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Banks County Gazette.
VOL. III.—NO. 9.
RUFUS SANDERS, ESQ.
IS AGAINST REPUBLICANS
AND THE THIRD PARTY.
He is a Democrat Because He
Wa its the People to Run the
Government, Etc., Etc.
From The Saline County Times, Benton, Ark.
I am a democrat world without
end, all wool, a yard wide and some
thing like three feet thick. I am a
democrat iron bound and moss cover
ed, rock-ribbed and copper-bottomed.
I was born and bred and buttered a
democrat. I am a democrat all round
and all over, up and down and
through. I was brought up on a
democratic farm, in a democratic
family, with democratic neighbors,
teachings and surroundings. I have
fed and get fed on democratic bread
ami democratic bacon and democratic
potatoes. My good old father is a
democrat, warp and fillin. Mother is
a dyed-in-the• wool-tartfi reform dem
ocrat, with some home rule variations.
I love democratic books and dem
ocratic papers and democratic princi
ples. I use good democratic tobocco
and drink good democratic liquor, or
none. I have voted the democratic
ticket in every campaign early and
late, and if necessary often. Igo to
all democratic rallies and barbecues
and spo.kins, where 1 can feast tny
sad and heavy heart on democratic
doctrine, bathe my weary soul in
seas of democratic truth, and take
the wrinkles out of my stomach with
democratic grub. I am goin to
stand where Washington and Jeffer
son and Grover Cleveland have stood
—on the head rock of pure democra
cy, old as the century and firm as the
cverlastin lulls,' till the cows come
homo and the evening stars sing
together.
SOME OF THE MAW REASONS WHY.
I am plum willin for my friends
and the eneinj to know right where
and how I stand on all political
questions that are agitatiu this day
and generation, and the reason why I
say what I do.
I am a democrat for various an 1
sundry reasons. lam a farmer most
ly because it suits me. lam a demo
crat for the same reason. Jam not a
democrat simply because some other
fellow aint’. 1 run my democracy
deeper than that. I don’t have no
fears of runnin things too deep on
this Jino. I love to get down to
rock bottom when 1 can keep all feet
under me. When a man plants his
pegs on democratic principles and
truth and justice he can stand up and
face the world, the flesh and the
devil and win the fight might nigh
every clatter. lam a democrat be
cause the party is founded on princi
ples that have stood through storms
and trials and tribulations, beatin
back the enemies of the people at
every step for nearly a hundred
years; because its principles and
purposes are honest as the sunshine
and broad as the daylight itself.
I am a democrat because all the
onerous and numerous and obnoxious
and various and unjust and unequal
law’s eegardin the money system, the
tariff and so forth, and so on that
have passed in the last thirty years
to oppress the people and plunder the
country came straight from the
republican party, because democratic
statesman like John G. Carlisle, of
Kentucky, Grover Cleveland, of New
York, and John T. Morgan, of Ala
bama, have stood up like brave men,
even though their hands were tied
with republican majorities, fightin
over every inch of ground for demo
erstic justice—“ Equal lights to all
special favors to none.”
I am a democrat because in 1890
after a democratic reign of
more than half a century, about 75
pet cent of the wealth of the country
was held by the farmers and 22 per
cent was held by the other classes;
because now, in 1891, after a republi
can reign of thirty years, the farmers
bold 20 per cent of the wealth of the
country and about 80 per cent is held
by other classes.
lam a democrat because the re
publicans are simply out of stuff,
because the shylocks of Wall street,
New York, and Lombard street, Lon
don, commenced robbing the south
ern people through the republican
party thirty years ago, and they have
gone on robbing us from Dan to
Beersheba, even unto this blessed
hour.
I am a democrat because the dem
ocratic party in all her platforms and
conventions,from Thog. Jefferson to
Grover Cleveland stands committed
against a robber tariff and the cen
tralization of power in the federal
government; and up through the
ruins of republican rule her true and
tried representatives of democracy
have stood with their hands raised
and their voices lifted in the solemn
honest protest against every infringe
ment on the people’s rights; stood
like guide posts to mark tiie decay of
public virtue and the decline of
American liberty.
