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I '1 I ' P3 tn ADYOCATE.
CRAWFORDVILLE Consolidated with l
DEMOCRAT, Oct. 6,1893.1
INDUSTRIAL LEGION
CIRCULAR NO. 1 FROM NATION¬
AL HEADQUARTERS.
Fall Instructions to Members of the
Order—The Call for Minute Men—To
Will the liattle We Must He Well
Organized.
The National Industrial legion at its
annual meeting, held with Reform
Press association at Kansas City, Mo.,
Feb. 22, 1805, elected the folowing offi¬
cers for two years:
Paul VanDervoort, commander, Oma¬
ha, Neb.
Frank Burket, vice commander,
Okolona, Miss.
J. A. Eilgerton, adjutant general,
Lincoln, Neb.
Milton Park, quartermaster general,
Dallas, Texas.
W. S. Morgan, sentinel, Hardy, Ark.
Executive Council.
Geo. F. Washburn, Boston, Mass.
Thomas V. Cator, San Francisco,
Cal.
John W. Moakler, Denver, Colo.
Rev. J. D. Botkin, Eldorado, Kan.
Arthur Rozelle. Tarkio, Mo.
Headquarters will continue at Oma¬
ha. for the present at 1110 South Thirty
second street, and all mail and appli¬
cations for charter should be addressed
to Paul VanDervoort.
The resolution adopted by the na¬
tional committee at St. Louis, - Dec. 29,
provided that all political organiza¬
tions should report to the legion head¬
quarters.
That these organizations could be
called industrial legions, People's le¬
gions, or People’s Party clubs or
leagues, as seemed to be best adapted
to the locality.
That charter fees should be redupejL
to 50 cents and each mgjgljgf urged to
pay 10 eentspgp annum to national
head<pt r .' terg
That clubs, leagues, alliances, and
all farm and labor orders that wish a
charter should send names of officers
and members and 20 cents for postage
and receive charter without change of
officers or their titles.
The following resolutions were
adopted by the Reform Press asocia
tion at Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 22, 1895:
“Whereas, The National Reform
Press association recognizes in Gen.
Paul VanDervoort one of the most
earnest, efficient and enthusiastic or¬
ganizers of the reform torces in the
country, and we bilieve that the com¬
rades associated with him in the work
are zealous Popniists whose hearts are
In this great work; therefore,
; “Resolved. That the National Re¬
form Press association indorse tne In¬
dustrial legion, and pledges its hearty
co-operation in the movement.”
With this indorsement and tho fact
that the national committee made the
legion and its executive committco
has indorsed it three times and the full
committee twice, there should be a
union of reform forces all along the
line into this compact political organi
zation, and all other plans should be
abandoned and discouraged by our
press and pedple.
We have a constituency of five mil
lions to draw from if all in sympathy
with our party would come in, as we
admit all over 14, of both sexes.
We invite all the state, county, city
eions and I earnestly call on the noble
women of our party to write me for in
stractions. They can raise enough
money for 189G, and win thousands of
vntm-s tn “ mu- cause
wo Invi the state, county, etty
legions and I earnestly call on the noble
live recruiting officers at once.
We will commission no one who will
not work. The national committee has
called on these committees five times
“to the ., , legion every voting
organize in
X
to the caB We
earnestly request all those holding
commissions to act or return their com
missions and have some one appointed
who can
.. , . , . tan
e urge e eg.on metmitrs o
fully study the rebate plan of raising
money, in ai it e , o eons 1 u ion
It will do the work and ra.se abundan
monr\ or , 0 1 f
legions could operate it. Tne Plan _ is .
non rear j Ci pera ion. 10 . . 1
* Write’’ ^fn 1
bate haw nrsariizer organizer. Write him for pai- • ar
ticulars you’want enclosing stamn for reelv
If to organize legions quick
send to me for the constitutions and in
structions ’ and enclose " ten cents in
sUmps
Tf voll want tn Lrit hp rninute men in
snired pjred with the tne P 1 of 1776 > meet e 1 in
taU adiutan^and Quartermaster namKs* end
send their names and the of
memhers charter with 50 cents and wc will
‘ at once '
" he le S I0 bs „ chaitered . . in . lSJ-a. „„ 1 ,
1894, nearly 1,000 m number are ear
nestly urged to send ten cents per mem
her at once. Dues are not compulsory,
but we depended on you and gave all
our time free of charge, a nd put in over
*700 of our own money during the
past two v ears. 5\ e can not do that
again. A small sum from you would
furnish amp.e ™ ds - Ten cen ts {rom
each member o the legion would give
us means to organize ten thousand le
gI P a ’ g ," ’■ e ’ ' ’ p
trlotic men and women who are able
to contribute to send money at once to
start .77, this "work. We have paid the
bills , enough. , 1 ne ca*e rests witn
.ong
the people. If they want to win tney
mus be organized. To accomplish tha
result mone> mu»t be paOMuei.
