The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-04-02
STRONG LETTER
FROM FOUNTAIN.
The Reasons That Caused Him
to Join The Peoples Party
---No Bartering The
Peoples Rights.

Escbewed-Is II Possible That The Peoples Party
Csn Prove FaIse7-It Cannot Afford To Sacrifice lis
Principles For Anything
For The Caucasian.l
TARBoRo, N. c., March 20.-I
have been no little surprised at the
great anxiety exhibited by some
memb bers of the Peoples Party for
cooperation with this or that party
in the coming campaign.
I have so recently severed my con-
nection with former political atfilia-
tions, and taken place in the ranks
of the Peoples Party, that l feel
delicacy in making any suggestion
as to the party's management, etc,
but | ask permission to state through |
your paper my estimate of the party
and my conception Of its purpose
which
CAUSED Me TO JOIN IT. |
This government was established
by the people, for the people, and it
| is their plain and patriotic duty to
|
and humanity. With almost blind
fidelity we have followed the two
old parties while they have betrayed
US. The great rank and file Of these
two parties are just now beginning
to realize that both parties are domi-
mated by English tories and corrupt
party machine bossism. The des-
cendants of the Revolutionary pa
triots of 1776
WILL NOT LONGER SUBMIT
to these conditions. The Peoples
Party sprang into existence as q
protest against the evils and abuses
,, in our government. 1t stands for
:, honest reform, and believes that the
Il affairs of the government should be
honestly, justly, economically and
patriotically administered. In short,
the Peoples Party stands for the
g prin nciples of true Republicanism as
r represented by Abraham Lincoln
o and the principles of true Democracy
IA as represented by jefferson and Jack
l. son: and is struggling to redeem an'
> re-establish our government on thos
5. great, fundamental
IL PRINCIPLES OF GOOD GOVERNMENT.
l. Its leaders have acted upon the prin
" ciple that the will of the individual
r. in the party is the supreme law, an
,e they have sought to ascertain thel
le opinions before acting. l can Sc
H. no place for true Americans to stan
sE except in the ranks of the People
Party.
g The question of cooperation
" the coming campaign seems to
OF disturbing the office-seekers mo-
1g now than it is the people who are
nc nc do the cooperating on election da
~ Il l should regret to believe that al
ne one was manipulating or schemi1
~ N to barter away the Peoples Par
ke and tho great principles it stan
81 for, hoping thereby to hold the raj
and file in line, in order
rs. TO SECURE OFFICIAL REWARD
nd for themselves. This is one of t
me crimes of the two old parties.
aes we are satisfied to submit to such
course, then we had no good reas
for leaving the two old parties. 7
the people have had enough of this 81
7hy of thing, and are revolving agail
the the two old parties all over the COZ
est try, with fixed purpose to return
to- first principles. Their only hope
city the Peoples Party. Will this pa
its now prove false, as the
atty TWO OLD PARTIES HAvE9
lts l Joined the Peoples party beca
rlty l believed it was right, and tha
'oiy had tho courage to stand by the p
TO ple and its principles, and that
the would soon control the State as '
'uo as the Nation. I should
to gret to believe that those ,
tne hold Offices or seek of
est, in tho Peoples party VIC
the be willing to sacrifice the princi
of the party and blight its future
}, destroying the confidence of the
ar in pie in it for tho sake of temper
N in gain. 1t is the office-holders of
for two old parties who have rui
and those parties by such course.
Nor fice-holders are the servants of
h in people and not their bosses. Thrc
for blind adherence to party.
w est wanton dlsreRaro OF tnelr "isne
,mbi- those in authority, tho people
| the been brought to thelr
stion PRESENT DEPLoRABLE CoNDITI(
70 for What doe. It profit the honest
d so tors Who want no Office. but who
stand good government and better t
rd as which party is in power if their r
and interests are to be sacrifice
the controlling influence of Q
ed, so and spoilsf 1t IS sad CONNIE
is not on free government ike on
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