I am a democrat because I am a
southern white man, and whenever
the southern people q lit workin and
hopin and votin for relief through
the democratic party the devil will
be to pay, and we can just blow off
the dogs and quit the drive.
I am a democrat because democra
cy stands pledged to her principles
and platforms to right the wrongs
that have been heaped upon this
country by the boodle party, and the
time is comin when she will have
power enough to redeem every prom
ise and every pledge. “Truth crush
ed to the earth will rise again.” The
eternal years of God are hers.
AGIN THE T HIRD PARTY.
Somebody wants to know how the
“Hon. Rufus Sanders” stands with
the third party. He is agin it tooth
an ¥ toe-nail. ft is nothing but a
republican ax with a high protection
handle in it and they can come down
into our southern woods and thin out
the democratic forest with it. But
they don't know nothin. They are
pulling the pucker strings most too
soon. Just wait till the things gets
big enough to jump on, let tlie hand
strike up on “Dixie” or “Yankee
Doodle” or “Cotton-eved Joe” or
some other familiar old hymn, and
then you can pick out a settin down
place and watch the fur fly. When
the boys get through with that third
party dough-face there wont ho any
thing left more than a greasy spot, or
maybe a little pinch of hair to tell
where it stood. It' is a republlcac
scheme. The very sun shines
through it.
Old Ebenezer Belvins that used to
run a farm over on Cnncy branch
was a great hand for tiyin on r.ew
schemes. He had a little steer calf
that he wanted to break, so that he
could plow his patches and haul up
stovewood with him. But he didn’t
have nothin but a double yoke, and
he didn’t have nothin to hook up
with the yearlin. 8o he fixed up a
great scheme of his own. He got out
his double yoke and" hitched himself
up with that little steer savin how he
would mosy around through the old
field with him till he got used to the
rjggin. Then he called his old lady
and got her to tap the little steer
with a switch and start him off. But
the little steer didn’t move on slow
and easy like Ebenezer was countin
on. He curied his background and
lifted his tail and away he went
down through the woods like a young
storm on wheels, and old Ebenezer
was hollerin at the top of his voice
with every jump and sayin:
Somebody head us! Gol dura our
fool souls, we’re ruunin away! Head
us down there! head us!
I am not going to put my head in
one end of the yoke with the third
party at the other orid and let the
republican bosses hold the reins and
handle the whip. Not much, if any
and in fact, not at ail scarcely. I
want to warn my farmer friends and
fellow-citizens everywhere, if you
yoke up with such a team as that it
won’t be long before you will be
hollerin for somebody to head you.
IIOMEII, BANKS COUNTY, GEORGIA: JULY 5, 1892.
No good democrat, no true southern
man can afford to bite at third party
bait.
HE IS ALL RIGHT.
I thank God every night and
morning that I spring from a race of
brave hearts and hard knuckles, from
a long line of ancestors who never
turned the back to friend or loe.
I am. a Hardshell Baptist, a natural
southern gentleman, a farmer from
Farmersville and a democrat from my
youth up.
1 worship God, I adore mother and
the baby, 1 love my country and my
people ami in my faith and my hopes
to the white Hag democracy.
Against every movement and
every scheme that seeks to deceive
and mislead honest voters of the
country, to cripple and keep the
schemes on the hands of her repre
sentatives in the halls of congress;
against demogogucs and place hunt
ers and Ishmaelites and hypocrits;
against men from every class and
quarter who hope fill their pockets or
build their political fortunes through
the wreck and ruin of tho democratic
party, who now wear the sheep’s
fleece while the wolf’s teeth peep out
—against them one and all, the
whole kithilin, I set my face as a
flint, and by the eternal jirnjams I am
goin to fight ’em till I die.
Rufus Sanders.
Profit from Paris Refuse.
