The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-10-07


imaginable, that man is possessed of
these, who, while in open opposition
to you, demands of you a position to
support him in order that he may fight
you.
MEASURES NOT MEN"
Political questions are always truit,
ful of differences of opinion. Your
Sub Treasury plan is good illu,tra,
tion; and those who oppose it should
not expect those who favor it TO sur
render their opinions as little children
yield to the judgment Of parents. You
are not children. You have acquired
knowledge by age and thought and
bitter experience through long and
patient suffering. After thirty years
of patient following, you have deter
mined to be led no longer, but to lead.
When those whom you have followed
without questioning, spring before you
to take command of your co umn, it
is time for you to demand of them,
who and what they are; whether for
you or against you; not what they
have been, but what they are now.
He who asks for your leadership
should be the WhOle-hearted champion
Of your cause and not refuse to fight
under your banner,
Your motto is, Measures, not
men," Men are of no avail. You
can find men without looking. You
want men who can say " shibboleth "
and not slbboleth." You want
leaders who are not fresh from the
camp fires Of your enemies. You
want men who have been true and
faithful in every position in which you
have placed them and who have never
deserted you. You want mon who
have no concealment of any of their
acts connected with public trust 1t
is your duty to inquire, and your right
TO kn0aj what your public servants
dc, 81 / why they do it. The trust is
yours. You are the sovereign, and
they your agents The creature
should not be permitted to defy the
creator; nor the servant his master.
THE WORK OF THE ENEMY.
The most insidious attack of an
enemy is to disorganize the rank and
file; the most demoralizing is to kill
the officers in command You are at
tackled in both ways. Your chos~n
leaders have been ira 1uced, vilifed
and slandered. The man who assaults
the reputation of the pastor Injuries
his congregation. The man who sland-
ers the father Injuries his family. The
man who vilifies the leaders in a great
movement casts obloquy on their fol-
lowers. Could Lutner's character
have been destroyed, the reformation
would have been retarded-if not pre-
vented. Gould Washington have been
tainted by charges of treason, the
revolution would have failed / am
illustrating by example. l am not
drawing comparisons. Beware of the
friend who processes friendship and
assails your leaders in one breath. Be-
ware of him who fatters the family
while he strikes to the earth it's head.
The insidious is more dangerous
than the open attack. 1t is to divide
you, your ranks. If you differ among
yourselves as to the best plan for as
saulting your enemy, let no one out,
side your organization reap any ad,
vantage by it. The minority may not
approve of all details of your plan, but
that is no reason for dividing and sur
rendering to any one who opposes it.
Your success depends on an unbroken
front. You may depend on this, that
you must look for fidelity to your
cause within more than without your
organization. Discuss and differ as
you may, but preserve unity in action.
BETTER THAN ANY SUBSTITUTE OFFERED
Your Sub Treasury plan is better
than any that has been suggested as a
, substitute. 1t is gaining ground
The more it is discussed, the stronger
itgrows. 1t stands far in advance of
J the banking system, Of the whisky
warehouse system and the tariff
The tariff of thirty years is cruel,
} systematized robbery for tho enrich
ing of few thousand, and yet ample
authority is found for it in the Con
Gtitution by those in control of the
government.
The whisky warehouses benefit q
few hundred, and they, too, find shel
ter under the Constitution.
The banking system was devised to
: enrich, and does enrich, few hun.
dred thousand, at the cost of go, O,OsO,
900, and its constitutionality is as
sumed and generally conceded.
The government became endorser
for the Pacific Railroad for over $IOO,
100000, and that is adjudged consbi,
!, tutional
Until within year past no lawyer
ever doubted the power of State to