The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-04-30
AIMS OF THE ALLIANCE.
TIE 2sLATiONsoE TIE ORDER &c
PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
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! Col. &. 7. Stacihouse, president Of
/ tie Farmers Alliance of South Caro-
! Ina, ass written tbo followinglatter 50
! 1ir. II. J. Pate OF Hs1nv7eii
DEAR BaorEEs-Yorr letter CO..: =
ins clipping, The Alliance and It's
k;ms. and resolutions in reference to
s.!.a:, as. the B.nberg Alliance, wss
roaeivsa during ny sbsoacs from
! home.
! perhsp, I c.n best sns"er your
! :-tS>r b.r stating az briefly ssrossible
Yna;; conceive 70 be tie relations Of
(. ,:.o Alliance 20 politics.
The f-st declaration OF Intentions
in oiE constitution says: 'Io labor
for the education OF the agricultural
classes IN the science 6; economical
j government. IL strictly ro2-psrV:-
! SIT spiri5.
: Th;g ,iaci.cacioa is full cf sugge1
f; i've thoughts. The thought suggest
e1 is thc; these classes n.ed TO be
. educated II the sc:o.ca OF ec3noa1i-
! csI ,,o7a7ntacnt. This leads natural
; ly &c the inquiry, hsTc these classes
been careless about this kind Of edu
cation, and if SO, ha1 this careless
ness made taem victims CT yiciouslcs
STANDARDIZATION inat IS unequal
anG oppressive 70 these classes? Tbs
Alliance assGmes (snd We think cor
7ecGy) that such has been the case.
TariaG protection might be cited as
n illustration of &h;s kind sfcnequal
and oppressive legislation. And it
1.a7 BE- we'll 20 remark here that tar
if protection Is moro aistinctively 2
psrtr iss2e (as between thetwo great
political parties n this country than
any ether. Tariff protection taxos
tho agricultural classes-tbc largest
consuming classes Of manufactured
pco3ucts-to build up and enrich tbs
gea; manufacturing Industries Of
This county. TIE Republican party
.,;a.rc~. tho protective policy. The
Democratic party opposes IT. The
Alliance bids It's membership 20 tree
the-nselves from partisan p1ojudices
--ths great party blird-snd 10 ex-
s1aine this question IL The light Of
reason and right, and tnan DO whas
would be fo- the greatea: good 10 tbs
g-aatesJ number.
Then. # We take up the financial OF
money question, which is more E
class than party quostion-neithcr
OF the great political parties having
looked after tho interests Of the ag-
r;cultural classes in the financial leg
slation for the country since 1865.
IN proof OF ibis we might cite the e1-
traorCisry privileges granted to the
National Banks, the discrimination
against .he farmers securities IN tho
os:a ?hiisi.ment Of these banks, tie de-
rionatizat;on OF silver, tic reduction
IL the volume OF currency by the re
tirement Of the C2ited States bonds
and the canceii2g Of National Bank
notes, and in short, the catablsh-
mcnt and maintenance OF financial
policv that ia surely reducing the
great middle class to condition OF
dependence and want. This policy,
If long continued, VIII make ssro1g
and centralized government e neccs-
sitT 70 protect the rich and to hold
the poor in subiection. As remarked,
this is more 4 class than g party
question; but partisanship has been
tie blind that has blinded the iarM-
ing Glasses to the great wrong that
was inflicted upon them. Of course,
Il all tho great farming classes could
Lsvo freed themsel7es from psrty
and sectional preiudices and i they
had been educated II shs science OF
political economy they would haTo
stood together and these wcongs
could not have come upon them.
IN the above brief illusions to The
necessity Of educating the agricultur-
al classes I have trenched on The ses-
end important suggestion, viz: the
spirit IN which it is to be done-"In
q strictly non-partisan spirit. That
party zeal hinder5 OF prevents invest;-
CATION IS too patent torequire demon
stration. This might be illustrated
by 3 case IN our own State and IN
your (BarnwcLD county I noticed
quite recently that an honored and
distinguished Carolinian, q citizen Of
yoa~ county and one OF the most dis
tinguisned farmers in ths State. was
reported to haze said: Il an Demo
cras first, second 3 farmer. BY winch
I understood him to mean that bis
love and his allegiance tc the Demo
crate party was such that he held It
would be wrong 80 discuss State POI
icy inside the Democratic party, for
taar CT endenSerirg Democratic su-
:,re,nacy IN the State. [ am sure
that ny distinguished friend held, IS
! hold, that there is nothing dishonest
in the administration Of our State
government. This being admitted
on all sides, where could be tie dan
ser Of The proposed discussion OF
State policv-inside the Democratic
party: Surely. there could be no
danger from such discussion if it be
conducted n o non-partisan,no non-tac-
tious-and Alliance members Will en-
gage Il such discussion III no other
spirit.
But the State Alliance has made no
other Legislative demands cna as an
| organization is not called upon 10
pass upon the demands put forth by
The Farmers Association.
The Alliance does not interfere
with ;ilc political OF religious prefer
encss Of It's members It is Demo
crati2 maj ai'ity rule OF the member
! ship. Legislative demands formu-
lated by the State Alliance would be
eu!;m;tttod TO the sub-Aliiances icc
ratification. When ratified, it would
| becolue State Alliance demand and