The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-08-22

ton Of independence On this We
must unite cur forces, join Issues with
the enemy and settle the question. I
know II 10 dangerous 70 assume the role
Of prophet, but IL you will read my
speech OF two years ago you may dnd
something Of interest then said:
my friends, ] want 70 make you .
little prediction right here, and let u
see who tells you the Truth, whether IL
Is these people from New York or the
friends Of free coinage. Oh, love the
New York people! know them well.
II 10 the State Of my nativity. There
are grand men and noble women in
New York. Bet l know New York
City well, and / know. lying right
alongside of New York City, 10 q place
they call He'll Gate, and l think most
Of you, coming from there, have been
through Il. Laughter.l know our
friends from New England, who speak
% boldly for the honest dollar, in COM
ing through the Sound, have come
through He'll Gate. daughter
But l want 70 tell you, my friends,
that We have been getting the financial
policy Of this nation for twenty years
from the gates Of hell, but We are not
going to accept such dictum any longer.
| Appiause.l Why, did you ever stop
TO think that when the wise men start
ed out to seek the Savior of mankind,
the Light Of the World, In what direc-
ton they travelled? Did they 20 to the
East to look for the light! No; they
left the East and came to the West for
the source and fountain Of all light and
truth. Laughter and applause.
When Columbus embarked, in which
did he steer to find q nobler,
better, and haPpierfand? Did he turn
to the East! No! Misery, woe, mon
archs, oppression, crime, and crowns
we're in the East. He headed his course
and SO, my friends, to-day
you will never find a financial savior
who comes up through He'll Gate.
Laughter On the rock Of justice we
have founded our faith, and the gates
Of hell shall not prevail against US.
Laughter.l
We see 1t clearly now. We did not
see it at the beginning IS we do now.
But the money buyers aud spectators
in the East and great centres of the
West in this nation and of other ma
lions are seeking to control the basis of
They want to control the
laborers and wealth producers of all
COullucUCS. LII OuI OWu l6uU tueII ue-
sign is to issue 100000, 900 of gold bear
ing bonds. When you go home, get
your dictionary and see what bond is.
Yes they would betray the people of
this country into bondage and then by
terms of law the present bonds would
become payable in gold. The present
which they propose to issue would
fo OF q Rtsr, DOR So
Of 81 300, 600, 900. Not in a life time
over you as an ever present burden.
Your children nor your children's child
rem could pay it. The ROsthchilds who
own many millions of our bonds now.
own one half of all the gold of the
world, which amounts to less than ST.
600 100000. Where Would we ever get
the gold to discharge this enormous OBJ
legation?
1t is said that once upon q time the
jays and kites assembled and demanded
of the eagle that she give up her eyrie
on the cliff. The eagle raised her beak
and showed her claws and the jays and
kites flew screaming away. Now the
jays of Wall street and the kites of
Lombard street have assembled and
they have audaciOusly demanded of the
American eagle that she give up her
eyrie; that she surrender to them her
proud and elevated position and be-
come subject to all their demands. Oh
my friends, if that proud old Ameri-
can bird will just show her beak and
sharpen her claws, the jays of hypOc-
risy and kites of corruption will fly
away screaming and chattering before
her. The voice of the American people
and their actions constitute the Amer
lean eagle. Shall she surrender to them?
Men of America, what will you do?"
If we put ourselves under their
yoke, we are our own destrOyers. Will
the future historian write that here
there lived a nation of fools? Will he
write that at the request of the creditor
they destroyed One-half their redemp-
ton money and put yoke of almost
slavery upon their descendants?
Your children's children would rise
up in indignation against this genera
ton. If we want to gain this fight, il
we want to settle all these great prob
lens on that platform Of equal justice
which the Alliance inculcates, we must
win the battle now.
If not, then the gold standard will be
fixed upon us, and then how can we Sc
cure emancipation? The final result
would be one of two of the greatest
evils and disasters which can affiict liv-
ing mankind-either reputation or
revolution"
Suppose you should have read in the
papers this morning that the war ves-
sells of foreign nation had assembled
in our harbors, and that they were go
ing to levy tribute on US. Would we
divide into factions, pass resolutions
and say that We were going to drive out
the foe provided our own faction could
do it? No; We would hold . meeting
right here and declare that we would
fight them and drive them out of our
harbors and away from our shores. You
Democrat standing there; are you GO
ing to say that you will help crush tn.
oppressive powers Of plutOcracy il it
can be done in your party? You free
silver Republican; are you going to
wait till your crowd brings relief ia
the people before you will join the effort
to bring it. Are my POpulist friends
determined to wait till the White House
doors are high enough and broad
enough to take in every thing before
they will make a move to crush the in.
cubus of oppression, suffering and dis
aster?
My friends, you can't win fight that
way. We have nine million votes
ready to be cast for the condemnation
of this financial evil, but We have then
in the lines of three parties. They ART
looking with suspicious interest, ant
not love, at each other. Rather thar
see the opposing party secure the pos
| sible advantage, it now seems that the!
will stay divided and give the enemy |
new lease Of power and dominion which
after next year, it will be we'll nigh i'm
possible, II hot altogether impossible II
break. =
India, with her population of 900,
OOO,O0O, is controlled by an army of 30,
COO English soldiers. Why? Becaps
the people of India have no Organiza
tions; they are undisciplined and dis
united. How? Because the step O
each English soldier is the step of tn
10000, each man touching shOulde
with his fellow. The purpose and vii
of one man is the purpose and will @
the whole. India groans with the bur