The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-11-11
Ayers CathartiC Pills,
RUPERT'S az RAY" ON THE SAMPSON
DEMOCRAT.

DEMOCRAT.
From The elk ton Caucasian.
The democrat" says the Populsts
may have had good reasons for leaving
the Democratic party, but that all rea-
sons have been Obviated and they
should now return to the Democratic
party.
The Democrat must be joking. Does
he mean what he says? If he does
mean it, he will pray tell us when light
broke upon him When did he ever
make such an acknowledgement be-
fore? What were the causes that justi-
fled POpulists in leaving the Demo-
cratic party? When did these causes
exist? Was IT the gold standard that
justified them in leaving the Democrat
&c party? II SO, we would like to know
what issue of the Democrat ever de-
nOunced Cleveland or that contingent
cy of the Democratic party ths, helped
to fasteD the gold standard uIL n us in
| 1898? Further, we would like o ask,
! II the Democrat was not more 4, tier in
| its abuses of Popullsts after CIe7eland
and large contingency of Dela"cratic
! Congressman and Senators h | fas-
tened the gold standard upon IS and
the State Democratic Convention Of
1891 had endorsed Cleveland's admin
istration?
MIR. Democrat, if you will go back to
the files of your own paper, you will
find that it was while these causes that
you now say gave a reason for POpu-
lists leaving the Democratic party,
were in full bloom and prosperity, that
you denounced POpulists in more bit
ter terms than you ever have since
then. You will find that it was while
{ Inc ,1tn
belittled and sought to bring into con-
tempt old one-armed and One-legged
Confederate soldiers who dared to con-
: tend in the POpulist Party for what y on
now claim the great Democratic party
stands. Even age and the scars of
battle could not screen them from
your partisan bitterness and ridicule
If you have forgotten these things, re-
view the files of your own paper.
assure you, your readers have not for
gotten them.
ask you again, if it was not while
the Democratic party, by its action
stood committed to the gold standard
that you published little squib in
your paper in which squib you stated
that the Populists must go back to the
Democratic party, but that they must
go in at the back door and eat at the
| y,
.. broken upon you.
If you now believe in the principles
of the Chicago platform, why not de
fend them? Where are the editorial.
, you have written in which you de
nOunced the gold standard? Chicago
! platform declares against govern.
! ment by INDUCTION" When have yor
upheld this plank of your platform
When did you denOunce the unprece
denied number of IN functions tina
have been granted since your platform
was written? On the other hand, bav
: you not sought to uphold them? Hav
= you not either denounced or sought tt
y ridicule or minimize every man VIII
d dared to attack them?
e Again, you admit that POpulist
s may have cause for leaving the Demo
: cratic ,arty." Then, we presume 20
mean say that since you have begu
d to see 'e light you are of the opinion
0 that IT, Democratic party has bee
1 cOrrup md has failed to advocate tn
n causes the masses. Now, if this
D so, what assurance have we, if we wer
a to 20 back to the Democratic party
Re that it would not do so again? Don
v you know, Mr.. Democrat, that Will
'e we were all in the Democratic part
cation from nominating Mr.. CLEVELAND
j. an avowed goldbug, for the Pres
j. dency, and adopting a straddle pla
"a form for him to stand upon? NOV
3 if we could not prevent this when "
lie were all in the Democratic party, no
m could we hope to prevent the san
rs thing if we were to give up our organ
IN izatiOn and go back to the Democrat
"a party? Haven't you got the same o.
u material in the Democratic party tn
r you then had? Don't you know, agai
IS that thousands of Dem ocrats who 8
Is. talking just as you are on these ques
TO ions who are saying there is no ne'
as of the Populist Party since the la
Chicago platform and who now decla
49, to use the own term, "They will n
- support Little Billy Bryan if he
again nominated"
Stop before you go further and tt
the people why there is Populist G
d. ganization in North Carolina. Do
1T you know it is because the DemOcra
ey organization of this State said that
IN. should get out of the Democratic pal
of if we wouldn't support the gold b
nd Cleveland and the straddle platfO
,na on which he was supposed to stan
Yes, you were then afraid OF nel
mo domination and drove off good ma
Wy of your own forces by trying to dri
tri- them to support gold bug for Pre-
NIB dent.
One other question and we
law through. Was not this the cause
inc which your own paper was organic
a; to drive men out of the DemOcra
Ln. party because they would not supp
Ia a gold bug for President
&C. RUPER1
Ey HASN'T MISSED MEAL