People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-10-30
From Indiana.
EIkhart, Ind, Oct. u, 1896

The Peoples choice tor ptce
President.
RESPECTED SIR: Inyour earnest,
persistent, efforts to rally the be-
trayed, discouraged, and Inundated
legions of Populism, have doubtless
observed, that the cry, which Histor-
ians assure us was wrung from the
lips of that great Carthagenian Hani-
bal, when confronted With the trunk
less head Of his murdered Brother,
@Oh, Carthage, in this, see thy des-
tiny" Is the burden of the refrain,
of millions OF Americas honest
yeomenry today. AS they look upon
the crushed, mapgled, and wellnigh
lifeless remains of that, erstwhile
powerful young champion of justice,
the Peoples's Party. Surely you
kind sir, in view of the above facts,
ought not to ask "The Old Guard"
to longer sit, in passive silence and
unreasonable expectancy, while our
gallant leader is being forced into
the attitude Of supplicating mendi
cant, before those in authority, to
the end that he may obtain Justice.
For strong as is our desire to prove
loyal to the wishes Of our peerless
champion, and great as is our admir-
atoms Of sterling integrity, sublime
unselfshness, and spartan courage,
of Georgia's noble son. Yet; the
admonition we send is "maryel not"
if when the votes are counted, the
fact shall appear that, the men who
have pledged their lives, their Tor
tunes and their sacred honor, to re-
deem this fair land from the blight.
ing curse Of mammon's rule, have re-
pudiated that infamous transaction
consumated at st. Louis in July last.
Which transaction had for its object,
the trailing OF the colord Of true
Populism, beneath the feet, and in
the dirt OF that determination OF des.
olation" bourbon Democracy. -" 10
back to Georgia to the nisgers, where
you belong" says the self confident
MIR. Jones, of Arkansaw. II you
happen TO meet him "Ton" tell him
we've done gone back. But, we'll
rise and come again, after the OBJ
sequies. Recognizing the fact, that
cut in the open, armed with the re-
cord Of the + 2,pqblicsn and Demo.
cratic parties, the forces q. reform r5...s'
are as fnvlnclble as was Eianibaps
emaciated followers, on the plains of
the Po. But when confued
within the walls of modern Rspubli
canism OK Democracy by fusion, re-
formers are as defenseless "a was
that great Pagan General, within
the walls Of Carthage. Therefore
the rank and file are listening for
ths order, to right about,face and
march, to victory in 1900, the man
who gives the order is the coming
MAN. VIII you be that mn?
Millions of your admirers earnestly
wish it so, or must it come to a
"show DOM" as it it did in France?
With fervent petition that the
e'gjyer of every good and perfect
gift" will preserve and prosper you,
permit the writer to suggest three
cheers and a tiger for T. E W.
Very sincerely yours,
"MIDDLE OF THE ROAD"
i. S.-Slnee writing tue ABOVE, the
fact has developed that our State
Organ, The American Nonoonform-
ist, which has heretofore been so
ably and fearlessly conducted, by
that earnest advocate of true reform
Charles X, Mathews, has been sur
reptitiously transfer d to the posses
sion of that element, which is steering
the Bryan Sewall campaign in this
State. The indignation offered the
Peoples candidate for Vice. Preai-
dent, through that cantemptable deal
together with those imposed upon
Mr.. Mathews, at the time the trans.
fer was made, will cost Popocrscy
$4,000 votes in Indiana. Ho Seyer
let them on with their cussedness.
1t is but the logical sequence oftheir
puerile attempt to establish some
sort of fellowship between "Christ
and Belial," when the ruler of the
universe himself hath pronounced
such a relationship an impossibiIity.
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