takes tne services of a stenographer
and a typewriter and one clerk all the
time now. Members of my family
have done this work without a dollar
of compensation. We can not do it
anv longer. Our means were long ' ago
exhausted.
THE POWER OF WALL STREET.
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An Illustration of the Methods Which Have Reduced This Country to Wage Slavery.—Denver j Road.
I have taken this load upon me again
with the definite understanding that
help will come. We should be able to
organize the work so that I could be in
the field all the time. When I served
as commander of the Grand Army I
filled 156 appointments in 38 states and
territories, traveled over 40,000 miles
and recruited 100,000 men and organ¬
ized the Woman's Relief corps,
I am ready t G <j 0 that work for nu-'
marptyy"''p or the People's Party, if
means are provided. Not a day should
be lost. The enemy are organized. We
can array the grandest organization
the world ever saw, for we believe that
God is with us and will give his
mighty help if we will arise from our
slumber and fall into line from ocean
to ocean. We can win the great strike
for the people at tbe ballot box. Let
everyone in line with the People's
Party organize the moment they read
this call.
We want especially the aid of the
women and young people. We want
glee clubs. Let the boys organize
drum corps to lead the great proces¬
sions that congregate at our meetings,'
nd let thcce who lie aSJJcied on beds
of pain on account of the burdens cast
upon them, or are so poor they have no
heart to work, pray for the deliverance
of the people. Let no one be kept out
of the legion on account- of pov erty,
Legion buttons, a beautiful design, can
be procurretl of George F. Washburn,
lock box 3594, Boston, at 15 cents
each, PAUL VANDERVOORT,
Co. ier.
The silver Party,
The long looked for and threatened
new silver party has at last made its
debut. It comes out with a long mani
festo that is intended to “state its
case,” and which is signed by about a
dozen men among w'hom are Gen. A.
J- Warner, president of the Bimetallic
league, Senators Jones and Stewart of
Nevada and perhaps a half dozen eon
gressmen.
That this movement will amount to
but l*G' e goes without saying, kut.li
men as Bland, Bryan, Teller anil V Di¬
C °H refuse to join it. This shows the
insincerity of the men who have been
heretofore regarded as the champions
« «>™[- "’“'.’T ““ "7
th f , ,d no g0 wlth the Po ?“ ,i8ts ’ the
oaly »» . TeP t f
P mu lled <* tha ln ‘ ^ the elr Platform-too P °P? ,ists funded many un¬ too
Practical , things Now when a party is
organized on the basis of the very
for which these Kam( , gentlemen
have been they say it is a
one idea party and refuse to join it
The truth of the matter is that
B an,i ' Br f n ' Teller - WolcDtt, and the
whole outfit of men of their stripe are
a set of blatant demagogues who have
been, and are, doing the silver cause
more harm than g00 „ Tbey keep up
a gjt a tjon of the question because
u , g popu]ar with their constituents
and serves them a good point for re
election They know that the fight is
useless as long as made within the lines
o£ tbeir respective parties, and while
they cut up P rance and , ca P er a ro»n d ,
>
tbe “forks of the road,” and the “part
lng of her ways * they are very caref,Jl
not t0 take the only path that leads t0
the rest oration of silver. By remain
ing in their parties they prevent others
£rom Saving-enough to swell the
ranks of a real silver party to propor
tions that Would inSUre the rehabiUl '
^ to that f h h U Is^iflhey 1 d h ® }
“neither go in themselves, neither suf
fer they them that are entering to go
in
There was too much of the Populist
platform .
There is not enough of the new sil
ver p^ty platform.
g Q Ba y these self righteous phari
sees
They belong to that class of whom
Chr j st said: “For John came neither
eating or drinking, and they say, he
batb a dev i b The son of man came
eatjng and drinking , and they fiay;
Behold a man gluttonous, and a wine
b a friend of publicans and sin .
