The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-08-20


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40 apology - oder N sps Tor 80 tn
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the rrydsgni We lave t..s Wandered
into any FAR country 70 Wz.i- ,.'.r buh.
,iznc- IA rtutoU. living. Dor the.-
four yrz-- w-. who are charged - ir n
, gong inte politics are "a a. s.E.~
rt.rg~sslr With the ruiu whist t,ss
financial y"licy az our naisen IN.
Wrought Ard nov among th- .incrr-
men Who were LED Away irum u-. ~ili
u NOS BE- confessed that. without car
protect aud hurking of party ti-.. our
continued rt'orts among III. plain.
common Iseopi~. hom No have taught
20 study. T. thirA. &" Rad tIy counties
humble tr--'d-.. thu prospect 81 -ar ,
triumph 81 helpful principi.- az goa
~Tnmrnt would De iAr lr-. rhcuuras-
ing- frt-uGs Si~Ayr e every ~r-rt--
81 education. ~ have larx-i, fashion
- public thought aud expression
Pioneer in the field "f popular yoliti-
cal education for truths -xAr. w. gty~
u The country n more Intelligent. IN
dependent. aud patriotic ciiIE-nship
than % ever before ANEW The lrtn-
cips-s which We hax- -tudt-1 iia~
Just bow being taken .,r.ausiy to
n-art hH the commercial clAs.s. 10
whom NJ had no access he bamfsi-
lets Ia which We gave rice, the pr.ss
which We originated and maintained.
are just now pending n r-.iat-n.nt of
our vital contentious in = pres, that
huds new sudi-ncr. oar city popula-
tons, who thought themselves the
better informed. are now in the stress
of conditions We hay. striy-n TO avert
eagerly poring over questions that
have Tor years rngrossed the thought
OF the humble toller n his country
hresIdc, and the consequence To them.
As IL was 10 us, - that party afiliiA-
lions, lifelong or ancestral, wherein
has been sung Ia them many DANA
| ing political lullaby, are br-xkiI x
away with new sense of danger 3
better conception of human relations,
| = clearer view OF tie essential unity of
| every industry.
When some future historian shall
recount whether ia more prosper
Gus or calamitous time, the forces that
strive for peaceable and equitable
ad Justment, in b-hal: OF our common
humanity, of all the evil conditions. of
| this agitated time, If he il UMPIRE iu-
diced enough To be Just, he will write
down this organization rs = fore
most factor. The seciionalism and
bitter hatred, upon which a. an evil
heritage from the war, parties throve
| and pAundered, have been swept away
under the humane OF this urganiza.
tion TO every section OF the Union. A
new sons OF brotherhood arose every
| where In the magnetic pathway of L.
| l.. Polk, whose memory Is sacred n
the divinest preacher OF this decade
| But for the labors OF this organIZa.
ton, the tariff would still be sounded
as the battle cry Of equally plundered
but contending men, and the cruel And
blasphemous assertion OF overproduc-
ton would still satisfy a multitude
not apparently fools. in their helpless
contemplation OF individual and Ma.
tionai bankruptcy.
But the reputed causes no Longer
satisfy since our school master il
abroad in tn. land. We are making
progress. No campaign can now d,
fought on sectional lines.
No party will find a population 81
ignorant as To believe the tariff til.
main issue in politics. The none,
question in which are involved all til,
essential factors effecting human prog
ress or decay, comes in this Presi
Dental year ns the ridge pole of al
political controversy. But a littl,
while ago two great parties denies
our contention and spurned our ur
gent appeal for monetary reform. To
day only one great party, which count
for the most part as the unearne'
wealth and luxurious idleness OF tn
/ nat ltrn oh L.
boris appeal, while three great partie
are striving TO cooperate for the sue
cess OF our most urgent and vital de
mand, aud wherever the Alliance la
had its way most largely, there the d
nanci2l question Is most difficult {
evade. There the masses i'm all politi
cal parties are most likely To be intel
iIgently abreast of the wisest an
most humane economic thought. Ma
, we conterd, therefore, that the Ali
ance IL not only useful, but an in
dispensible organization as we'll.
its membership remains small after III
shock of two friendly campaigns an
: 4 period OF pernicious financial siriI
r geDcy, still the Order lives, and theT
Is every reason why il should grow
\ Oar mission Is perpetual. Thel
: are other great questions upon wbic
, the people need to be educated. an
, Others To arise in the process of tim
I No Populist should neglect the All
, ance because the Peoples Party e,
poused the cause. lie should rath,
!, for that reason remain steadfast to Il
Alliance and see To- il that this ne
party prove not faithless as the oil
The element that cannat thwart
>, good cause In open combat is prone
attack itself to IL in apparent frIen,
illness To accomplish by this meal
e what il could not openly. Ii was sue
;. an evil genius that would have re-
. dered the Alliance useless by steerir
. it clear of political study and practiC
!" 1t was such all evil genius tn
stranded the old Democratic ship up,
e the shores Of 'ShermanisIn. Is il n
possible for the Peoples Party TO 81
fer sometime a similar fate?
= The thousands OF Alliancemen WI
II affiliating with the Democratic part
n left the Alliance because il went in
q politics" four years ago, can have
n excuse for remaining out of il no
;. The Democratic party in control
;, every department OF the gOvernmer
counting securely upon their unique
l., tioning allegiance to party, gave The
le nothing OF their principles. after all
h success. Its history the past four yea
, shows how untrue a political party, u
= fettered by independent public sent
IL ment, may prove. and how cruelty co
'. temptuous of blind Allegiance.
= want TO see these men return TO the G
a der ard help us To rebuild il to its ia
a mer magnitude. We need them Al
4 We feel that they need us. They Il
< us because We went into politics
t. 1892, and in 1856 their National pll
y form has put them into the same pc
4. tics that we went into. Why shou
1t they not find US very genial compa
r. IONS. And so 20 every eligible man
n North Carolina, whether Popsli
Democrat or Republican, who belle.
h In the wisdom and necessity Of {
u non-partisan political education Of 6
y votes, that herein lies the safety of o