The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-06-09

Isuuuiuk Tue convention.
The Democratic machine papers have
been extremely careful not to repor
Capt. PEBBLES speech. Ex-Judee A
Z. Avery was loudly called. He salt
he" renewed his allegiance to the Dem
ocratic party"
E. c. Beddingfield, ex-railroad com.
missioner, made a few remarks, after
which the convention adjourned.
| Ihns ended the GREAT RAILROAD
LAWYER CONVENTION.
POLITICAL PARTlEs-PAsr. PRESENT
AND FUTURE.
Written for THE CAUcAsIAN.I
All destroyed nations, however
learned in science or political econ
omy, have gone down because of
corruption in political parties, or be.
cause Of an idolatrous love of power,
and its abuses. And the decay OF
such, invariably began at the heads
of the departments. The history of
Spain furnishes an object lesson to
prove the statement. The birth OF
new parties and nations emlnated
from persecution and oppression
arising from selfshness which had
crowded out patriotism. Our own
great nation was born amid storms
of persecution and showers of blood :,
the legitimate fruits of aggregated
power and wealth of the monied ar
istocracy of England, showing itself
IN unlawful taxation through politi-
cal parties, and corrupted leaders
whose love for gold and office was
greater than their love for God and
humanity. And now in this the Sec
ond century of our national exist
ence we find the same hydra-headed
monster from the mother country
corrupting our political parties, and
with the aid of our disloyal citizens
by the formation of stupendous COM
bination, unequal taxation, class
legislation, and centralized power
will soon, if not checked, convert
our free republican government into
a despotic monopoly. To pre-
vent this our political parties have
been changing bases, tactics. names
and increasing in number. But it is
we'll known fact. that with all
this, they have not been able to keep
the demon of selfshness and greed
out of their organizations and legis-
lation. Every convention from the
primaries to the nationals of every
party is attended by agents or friends
of the corrupting power, and every
election increases the i'll feeling and
bad blood of individuals, because of
their presence and influence. And
though our political parties are nu-
merous and very different in objects
and principals, yet every election
year they have arbitrary agents of
this gigantic power upon every par
ty ticket to force honest mer to vote
against their convictions or stay at
home. Such is the power of this en-
emy of all moral law and good gov
ernment as that the vaults of bank
ers and pockets of individuals have
been almost universally, willingly or
unwittingly, offered annually to carry
elections and secure legislation in
the interest of classified monopoly.
For many years this stealthy enemy
has gradually grown to be mon
ster without being known to the
great mass of voters.
Prior to the last war, the great
two political parties (Whig and Dem
ocraD managed to keep each other
in check to good degree. But the
war Matched out an enormous brood
of vampires who fatten upon the
blood of others and curse their
victims for not submitting to their
mandates with more grace. But,
bless God for q Christian civiliza-
tion in this "land of the free and
home of the brave. the people are
being educated! Ignorance is no
longer at q premium. It is under
par and going down; and the pohti-
cal hucksters must go to their graves
in ignominy. And as China has q
law to hang all bank defaulters,
let US have one to disfranchise and
otherwise punish all political rene
gades and tricksters. All new par
ties have had to fight their way to
the front at the risk of life and
honor or die a premature death aud
be buried amid the anathamas of a
political mobocracy, consequently,
the signs of the times point to q, dis
solution of all our political parties,
and by the laws of disintegration
and absorption the reorganization of
two new ones with new names and
purposes. Let all lovers of honest
reform and good government keep
cool-"With their hands upon the
throttle and their eyes upon the
rail-" do the best we can in this cam
paign and look to the year of grace
1900 for the organization of q new
party with q new name and COM
posed of the working classes and
all such as have shown or will show
| q willingness to perpetuate our lib
berties as handed down to US by the
patriots of 1776. And the enemies
of those liberties of whatever order,
occupation, name or complexion will
naturally fall into line on the oppo.
site side, continue to worship the
golden calf, corrupt the ballot box
and use their time, talents and
money to change the form and Zen
slave the people of the best govern
ment on earth. Some divines be.
lieve the millennium is near at hand
But may 1t not be one of . politica
and economic nature. Just to pre-.
ceed the great and eventful one
spoken Of in the Bible and to pre-
pare the world for the last days
Whatever it may be, let us set oul
houses in order, do our duty and bt
ready for whatever may come. Thil
governments destined to be q grea
factor in the future history of tht
world. DR.. JAS. F. FOARD.
| Statesville, N. c., June 6, '98.