The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-02-27
"A LETTER FROM
JUDGE WHITAKER
He Warns The Popuiists to Pay
No Attention TO Sensational
Democratic Papers.

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Under flaming headlines it is an
nounced by special dispatch Of 2sd
inst, from Washington City. tina, GER
tain Democrats and Populists are
there in conference to "SAve the
State" and that it seems to be agreed
that there shall be cooperation in the
coming campaign between these two
political parties, and thxt certai. gentle
men are TO haze certain Offices. What .
picture this % for the free, indepen-
dent and liberty loving people OF our
State to look upon. According to this
dispatch ten or . dozen self-constitu-
ted leaders meet together at the Fed
eral capital, consult and determine
who shall occupy the great offices Of
our State. 10 this Republican, Dem
ocratic or Populist government in
which the people-the great common
peOple-are the sOvereigns, or is it .
monarchial or autocratic government
in which . few dictate to the people
who shall rule over them? Has it
come to pass that the people OF North
Carolina are not free to choose their
own public servants, but must wait in
suspense till the great and self-consti-
tuted leaders can find it convenient to
confer together at the Federal capital
and then in their own good time an
nounce to the political parties to which
they belong on what line of policy
the next campaign shall be fought, and
what persons shall be voted for to
serve the people in the next two, four
or six years?
Is it Of any consequence to US, the
plain, common people, but neverthe-
less. thanks to the blood and treasure
Of our forefathers, the sovereigns and
masters of North Carolina, what
Chairmen, Honorable and Col
onel So-and-so, as they slipped their
sparkling wine and smoked their fra
grant cigars had determined as to the
policies Of the great parties of which
they had the honor to be members, and
whom the people should have the priv
ilege of endorsing as our public SER
wants?
/, who have the honor to be one of
the people, one Of the many thousand
sovereigns of this State, loving liberty
and equality, and honestly and sim
cerely believing in the great immortal
watchwOrd Of the Peoples Party,
"equal rights to all, special privileges
to n0ne," take the liberty Of sounding
the alarm as loudly and as emphatic
cally rs ! know how against this fash
ion OF going to the Federal capital to
consult and determine upon the inter-
ests, aspirations, hores and welfare of
the people Of North Carolina. Neither
all the political wisdom nor all the
patriotism Of our State abides in "the
marble halls and decorated walls of
Fame's proud temple" There is yet
enough here on North Carolina's pro-
life soil to direct, manage and control
the politics Of the three political par
ties, and intelligently determine who
shall have the honor of serving this
people. The fourth party is of prema-
ture and untimely birth, a sickly baby,
and cannot live in any event.
l do not wish to be understood az
attempting to criticise, or detract in
any way from the wisdom and patriot
ism of the able gentlemen we have
sent to serve US in the United States
Senate and House Of Representatives,
or those other gentlemen who, the dis
patch says, have run to Washington to
"Save the State;" for I cannot believe
they or any of them have the desire to
dictate to US as to our State politics by
fixing up slates," or otherwise.
and am sure that even if they were
possibly so inclined they would have
too much sense to attempt it, NV
only purpose is to ask you to pay nc
attention to such sensational and silly
kilograms of newspaper correspon-
dents as the one referred to. News
paper correspondents need bread as
we do. They must have news to tell
their living depends on it, and hence
it sometimes happens that their most
interesting accounts of what they call
news come entirely from their fertile
imaginatiOns. Let us all bear with
them as charitably and patiently as
possible and learn, if we can, to sift
the imagination from the facts: fol
after all they are entertaining crea.
lures, and we must be entertained OF
die of ennui. Fiction is often more
fascinating than current history.
Be not influenced by newspaper re.
ports Of what the Honorable So-and-sc
or Colonel So-and-so or Captair
So-and-so have agreed upon. Remem.
Der that the Peoples Party in NORTH
Carolina is sixty thousand strong, ani
holds the balance ofpower; that It wa,
not organized to help the Republican,
keep the Democrats out of power, mol
to aid the Democrats to defeat the Re
publicans; that its object and purpose
| is not simply to remonetize silver as il
was prior to the year 1873, but tina,
the free coinage of silver at Is to l i:
only one Of the planks of its platform
OF principles. Do not forget that il
10 absolutely necessary to the sue.
cess Of the Peoples Party to preserve
its autonomy. Cooperation Will
any other party is dangerous, and IN.
less carefully and watchfnlly done
will destroy the one or the other. tt
| cooperate with either of the two ole
parties by conceding to them thei1
own terms is worse than folly, for al
the end of four years there would bt
left OF the Peoples Party only a cor.
poral's guard.
When the next State convention OF
the party meets at Raleigh, as it will
before very long, come; come all whe
can letnothing keep youaway; let it be
q grand outpouring of the people from
their farms, their Offices and theil
workshops: and when you have got
ten together and frankly and freely
consulted as to the welfare Of the State
II you conclude to fight single handed
for "a great and fundamental princi.
pie" and 90 down with your euna
firing and your colors flying in def.
ance Of the enemy, rather than by
temporizing for the present to at las,
gain the victory by slowly gaining
strength and courage, you alone viii
have the responsibility of defeat OF
the glory of triumph. But in apy
event do not forget that an alliance
with you is of immense value to either