„
The trouble with Bland, Teller and
thg outflt of that gtrjpe js weak back -
boneg and unconlro] ; able desire for
^
Instead of being statesmen they
demagogues. Instead of leading the
masses out of the wilderness of bond¬
age. they betray them into the hands
of their enemies, while they dance the
death dance around "parting of the
ways,” and give their support to gold
bug parties.
CRAWFORDVILLE, GA., FRIDAY. MARCH 29, 1895.
declare yourself
PEOPLE ARE DISCOVERING PER¬
VERSIONS OF WEALTH.
Tiio Time lias Come for the Common
People to Declare Themselves Imle
pendent of the Money Power and
Thiropaau Domination.
When in the course of plutocratic
despotism it becomes necessary for the
oppressed to wipe out the oppressor
and assume the social freedom and
prosperity to which the production of
wealth and progress entitle the people
it is but fair warning that they notify
the enemy of their demands and give
it a chance to yield peaceably, if pos¬
sible.
We still hold these truths self evi¬
dent: “That all men are created equal;
that they are endowed by their creator
with certain inalienable rights; that
among these are life, liberty and the
purpyjt happiness; thstt to secure
these rights governments art: -insti¬
tuted among men, deriving their jiiS^
powers only from the consent of tho
governed. That whenever any form •
of government becomes destructive of,
these ends it is the right of the people
it. and .j
new government," laying its founda- ,
tions upon such new and old princl
pies as experience proves good or as, |
measured by the principle of justice
to all concerned, seem best.
Conservatism is a good thing, but
when it degenerates into mere formal
cowardice, ignorance and dead hero
worship, without consideration of the
future or feeling for present condi¬
tions, then outraged and suffering hu¬
manity demands a hearing, and must
be heard, whether it speaks through
the press, from the platform, the pul¬
pit, the doorstep or the street corner.
When the despotism of usury anil a
usurping money power turns tlie useful
toiling masses into mere slaves for its
own greedy gratification, then jus¬
tice, humanity and loyalty to man and
God, commands the people to throw off
the yoke and create new laws guaran¬
teeing equal rights to all and special
privileges to none.
The history of plutocracy is a blood
curdling revelation of bribery, cor¬
ruption and blatant deception ending
with a chapter of open defiance, heart¬
less oppression, starvation and mur¬
der.
it has prevented the passage of laws
most wholesome and necessary for the
common good.
It has delayed laws of pressing im
portance to speculate in the products
0 f labor,
it has purchased representatives of
the people t0 prevent tbe passage of
laws for the, benefit of the masses.
It has ma(le it an object for judges
and lawyers to work for fees only,
it has created a multitude of useless
high salaried offices.
it has in time of peace caused the
shooting ,. down . of * starving mAn men, n.v, who
asked for bread.
of -
It has forced the calling congress
in special session to demonetize silver
£54 double the debts of the people.
- It has manipulated the land laws,
and sto len enough land to support ten
million people in honest industry.
It has prevented the administration
°* lnBUC * ^ C0Btr ° UinK the
power. inde
It has made Pinkerton thugs
pendent of civil power.
It has combined with the English j
m oney power to force the American
]e , nto debt and 8tea i the producte
0 f their labor through usury,
It is building huge fortresses, or
panizing rich men’s sons into military
companies, demanding an increase of
the army and navy and the building of .
battle ships, torpedo boats and other
equipments of war for use against the
P r 4opie P of our own government,
If u . ant8 t0 train up our hoys to be
soldiers instead of useful citizens,
It protects by mock trial lecherous
rich men who ought to be imprisoned
f m*.. .
or
It taxes poor Americans to protect
. h manufacturers who spend their
money in Europe. !
appoints receivers to build up
BW j n dling corporations, and sends
poor men to jail for debt. .
It discourages independent thought
and free speech.
It impo: taxe-i «.n labor to support
idleness.
It defies the consultation, laws and
government by the abolish )j 'ople.
It wants to government
money and institute Lank money.
tuted It has murdered daughters, ojur A sous, prosti¬
our . our homes
and starved our father mothers,
It is at this time p v to force
the issue of more mom "ther en
slave the people, a. to force
tho establishment < k ng sys
tem ten times worst ~ uo present
one.
It has maintained •n delusion
and enmity among t .ofiie to keep
them from discoverin Sttc real enemy.