The total profit drawn by tho Paris
ragpickers directly from the refuse
of Paris averages 71,400 francs, or
not far short of $15,000 a day. An
inevitable but not uninstruetive
comparison hero suggests itself. The
refuse of London, which must be
worth considerably more than double
that of Paris, is almost absolutely
wasted. Every place labeled “Rub
bish shot here” illustrates the fact.
A striking incident recently occurred
in the making of a railway embank
ment in a Loudon suburb. A good
deal of it consisted of truckloads of
refuse brought down from town—
such refuse as the Paris chiffonier,
with his orange peel and scraps of
paper, hardly dreams of. Out of that
London rubbish heap he could have
drawn in a single afternoon more
than he would make at home in a
month.—London Saturday Review.
Tho ?)i (Terence.
There are barbers in India whose
touch is so light that they can shave
you while asleep. There aro men in
this country who can skin you be
fore you find it out, while you are
wide awake.—Ram’s Horn.
Dcmooralic Platform 1850.
'‘Congress lias no power to charter
national hanks. We believe that
such institutions are deadly hostile to
the best interests of the country,
dangerous to cur republican institu
tions and the liberties of the people,
and calculated to place the business of
the country within the control of a
concentrated money power, and
above the laws and will of the people;
that the separation of the money of
the government from banking institu
tions is indespensible for the safety
of the funds and tho rights of the
people.”
This plank is the democratic plat
form of 1855 was placed there when
democracy was in fact the people’s
party and statesman were not afraid
to advocate the cause of the people.
How stands the party now on this
plank? Just where they stand on
every measure, in perfect accord with
Wall Street.—National Watchman.
The People’s Party conventions
throughout the state are not things of
beauty nor joys forever so far as har
mony is concerned.—Quenemo Re
puolican.
The kindergarten statesman that
runs the Quenemo Republican
had better inform himself a little
about the republicans at Minneapolis
last week when they nominated
Harrison. Rough and tumble fights
were the order of the day. The re
publican candidate for Governor of
Missouri knocked down two of his
colleagues in one day, and a little girl
that waved a Blaine banner came
near being murdered by a Harrison
leader, who tried to throw her out of
the window. Oh, yes; you bet, there
was sweet harmony there.—Ottawah
Journal.
TNiNK ON THESE THINGS.
STARVATION IN A LAND OF
< ) V ER PR ODCJCTION.
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Tatters ami liags Where More
Raw Material is Produced
than Caif Be Marketed.
The world is ever moving and wo
.slrnuld move with it. We should
keep abreast of the times, apace with
the music and up with the procession-
We should he at the front ready to
obey every " command that duty may
give instead of lagging in the rear
and being absent from our post.
There are many absent now who
oug it to he occupying their seats in
our legislative halls. Men sont there
by tiie laboring masses to defend and
protect their interest absent, at home
looking after their re-election, while
the plutocratic robbers are trying to
fasten tho shackles of slavery on a
free and liberty loving, defenseless
people.
Why are they not at Washington
discharging their .duty like men ?
Why have they deceived and lied to
the people ? Why are they at home
making stump speeches, and waging
war on the third party?
Is this new party the most of all to
be fought, kicked, cuffed, and destroy
ed because it advocates a policy that
is just? Because its principles are
just and equitable? Because it has
not stooped from its throne of honor
to debase its fair name by obeying
the commands of tho money kings?
Because’it has stood up for right and
fought the wrong? Because it is
firmly imbeded in the rock of justice,
armed with the sword of truth, ready
to meet its adversary? Because it
■ ’amis in the defense of the toiling
masses, ready to advocate any men's
-lire that will give relief to an out
raged and oppressed people?
If it is, our dear democratic-party
friends had as well come home to stay.
Tlnfy might as well come home, for
they are not doing any good where
they are, sitting around sitioking fine
cigars, visiting the “blind tigers,”
talking about a littlo split in the
grand old party, watching horse races
and dabling into everything that will
benefit Shyloek, bondholders and
monopolists, while if any measure in
the interest of the people comes before
the house t. ey are absent, or they
vote against it ; they have made war
on tho bread winner and helped to
enrich the bondholder.
