The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-07-17

but a little, will enable il ID
triumph. Its triumph will be
yours. \ little sapp:ng of IL
strength, little diversion Of
its ranks, will be it, defeat
gain. IT. defeat will lik-wi-.
be yours. The danger i tina;
oppressed freemen become 80
patient, and ilnpat eut men arr
often unWi-". Your great ora
Mat on : bat Little more than
two years uid-it is no. vet
grown 1t Cannot look for g.eaI
nary II uf Result befo q lie
sowing and t!4e maturing of liz
crop Already wonderful .h'ng,
have been achieved. Vene a
tie legislators, litcl0nL servants
Ut corporations and Wall stree.
poi.cy have already come lo
know that there is a barge class
of the American people called
farmers and who have rights
and privileges like Othe : Nn
greater shock for years past na@
( been givJa To the Sleek and
/ comfortable recipients Of class
leg station than the recent
pa SAGE through the Senate 1T
the bill to restore the unlimited
Coinage and legal tender charl
cter of silver. This was IN
do ibtedly due to the Farm .rs'
Alliance. For the past six
months thele has been more
discussion upon the condition
of the farmers and matters per-
tanning to their interests than
had taken place within ten
years previous. The more Of
this talk the better for the
farmers. Their wrongs are 50
palpaple that the Justice of re-
dressing them VIII become
more and more irresistible as
the light is turned on. The
policy Of the farmers, bein .
now right, is to keep within
the right. Demand nothing that
is Illegal, ask nothing that is
unreasonable. Especially, it
seems to me, they should be
careful not to iujure their
friends.
They should hold their forces
in hand ready to aid those who
favor them and to strike those
only who are hostile to their
purposes and principles. To at
tempt to make a political party
Of the Farmers Alliance for
the purpose Of sLpplanting
either Of the great parties who
divide the American people
would be a great mistake. III
the South it could only destroy
the Democratic party and leave
in undisputed control that
other party which is the author
and uphOlder Of the evils by
which We are afflicted. By your
own rules you exclude from
membership a majority of the
community and for that season,
alone, You should not under
taKe to become a political party.
! see many indications If that
tendency which give me much
concern. In the neighboring
State of South Carolina there is
a contest raging which, a. it
looks to me, can only have the
result of putting that State
back under African ru lie. This,
too, among men who profess to
agree upon all matters of prin-
ciple. Let lis hope hat we may
avoid such dangerous and I'M
seemly contests in our State. |
trust much to yon, my dear sir,
and to the conservatism, good
sense, moderation and patrioti-
sm Of the farmers of North
Carolina. to avoid the taking
OF any position or the doing of
anything that would prevent
the Democrats who are i'll the
Alliance and the Democrats
who are not in the Alliance
from working together for
principles which are common
and for interests which axe
general, with that harmony
which so trinmphantiy brought
us out of the house OF bondage
i'll the period from 1870 to 1856
aud which has in so great q
measure restored our State tn
reasonable degree of prosperi
ty and credit. Let us not imi-
tate the conduct of the Jews
when their sacred city was be
seiged by the Roman aruiies.
who fought their enemies with
Incredible valor all day and
fought each other with incredi-I
lie fury all night. Let US, on
the contrary, stand together and
tight our common enemies day
and night. Let us strive for a
reduction of taxation on the
necessaries of lIfe-for a reduc-
ton Of the expenditure of the
government-for an increase of
the currency and the price of
farm products by the free coin |
aye Of silver and the restoration
OF its full legal ten, .er charac !
ter-for repeal of the lax up
on State banks-for the regula-
ton of transportation rates by
railroad commissions, and last |
but not least. LET d. aarnactIu