The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-10-07
THE VANCE POLK ALLIANCE
SUB-TREASURY BILL, AND
< THE DEMOCRATIC
PLATFORM.

The following communication was
written by a gentleman we'll known In
Fender county, and who IS well In
formed on the subject of current
politics. He is not a member OF the
Farmers or any other Alliance, and
we cheerfully give him space to "tire
off" his random shots:
Mr.. Editor 1t would be amusing,
if it were not for the serious side to it,
to see the disposition manifested on
the part of a great many with regard
to the Alliance, and its probable effect
on the Democratic party. The writer
of this is not a member of the Alliance,
but is, and always has been a Demo,
crat Of the "most straightout sect,
but, so far, he has failed utterly to see
wherein the Alliance is going to work
so much harm to the people. Suppose
it does work some harm to some
would be political leaders of the Demo
cratic party, by retiring them to the
shades of private life, and putting
other men, Democrats, in their place,
will this hurt the people, Not by a
very large majority. What is it that
the Alliance is working for? Are
they demanding things that will injure
the people? If so, then they them
selves are most wofully mistaken, for
they are the people. No sir, all of
this buster and fury on the part of
Democratic papers and politicians is
nonsense. We must all sink or swim
together, and while the Alliance plat
form is good Democratic doctrine, l
think it comes with bad grace from
Democrats to contend that they, the
Alliance men, are going to destroy the
Democratic party. But they say, rails
ing their hands in holy horror, (these
old messy backs) the State organ of
the order has had the effrontery and
hardihood to even attack Senator
Vance; Saints and ministers of grace
defend US, what a dissertation The
idea that Senator Vance could commit
an error must not be tolerated for an
instant. Down with Polk he is a
schemer, he's after Senator Vance's
seat in the Senate, off must go his
head, and he must be read out of the
party. Surely, with Vance's n Of
ridiculous, he must have INDUCED In
several broad smiles, when he read the
lot of rot that has been published in
the papers of the State about this mat
ter in the past month. The people are
supreme, and if they want a thing
done, it is their right and privilege to
send men to the Senate and to Con
gress who will represent their wishes.
If they are wrong in what they want,
they will be the sufferers, and no man
has the right to say they shall not
have it. | am a warm admirer and
friend of Senator Vance, but | say
that if he cannot conscientiously reflect
the wishes of his constituents, then it
is their duty TO send some one who
can. If the Democratic party can't
stand it to do this work, then it is not
OF the people and ought to go down,
but there is no fear of anything of this
sort. Are the Democrats of North
Carolina ready to stultify themselves ?
With Senator Vance opposed to the
Sub-Treasury bill, and opposed to the
abolition of National Banks, and the
plat form of the party recently adopted
at Raleigh, boldly demanding the lat.
ter, and swallowing almost into the
platform of the Alliance, Sub,Treaury
bill, and all, what sort of an attitude
do they put themselves in by de-
handing that no man must be elected
to the Legislature, who will not vote
for Vance, and he opposed to the
measures they advocate Let US have
a little common sense about this mat
ter, the Alliance is not going to do
the people any damage and if it can
do them any good, l say give them a
chance. They are no foreign foe, but
our neighbors and friends, and are
but just waking up to those duties of
citizenship to which they ought to
have been paying more attention for
years past. Now, let some would be
leader jump on to this communica-
ton, cry out treason, and let slip the
dog of war.--Peter, en- BWrgaw Herald.
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