The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-23
JOIN THE PROCESSION.

JOIN The PROCESSION.
The great majority of the people of the
United States are now satisfied that the
English gold standard means ruin and
disaster. The signs of the times on
everyh and points to union and victory.
| Each patriot citizen is asking himself
and his neighbor how that union can
he accomplished They truthfully tell
us that there i no record in English or
American history of one political party
dropping its name and joining another
That il all very true; that * not the
way the union of citizens with Il common
object j. accomplished. Those of us who
We're ON the Pacific coast in
1851 remember well how union of the
people WAS accomplished The war made
an issue which was paramount to all
others. The division was between those
who favored the Government of the
Cnitcd States and those who favored the
Confedcracy.
At that time there were in existence a
Wing party, straight Democratic party
'.
lean party, and an Abolition party, all
of which contained members favorable
to the preservation of the Union ut all
hazards 1t was impossible To rally
them under the name of Abolitionists,
Republicans, Douglass Democrats, or
regular Democrats. How did they get
together: In the most natural way in
the world. They made ii union of all
who had II common purpose and called
it II Union party. All the friends of
the Government rallied under the flag
of the Union party, marched on to vic
tory, and prevented the secession of the
Pacific coast
Al the Presidential election in 1S6l
the Union party sent delegates to the
national Republican convention. and
from that time forth the Union party
was the Republican party of the Pacific
States and territories. \ similar condi-
tion on larger scale exists to-day The
restoration of the money of the conSti-
tuition and the re-establishmcmt of the
laws under which the people prospcred
in the better days of the republic is par
amount in the minds of every patriot:
citizen of the United States. These
citizens are now divided. They are Pop
ulists, they are independent silver men.
they are Republicans and they are Dem
ocrats. Ii would he impossible To in
duce the friends of silver to join the Re
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that party, nor can they be induced to
join the Democratic party nor the Popu-
list party, hut they can all unite upon
a man who belong, to neither party, any
independent American citizen who will
renouncc his allegiance to that party
which is false to the best interests of our
country.
Such a union would insure victory. and
party names would take care OF them
selves. Each party organization could
then 90 forward with its work It., local
organization would not be effected On
the contrary, the POpulists. the Dem
ocratS and the silver men, would have the
same opportunities to work for local
'''''o7 "H 'ti'N ho" nave thcl Noulu dlSO
he strengthened 10y the knowledge tina
the man of their choice was sure to oc-
cupy the White House after the 4th of
March next. The certainty of throwing
of the yoke of British financial rule,
of re-estahlishing the money. of the con-
stitutiOn, would at once encourage the
masses and prosperity would begin.
Let it be announced that silver Demo-
Gratis, silver Republicans, Independents
and Populists will vote for.thc same man,
and the country will Immediately take
heart. and good times will come by that
announcement.-Slv Knight