The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-06-30
co. OPERATION AGAINST
GOLD AMO MONOPOLY.
THE ADDRESS SENT OUT ~ TINE
TWENTY-FIVE P0PullsT SENATORS
AND cOMsRE ssuEn.

REASON. Why TIA. People. Party should
Appeal to All who Are Opposed To the
Rule Of Gold and Monopoly Ia Join
Hands In n Harmonious operstfpn
Against the Common Enemy.
Our readers will remember the |
address appealing-for a cooperation
OF all who are opposed to gold and
monopoly, recently sent out by the
twenty-five Populist Congressmen
and Senators. Since some who
claim to 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 sec 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 il it had not
had its agents and cOnfederateS
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
t is called Republican, but it has in
!gloriously practiced and defended
: the perfidiOus policies of it's prede-
cesSOr.
! At length the selfish and brutal
interests behind this conspiracy
deem themselves strong enough to
+ dispense with the caution and du-
y 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 bill, the leading
purpose of which is, in the words OF
the Secretary of the Treasury: "TO
commit the country more thor
D. oughly to the gold standard"
i This country has during the past
twenty-fOur years suffered enough
l. of the blighting effect of the gold
s standard, so far as fraudulent legis'
}, lation and executive usurpation
o have been able to establish it. II
o is now boldly proposed to legalize
o what has been done in defiance Of
= law and to use the power secured
by false pretenses from long sui
n fering and too trustful people tx
IT put upon this infamous design thu
IS stamp of alleged popular authori
70 zation.
VI In the pursuit of this purpose o
g committing the country more thor
Z: Oughly to the COLE standard tn,
III plan of this administration, as o
IS the last, is to retire the greenback
r. and other nOn-interest bearin,
C. paper money of the government, t
l. issue Unconstitutional gold bonds
a. and to increase the powers, privi
leges, and profits of national banks
le This achievement would turn owe
d the duty of SUPPLYING t lie people,
il money, the very life bloo,i Of bust
le ness, to selfish, heartless, an
a. irresponsible foreign gold syndi
j. cate and it's American agents an
allies
le 1t must be remembered also tina
" this foreign gold syndicate and it
le allies have, with the connivance
Id not the assistance of our govern
a. ment, captured and to-day contro
al every instrument of commerce i
r. the nation. In framing the Con
IS; stitution our patriotic forefathers
TX with Jealous care and with pro
to phetic wisdom, provided that com
ia merce should be regulated by Con
I'd gress but this tremendous powe
to has been abdicated by Congress i
p favor of the gold trust and tn
Is, banking ring. Money is the frs
n, great instrument of commerce, bU
oy the gold ring, not satisfied wit
IN controlling our financial system
is. has captured the other instrumen,
y, Of commerce to enable it to kee
ed the gold standard yoke upon OF
We necks and "to more thoroughly
"a subjugate our people and dominat
n our government.
no All history teaches that thOs
~ who have controlled the instrr
30 ments Of commerce in any countl
~ have not only controlled the con
~ merce of that nation, but have ais
controlled and dominated tn:
government. Thus the gold synd
n ar' cate and its allied monopolies
by our country have seized the gre;
i'm instruments of commerce, ha,
10 used this tremendous power to di
;ns eliminate against sections and il
ug. dividuals to destroy competitio
). to breed business stagnation, al
to create "hard times" in the mid
of plenty. Thus the organizatit
- and maintenance of great industri
me trusts have been promoted, whit
+: operate to aggravate the evil col
. or ditions which gave them brit
:. Thus they are making millions
iii paupers to create few million
r. aires. The inevitable result mu
ssS be to convert our government in
y an Oligarchy of sordid wealth.
=. In the accomplishment of th
end these evil influences mu
shackle opinion and muzzle di
ma cussion. They not only subsidi
Az the press and attempt to seat the
ore well-paid attorneys in legislati
nd halls, on our benches of justice, al
nil In all other departments of Cover
elm ment; but wherever college fac,
emit ties are susceptible to pretend
md generosity or inverted phila
i'm throphy they carefully mannuy
Is for either service or silence.
to. The divine right of kings is to
succeeded by the divine right
millionaire, who propose to n
.ro everything, not only the instr