The news & observer., 1897-03-07

ering Influences OF money have left the
scars OF their rayages. And the end is
not yet.
The day has passed when sectional
strife should be thought of. The conflict
OF to-day Is not one divided on geogrnph-
ical lines. Wealth is, really, power over
men. And this is the controversy. Tbo
plebian is demanding living chance.
lie ls ready to break from his wrists the
shackles of slavery SO cleverly wrought bv
lG1tr1cIan hands. His latest tribune. 7
Sterling Morton, has maddened him. and
now he rises IN his righteous wrath
against the tribune and his kind.
Some Of my friends in the the South
VIII, perhaps, hold their hands up in boIv
horror, and cry, Don't speak of classes.
nor array them against each other"
tell you in all seriousness the classes havn
long been divided and are already arraveI
in hostile forces againset each other
Instead OF shutting my eyes and ears to
the truth, ! would say to those who would
thus advise me, Come to the rescue now.
for the lines are sharply drawn"
When we once awake from our gleep
we are startled at the facts confronting
us. High society is openly bartering her
daughters to European spendthrifts and
brutes, for titles which are usually moth
ing more than licenses for idleness and
free tickets to all the shows and vices
or morally impoverished palaces; trusts
and corporations hold the reins Of govern
ment and by the sheer force Of money
render unconstitutional the income tax
and restrain the nation in performing
it's duty toward labor and resenting the
brutal insults of Spain; our President
defies Congress and Outrages the people
by secret bond deals; and then makes
ready for "triumphal trip around the
world, by hobnobbing with foreign
courts, not least among which is Spain,
the toothess old wolf" who insults the
Stars and Stripes whenever and wherever
she pleases, without the least fear Of our
sullen farce at Washington, and we
witness the incoming of a President al
ready owned by the mfllionaires and, who,
lest he should struggle into the error Of
performing one act of mercy toward a
suffering people, calls as his especial
counsellors men who have always stood
for the principles which have dragged
us so low
These facts are as evident to the
common people in the North as they are
to any other class Of our pOulation. Tf
NA'' a @(oAhNAAA1tli EFtLliOI were uGIu To-
day, with the same candidate ard the
same issues, together with the accumula-
ted light of the last three months, Bryan
would be elected by the biggest vote ever
given Presidential candidate / do not
speak unadvisedly when / say he would
sweep even the sOlidly Republican State
of Pennsylvania off her base and place
her in the Democratic column. The rea-
sons, and the only reasons, he failed to
carry the North was because the people
great honest, common people-werc
doubtful as to the moral right Of free sill
yer, and the tremendous pressure brought
to bear upon them by the trusts and cor
porations, who are the landlords Of this
section.
So far as accomplishing any real good is
concerned. McKinley's administration
will be failure; indeed, he is already
failure, and so acknowledged by nearly
everyone. And why not? He was pur-
chased for an express purpose, and must
he not perform that purpose? The wise
thing to do is for the Southern and West
ern people to unite in one common cause,
and in 1900 present a solid front. When
they do this, their opposition in the North
will melt away and leave only q smell of
birthstone and Wall street
jake +. NEWELL.