They say the farmer is lazy; that
“he ought to work harder and eat
less,” and then with strange inconsis
tency they declare that there is an
“overproduction’’
We are lazy and work about half
our time and yet have made so much
wc don’t know what to do with it;
we have no market for it; no money
to buy it. Oh, consistency, thou art
a jewel. “Overproduction” hanging
over a people and starvation staring
them in the face presents a sad and
novel spectacle.
Two much cotton made !
Have we any too many clothes? No.
We aro in rags and tatters in a land
where too much cotton is made.
People are on the eve of starvation
in an over abundant grain growing
country. In a country where they
burn coin for fuel, while strikes are
being made in Pennsylvania coal
mines by miners whose wages does
not pay enough for the necessities of
life.
Why not exchange corn for coal ?
they have easy access to the railroads.
Think on these things and see if you
cannot tell.
After all the speeches, wails and
cries'the situation is not changed one
wbit. Men have to confront the
same old issues each day. Something
to live on with them is of prime im
portance. Something to wear that
will keep off the burning rays of tbe
summer’s sun, or that will keep out
winters chilling blast is not to be
sneered at. Something to keep body
and soul together must be Lad at
any cost.
If we have to go into a now party
to save our homes and liberties, the
quicker we go the better.
Look at both the old parties, ex
amine their “records,” then judge by
iheir actions as to whether you can
afford to cast your lot and destiny
with a party so corrupt and vile.
W hat has either party done this
session of congress to benefit the
masses? Silence answers: Nothing!
Can.you afford to pay a set of ras
cally men one and one-half million
dollars of hard earned and dear
bought money to legislate your liber
ties away? If you can we pity you.
Why not put men in office who
will do their duty?
W. P. Neal.
The Mortgage.
A mortgage is a lively thing and
selil'in dies young. Wo can’t recall
an instance of < \er having seen a sick
ly mortgage, and ii can he said with
strict accuracy that mortgages breed
faster than Mormons. A mortgage
is a perfect incarnation of immortali
ty. It lives in perpetual youth, and
the older it gqts the more robust it
becomes. In the matter of industry
and “get there,” man is a sloth in
comparison to a mortgage. It was
the regret of obi Bill Penn’s life that
he had no mortgage to run down In
gm land instead of giving the Penn
sylvania greasers his red ribbons and
tin whistles for their inheritance.
One of tho prime virtues of-a mort
gage is its staying qualities. It can
stay when He other fellow can’t, and
when the parsnership is dissolved the
mortgage is always there to say good
bye aud close the front gate.
There is no caste or aristocracy in
the mortgage family, it is no respector
of persons, and when a mortgage has
run the old man and old woman off
the premises, it takes right after tho
next of kin, and can be relied upon
to hold its wind until it has run down
several generations. i
The difference between a man and
a mortgage is that a mgn is an egotis
tical bluffer, while a mortgage is as
meek as David, The average man
will sit down in a game with a thous
and dollar mortgage and bet a farm
on a pair of bull-tongue plows or the
democratic party, while the mortgage
plays a sure tiling and scoops in the
revenue.
Very few men have as good moral
standing in their community as a
mortgage. Every mortgage attends
Sunday school and belongs to church,
and receives spiritual consolation
from the pulpit. Christ used to kick
the mortgage out of the house, but a
lot of old liooked-billed mortgages
got after him and killed him, and
ever since then the family has occu
pied the front pew.—lndustrial Union
Lamar, Mo.
The Force Bill.
From what we observe in both old
party papers, the force bill will bo one
of the bugaboos that will come to the
front again this campaign, notwith
standing it was so universally con
demned by all who honestly contend
that it threatened the continuance of
a free government. This was a pet
scheme of President Harrison’s aud
it was a bitter disappointment to him
to see it shelved. Many will remem-
ber the alarm this bill created and
the protests went from the various
western and southern states against
making this measure a law. Our al
liances especially were emphatic in
their protests. It is a measure aimed
directly at the south aud was calcu
lated to perpetuate the party in power.
