The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-10-31
n0MSTR0uS inPUresce.

The Demand of the Dam able Dom e~rse,
OF Massachusetts Great sehsns Cor
Controlling the People
Philadelphia I,em.I
Probably at no time in the history
Of this country has there been 30
large an instance Of united power in
support Of oppression as q .ri1ed y,olicy
under the control OF the rsoney l<al
ing element Is the present political
situation.
No better illustration Of this is
needed than the recent platforms OF
the two old parties in q number OF
the principal States in the country,
which is climaxed by that Of the
Democrats in Massachusetts, Just
form ulated.
This last platform, not satisfied
with declaring for gold alone, conse-
quently against free silver, has gone
one better in declaring for
THE DESTRUCTION OF GRKENBAcks
and other qOcernment paper noney, which
is TO be replaced ry wildcat State
bank money having no SECURE
BASIS.
1t is an insult to intelligence and
manliness that such things be, and is
q strange illustration how far out
side the bounds of commen sense or
reason schemers, having q general
LOOT OF THE NATIONS RESOURCES
in view, will work to attain their
end.
That the public tolerates this state
of affairs is also astonishing, for
more fragrant acts against the cause
of prosperity and common honesty
and financial administration it ID
very hard to find.
1t is an out-and-out
ADvOCATIoN OF CRIME AND ROBBERY,
without a qualifying word in its be-,
half, and the sooner the great plain
people wake up to the fact the oct.
ter it will be for their prospects OF
getting bread and butter to eat, l.,
alone the comforts or luxuries of life
With the policy of this Massschu
setts platform carried out, the d
nances Of the nation will be com
pletely uuder the thumb of III,
money-lending profession, headed
by the Rothschild "rirg" Thi,
ring" then can control and enforc.
wages. industry and good or bad
| trade to
THEIR OWN PERSONAL PROFIT,
without let or hiDdrance.
No softer snap-to use a common
place expreesion-has ever been en-
vineered in Wall street than th,
power this platform proposes to pu
into the hands Of corruption and op
preston. 1t is even SO bad that tha
goldite organ, the New York Tribune
feels compelled to say Of it: "Ther'
are probably very few persons II
Massachusetts, who, il the question
could be put squarely to them an,
decided by their votes, would con
sent to any retirement Of legal ten
der (greenbacks, etc) circulation
But when men know IRE
fsrring to the platform mskers) tba
they have no chance of success be
fore the people, but have chance O
getting office if they please the di,
penser of patronage, they not infre
tauently say what the dispenser Q
patronage wants, without regard I
what the people want"
That tells the whole story. II Is
description of the way these recer
platforms are made, without any n
gard to
HONESTY OR THE WELFARE
of the nation.
\ There is only ONE remedy; that
for the PEOPLE to take the nation
finances into their own hands. Pla
form makers belonging to the old,
parties are wholly dominated by tt
spoils system, aud it is q hopelei
expectation to get anything else OF
of them
THAN FORMS OF ROBBERY
to be legitimatized in the shape
> law at the public expense.
1t is:a monstrous condition'of thing
but the plain people have an ca
remedy if they but unite at once Al
determine to cast fraud and corru
: ton overheard wherever it is to
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