The people have petn*oned, changed
parties, worked, disappointed, hoped prayed and
have been injured, in¬
sulted and oppressed mtil they are
growing desperately in earnest.
We have been proudfof poinjied the wealth
of our country, and to our rich
men as examples of tjts, prosperity of
America,
but we ere at last d scovering the
perversion ot wealth. Ve have seen
signs of the coming cli >iax for some
timo, and have warned hem to go
slow.
We hate appealed i t patriot
ism and love of Arncrki ality and
brotherhood. They hr •bed at
onr "calamity View 11 r
^ iUg v
nraged , its
in j ma ) na tui wild
an j ma i s
Wo must in self ua<., u el them
as we hold the rest of m unkind—cne
mies as usurpers; as brothers, friends.
We, therefore, the laborers of Amer¬
ica, appealing to God and reason for
the rectitude of our intentions, do pub¬
lish and declare that the common peo¬
ple are, or ought to be absolved from
all fear of the money power, anil that
they propose to take the government
in their own hands; Issue money, pro¬
mote peace, control transportation and
tho transmission of intelligence, estab¬
lish justice, provide homos for the
homeless, anil do all such acts as tlie
people by vote shall direct.
More (SalL
The Pacific railroad^- now conic for¬
ward with the proposition to pay the
principal of their debt if the govern¬
ment will knock off the interest. In
view of tho fact that the interest, which
has been paid by the government for
thirty years, amounts to *40,000,000,
while the principal is about *37,000,000,
this is another example of pure, un¬
adulterated gall for which the corpora¬
tions are distinguished. We have no
doubt that this proposition will be about
the basis of settlement, between the
government and the Pacific railroads.
This will place the government in tho
position of having donated enough land
to the companies to build the roads and
then giving tbe pro/3SorB and owners
a bonus of *40,000,000 to run them. Of
course all sorts of excuses will bo urged
for taking this action. It will be said
that the company is not able to pay, and
it is better to take a half loaf than none
at a „ Blit i n spite of ail these excuses
the fact remains that Huntington, Stan
for(1( Crocker and oth ers who composed
tbe compan y have grown immensely
rich. If the “company” is not able to
pay why not compel the men who com
,
pose the .• conl pany” to pay? If the
road had been properly managed, it.
c0 uld have paid out loDg ago ; or at least
ba - pa£d h °^
Now the government, after donating
the most prlnce i y land grants in the
history of the world, is asked to con
tribute another small donation of *40,
000,000 in cash.
Of course there is no paternalism
about this! It is just a private affair
with which the government has no right
to meddle. Gentlemen, take your own
medicine. If you are opposed to patern
alism, don t ask the government to
pay your debts. Give back the land
which the government donated to you.
Paternalism is dangerous! It is uncon
stitutionai! Shut up, or admit that you
are only opposed to paternalism when
it applies to the people and not to you.
_
Democrats in the west and south
agree that they don't want any more
presidents from New York, but then
that has always been the cry before
the nominating convention,
The republicans made the law anil
the democrat* issued the bonds. Both
old parties are in favor of the gold
standard—less money and more misery,
HI/ADIAQ \\ UlU/O Alj' Ul 1 'IVTkJlYAIir \\ liol'v/i'l.
THE BRILLIANT ADDRESS OF
IION. THUS. E. WATSON,
In Accepting the Congressional Nom
inatlon From the 10th District.
Following is the address of Hon.
Thomas E. Watson, accepting the
populist nomination for congress from
the tenth district:
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Convention: With tlio tenth district
and w.th the state . , of , Georgia „ • this day ,
is historic. It marks a distinct epoch
in the polities of the south
lou are here because the aroused
conscience length of the public, weary at
of the unlimited frauds by
Which democratic victories have been
won has wrenched from the hands of
my distinguished opponent a co minis
s.ou be felt that he could not honor
ably hold.
Without violence and without crime
you havo achieved a moral victory
which ennobles you and your party.
You have so patiently, persistently
and earnestly appealed to tho better
feelings of honest democrats that tho
tirno hus passed when crime could
boast of its guilt.
Everywhere it is profoundly realized
that you enunot trample upon one law
without weakening all; that yon can¬
not destroy honesty iu elections with¬
out placing a premium upon rascality
which will encourage it to invade other
brunches of tho public administration.
Honest citizens everywhere begau to
feel that corrupt elections would load
to corrupt verdicts, corrupt judg¬
ments, corrupt laws.
