The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-06-21
\ RIGHTEOUS C~ONCLTSr.

Editors Courier Please aI'..
space in your valuable paper to- a.
my feeling in regard to the lr..
situation.
1t is known by most of the p....
Person county that | have been a. d..
uIist ever since the organization eff #.
party. We have had some bad ~l..|..
have made mistakes and have hu.n
VcreIy criticized. Yet | must say t..
lopuIlst party has done great gno.l. ...
! think the time has come for "a chan-.
Now | think the rank and file aft t'.
Iopullst party are good. honest men a..
want to do what is right and best r.
the country. Brother. lets sacrifice parts
rather than principle. We must rrnrr-.
Der THAI 1t doesn't pay to bite of our
nose To spite our face.
| have read the platform adoptod Ir
the Democratic State Convention y,r.
carefully. and | think every true Pom
list can, and ought. to endorse o,,..
word Of IT. But some Populist will st..
thaf Convention was ruled by the -..a.
bug Democrats. and while the platform
Is good enough, it Will never be- carried
into effect. Brother, if that is YOUR af.,
then YOU should be more Determined +.
join IN and help those that are f..ta..
We know that there are good. hun..t
men in the Democratic party and u.
also know that the Popnlist part. l~ t,.
weak 10 ever accomplish anything Dos
itself.
But one will say. we offered to co...
crate with the Democrats and tI..
would not accept our proposition. W."
| don't blame them for that. for if
understand right, there was a c.rt
clause III that proposition that mean. ..
put certain men back in office in 1.f.
ana think any honest man would la ..
posed to anything of that kind.
bur another will say they would r.-
oI"f Il proposition TO us. but merely ia.
Vlted Us 10 come over and ioin then.
ana besides said harsh things about o.
brother. the Democratic party is n.r
responsible for what 4 few hot-hcad..
men say or do, and we cannot afford rl
stand of on that account
Christ offers only one way to saliva
fIon. Will You be lost because yun
go your way?
We seem to have some worry r,.l
lopulists during the campaignS. huf if
You mad been At the meeting Of the las,
General Assembly of North C9ro1fu4
You would have thought nearly the uhoI.
cf"Wa were Republicans. They vou'I
not have been much more alike if fh,y
mad been dressed in uniform.
All true PopuliSts anG Democrats
aSfee on tn" main issue. and that
the free coinage Of silver. Then why
not come over and help light the enemy
low and get ready for the campaign I'm
1900. '
We all agree hat the free coinage of
'IlVcr IS very essential to the rrosperitv
orr country: and we all agree thar
ms Is Il white man country and that
| IS very essential that it should l,
uicd by white men. Then lets get f..
If the Democrats won't meet
: nan way. lets 20 back and save our
>atlon. State and County. We canuu'
nora to stay in the middol of tlr
IS Just what the RcpuGIfssr.
M 'foldbug Democrats want to .n,. POS.
-. Neither can afford TO f1sc with tie
'ePubllcalS, our principle vii not per.
nit it.
! have been a PonuIist for about
even years and have tried 10 be q tru"
ne. ! joined the party because
lo'Ght It was right and not for the sake
| office. although my name has been
in several conventions for of
&c. ! have never yet sacrificed princi-
i@. | think every true man will sac
ice office rather than principle.
For fear some one will shy | was
romptcd by the hope Of office to write
ais letter, ! will say ! don't ask Pr
office. neither do / expect any. All
l1t ] want is to get the people together
nd be made to feel easy and at home
bile in the Democratic ranks.
y. J.. WAGSTAFF.
Nlnstcad. y. C.. June {.