The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-07-22

-A1AN1As Ne Oss L III
is education and peace. II v,l
eventually make us one people
bound together by ligaments OF mu
tual esteem aud love from the axe,
to the gulf.
We call upon the whole people Il
rally TO its standard. There 10 room
for all and heart big enough for all
Let dissensions cease. Close up the
gaps and forward to victory. LIE,
every Populist become q missionary
to proselyte the unthinking and con.
vert the mistaken. Let us NEE,
preludices with facts, passion with
patience and ignorance with intelii.
gence. The fat Of God must be re.
peated-"Let there be light
We see our leading men traducsI
and ibeled because they will no,
sell rs out. We must stand by them.
We see our newspapers boycotted
because they will not assist In the
destruction of the liberties and
rights OF the people. We must sus-
tain them and spread their circula-
ton everywhere.
We are engaged in the most des-
perate battle ever waged in the world.
1t is the conflict Of the few armed
with gigantic powers against the
many. 1t signifies the exploitation
oflabor by the idle rich, 30 that
those "who toll not, neither do they
spin" !" shall rob industry of its re-
ward and leave those who produce
all wealth without homes, clothes or
food. The eight million farmers
who have just perished Of starvation
in Hindostan are not the victims of
drouth alone, but of cruel misgov-
ernment also by their English mas
ters, who SO impoverished them that
they had no resources to fall back
upon when q failure of crops oc-
cured. In their miserles We read
oul own danger; in their present we
see our future, unless We possess
more than Hindoo capacity to de.
fend ourselves against the despoil-
ers of the world.
We ask all who are in deadly earn
est in seeking reform to unite with
us. For the mere pullers of wires
and seekers of Office We have no
place or patience. When humanity
is sinking into the abyss it is of no
moment whether the duty on calico
is q half penny more or less.
When We are utterly opposed to
fusion and know that It b as brought
dissension in our ranks, we recoe-
nlze the fact that many who favored
it did so in the sincere Eelief that it
was best for the country and for the
party, but while holding TO these
views, we declare that no conven-
ton, caucus or committee of our par
ty, shall ever again bind us to any
fusion agreement with either the
Democratic or Republican party.
We call the attention of the Amer
lean people to the fact that the ma
tional banks under a Republican
administration are now fast putting
into circulation vast quantity of
national bank notes, taken out on
the 1862 ,OOO, 900 of Cleveland bonds,
which, though adding to the burden
of debt and reaching circulation by
high interest, furnishes an increased
supply of money and better pricing
opportunity on the American mark
cts. If prosperity, even temporary;
comes to our people, it will be by
increased money supply-not by the
Dingley tariff or any other tariff
measure, as will probably soon be
claimed by the Republican politi-
ticians.
We believe that no reliance can
be placed in the promises of those
who control and manipulate the
policy and action of the two old
parties. They have broken every
pledge and violated every trust re-
posed in them by a copfding con-
stituency. With the anti-election
promises in favor of free silver still
ringing in the peoples ears, the
Democratic legislatures Of five States
defeated bills to prohibit the making
of gold contracts.
With the suffering and dissatis-
fed rank and file of those parties,
we are in hearty sympathy and will
gladly welcome them into the Pee.
ple's Party.
We reafirm the principles enun.
ciated in the platforms Of our party
in the full belief that when enacted
into law they will produce universal
prosperity.
We reafirm the previous declara.
tions Of our party IN favor of the in
itlative and referendum and recon.
mend that the Peoples Party adopt
this system in all party proceedings
believing that the direct control oi
Legislation by the people themselves
is the only remedy for corruption il
party management as we'll as in tn
law making power. by corporate
wealth, now so universal in thi
country. We look upon this as tn.
most important question now befor'
the American people, since it in
wolves the continuance of free insti
tutions.
| To the end of forming more per
feet and compact organization, ex
tending the work of education, ad
ding recruits to and preserving tn
autonomy of the Peoples Party, W
recommend the adoption of the fol
} lowing plan:
) /. The election by the conferenc
of national organization commit
} tee to be composed Of three member
, from each State here represented
said members to be elected by th
, several State delegations. In State
, not represented at this conference
: the national organization commit
, tee, here created, may st their di'
cretion provide for q proper repre-
sentation on the committee.
2. The election by this oonferenc
of q chairman of the national O.
kanization committee, whose duty
l will be to push the work of organ
q | no <;or o1onu cfrioflv ponulist limo