Presidential Campaign 1892

Presidential Campaign 1892

Al Weber’s Address to North Carolina

Good evening North Carolina. Tomorrow is a new day. Tomorrow brings the dawn of the people’s vote. Tomorrow is the day of change from big corporations to people like us. I am here today and tomorrow and the next day to represent the people. To represent you. 

            I want to thank you. To all of you who stand up against the big businesses, the railroads, the banks- you inspire me. By hearing your battles, and surviving some of them myself, you have inspired me to fight for you and our country every single day that my foot is inside the oval office.

            As President of these United States I will address four main points that correspond with my party’s platform: work, wealth, transportation, and land.

            To address work. All people have the right to develop into unions. In Aesop’s Fable a man can’t get his sons to stop quarreling amongst themselves so he orders them to bring him a bundle of sticks. They do so and he then orders them to break the sticks. In the bundle, they could not be broken, but separated they snapped easily. We must be like the bundle: united. United against corporations…. United to grapple for fairer wages and prices…. United to provide a campaign for our lifestyle.

            To address wealth. We all deserve a true and sound economy. That is why I demand to have a standard national currency. We also deserve to keep our own money. That is why every dollar taken from an industry is the equivalent of robbery. Furthermore, the wealth should not solely remain in the treasury, but in the hands of the people. In order to facilitate this, nation wide banks shall be formed and up kept by the government. Also, a graduated income tax shall be put into effect. The revenue from those taxes is to be applied to the reduction of the burden of taxation now levied upon the domestic industries of this country.

            To address transportation. The post is a necessity and the right of every United States citizen to have. Therefore, the delivery system of the post, which happens to be the railroad, should be owned and operated by the United States Government. By providing a national standard for the railroads they will not be able to monopolize and hurt us rural folk.

            To address land. Land is the future generations heritage and right. It should not be monopolized for speculative purposes. Railroad and alien lands not actually needed should be reclaimed and given to American settlers.

North Carolina, tomorrow let's remind the world why the United States of America is the greatest nation on Earth.  Let's keep moving forward. God bless you. And God bless the United States of America.