Our civilization is nil elaborate
work—the result of ages of lofty ef¬
fort. It has boon laboriously built up
in spite of barbarism, iu spite of the
baser elements of society, and as a
triumph ovor what is base iu tho
builders thqmselves.
This temple rests upon certain foun¬
dations without whose firm support
tho whole fabric falls. And in the
civilization of tho republic there can
be no dispute that a part of the foun¬
dation is the purity of elections.
Controlled by tho public sentiment
which had at last become shocked and
indignant at the open violations of
law by which my opponent prevailed
over me, ho now confesses, by liis
resignation, that a grievous Wrong has
been done ns, and that the time has
come for tho honest elements of both
parties to put the rascals under loot.
I oonor , 'tulate von uuon ’
W4U 0 uum.
The time has been an any in.
committed in the name and iu bohalt
of the democratic party was an act of
patriotism iu tho oyes of a majority
of the people.
As long as solflsh and dishonest
leaders could make the south believe
that democracy, ns they practiced it,
was identical with tho, integrity of
southern life—social, political anil
commercial—it was utterly impossible
to awaken the public oonseienco to a
sense of tho dangers of ballots sup¬
pressed, majorities manufactured to
order, election returns cooked to suit
the taste of the wire puller, anil tho
laws of the land bent into supple in¬
struments of political intrigue.
Tho time Las been when every man
iu this house would have gloried in
tho commission of a political crime
which served tbe purpose of the dem¬
ocratic party—a party dear to all of
UK aw the trusted guardian of our lib¬
erties, tho special champion of our
section, the chosen defender of our
homes and firesides. Not a man hero
who has not loved the democratic par¬
ty—loved its traditions, loved its
great achievements, loved its heroic
leaders, loved it for tho enemies it
made in tho grand days when it fought
the battles of tho common people
against class rulo ond special privi¬
leges. worked
Not a man hero who has not
for the democratic party, who has not
suffered for it, who has not blindly
trusted it until human faith could
stand no more,
Hore today in tho midst of the brave
men who have been by my side in all
the darkness and the danger of the
last three years, I do assert most posi¬
tively that we did not want to leave
the democratic party, We did not
want to go.
We left the house of our fathers
with heavy hearts.
We parted with old friends sadly,
reluctantly. In the
But we just couldn’t stay.
temple of Jefferson and Jackson
strange goils hail been set up and we
just couldn’t bow to them. Wo were
not strong enongh to put the other
fellows ent, and we were too strong to
submit—so we shouldered ourselves
and walked.
We founded a new party that the
creed o{ our fathers might not want
| or a shelter, a home, a shrine,
We con]( j not bear to see the j»rin
cipleg upon wb j cb the government was
f ounded smothered beneath the cact
era influence which then controlled,
a[1(] 8 tili controls both the old parties,
tVe could not bear to “gov- i
see our
erljmen t „f the people, for the people !
and by the people” perish away from
off the earth without a protest and a j
struggle. !
° we formei a new par y, c s
crated to the good old creed, and lo- |
cateil within the old landmarks. j
A\e founded a new par y means we ,
believed that the new wine o re orm j
would fare badly m tne old bottles of :
political corruption. ,
Because ft new party was
before the negro of the son ’*°’ 1 ' ,
c-ver cordially co-operate with the j
bite man of tb« sooth.
Bectu a new party %■
the tnffil®f of lb* w«»t,
VOL. II. NO. 18.
be being a republican, could ever co
operate with the white farmer of the
Eouth, ho being a democrat.
Ueoause a new party was absolutely
necessary to secure a political plat
form which would bo a simple, honest
and positivo d 'duration of principles,
and not a mere cowardly, coutempti
ble and deceitful jugglo of words
which mean one thing at the north
and another in tho south, one thing to
the Wall street interest and another to
tho agricultural interest, one thing be¬
fore an election, aud ipiito another
when tho season nrrives for salary
grabbing and duck hunting.
Were wo wise in forming a new
party?
If the democrats had not gained so
‘ lete a viotorv J in 1802 that qnes
tion mi ut havo co ntinued for many
y eBr8 the subject J of angry debate.
• that
But if cver there was a crowd
Bnffored {rom Re tting too much of a
* , thing, 8 it was the democrats who
l turod tho pre8idenC ‘ y, the senate,
tb 0 b ftml tbu9 secured absolute
contro , ftccompanie * a with indisputable
respon((ibilUy republican
Not euough of the party
bad been loft to bang ail excuse on.
