The Populist mind

pt. 1. The General mood: degradation, oppression, determination

The alienated individual / Jay Burrows, Editorial, Farmer's Alliance, 1891

Industrial slavery / Lorenzo D. Lewelling, Speech in Kansas, 1894

The common property of all / Frank Doster, Labor Day address in Topeka, 1894

The "Modern condition" / Editorial, Topeka Advocate, 1894

Landlords and tenants / A North Platte farmer to the Farmer's Alliance, 1891

On economic trends

Editorials, Farmer's Alliance, 1890-1892

Farm poverty / J. C. Peoples, letter in J. A. Rose Papers, 1890

Imperial tendencies / Thomas E. Watson, People's Party Paper, 1893

Modern feudalism / William Sage, letter in Henry D. Lloyd Papers, 1895

The corporation versus civil liberty / James H. Davis, A political revelation, 1894

The dangers of monopoly / W. Scott Morgan, History of the Wheel and Alliance, 1889

Six farmers confront hard times / Letters in manuscript collections and newspapers, 1891-1894

An uprising of the people / Editorial, Farmer's Alliance, 1890

A great political protest / Editorials, Alliance-Independent, 1892-1894

The classes against the masses / Editorials, Platte County Argus, 1896

The death struggle of our liberties / Fanny Leake, Gillespie County Alliance minutes, 1895

Not the platform of one but of all / Thomas E. Watson, People's Party Paper, 1892

A dream of the future / Lorenzo D. Lewelling, Inaugural address, 1893

The test of a reformer / Circular, Los Angeles County People's Party, 1891

The rise of the common people / W. M. Walton, letter in John H. Reagan papers, 1896

The Calamity Howler / Editorial, Decatur Times, 1893

The producer must retain what he produces / Editorials, Topeka Advocate, 1893-1895

The Omaha Platform / People's Party National Convention, 1892

The self-interest of the community / Henry D. Lloyd, letter in Lloyd Papers, 1896

The divinity of humanity / Henry D. Lloyd, Speech in Chicago, 1894

pt. 2. The politics of inequality: seven populist views

The farmer's side / William A. Pefter, from his book, 1891

A call to action / James B. Weaver, from his book, 1892

The People's Party campaign book / Thomas E. Watson, from his book, ca. 1893

A political revelation / James H. Davis, from his book, 1894

The American plutocracy / Milford W. Howell, from his book, 1895

On agrarian discontent / W. Scott Morgan, History of the Wheel and Alliance, 1889

The proper distribution of wealth / Thomas L. Nugent, Four speeches in Texas, 1892-1895

pt. 3. Justice for the outcast: the unemployed

The Tramp circular / Lorenzo D. Lewelling, Executive Proclamation, 1893

In search of work / R. L. Robinson, letter in Lewelling Papers, 1893

A Natural product of our social system / Editorials, Topeka Advocate, 1893

A defense of the poor / Ten Kansans, letters in the Lewelling Papers, 1893

The army of destitute unemployed / Editorial, Farmer's Alliance, 1892

The Coxey movement / Editorials, Topeka Advocate, 1894

The right to petition / Editorial, Wealth makers, 1894

On industrial armies / Nebraska farmers, Nebraska State Farmers' Alliance records, 1894

Machinery and the worker / Editorials, Topeka Advocate, 1894-1895

Public works for the unemployed / John Davis, draft of bill, 1894

The opportunity to work / John B. Thomson, letter in Ignatius Donnelly Papers, 1892

The suppression of tramps / Charles C. Post, Congressman Swanson, 1891

pt. 4. Justice for the outcast: the negro

The Negro question in the south / Thomas E. Watson, Arena, 1892

The cause of both / Thomas E. Watson, People's Party Paper, 1892

Fair play irrespective of color / Thomas E. Watson, Speech at Thomson, 1892

The prevention of lynching / Thomas E. Watson, People's Party Paper, 1892

Equal justice / Louisiana People's Party, State Platform, 1892

A Negro at the State Convention / "Hayseeder" to the Southern Alliance Farmer, 1892

An equal share of benefits / John C. McLeran to the People's Weekly Tribune, 1896

The Negro is a man and a citizen / Editorial, Wool Hat, 1894

voluntary colonization / Jeffersonian Democratic-populist Convention, State platform, 1894

On Negro participation / Editorial, People's Weekly Tribune, 1896

An alliance of the common people / William Drewry Jackson to the People's Weekly Tribune, 1896

A chance to earn a home / A Georgia Negro to the People's Party Paper, 1892

Equal opportunities in education / Frank Burkitt, Campaign Speech, 1895

Jefferson's creed / Thomas E. Watson, Speech at Douglasville, 1893

The curse of intolerance / Thomas E. Watson, People's Party Paper, 1894

pt. 5. The brutality of capital: populist support for the working class

Millionaires against miners / Henry D. Lloyd, A strike of millionaires against miners, 1890

A Labor Day message / Thomas E. Watson, Speech at Augusta, 1891

The tendency of the times / Editorial, Topeka Advocate, 1892

The New York Central strike / Editorial, Farmers' Alliance, 1890

The destruction of the union / Editorial, Alliance-Independent, 1892

Corporations and a surplus of idle men / Editorials, Topeka Advocate, 1895

Ripe for socialism / H. H. Haaff to the Farmers' Alliance, 1890

The lowest living wages / Editorial, Farmers' Alliance, 1892

The labor contract / Editorial, Topeka Advocate, 1895

Homestead: a paternal system / Editorial, Platte County Argus, 1892

Resolutions on homestead and Pinkertons / Mitchell County Alliance, 1892

Homestead: social cannibalism / Mary E. Lease to the Topeka Advocate, 1892

Aid for homestead / Editorial, Topeka Advocate, 1892

The oppressor is the aggressor / W. H. Bennington to the Topeka Advocate, 1892

Homestead: a mere incident / Editorial, Alliance-Independent, 1892

The Pullman strike / Editorials, Topeka Advocate, 1894

On Eugene V. Debs / Editorials, Alliance-Independent, Custer County Beacon, Saunders County New era, 1894-1896

Kansas Alliancemen and the Pullman strike / W. M. Goodnes, letter in Lewelling Papers, 1894

Lewelling's position on Pullman / Local 49, American Railway Union, 1894

A military despotism / Editorial, Topeka Advocate, 1894

Pinkertons and the New York Central strike / Editorial, Farmers' Alliance, 1890

Pinkertons: an armed mob / Gillespie County Alliance Resolution, 1892

To overthrow the law of Kansas / Lorenzo D. Lewelling, Governor's message, 1895

The Cripple Creek strike / Davis H. Waite, Governor's message, 1895

pt. 6. Epilogue: a transformation of social values

There is nothing sacred on Earth but man / Ignatius Donnelly, Caesar's Column, 1890

The white man is but a bleached Negro / Ignatius Donnelly, Doctor Huguet, 1891

Man in the only thing worth considering / Ignatius Donnelly, The Golden Bottle, 1892

The old self-Interest and the new / Henry Demarest Lloyd, Wealth Against Commonwealth, 1894.