The democrats were vigorous in their
protests against it, but as it looks
now that they will in a manner en
courage its agitation believing that in
so doing the south will bo driven
back into the democratic fold. We
hope our southern brethren have be
come too well awakened to tiie situa
tion to fall into this trap. It is be
coming more and more apparent, day
by day, those who make their living
by politics care very little about the
great common class, except to get
I their votes. Whichever party gains
SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS.
the povvei, reward is sure to come to
tho politician in proportion to bis use
fulness to the corporate and money
power which has become so apparent
is ruling the government. The only
assurance the south and west can ever
have against such outrageous meas
ures is to form a permanent organiza
tion of the laboring and producing
classes and see that they put into
office men who have other qualifica
tions th.tn that of party fealty or
wealth. There are plenty of honest,
capable men in this country who
have the good of the people at heart.
Wealth should not be catered to and
the alliance plan of passing all chron
ic office seekers to tho rear should be
studiously observed.—Salina, (Kan)
Union.
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A Week in Homer.
It was our happy lot to spend week
before last in Homer, and the pleas
ure of that week will never be forgot
ten.
We arrived there at nine o’clock
Monday morning and proceeded to
the courthouse where tho Weekly
Teachers' Institute was in session,
under the excellent control of Prof.
Lee Gunnels, lately of the State Nor
mal school of Nashville, Term.
While we wero busy the greater
part of the day attending the Insti
tute, the afternoons and evenings
were one continual round of pleasure.
Quito a number of voting ladies and
gentlemen from all over Banks countv
were there,, and several from Jackson.
Heaven seemed to smile on us as
th ■ wo."'l her was perfect.
Mr. John W. Sumpter, his worthy
Indy and beautiful girls did all in
their power to make our stay pleas
ant. All who have enjoyed their
hospitality can appreciate what wo
sav.
Qn Wednesday evening a party of
young people drove out to Mr.. Polk
Thompson’s, about two miles from.
Homer, and the pleasure of that eyon
ing will always remain fresh in tho
memory of that crowd.
The party consisted of Misses Dora
Coggins and Fannie Sumpter with
Mr. Alonzo Thompson, Misses Addie
Stephens, Emma Echols and Mr.
Vannie Hill, Miss Fannie Cochran
and Mr. James Dyar.
We l eached Mr. Thompson’s about
sundown where wo were royally re
ceived by Mrs. Thompson, and treated
to all the peaches we could eat.
.Air. Thompson’s is the ideal of a
lovely country home. On almost
evojy side fertile fields of waving
corn and cotton as far as the eye
could reach.
Presently supper was announced
and I will not attempt to describe it.
One must partake of their hospitality
to realize it.
About nine o’clock the time to re
turn was announced, and after bid
ding adieu to the kind host and
hostess most of the party returned to
Homer.
By the way Mr. Thompson has four
grown sons and two more almost
grown. As Air. Gunnels said: the
breaking up of our Institute on Fri
day was like the breaking of an asso
ciation. It seemed as if we were
parting from our old and most valued
friends. The fraternity of one com
mon pursuit brought us into nearer
relationship than years of every day
life would have done.
Most of the teachers dispersed on
Friday evening. We returned litiiue
Saturday feeling that one of the hap
piest weeks of our lives had just
passed.
Alizpau.
Bellton, Ga., June 27.
The government of the United
States loans money to men called
bankers at the rate of one per cent
per annum (called in the national
bank law “duty’J and the bankers
re-loan this same money to business
men and farmers at the rate of from
six to twelve per cent. If it is con
stitutional to do this with bankers,
how can it be unsonstitutional to loan
money to farmers at the same rate.
The farmer should think this matter
over seriously. Who is more en
litled to cheap rate money than the
farmer?—Farmers Union, Columbus,
Ohio.