Tho people’s party was not big
enough to hold in front as a screon.
Democrats, after a generation of
lies, evasions, ilio shufllings and denials,
had to fnco music and tote tho
whole responsibility for everything
done aud not done.
And in all the history of party poli¬
tics tliero has never been so complete a
smash-up.
Never since the “Wonderful Ono
IIosb Shay” went to pieces in one
comprehensive, simultaneous and
complete smash-up—an epic of utter
annihilation—has there been such an
all-round catastrophe as that which has
happened to tho democratic party.
It not only manage^ to do nothing
it wan pledged to do, but it also con¬
trived to do everything its loaders had
fought the republicans for doing.
Kteoring by tho hated “lleed rules,”
tho democratic speaker, Mr. Crisp,
managed to sail the dear old demo¬
cratic ship into ever.v port where the
republican vessel lmd ever touched.
The free silverism of the democratic
party closed the doors of tho mints as
a “preparation” for free coinage. The
closed doors remain closed, The
preparation for free coinage is a joke
which has littlo fun iu it fo tho man
who sold cotton at 5 cents, or wheat
at 49.
The “economy” of the demoeraip
emptied tho treasury, burdonoij ua
with bonds for borrowed morfby, in¬
creased our taxes and sold us into vn
sal ago. to Rutlisohi 1 1
loir tariff cm inf «
nnhnmed to si k ,v4hii.
Their pledges to increase the .
roncy materialized in ia contraction of
more than $100,000,01,40 in one year.
Their stern warmings to the greed
of corporate wealth .bore fruit iu giv¬
ing three cabinet positions to corpora¬
tion luwyors, and Ut such a complete
surrender to the Railroad kings that
tho United Htatcs a A my and a United
States mail sack corporations wife kept ready at all
times to aid tho in quell¬
ing a strike.
Their bimetal!! sm never rested,
never wavered unjtil it had established
the single gold standard—destroying
one-half of our money and our values
—and thus adding to (ho value of the
dollar, to tho exaction of debt, to tho
burden of thu tax
Merchants fail (because tho customer
can no longer eijtton buy; farmers fail be¬
cause five-cent cannot pay tax,
expense anil debt. Laborers suffer
because on a Wiling market no man
can assume new risks.
Anil tho market falls because the
quantity of mcmey, money of final
payment, has ilecreascil, and wtill do
creases.
Ituin stares this republic iu the face
—and the democr atic party, aided and
abetted by the republicans, is to
blame.
To cure tho ilW of contraction, the
democrats have contracted.
To undo the ‘^crimo of 1873” they
have repeated it.
To restore public crodit, they hove
given more debts to pay.
To “relieve the people” they have
added to yonr taxes.
To emphasize their love of “reform”
they have added to the national ex¬
penditure at a time when the jails are
so much more desirable than thousands
of homes that heretofore honest men,
are committing petty crimes to secure
the refuge which tne ia:v provides for 1
the criminal. Huch is the record, the
recent record of the democratic party.
Hence the Laio lias gone from it
forever. The most devoted of ilem- j
ocrats cannot longer refuse to see
what their party has done, and cannot
refuse to read the hidden results in
tho almost universal bankruptcy of
our people.
It won’t do to say Cleveland did it
all. That is not the truth. Cleveland
is bad enough, God knows! He has
sold himself for money. He has fat¬
tened in her misery. He has made
merchandise of her distress. But the
cabinet was also democratic, and it
dwelt within Cleveland’s shadow with¬
out a murmur.
The senate was democratic, and it
has not dared to question the schemes
of the president.
The bou fiti was democratic—and it
was nH servile as any J tyrant could have
‘
wj(jbe( j
^ party acts through its chosen rep
reeeiJ tative», and in this instance, all
tb(j repregen t a tives of democracy senate from
preHi<]ent to senate, from to
boUS e, and from congress clean on
down to village postmaster, Cleve
land's ruinouK policy lias wet no rc
K1) ^ R!1CV
What has been done has been done
b 'i
Such being the tree, what shall b^
done with it?
‘Cu t it down, why cumbcreth it thd
ground?’
The democratic party of today is 4
mere piece of cunning machinery with
which the cast rules anil loots the
south and west.
Friends, take your own choice, bub
as for me, ns long as there’s breath in
my body I shall fight tbe battles of the
south ns against the deadly domina¬
tion of tlie cast.
