The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-18

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state that the uncivilized and barbarous
rush to war on the slightest pro'oca
tions, while the now civilized and-en-
lightened nations resort to the sword
and rifle only as a last resort. The
former with less persistency soon ends
the conflict with little blood she !,
while the latter, regarding var as the
final resort, the last arbiter, from
which there is to be no appeal, pro
Lract the struggle more stubbornly
and with more destructive results.
The intelligence of our nation has
never been questioned efthec before or
since the The cause Of the war
-s4avefy) was riveted upon your people
of the South generations before the
people who had to dispose Of the ques-
ton were born. Sins of our fathers
visited upon the children to the
third and fourth generation without
the knowledge or consent of those
who had to { spose of this question,
was fastened upon US, and when the
conflict came, so deeply rooted into
the very nature and being of both
North and South, that both sides call
ing upon the same God, feeling in
their very life that they were right
and consequently in every way justlh-
able, rushed to the mad conflict with
a bravery, a heroism, yea, with a de-
voted patriotism hitherto unknown,
with results more, disastrous and de-,
structive than are scarcely to be found
in the worlds history. The South
defending, to them a constitution
sacred and of divine origin, were as
earnest, persistent and determined as
we of the North were to destroy it.
The honesty, sincerity and bravery of
the South as displayed in that bloody
struggle and since has seldom If ever
been equalled, and most certainly has
never been excelled in the whole his
tory of man. That our efforts were
equal to your own you will not hest
tate to admit, for you know that it re-
quired a powerful, a persistent, and a
people not wanting in bravery to cope
with your people of the South, and
with all this in order that We might
be master of the situation, superiority
of numbers had to be added, or we
never could have marched through
the Southern States. The war is
over, slavery is banished and you
would not have it back on Southern
soil under any circumstances. Why,
then, should we not UNITE IN ALL
THINGS THAT CONCERNS Us AS A NATION?
We should be proud of each other;
we should frown down every effort to
cultivate and perpetuate sectional bit.
terness; we should not question each
others honor nor bravery, and when
points Of no real difference can be
found to exist, why not love each
other, and why not fly into each
others arms in such ~fraternal embrace
as no power on earth can sever? The
interests of the North are the interests
of the South and vice versa, and if
the masses of our people will elevate
themselves entirely above the designs
or the selfish, INSCRIPTIONS politicians
of both sections mot the honest ones,
for this class we NEEDY we cannot,
with our great and almost unlimited
resources, fail to be anything short
of the wealthiest and happiest nation
of people the world has over known,
and we would become a bright and
shining light to guide the footsteps of
all the world along the paths which
lead mankind individually and collect
lively to intelligence, prosperity and
happiness. But you know, my
brother, we are met at every step in
this direction by u most deadly
enemies or their emissaries, the cor
porations, trustsand enthroned capital.
Their presence was detected at St.
Louis. The efforts made to keep
Kansas out of the union field, and
now as the subordinate Alliances have
most heartily endorsed our action,
Kansas may be counted as fully united
with the Farmers Alliance and Indus
trial Union Of America.
l have been told that it was feared
that I had used language in the Ma
tional Alliance meeting that might in
jure the cause If so, | did not intend
it so, and to my Southern brethren ]
make this explanation: | have twice
been elected a member of the Kansas
Legislature, and introduced the first
bill in that body for the regulation of
railway transportation. This naturally
drew the fire of railroad corporations
and their sympathizers and hired tools
perhaps their efforts to throttle me,
have tended to make me a little tart
in my criticisms, but when confront.
ing what I conceive to be the enemies
of the industrial prosperity and hap.
piness of my people, / wish it distinct
~ understood that no earthly power
will be permitted to intimidate, en-
barrass or prevent me from giving
utterance to my true sentiments
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