The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-06-17
NOMINATION IN THE THIRD
CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT.

Nh. EDTToR:-The Democratic Con,
g~ressional Convention of the Ihlrd
District is called to meet IN Clinton
on the 23d day of July. AS the
men nominated by that convention
will, in all probability, represent the
district in the Fifty-third Congress, it
is the duty of all voters to give earnest
and serious attention to the matter
from this day till the nomination is
made.
The voters of this district are agrl-
cultural to a degree unsurpassed, per,
baps, by that of any other section OF
North Carolina. Nowhere else,
moreover, have the principles OF the
great reformation that Is oelng
wrought by the Farmers Alliance
taken a frmer hold than here; and In
NO other section can the Alliance
boast of more intelligent aud patriotic
members. For, if at first the charge
of ignorance was justly brought
against us, the urgency and unlVer-
salitv of agricultural depression are
now crowding our ranks with the
true yeomanry of the land-men OF
intelligence, lovers of peace, OF coun-
try. and of liberty as expounded n
the law and the tradition OF the
fathers; men so thoroughly ~conserva-
tive that they will attempt the resto-
ration and preservation OF their
lights not bv g of rude revolu-
ton, but by the gentler means OF
nuiet and determined reformation.
While to those who wilfully or
through ignorance misunderstood
them, they seem an announcement
multitude" they are of a truth the
thoughtful conservators of our nation
al welfare. Neither are they third
party enthusiasts nor "hay-seed SO.
cialists as denominated by some. If
thew are Democrats they will remain
Democrats, seeking redress of wrongs
through the organized Democracy.
Yet they are men who will not permit
their "~earnest to slacken into play"
Their attachment to right is stronger
than their love of a meaningless party
name. For their principles are In
born, inherited of fathers who re
ceived fixed notions of finance and
liberty at the hands of that immortal
apostle and preserver of equal rights,
who with strength mightier than that
of Hercules, crushed at M stroke
the Bank of the United States, that
mighty lion of monopoly which then
threatened all liberty and property.
The name of Jackson is dear to them,
and when shall we find a more salts.
factory exponent of Democracy =?
We are endeavoring to establish
"peace on earth" upon the just, and,
therefore, enduring foundation OF
equal rights, and we are exercising
"good will toward men" Therefore,
while I would not say aught in dis
paragement of any man whose name
has been mentioned in connection
with the Congressional nomination.
least of all would I advise the rejec
ton or the acceptance of any mar
solely on the ground Of his profession
or occupation. Yet, under the cir
cumstances, the man who shall repre-
sent this constituency acceptably
must manifest certain WelldefneC
characteristics. He should not b.
narrow minded as a fanatical enthusi
asst, but broad minded enough to fee
that this body polite is made up o
many members, every mt of which
shall receive due consideration. Il
should love liberty because it is tn
divine right of all He SHOULD
love the constitution because it is ever
now, if executed, as it was in the be
ginning, the death warrant of al
monopoly and oppression. He mus
hate oppression. He must be a Dem
ocrat in name and in action. If b
has legislative experience, it is well
if he shall have a controlling desire t
represent the will of the people, tina
is better; if he cannot feel that a SCI
want is bound by the expressed wi
of his master, his unfitness is at ono
complete.
It may be possible in this district t
find such a man in any calling. BIZ
if such a one can be found in our ow
ranks, why should farmers seek fc
him else where q? For who can nor
intimately know and appreciate OF
condition than one who feels th
same oppression that we feel, an
whose intelligence at the same tin
enables him to comprehend the caus
of orr distress and IFS remedy ? {
who shall make a more uncompromi
ing advocacy of u principles an
Necessities