...production on which they believed it depended could survive. The party's 1892 Omaha platform warned of "a nation brought to the verge of moral, political and material ruin" by the political corruption caused by the accumulation of private wealth and power. They rejected the...

...of American society and the broad lines of the coalition that would remedy it: We meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political and material ruin. Corruption dominates the ballot box, the legislatures, the Congress, and touches even the ermine of the bench. The people are...

...Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1971. The Farmer's Last Stand "We meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political, and material ruin. Corruption dominates the ballot box, the legislatures, the Congress, and touches even the ermine of the bench. The People are...

...tamper with our Court of last resort."42 The party's platform was more eloquent: [ W]e meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political,...most of the States have been compelled to isolate the voters at the polling places to prevent universal intimidation or bribery. The newspapers are largely...

...quickly interpreted and its causes removed." "We meet," said the Populist platform of 1892, "in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political,...Congress, and touches even the ermine of the bench. . . . "16 14 See William Wiecek, The Lost World of Classical Legal Thought (New York: Oxford 1998)...

...hopelessly corrupted by the industrial and financial trusts. Their platform stated: We are met, in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political, and material ruin. Corruption dominates the ballot box, the legislatures, the Congress, and touches even the ermine of the bench [courts]. ......

...Peoples Party platform in 1892, combined several types of righteous indignation: We meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political, and material ruin. Corruption dominates the ballot box, the legislatures, the Congress, and touches even the ermine of the bench. The people are...

...Their ranks swelled by hard times, the Populists declared in their platform, "We meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political, and material ruin. The fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes for the few." The...

...the Declaration, which comprised a full two-thirds of the document, announced: "We meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political, and material ruin." As opposed to the Democrats who attacked certain political ideas and policies of the Republican Party,...

...principles: Preamble The conditions which surround us best justify our cooperation; we meet in the midst Resolutions Whereas, the great precept of nature...that this law of nature, being coeval with mankind voters at the polling places to prevent universal intimidation and bribery. The newspapers are largely...