I cannot bear to see my people for¬
ever victimized by the money power
which Hamilton fortified in the class
laws which now throttle us.
I cannot bear to see the south strip¬
ped of nil her glory without the wish
to offer hor all the strength of my arm,
all the zeal of my heart.
Patriotism, in its last analysis, is
love of home, of wife aud child, kith
anil kin, friend and neighbor.
The southern lender who blindly or
wilfully enslaves tlio south—tho laud
of homo and kindred—is a man whom
I cannot understand—to respect.
The south is being sacrificed to tlie
east, and southern leaders have been
holding the victim to the altar.
Can we not ond this fearful condi¬
tion?
Cannot wo Georgians unite for Geor¬
gia; we southern men for the south?
Let us get together, As southern
men, let us think of tho south, work
for iho south, live for tho south.
Let us get off our knees and be men.
Shall w« forever truckle to the cast?
Shall we never bo ashamed of its dic¬
tation?
In the name of the manly courage
which ouce made southern heroism a
synonym of daring, I challenge you to
a performance of your duty. of
No law yet sanctions the infamies
Clovelaudism.
No statute supports iho bold usur¬
pation by which bo has decreed tlifttj
‘coin’ means gold only.
No legal foundation upholds tho
single gold standard.
Bad as tho repeal of the Sherman
law was, shameful us the inaction of
oongross on the bond question was, tho
destruction of tho bimetallic standard
and tho establishment of tho single
gold standard was a moro act of Cleve¬
land’s will.
He know that congress was too cow¬
ardly anil too corrupt to interfere—
nud ho usurped an authority which did
not belong to him by Jaw. bimotal
It is not too late to restore
limn.
But act promptly. He who dallieij
nuuriit twice a dastard, he who doubts
i* trebly damned,
IVl! l'«t>V*
h4s in.:!...
made our dom* Uiu ..
pay, brought down your cotton to o
cents, beggared our farmers, pauper¬
ized our laborers, and bankrupted our
merchants—a party which keeps no
campaign contract; which prenchos
Tom Jefferson and practices Tom
Heed, to whoso stump speeches in
favor of froo silver an exhibit is at¬
tached in tho shape of a hranil-new
silver dollar stamped 1894, and to
whoso votes in congress tho smile of
John Hherman goes by way of chromo
and illustration; whose economy loads
us with bonds; whose tariff reform is
sold ut so much per yard to the trusts
anil combines; whose states rights menu
an empty mailsack on a freight car,
with tho United Htatcs army by tho
side of it, to pilot it through a local
riot; whose free silver means no silver
at nil; whose love of the people means
unlimited concessions to tin: privileged
interests, anil whose rabid appetite for
doing wrong things in tlio most offen¬
sive way, was never so fully illustrated
as when congrens violated tho Babbath
in order to put the finishing touches
to their unholy schemes of spoliation,
of legalized robbery of the helpless
taxpayer.
1 love my country-- ! want to servo
her. I have no enmities to nurse, no
hatreds to gratify. Always and every¬
where, my voice has been for peace—
and shall ever bo!
I accept the nomination, and shall
endeavor to carry your standard, as
usual, to victory. Anil this time I
hope to be allowed to receive the com¬
mission which I have twice won.
This district 1ms nothing to fear
from mo unless my intense desire to
be of servico to it bo a danger.
It has nothing to hate me for unless
my loyalty to the principles of Jeffer¬
son and Jackson anil Stephens be a
cause for hostility!
So greater harm can be done to this
people, this state, this section, than
the eternal continuance of political
crime, which defies the will of the ma¬
jority as expressed at the ballot box.
Every sane man in the district knows
the populists nro in the majority.
They have the right to be represent¬
ed.
They choose me, and with an honest
election, there is no doubt of my suc¬
cess in the campaign.
It is the ambition of my life to be of
service to my people, to help purify
our politics, to reassert the doctrines
ot good government from which we
have gone astray.
It is not my purpose to tear down,
but to build up— and to build upon the
foundations of right.
It is not my purpose to perpetuate
strife among our people, but to show
them that the interest of one is the
interest of all, and to try to harrnon
izo them upon the principles necessary
to the salvation of the south.
Give me a fair election; treat me
justly; commission me to fight your
battles, and so far as in me lies, the
result shall be good for you and good
for my country.
The water of iho Dead Hea yields
about two pounds ic tb# gallon e(
