People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1895-10-11
Boycott Augusta.

All eyes now turn to Augusta.
A nation looks to see if the "Carni-
val of Fraud" will be repeated the
third time. All sincere men, with
the slightest care for The fate of re-
publican institutions, or for the NOR
al status Of man, await with bated
breath the result Of the pending cleo.
ton in the 10th District.
A proposition to boycott Augusta
is seriously made among the farmers
in all adjacent counties, and in the
county OF Richmond itself. Surely
there must be some extraordinary
provocation for this sentiment. I
will not consume your space with the
details of that provocation. They
ars TOO we'll known throughout
America. Augustus fame has gone
abroad. A vote of 10000, with
male population of 5000, has achiev-
ed for her a world wide reputation.
Her name has become proverb,
and Augusta mel hods have become
models for every ballot-thief in the
union.
Whatever paliation for these
crimes may have appeared in the
past, owing to the GINNING deceit of
place hunters and their artful eva
sion of public issues, has row been
removed. No longer can democracy
hide its frauds under cover Of the
race issue. In point OF fact, the
lower class Of negroes, together with
ballot frauds, constitutes three
fourths of the voting strength of
democracy ia Georgia and the South.
Elsewhere it is dead beyond all hope.
1t is now made manifest to every
mind capable of reflection, that the
issue of the day is, shall property,
the home and the labor of the COM
mon people OF Georgia be confisoated
and given to the bankers and bond
holders of Europe and America.
That this is being done silently, but
rapidly is now well known. In one
year the South and West lost 500
million dollars, and in three years
their losses are estimated at a billion
dollars, in their taxable property.
In the same years the taxable wealth
of the East, where the barons of
finance reside, has increased about
the same amount. This Is the rec
ord of only one, the first and the
last, democratic administration.
In view OF these facts, it is not
strange that our farmers and labor
ers seek to build up new party,
with a hope of finally resouiDg their
country, and their posterlty, from
this thraldom. Whatever differences
of opinion may exist among US, as
to party affiliations, to accomplish
this liberation, no sensible man can
be surprised that vast multitudes
have lost all confidence in democrat
ic promises. Nobody, Of any shade
of opinion, pretends that their sacred
pledges have been kept. In this
one thing all men agree, that no
promise Of democracy is to be trusted,
nor seriously insisted upon, after
election.
Under this regime OF the ballot
thief in Georgia, we have developed
the lowest standard of statesman
ship that ever prevailed in this or
any other state. Toombs, Hill,
Stephens and Brown are departed,
and Georgia has not man to take
the place of either-not a solitary
man worthy to walk in the shadow
Of their fame. If | could avoid the
appearance Of partisan bias, I would
name one exception to this assertion
the smallest and greatest-the
most abused and most loved of our
ia len State.
Our glory is departed with our
honored dead. The Lone Star State
may inherit the ancient honor and
fame of Georgia. There, indepen-
dence of thought prevaile, and men
have not forgotten that they are the
SONS of freemen. Here, all liberty
of thought is taken and carried away
by the balIot-thief. Brain, and the
warm impulse Of the patriots heart