ulists will be that these two parties,
to wit: the Republicans and Popu-
lists, will hide their miserable past
records from public gaze; and go
unwhipped of justice. There is no
occasion for gold standard and free
silver Democrats reading one anoth.
er out of the Democratic party. 1,
is broad enough for them all When
the tariff was the burning issue thi.
grand old party of Jefferson and OF
Jackson was broad enough to hold
the Hon. Sam. j. Randall, who wa.
u protectionist, aud the Hon. Franz
P. Hurd, who was free trader. Tn,
same congress held them both ano
held them in peace and in unity o
feeling and action as regards loyalt,
to the Democratic party.
This money question is of import
ance-it may be of q eat importanc,
but It cannot be more than a sid,
issue in the campaign of 1896 her
in North Carolina. The burning is
sue in this State in 1896 must be, i
cannot be anything else than Demo
cratic rule, which has given US goo,
government, wise government, chea
government, honest and efficien
government in the past, against Re
publicanism and fusion whose pas
records are synonymous with ipcom
potency, corruption, extravaganza
negro rule and misc genation. No,
if any Democrat wants any particu
: lar kind of money bad enough t
! join hanos with John Sherman an
. John 3. Eaves on the one hand, @
: Ben Tillman and Marion Butler O
the other to get it, he will aftel
wards find that the price he paid fe
3 his money was too high. We wi
need every Democrat of every shaG
of financial opinion to carry tn
State for Democracy next year, ar
it must be carried, or we are RUNE
. as a State, financially and ever
a a other way. Every Democrat shou
! first lbe loyal to the Democrat
:. party, keep good company and su
= ordinate his peculiar views to Il
u u will of the Democratic party as e
3 pressed in national and State co
u ventions to be called regularly
- !, the opening of the next campaig
and work for party success duril
a the campaign and on the first Tue
~ day of November, 1896, vote t
-. whole Democratic ticket from pre-
. dental electors to county surveyt
:, regard less of any particular vie
any nominee may entertain as to GO
. !. or silver money. In my hunt
- a opinion this is the only policy th
~ ~ will bring US the victory, and defe;
30 so far as North Carolina is conce,
- ed, officers elected by IL
y 900 negro voters and $4,000 VIII
voters, which is a modified form
- - negro supremacy with Is count
subject to negro county governm,
"rule.
.e My brethren, stop firing into "
-. own ranks and turn your guns
the common enemy and keep tn
working. s. w. STEVENSON
-. oa Mooresville, N. C. June l9, is
on Stevenson Answered.
va For the Caucasian.l
no MOOREsvILLE, n. G.. Aug. 3.--Sol
t a time since my attention was ca
rlv to an article in the Statesville La
q mark written by DR.. S. W. Stew
sh- son. The man who tried to hir
to Populist in this Iredell county
ina the last campaign to run an in
is pendent candidate for the State
.ch ate. He says in the outset that
&C. tain factions of the old parties Y
of ready to fuse in order to secure
ef- tain measures, and to throw
other principles aside for the
/ I object Finance" This is ackn,
mt. edged by all men of all parties t,
! of the one great issue in the next C
.te, paign, unless q few, who, like
can Dotcor, don't care q straw for
rat, good of the masses of the
at pie when it comes in con
With the success OF party, He
the Populist has no fixed prlnciI
ates aud only last year the Republic
My, had none. We know it is not
:ent fixed principle Of the Populis
rom ,n1a hold party above every other co,
tha H Grafton