The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-02-06
SQUARE FIGHT
FOR PRINCIPLE.
An Address From the Chairman
Of the Peopie's Party State
Executive Committee.

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To the members of the Peoples Par
~ and to ell other voters in North
Carolina who are opposed To the
single gold standard:
The national executive committee
of the Peoples Party in its session
IN st. Louis, on January the 18th,
passed q resolution inviting all who
are opposed to the single gold stand
ard and to the present conditions
created by the bad legislation Of the
two old parties, to join them on the
I'D day OF July next, in grand
convention Of patriots in St. Louis,
to nominate y candidate for Presi-
dent and Vice. President, who would
stand for the principles of trae Dem
ocracy. as represented by Thomas
Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, and
for the principles of true Republi
canism, rs represented by Abraham
Lincoln-a ticket that would COM
mand the enth siastic support Of
every patriot of America.
| The conference Of the silver forces
held in Washington, on January the
I'D, the following week, accepted
the invitation Of the Peoples Party
committee, and still other forces are
expected to accept the invitation
and meet with US at st. Louis on the
day named. This movement augurs
we'll. 1t shows that patriotism aud
wisdom have both combined to de-
liver the people; it means that the
voters who are opposed to present
conditions will have a chance to
unite and nominate and vote for the
same candidate for President in the
coming campaign. 1t means more
than this-it means that the peoples
candidate can be elected in spite of
the agencies of the money power
and a hireling press and the politi-
clans.
The line of battle has already been
drawn. In the coming fight every
voter must be on one side or the
other. He must line himself up with
the gold combine, with trusts, mo-
nopolies and British tories, or he
must line himself up with the peo-
pie in support of the candidate who
will be nominated at St. Louis, on
July the Odd.
The Democratic wing of the gold
party and the Republican wing of
the gold party will nominate candi-
dates who belong to the British gold
trust, and who stand for the same
evils that now curse humanity. No
Congress will ever be able to give
the people relief and good govern
ment until an American patriot is
put in the White House. The Presi-
dents power of veto and his COM
mand of tremendous patronage will
either be used FOR the people or
AGAINST the people. Therefore, in
the coming campaign no patriot car
, vote for goldbug for President, OF
for any candidate for the Presidency
who is not Internationally and un.
equivocally and avowedly pledged
to the free and unlimited coinage oil
> silver and on a platform which
!, pledges the candidate and binds the
> party to independent action on thi:
question. He must not only be
friendly to silver but he must repre-.
: sent the people on this great and
= vital question. The people will mo-
again be deceived by fair promise:
or equivocal platform declarations
> The issue between the single gol(
standard and the free coinage of sill
|, yer must be made too plain To-
doubt or misinterpretation. Thu
= peoples danger is not in fighting al
: open enemy. The danger is in ,
> doubtful candidate, with false prom
ises On a straddlng platform, VIII
has been secretly pledged to tn
money trust.
Now, it is the duty Of patriots i,
:. every State, the patriots of all par
:, ties in every State, to line up agains
!, the common enemy, against both oil
.. parties, as outlined above. LIE
e those in North Carolina who are op
8 posed to the gold combine lose n
time in getting together and inin
l. up for the greatest struggle We hav
ever had for American liberty an
II prosperity. The Peoples Party i
North Carolina endorses and stand
s. ready to take the same patriotic a.
ton that has been taken betwee
the Reform forces in tho nation, ths
is, we are ready to cooperate wit
individuals or any party that wi
s. turn its back upon the gold combin
p and make a common fight for a
\, American system of finance and ft
n American principles in all Cover
m mental affairs.
10 In the last campaign in Mort
y Carolina we co-operated with th
a Republican party to secure an hol
le est election law and home rule
1e county government affairs. Thu
70 was cooperation on principle Fl
90 great and vital issues, and q larf
:" majority of the people endorsed Il
to fight that was made for the prime
Id pies of good State government,
it had not been a cooperation
tie principle for great issue the pc
s. pie would not have endorsed it
id the polls,
a But, We have now before us Pre-
IN idential campaign and the gre
lie overshadowing issues that prese
themselves for solution are nation
ones, and among these the create
and by all odds the most momer
Gus to our future liberty and Pre-
=. perity is the financial question.
% ~ We have proposed to co-opera
sly again on principle, that is, we ha
proposed to cooperate, making t
resolution passed by the silver co
s5. vention at Raleigh on Septemb
81 9th La st fha ha sig of co.nnoraf ton