The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-15

system. Inc OIL mlSu' AoN0 DO
made constitrt onai. The opinions OF
Senator Vance and the constitution
does not feed people. 1t does not lift
the mortgages from our farms and
homes; it does not give bread and
money to widows and orphans. When
the children of this day are growing
up in ignorance for want OF money
Senator Vance's opinions will not pay
for their educa ion. No, 1t is not a
matter of opinion. 1t is a matter OF
SO much Importan ;e that the existence
Of this government hangs as by a tiny
thread which the Sub Treasury bill
might have strengthened until the
thread became a rope.
Those who blame The Pro 3REssIVE
FARMER for it's u~tterances must remem-
Der that it has opinions and does not
go over the country to see what other
people say about anything. 1t says
what it thinks, but is willing at all
times to acknowledge an error II the
proof is put forward.
The press generally has been very
sensible and conservative in their
criticism of our editorial. But a few
have made some wild remarks, but we
accord them the right to express
their opinions. Our neighbor, the
State Chronicle, got sick last week. 1t
was very sick We fear that in his
zeal to apologize for our distinguished
Senator, Bro. Daniels went further
than was necessary. 1t takes up the
paragraph, "The moral of all is: We
must 90 back to the old way of elect
ing farmer Congressman and Senators.
1t becomes more and more apparent
that those we call our friends are u
enemies"
We had explained and modified
that paragraph in a conversation with
Bro. Daniels. Every editor in this
country knows that it is hard to write
just what you want to write at times
and to get it just where it ought to
have been. We will not apologize
for the sentiment contained in that
paragraph. We have written about
the same before-expect to again.
We meant to say about this
although the language conveys
a different meaning: "The moral
of it all is this: We must go back
to the old way of electing Senators
and Congressman. The fact that 68
of our 80 Senators are lawyers, many
of them connected with banks, rail
roads and other corporations, and AZ
of them being millionaires, also that a
large portion of our Congressman be
ing connected with and Interested in
corporations which are being used to
enrich the few to the detriment Of
the many, makes this absolutely neces
sary."
This paragraph makes us says that
Senator Vance is an enemy to the
people. That was another slip of the
pen. We meant to say, and repeat it
now, that Senator Vance has placed
himself in the attitude of an enemy
so far as the Sub-Treasury bill is con.
cerned, and we are going to stick to
it until convinced to the contrary, by
Senator Vance or somebody else.
But be would be a great fool who
would say that Vance has always heen
an enemy of the people, Or that his
position on most other questions had
been antagonistic to the interests of
the people of his State.
We have endeavored to explain
ourselves and injure no one. We
have, We hink, made it plan that
we we're defending Jul principles as
Alliance men instead of making war
on Senator Vance or the Democratic
party. The Alliance is non partisan.
When it was first organized it wanted
political reform, It wants it yet. But
it will expect to get il through the
dominant party. The ma 'rity rules
in the Alliance. A majority of the
Alliance men are Democrats, and not
outstanding the signs of disintegra-
ton which have been conjured up by
some of the newspapers Of the State, we
have no fears. The Democrats in the
Alliance will vote as they please. The
Republicans in the Alliance will do
the same. 1t is alleged that Alliance
men have urged a third party. If
true they have done i, without the
authority of the m~jr.'y of Alliance
men. Any Alliance m4n who init
mates that there is a thtcI party being
formed does himself and the cause an
injustice.
THE ALLIANCE IS A PLAT
FORM