The Russellville Democrat., 1884-08-07
CORRESPONDENCE.

IUkkEOTONUENCE.
Correspondence OF the Democrat.
We, the undersigned have nc
knowledge OF j. 4. Wharton ever be
ing a member OF the Union League
Of Pope county Arkansas.
w. L. D. EWING,
T. j. SPILLERs,
H. G. SPILLERs,
d PERRY.
will ask to say a few words in
reply to Capt. Harkey, and promise
that / will not again notice anything
in the columns OF the DEMOCRAT, con-
corning myself personally. From
henceforth, If any one has anything
to say about me, let them come to
me like man. l have lived most
of the time since / came to Ark, IA
years ago, within one fourth mile Of
Capt. Harkey. AS man and neigh
Dor he is all that could be desired.
Personally, liked him we'll, and 20
| litically as a member of the radical
democratic central committe, he is a
great success. He appears to be
able to invent those Campaign" ar
rangements faster than they could
be sent by telegraph; and then, how
gracefully he waves the bloody shirt!
Jim Blaine is not circumstance.
"Twas even thus" with the radicals.
Twenty wears after the close OF tho
war, the radicals on both sides glory.
in the fact that they have dipped
their hand in their brothers blood,
have taken human life and filed our
country from frozen North to
sunny South with widows and or.
phan children, and reduced the fair
est half of the Union to poverty and
want.
/ too, have record for bravery,
but do know that really got away
with but one man during the war.
He was rebel colonel, and he chased
me ninety nine and one fourth miles
one hot day, and the fellow absolute
~ fell down and died from exhaust
ion, and l never was so shocked in
all my life, l never was. This is u
lie, and is told to make my oppo
menus afraid, and when I hear mau
waving the bloody shirt or glorying
in his deeds of valor, ! think that is
/ came to this state several years
after reconstruction, and about the
only political effort ever made, was
to have Capt. Harkey and others en-
franchlsed. / know nothing Of the
Union league, but am informed by
leading republicans that it died be-
fore / came to the state or about the
time the Kuklux played out, and
has no. since been revived.
The remainder of this commuDica
ton was handed in for last weeks
issue, but was crowded out, and !
respectfully ask that it be inserted
here.
A great deal has been said and
written about B. OF f. obligations,
but SO far, generally by those who
have a private or political ak to
grind, or who know nothing atall
about it. Our declaration. Of princi-
Piles, page one, of our constitution
says: I'VE believe there is God,
the Creator Of all things, and that
He created all men free and equal,
and endowed them with certain in
alienable rights. That these rights
should be respected by all mankind"
And that the laboring classes of
mankind are gradually becoming OPP
pressed and the fruits of their labor
absorbed by class who propose, not
only to live off the labor of others,
but to speedily amass fortunes at
their expense. And that we band
ourselves together for protection,
and cooperation to secure these
rights and privileges that we are be-
ing deprived of by these combina-
tions of capital. These are the aims
and principles of the order, as set
forth In our constitution, and in or
der that they may be understood,
they are carefully read to each can
didate for membership before he is
obligated. These being the facts in
the case, the b. of f. are bound to
stand by each other in the right,
and to oppose all rings, expressions,
monopolies and wrongs, hence the
fierce opposition of the rings and
cliqucs from the beginning.
There are only two ways known
among men, whereby we can secure
the rights and privileges we have,
or regain those we have lost. The
first is at the ballot box, by elccting
our own men to office and thereby
control legislation and the admins
tration Of government ourselves.
The second by the sword.
The first brings peace and pros
perity, the second misery and DIES
truction. II The first is neglected,
the second is inevitable and will
come. Choose you this day before
it is too late, for il you follow the
rings, blue ruin is on your track.
Remember bow they have opposed
us from the beginning, and how they
oppose everything looking to the
lettering OF the condition of the
farmer and laboring man, how they
have groveled in the dirt and rolled
every scandal and falseLood. they
l.