The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-02-18

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~ t-eads. ve are oy.4 that, ''"ssAo9n
.-4. Ga.ls wyuN destroy they first make
.4-t.r ! want 81 cJIlsel our god and
,..-f.lz.asec rr.rais .Aat every time they
s..sIt oIt terc auI Interrupt, they are
l...s th.r 90 use IA.s conyentoa -
,,t --aug &, y. r,ll.-I by any w!ld sent.-
a,.. by ether siic. Tbs par
D. .as rot bs7u crushed by
.Ir O.I.r parties and tbs conyen-
-.gu 5g..I not be- -JaMprI'd how ~ either
sa b.su cruss.e-i ~ the cher Iartses AID
u ~. not - 1.amp~,ied now by either.
" Aat ~ our d4tyt IL - 70 indorse and
aAI approve what - r!SAt and coGieTna
y .laJ - wrong. Any Otuer course - not
true Foyu.su. The mas. On Of the Peo-
pes Parry has been ~ strike down What
~ wrong and - uphold what Is right.
Aud We have appealed 10 patriotism u
..4. apJIe party to do tins and our nD
.,ll has brought forth two million "
lu.s.yts and there are two million more
la'rtyts coming swUvp.uB IntO our camp.
Listen. and | MA tell you what you wa!
A4d when yyI get home. j lAFe been
dorm ou the Old plantation at home
where was reared. l lived among farm
-, representing all three pDIstIca! parties,
aud some az them were at the train and
shook NY hand when ! left. The way
t.4ysc mcu felt - about the way the great
American heart feels to-day. They sad:
/ "Ea.cr, let US rise TO that patriotic posi-
ton lAut VIII make Us have the conf
dcler aud respect OF every honest man
e. iA, Old parties
7 II ever We gam another vote, we must
gan b. by being consistent now. One
man who is a PUpulist said: Butler,
VIII never go back to the Democratic
Iarty ! have no confidence in its lead
c.s. ! am willing to acknowledge what
good they 3D. rs far as they go, but no
further 4 Republican said to me: Il
have been tausht b hate the Democrat
IT, party. / have been taught 10 believe
tuat the Republican party contained all
tine patriotism and uuseliishncss in the
country, but at this hour / stand free
and fuyt-lyJsc, ready to obey the dictates
ot conscience and to lead IN the way that
will bring the greatest good to the Am
cricau people" Now, my friends, if this
j. not PUpulism, if this is not the doc
triuc tlIat you have taught in your home
and in your township and inyourcounty
tubuGh up the Peoples party, then your
are not Ike those in my section. The
doctrine ! am now preaching is the doc
tr.uc We built the party on, and i tell
you to-day if we waycr from our position
.or consistency, from this high patriotic
position our party is built on, we are no
better than the old parties that we rose
up to destroy.
There is not man IN this hall who,
If he will go to his room tonight and
get down on his knees, and pray to Al
mighty God to take all the prejudice and
all the partisan feeling out Of his heart,
and ask His aid to do as Il true popu-
list ought to do, but Will rise saying: 1T
is my duty to stand by what i have
taught in the past and let it lead where
it may
My friends, there is not IL man in the
Peoples party that loves it moe and
has more cause to seek revenge against
the old parties than !. There is danger
of those patriotic enough TO leave the old
parties becoming prejudiccd to such an
; extent as to be controlled by their feel
ings instead of their hearts and reason. /
: believe That this convention is going to do
what is WIsCSt. | believe it is going to
stand together. 1t is not going to split
How cali it: We split both of the old par.
ties and we split them on n principle We
cannot split, because we all stand fol
Uhe same principles And of course q
. party that has raised up a great princi
pie and split the two old parties is moi
going to be foolish enough to allow itself
to split on method and detail. We will
stand together. We will so home from
here u united band of brothers We
viii STRIP our coats for the fray and see
the minions of organized capital and
gold monopoly stricken down in Tins coun-
try. We will do more than that. We
viii show you that this young giant, the
Peoples party, comes out of this cam
lnign stronger than it went into it
Mark YOU, the old parties will make mis-
takes in the future as they have in the
past. This party is going to stand ready
10 hit them and take into its ranks theil
honest men ut every mistake they make
We are willing to approve everything
/ right they do, and we will condemn them
, when they blundcr, or when they betray
us rs they have in the past. Remember
that you are Peoples party men; that
t you have accomplished more in foul
; years than the old parties have accom-
l plished in half century. Remembe,
, that # we do our duty at this hour, the
, time is not far distant when we Will b.