The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-31

night discussion between Brutus and
'asSlnS concerning the tod
battle at Philipli, Erutus urged th.t
,helr cause was rife, thctr lcgt,u4
brimfnl, at the height, and ready III
decline said he:
''lhcrc il Il tide in the affairs of
men, which, taken at the flood. loads
on To fortune; omitted. all the ynyorr
OF their life Is bound in Swallows ami
in miscrics
'And then in dramatic climax no
exclaimed:
On such u full sea are we uovv
atloat, ana We must take tho rurr,n,
when II serves or lose our ventures
FOR twenty years we have been
pleading with the people To csnous,
the sacred cause which is at stake In
this campaign. We have constantly
urged through good aud through evil
report That our principles were more
important than party dissertations.
were above all considerations of pri.
vate fortune or the petty and frverish
ambitions of men. We have thus far
suited our action to our words.
i've presidential ann iyus.
stretching from 1876 to 1872, Won cor.
rcctly estimated the purposes If old
party managers, and events have sus.
tanned every specification IN your in.
dictment against them.
"MiIiionS ca honest men within old
party ranks we're deceived, lurcd into
ambush and betrayed hut not n sim
gle one of your pickets has ever been
caught mapping or been taken by sur.
prise To your devoted efforts Is
largely due the revival of economic
learning IN this country which has en-
nOled the Democratic party to assume
It's present admlra bic attitude. Your
work now promises much to mankind
anu Is about To break forth IN com.
plete victory FOR the industrial
masses.
Through often repulSed bv the mul-
titude whom we would have liberated.
though cruclticd in return for our
kindness, vet through IL all we have
steadily cunlidcd m the righteousness
OF II cause and the final good sense
OF The people. We still believe that
TINS nation has n mission To pcrfCrm
which bad men will not be permitted
TO destroy, aud rcccn events Indicate
that the nineteenth century is not,
after all, TO close with the friends OF
freedom respondent in the Western
hemisphere.
For ono silver Ticket
From the very beginning our or
g~anizat,on has made party fealty sub.
ordinate TO principle. We will not
here reverse ourselves and refuse TO
accept victory now so easily within
u reach. We will not refuse the
prohered assistance Of Mt least 3.OOO,-
600 free silver Democrats aud not less
than l,OcO,OOO free silver Republicans
SIMPLY ecauS they have shown the
good sense To come with an organized
army fully equipped and armed for
battle. Let them have their own di.
visions and army corps. Let them
manifest their W esprit de corps.
The Held of glory is open to all com
petitors who are fighting for the same
principle.
THE Populists have already shown
their proves in many engagements
during twenty years of struggle. II
our allies Il strike sturdicr blows at
.piutocracy than can we, If they can
scale the battlemcnts OF the gold
power more %gallantly than our old
veterans. and are able to plant their
colors one foot nearer the citadel of
the enemy than we can ourselves, let
every Populist cheer and SUPPORT
them in their heroic work. We will
march under the same flag, keen step
TO the same music, face the same foe,
share in and shout over the same tri-
The silver Democrats have lined up
as AN organization. Now let the Pom
ulists, free silver Republicans and the
American Silver party do likewise.
i orm an cmbattlcd square impene-
bic to the assaults of the confcder-
ated gold power.
AFTER due consideration in which |
fully canvassed every possible
phase of the subject, | have failed to
lind Il single good reason to Justify us
In placing "A third ticket in She field.
h e~xigencics OF tho hour impera.
demand that there shall be but
] would not indorSe the distin-
yulshcd gentlemen named at the Chi
cago convention. would nominate
them outright and make them our
aud then share justly aud right
'ully in their election. The situation |
$ Il striking veritication of the old
idagc that The path of duty is the
path of safety Take this course
md all opposition will practi-
ally disappear in the Southern
md Western states, and we can
hen turn our attention to other parts
the field. Take u other and you
'ndangcr the entire situation and
strengthen the arm of our omnon
adversary. II you allow the present
'appy luncture to pass, all tie heroic
work OF twenty years will be thrown
o the winds. Our guiding Land will
disappear in the momcntous conflict
ust when it should be stretched forth
o steady the ark of our covenant.
would prove TO the world that we
re de 'oid of capacity to grasp great
opportunities, and lacking IN strength
o graphic with prodigious cmergcn.
les.
bryan n Gallant Champion.
"Ihe people have II gallant cham
ion in the field, who is leading II re-
olt against the plutocracy OF Christ.
ndoin. Every opprcssor, every plu-
ocrat, in two hemisphcres has turned
is guns upon him. The subsidized
rgans have openly proclaimed that