The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-09-12

joint and not separable on the subject
Of silver money. You cannot select
enc promise. the repeal Of the Sherman
Law Tor example. and propose TO re-
deem il alone
AND pENoCxCR THOSE
who insist on the fulfillment Of ALL
The Chicago platform demands . re-
peal Of the Sherman Law. as . coward
ly makeshift, an obstruction to the free
coinage of silver. The obvious mean
ing of this is. IL the law Was out Of the
way We could have free coin&ge. That
is one Of the things l propose to put ia
place OF the Sherman Law, and / pro-
pose TO
VOTE AGAINST REPEAL
unless that be done.
Be not deceived: evil cOmmunica-
tious corrupt good politics as well a
good manners. The professed friend
OF silver money who will favor the I'm.
conditional repeal of the Sherman Law
| trusting TO the justice Of capital, oil
the chapter of accidents, to get favor.
able legislation thereafter, is either 8
| traitor or a fool"
And in this connection, l wish t.
emphasize the fact that Senator Vance
said:
Il want all the pledges of the Demo.
cratic platform kept; those which IA.
vOr the people as well as those desired
by the bankers and brokers. If the re.
fusal to serve them first without some
guarantee that the people shall parti.
cipate also, puts me out Of the Democrat
&c party, you WiU my dear sir, II you liue q
fer months longer, see the greater part O
| the party deliberately Udlk ont itself-lear
ing nothing behind but a smell Of Jrim
stone and Wall Street"
We have lived few months longer
We have seen legislation in favor OF
bankers and brokers. We have no,
seen the legislation promised the peO-
pie, the failure of which Senator Vance
said IN substance would put him out OF
the party. We have seen in addition
what he never anticipated; the multi.
ficatiOn of the Income Tax Law in be-
half of "sOrdid despOtism of wealth,
and against the poverty stricken mas.
ses of this country. Is it not time fol
the greater part of the party to do a
Senator Vance predicted it would un.
der such circumstances, "deliberately
walk out leaving nothing behind but 3
smell of birthstone and Val Street."
LITERAL ALLEGIANCE TO PARTY
POLITICAL sERFDOM.
! know not what others will do, but
as for me, / shalt deliberately ualk ont.
lam told that will be attacked. Nc
doubt, the party lash has ever been
one of the most potent arguments OF
Democracy. But it was not made for
me. l am an American citizen, |
know my rights. l dare maintain
them. Democratic partlsans will al
lege Inconsistencies between my past
labors for the Democratic party and
my present withdrawal from and de-
nunciation of that organization.
defy them to prove any inconsistency
on my part. When my "sOul was last
poured out" for that cause, Democrats
still had ''chance"-the last session
of Congress. The Democratic record
was not then made up. 1t is now closed,
[ did not then know what
lam NOW PREPARED TO PROVE.
90 not believe in Literal Allegiance
to Party, the allegiance of the SUBJ
ject to his king-party vassalage, po-
litical slavery.
81 believe in the partisanship. the
allegiance, that forces parties to de-
pend for their membership and their
life upon their usefulness and fidelity
to principles and promises"
There is one class of men, sane on
all other subjects, who cling with the
pertinacity of insanity to mere party
name when all else is gone, and shud-
der under the mere contemplation
of the charge of treason to party.
Sensible on all other subjects, their
minds seem to refuse to act where
party is concerned. They continue to
stand by. the whited sepulchre of party,
though full Of dead and decaying
promises
AND VIOLATED PRINCIPLES.
There is another class of citizens. Of
whom | am proud to say am one, who
think about politics and parties as they
think about business or professional
problems. They vote with their party.
or If need be, with some other party.
because it seems to promise the defeat
OF unworthy men, or to elevate worthy
men, or to carry forward the ideas and
principles cherished in the quiet of
their own firesides.
Who is the more useful, he who holds
his party
TO A STRICT RESPONSIBILITY,
or he who is held to strict RESPONSE
bility by his party? He who never
moves from his place in the ranks of
the party may be standingfor no mat
ter what the party may be standing for
what principles it has violated, what
promises broken, what hopes it has
crushed or who its leaders or candidates
may be, and hos nothing better to boast of
than such loyalty as that, or he whose
independence is notice to his party
that it
MUST DO RIGHT OR FAIL?
Blind party spirit and devotion to
old organizations without regard to
principles, or the voice of justice, will
In the end destroy free people.
1t would be well for us to remember
that Washington, in his farewell ad-
dress, warned future generations
against the baneful effects of the spirit
of party.
1t is time for those who have princi-
pies to advance,
TO ACT THE PART OF MEN.
Are you slaves? What do YOU fear?
Is it possible that for home and |
country, and wife and little ones. YOU
dare not break the chains of party. |
and brook the intolerant partisan