The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-08-01
POPULISM VS..
DEMOCRACY.
"Old Dams" Reflections on the
Sayings and Doings Of DEM
ocratic Papers.
A BILL OF INDICTMENT.
Against the II hrce Observer aud their
Assoctates-TheirU Unhciy Impudene~ IL
pefendinsWhat isw rong and & a nde ming
what IL Right-siedgehawm BLOW.
against the blowers.


what i. Kight-siedx-h.~m Blow.
against tn. blowers.
PINE HILL FARM, July 20, 1856
A man has only TO read few edi-
| torial lines in some of the latter-dav
Democratic papers in order To be.
come disgusted at the depths OF
treachercus iniquity into which some
of our late degenerate sons of noble
sires have fallen. If some Of these
''neuses and obserrers" have expressed
their true sentiments. il is enough TO
bring the
BLUSH or SHAME
to the cheeks of worse historic char
acters than ever were such heroes as
Judas lscariot, Benedict Arnold, or
even a Jeffreys.
They are spokesmen of party
which aided and abetted in the high
crime of destroying s.. 800, ,0OO, 900 Of
the toiling peoples money in order 10
| enrich the few who control the gold
of the world,
Populism says this ras wrong. and
onght not to be repeated.
Whereupon the Charlotte "obser-
Ger, hungry for peJ. says: "Populism
is a curse, a blight, a political
paralysis, worse almost than death,
and every community. north or
| south, east or west, should shun il as
they would the leprosy."
| These papers claim to advocate the
principles of the party that aided
and abetted in building the great
highways of this Republic at the ex-
pense of the people, and then
GAVE THEM TO FAVORED FEW,
together with 2l2,OOO, 900 acres of
the public domain, while half the
people of this American Union own
not one foot of land!
POpulism condemns this as unjust,
unwise, and ought not to be defend
ed or perpetuated.
Such statesmen out of job" as
these "obsercers," say: ANY kind of
democracy is better than populism;"
that it would condemn such an out
rage, and that it 'should be shun-
ned as leprosy." How art thou fallen.
Oh! Lucifer!!
These pelf-hungry, would be lead
ers of the people, advocate and de-
fend party which aided and ahetted
In the deadly woik which causes
10000 BANKRUPTCIES ANNUALLY
makes 100000 paupers, 5000. 900
tramps, and has now enslaved 40,-
OOO, 900 people; drives 25O,0OO vir-
tuOus women to prostitution, and
starves to death 114,OOO infants
every year!
| Populism says this Is all wrong,
and ought to cease, but one of these
"o6seruers'' (the Fayetteville one)
says: ANY kind of Democracy is
better than Populism," and the Char
lotte one says: ''Populism
is A CURSE, BLIGHT"
simply because Populism denounces
such a system of government, and
demands reform. Oh, the rotten
ness of unregenerate Democratic
human nature!
These papers belong to a party
which has subsidized the press. the
pulpit, the courts, the executive and
legislative branches of the Govern
ment, both State and Nation. Pop
ulism condemns this SIN as a crime
against humanity and decency, and
demands that it be stopped. The
, Fayetteville ''server" says: "That
great sin and crime is better than
Populism." But the Charlotte seer
Ger says: "Populism is blight, a
curse, political paralysis"
Depths OF mercy, can there be hope
for such thing as hef
These papers claims to be the
!, mouthpieces, or spOkesmen, for q
party, which, by class laws.
HAVE MADE LABOR DIsHoNoRABLE,
rewards villainy, placed scoundrcll
in high positions, and have driver
1000, 900 laborers into secret politi
cal societies. rs the only means o
e protection afforded them.
u Populism teaches that this is al
2, wrong and ought not to be foste re,
v and encouraged But these defend
y ers of infamy say that "all that i
h better than Populism," and tina
"Populism should be stunned as lep
rosy"
These papers defend a politica
party, which claims the chief execu
n tive officer of the United States,
n President, who used his power (
d cOerce the representatives of the pee
D. pie, and force them to approx
is measures which have
le PRODUCED MORE Loss OF wEALT
l. than any war with which our cour
h. try was ever cursed; more sufferin
K than disease, or pestilence, or famin
since Columbus discovered this coI
tinent. He has sold his people int
bondage to foreign syndicate
order to enrich himself, plundere
zt the treasury on two occasions, use
9 the army to overawe the people of
a sovereign State, and shielded
o. powerful corporation from the indi,
r nation of an outraged people, a co
~ poration engaged in starving Amer
can citizens. All this in plain VII
al lation Of his oath of Office.
&c PopulIsm condemns this outrag
'l- and demands equal rights and JUST,
r for all.
OF But these "serceys'' say, virtual
,is ''All this is better than Populisu
w and that Populism sis curse-'
N These hungry "servers" defend
- party that has deceived the peop
IN EVERY PLATFORM
since 1864, promising the peop
re, more just and wholesome laws
protect their rights and the ballo
and have shamefully bought al
sold Office.
Populism condemns and denounc
this perfdy and dishonesty, yet the
papers say "Populism is curse al
a blight and should be Stunned
"a. And whyf Just because it is rigt
nut just, patriotic, and politically homes
lid All three of these "Observersn vi
- The Raleigh, the Fayetteville. q
the Charlotte Observer defend