The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-10-09

should take and read an Alliance |
paper, then ''ln things essential
we would have unity" ami in "all
things CHARITY
EDUCATION
Public sentiment is all powerful
polltica ly in free government.
Hence the necessity for the education
of the masses to insure the formation
of an Intelligent public sentiment.
Our political lea}ers. sO.callct, are
in reality, .folloecers of public sfn'i'
ment. The present great reform
movement depends for it's success IN
q just and intelligent public sentl.
ment. The issue is between the
people on the one side, and monled
combinations on the other side, be-
tween the masses and the classes.
The classes are rich, organized and
educated. The masses are pour, in
perfectly organized, and illiterate.
The classes are in the minority, bit b,
organized effort, free use OF money,
and the advantages of education,
they have been ennblef to control
Congressional legislation for 20 years
The masses are in the minority. hut
our lack Of perfect organization,
money and education. aud from
neglecting the.r pol tical duties, they
have permitted the minority TO usurp
political power, and enact laws dis
criminal NJ aguin-t the masses that
produce the wealth of the country.
and fnv"ring the casses that uccumu.
late the wealth produced by others.
Tie MASSES are Indignant aud rs.
founded ut the discovery of class
leg'slnt:on so antag"nistic to their
interest. They are rnlly aroused to
sense of the dangers that sur.
round them, and are determined in
the future to he represented in the
councils of the Nation. A more gene.
raj diffusion Of knowledge 10 neces.
sary to the Success of this reform
movement, nnl to perprtuate IL
government shy the pople and for
f.,r the people, and to enable the
people to choose representatives that
will establish 8 just and c"nserVa'
tive government that will give "eqnal
rights TO all and special privileges to
none The improvement OF our
public schools is matter Of vital i'm.
port under existing conditions. An
extcn.ion of the scllm,l term and i'm
proved text books> Would increase
their efficiency. Matter calculated
to impress the youthful mind with q
love of home anil country, Liberty and
in dependence has been eliminated
from text hooks nsed in onr public
schools. These text hooks indelibly
impress their lessons on the minds
of tue pupils. No other form of litrra.
ture Is as accessible to the masses:
therefore to secure imprnved text
hooks, and to defeat publishers COM
bines from charging extortonate
prices for school books we should de-
mand that the Legislature of onr
State auti. or re the pnb icution of ull
houks used in our public free schools.
That committee ON school bnoks
consisting of the president OF the
Clemson College, the presidents Of
all other State beneficiary colleges,
and the Superintendent of education
be selected to prepare suitable
seris. of school books for use in the
free public schools of the State, with
special instructions to ins rt extracts
from speeches and writings Of Onr
greatest patriots. also tho elementary
principles of agricultural chemistry.
And that other States he requested
to take like action, and publish such
sch"ol books jointly, and thereby
lessen the cost of publ cation, and
that such school hooks be furn shed
for use in our free schools without
cost to the pnp Is. If this sugges.
ton meets with the approval OF the
Alliance, then a committee should be
appointed to fOrnulnte the demand
and cause it to be presented t. our
State legislature.
CONCLUSION,
The employment OF, public cot.
ton weigher in Camden is demanded
hy members of the Alliance. In
Lancaster the Alliance employed q
pub ic weighcr; the merchants mt
first opposed it, and insisted on en-
ploying their own weisher at the
farmers expense. Now, since the
merchants have yielded to the Al
lance demands to have cott.n
weighed by m agent of the producer,
they are well pleased with the change,
I wonll suggest that committee
he appointed to consider this de.
mand, and the sail committee re-
port as early as possible to this AL
lance.
I wonld earnestly impress the
necessity Of every member snbscrih-
ing for our Nat onal anil State
organs and az many other Alliance
publications as possible An AL.
lianre man that is sell supplied with
Al lance Literature always becomes n
Jealous and efficient advocate Of AL.
llance principles.
The office of l. cturer in our coun.
ty and sub. Alliances should no