The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-09-16

nOnOTaDIe QuGy TO 10 so. HaIAAAS W
do SO, we would have received, as we
would have deserved, the condemna
ton OF any true Alliance nan
The Alliance was charged with
saving " organized = secret comblna
tion" to defeat the Senator-that 1t
was trying to create an independent
party that it was trying to destroy
the Democratic party. Who In the
Alliance knows of any secres comblna
ton to defeat Senator Vance Who
in the Democratic party has moved
for the formation of an independent
party ? Look at the "bosses IN
South Carolina who called a convena
ton for that purpose. Look at their
efforts to put Bullock up against L.v
ingston, a regula: Democratic noml-
nee in Georgia. Look at the Seventh
district in that State, when the
" bosses" held a convention an put
out a candidate against Everett, the
regular Democratic nominee. And
yet this is the class of men who have
the efrontery to talk of independent
ism And this is the class of Demo
cratic politicians who are pledging
their support to John J. Ingalls, in
Kansas. This is the class of politicians
that denounce the Alliance and its
leaders Where in all the South has
the Alliance gone so far towards iu-
Ldependentism ? Should they go so
far, how they would be abused and
yet we hear no denunciation of these
&C independent straightout Demo
Gratis. These are the men to assume
to stand up and question the loyalty
and patriotism of true Democrats
And these are some of the men whose
real or pretended zeal for Senator
Vance has been and will be his heav
lest load. Some of them are the men
who did form a combination once
against the Senator, when the editor
of this paper and thousands OF our
Alliance brethren stood by him. We
repeat that off ever there was a time
in all his grand life, when he should
pray to be delivered from his so called
friends, that time is now"
If by any possibility we shout
have a Republican Legislature, or the
Senator should be defeated, it will all
be charged, by these same would be
4" Dos ses," that the Alliance is respon-
sible for it. 1t has oeen already as
serted. And yet, if such a thing
should occur, ae assert that 1t oOU be
the logical result of the unwise, 5ndiscreet
intoierant and foolish policy, adopted by
those Who assume to "6osS the Demo
cratic party Of the State, and against
which we entered our earnest protest
weeks ago.
The Alliance men of North Caro-,
lima have their opinions and their
rights. These should be respected.
And if they should say that in their
judgment a public man has made a
mistake, they should not be maIigned
and abused for it If a public journal
should exercise the same right, it
should not receive the outrageous as
saulss thai. have been SO maliciously
hurled against this paper. But it may
be that q certain class Of men in North
Carolina will live to learn that abuse
is not argument, and that misrepre
sentation is never ustifable nor decent.
While THE Pro 4REssIvE FARMER
will not swerve one iota from it's duty
to the Alliance, it intends to be strictly
asst 20 Senator Vance. II woult not
misrepresent him. 1t would be per.
fectly fair to him. If it be forced to
strike him, it will "strike ABOVE the
belt" All this agitation and excite.
ment has grown out of his position on
the Sub-Treasury bill. In a spirit of
fairness we make the following
x PROPOSITION TO SENATOR VANCE;
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER will give
him from two to three columns of
space per week, so long as he may
elect to use it, to sbow hot his position
and that Of the american Congress on
the Sub Treasury bill has been proper
and right.
We promise that the discussion
shall be conducted on our part fairly
and respectfully, and shall be free from
all ~vituperation and bitterness.
In all this controversy we have
done onlyWhat was our plain but
painful duty. We yield to no one in
admiration of the public life and ser
vices of Senator Vance. That we
have shown our regard for him per,
sonally and officially, throughout the
controversy, and even under the most
trying p~rovocatlon, we appeal to the
columns of this paper to testify.
Should the above proposition to
Senator Vance be declined, The Pro,
4REssIvE FARMER is done with the
matter, unless it be forced to speak.
y OUR SCHOOLS.
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