The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-02-26
For the TIMES .
TUT IT1V IINF-~
"Watchman. What of the Night?

last Christmas eve, to acquit myself u them of
| the trust they had 50 long condiel to me- the
question which heads this article was put to
mc-"Watchman, what of the Night? and
replied 10 the lst Of Jan. last. When | had
hoped for the dawn Of brighter days, shadows
fell, and in place of the light Of morning.
darkness gathered and thckcnei over the coun-
ellis of the last General Assembly. For the
first time, the mandates Of the constitution in
this State, the will of the people plainly e1-
pressed and the principles of constitutional
| right ignored, as in one OF my previous commu-
nica,ions has been indicated, rs also the remedy
therefor. We cannot hope that though the
| shadows hide, the good angel will guard and
protect our future God helps them who help
| themselves. The producing classes Farmers
aud mechancsj must help themselves by or
| ganization and united effort. They must rouse
themselves from the surnbcr and tho dreams
Of quarter Of a century break the chains
| which have. and are now lettering them, rush
| up the high grade which seiaraes them from
other pursN's and professions and stand abreast
II not in front of the first and foremost among
| them.
Our remedy is self reliance. Confidence in
| self is the vital want Of the farmer lie has
been 50 accustomed to receive and submit to
| the treatment OF n poor man at frolic, and
look on to the scene Of passing events with
or mouth and gullible simplicity that he has
| become very much Of auto ,atOu and slave
to frivolity aud imrertnancc. From this de-
graded acquiSscencc in inferior position he
| must rouse himself to the assertion of his man.
hood, his Importance, his usefulness, his prov
idcnce, his indispensable necessity to the
movements Of society ani the very existence of
civilization, and place himself in the attitude OF
a thinking, Intelligent and irrenressible c.em ent
and factor in all the relations Of life, instead of
| the submissive creature, beast Of burden. like.
| yoked with the brute and fcttcrcd TO the soil
| In life preservation of both human aud animal
| creation, how long would tho world exist with
out the farmer? Not only the souni of the tcle-
phone and the flash of the telegraph would
cease but the breath in the nostris OF its opera
tors would stop, and many OF the he ,sts of the
| field aud the birds Of the air would fall down
forever Again, let the reflective observer turn
back through the tide of time and mark its reve.
|
and liberation that has relieved humanity and
discn,hrallcd scrviiudc In. prucscci from
the reused up energies of that honest humane
and conservative class. The followers of Al.
frci the Great, the Birons Of Runnymedc, the
| lronSiies Of Cromwell, the followers of Wash.
| ington were all OF that class. They all submit
ted to wrongs until wrongs were intolerablc
| hon fol 81,
| thought, secured them by charters aud consti-
tutions; but human institutions aas are perish
| able. And human onths and human obligations
SF s2 %s .hG frs 9f Of h4%an rnSau AMh
| Farmers of Union, behold yorr condition
now-maSc the application of the proceeding g
teachings of history to yourselves. Are you
not in waat. are you not depend .nt is your in
dustry REWARDED arc your right, Of property
are your taxes just; are not your public servants
your masters, are not the great curses OF hu-
manity, Ignorance and poverty. impending over
your children And who is to blame Whose
fault is 1t: 1t is not only the officers of govern
mcnt. but it is the corporations, anil asa Citations
and professions and all the artificial pursuits of
men recognized by legislation each and every
one engineered by a Wiley and uascrupulous
agent each and all living Oh the same victim
the farmer lie knows it, but not to its full
extent neither does he think Of his remed IS
aud his power nor has he rcsortcd to it, Is il
not time that he had? Can he not profit by
the example of others: C.a he not be impell-
cl by the same faith that others are {? Can he
not be fired 10y the same love Of freedom his
fathers were: Can he not be supported by the
same hopes, and inspired by the same God
feeling rs he mus in his very soul hat he is
innocent aud honest. anl knowing rs he does
| that he has the power to enforce his will and
ovcrwheim his cneu.ies whenever he will unite
with his brothers OF the same calling
Farmers, think, resolve act, organize, urge
| COMPEL n convention Of the solid men Of your
State. Demand II new charter Of your rights
| a new constitution to s'iit your own race. your
own color, your own condition. true and faithtul
which belong TO y"u hy Inheritance, sanctioned
| by the deeds Of your fathers. and sacrcl de-
posit with You. 20 transmit to your children.
| am tempted to np,cn the comments and
suggestions 0; the newspapers and their cor
respondents for instance, which may
! siani for Minion. Myrmdon. Does he not
know that the constitution OF the United States
provides spheres of action for each separately
an! independently. AMI what the constitution
OF the State icmnnl- that Of the United states
| cinno: coUntcrmnnl excuse the fulilment
Of ami that taxation withou, representation
| is alike abhOigcnt To both constitutions anl the
creation OF privii:'I class guarded against