The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-16
WILMINGTON SILVER CLUB.

Ringing Resolutions In Favor of Honest
Money and the Constitution-Pettifog
ging Partyism Given Long Farewell.
Among the active workers for the
principles of the National Constitu-
ton in North Carolina, and for put
ting those principles into active OPP
Grafton, Mr.. B. F. Keith of Whining
ton occupies prominent place. He
is not politician in any sense, and
the buzz of an Office bee has never
been within the ring of his ears. He
is leading business mana patriot
one with whom principle out
weighs everything else. He is a
thorn in the flesh" to many petit
Jogging politicians and putrid-heart-
ed partyites in his town, who are
trying to drag him into partisan
mire, and who have told him that
he and his associates have ''read
themselves out of the Democratic
party" In reply to such coercion
as this, Mr.. Keith strikes an addi-
tional blow for honesty and principle.
He is President of the Silver Patriot
Club, of Wilmington, and his posi-
ton on the great question of the
day can be more clearly seen from
the declaration of principles re-
Gently adopted by the club of which
he is president, than from any other
point. Here is the Declaration. Read
it. 1t will do for all honest and
true patriots to abide by:
"We, as citizens of North Carolina,
! l. hot fp1n
, unselfsh devotion to the interest OF
, the whole people, both state and ma
tional, and that the highest duty OF
+ the citizens is to ignore selfish ends
!, in the consideration of public ques'
tons: and further believing that the
. advocates OF gold monometalisn
! constitute a capitalistic league for thu
+ purpose of promoting the centraliza
9 ton in the interest of a plutocracy
: rather than the distribution O
wealth in the interest of true De
mocracy, and that the future of I
q popular form of government is seri
ously threatened; and further be
s lieving that the existing parties ar
n alike in sympathy with gold none
q metalism in direct hostility to tn
a producing and commercial interes
- of the nation, and also to the pun
~ pose distinctly enunciated by tn
&c founders of our government recos
h nizing both gold and silver as tn
- money metals, and providing for tn
a unrestricted coinage of the same
= and further believing that the pei
% pie can expect no relief from elthe
70 of the existing national parties, 9
~ now administered, and that relic
can only come through the INTEL
gent action of the people formln
into line and organizing and allgnln
8 themselves under one banner 1T
g Patriot" which will truly represe1
the great and commercial a nd indu
trial interest of the nation;
'o Do hereby declare our unalterab
purpose
NOT TO AFFILIATE WITH ANY PAR
u. organization which adheres to go
g monometalism, and to organize p
~ triot clubs with a view to nation
a. organization, with the following
the tenets of our political faith.
.,f l. A tariff for revenue; to be ind
it. pendent of shylocks.
lly 2. Gold and silver bimetallism
lat the parity of 16 to l and the Fl
cd, coinage Of both metals.
,he 3, Abolition Of national banks.
Mt 4. An amendment to the consti,
are ton providing for . graduated
come tax.
~. 5. A government legal tender e.
.iy. rency, redeemable in either gold