The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-06-02
co. Operation AGAINST
GOLD AND MONOPOLY.
the ADDRESS SENT OUT BY The
TWENTY-FIVE P0PutlsT SENATORS
AND cONeREssmEn.

Appeal to All Who Are Opposed so :he
Eni. OF Gold and Monopoly te Join
Hands Ia a Harmanioa. Cooperation
Against the Common Enemy.
Our readers will remember The
address appealing for co operation
OF all who are opposed to gold and
monopoly, recently sent out by the
twenty-five Populist Congressmeo
and Senators. Since some who
claim 10 be opposed TO the rule OF
gold and monopoly have recently
attacked this address we republish
it below so that all may read it
again and see exactly what it says.
1t is as follows:
THE POPULIsT Address.
TO the People: The conspiracy Of
gold and monopoly Is nearing its
elimination. Every advance it has
made during the last twenty five
years has been by adroit and
steal.hy processes. These would
have been impossible if it had not
had it's agents and confcderates
holding positions Of public trust in
the legislative, executive and ju
dicial branches Of the government.
Neither the beneficiaries nor the
tools of this conspiracy have any
particular politics. In name the
last administration was Demo-
cratic. The present administration
Is called Republican, but it has in
gloriously practiced and defended
the perfidious policies of its prede
cesSOr.
At length the selfish and brutal
interests behind this conspiracy
deem themselves strong enough to
dispense with the caution and du-
plicity hitherto necessary to their
success. The administration boldly
? avoWs its Endorsement of their
, scheme against the liberty and
prosperity of the people. Within a
: few weeks it has formulated and
sent to Congress a bill, the leading
4 purpose Of which is, In the words of
the Secretary of the Treasury: "To
commit the country more thor
Oughly to the gold standard"
This country has during the past
twenty-four years suffered enough
, of the blighting effect of the gold
. standard, so far as fraudulent legis-
latiOn and executive usurpatiOn
have been able to establish it. 1t
is now boldly proposed to legalize
:, law and to use the power secured
y by false pretenses from long suf-
y fering and too trustful people to
put upon this Infamous design the
stamp of alleged popular authori-
:, Zation.
8 In the pursuit of this purpose of
. committing the country more thor
. Oughly to the gold standard the
plan Of this administrations, as OF
!, the last, is to retire the greenbacks
}. and other nOn-interest bearing
n paper money of the government, t
. issue interest~bur,ten.d @n.,i bonds
and to increase he POI -, privi-
leges, and profits Of national banks
This achievement would turn over
the duty of supplying the peoples
money, the very life blood of bust
ness, to a selfish, heartless, and
irresponsible foreign gold syndi-
cate and it's American agents and
allies
this foreign gold syndicate and its
allies have, with the connivance il
not the assistance of our govern
ment, captured and to-day control
. every instrument of commerce in
y the nation. In framing the Con-
stitutiOn our patriotic forefathers
y with Jealous care and with pro-
- phetic wisdom, provided that COM
merce should be regulated by Con
:, gresS but this tremendous power
% has been abdicated by Congress in
a favor Of the gold trust and the
\ banking ring. Money is the first
- great instrument of commerce, but
" the gold ring, not satisfied with
!, controlling our financial system
- has captured the other instruments
=, of commerce to enable it to keer
, the gold standard yoke upon oul
:. necks and "to more thoroughly
: subjugate our people and dominate
:, our government.
~ All history teaches that those
y who have controlled the instru-
ments of commerce in any countr,
- have not only controlled the con.
=, merce of that nation, but have als(
: controlled and dominated tina,
- government. Thus the gold syndi-
,, cate and its allied monopolies il
our country have seized the grea1
instruments of commerce, have
o used this tremendous power to dis
criminate against sections and in
dividuaIs to destroy competition
to breed business stagnation, anC
d, to create "hard times" in the mids
- OF plenty. Thus the organization
70 and maintenance of great industrial
0. trusts have been promoted, which
re operate to aggravate the evil con-
e. dltions which gave them birth
he Thus they are making millions O
5, paupers to create few million
= aires. The inevitable result mus
- be to convert our government int
- an oligarchy of sordid wealth.
In the accomplishment of thi:
end these evil influences mus
shackle opinion and muzzle dis
+ cussion. They not only subsidizt
lie the press and attempt to seat thei1
t. well-paid attorneys in Legislative
ID halls, on our benches of justice, ant
y. in all other departments of govern
p ment; but wherever college facul
- ties are susceptible to pretended
~ generosity Or inverted philan
IS throphy they carefully manmuve1
" for either service OF silence.
D The divine right of kings is to b,
succeeded by the divine right o
millionaire, who propose to rur
ii everything, not only the instru
o ments of commerce and our indus
:. trial system, but also as far as DOS