The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-09-14
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rGSsive Farmer

claiming that he has not purposed or In
tended "even remote reflection on the
motives or character of SENATOR VANCE,"
and concludes with the following:
In a spirit of fairness we make the
following
Proposition to Senator Vance.
The Progressive Farmer will give him
from two to three columns of space per
week, so long as he may elect to use it,
TO SHOW THAT HIS POSITION AND THAT OF
THE AMERICAN CONGRESS ON THE SUB
TREASURY BILL HAS BEEN PROPER AND
RIGHT.
We promise that the discussion shall
be conducted on our part fairly and re-
spectfully, and shall be free from all
vitUperation and bitterness.
In all this controversy we have done
only what was our plain but painful du-
ty. We yield to no one in admiration OF
the public life and services Of Senator
Vance. That we have shown our regard
for him personally and officially, through
out the controversy, and even under the
most trying provocation, we appeal to
the columns of this paper to testify.
| Should the above proposition to Sena-
tor Vance be declined, the Progressive
| Farmer is done with the matter, unless
it be forced to speak.
The CHRONICLE has all along had In
view the harmonizing of all differences
of opinion in the party ranks in the in
| terest of Democratic success. In view
of the proposition of Col. POLK, it oc-
ours to US that the best course that could
be pursued would be to ''let us have
peace" In his letter to Mr.. ELIAS CARR,
President of the State Alliance. SENA-
TOR VANCE stated why he could not sup
port the Sub Treasury bill and indicated
the measures which he would support
and which he believed would most sure
ly bring relief to the farmers; in his let
ter to MR.. E. @. BEDDINGFIELD he an
swered all the questions propounded to
him; and in a recent letter to
the editor Of the STATE CHRoN-
ICLE and other editors he says that he
is with his party in its declaration OF
principles adopted in the last State Con
vention: These letters, together with
his able speeches in Congress, show
where he stands upon every pub
, lie question. We do not see how he
could make his position better under
stood unless he should ask the Pro
! gressive tarmer to print his speech in
) favor of removing the tax on cotton
ties; in favor of giving the farmers re
ciprocity SO that they could ship theil
, products and buy merchandise with tht
: proceeds without paying the tariff taxa
, ton; and his convincing argument clos
ing the tariff debate in which b,
!. shows how the Republican part.
!; has increased the burdens upol
L consumers, and particularly upo
y the Southern fai mers. If in addition
y he should ask the Progressive Farme
to publish his bill which provides fo
giving the farmers a DIRECT SAVING {
: an average of Al per cent upon all III
plementS, clothes, window glass, an
almost everything else he needs, tn
bill of itself and his explanation of th
i, relief it would bring directly to the fa
- mers, would speak "trumpet-tongueC
. in favor of his retention in the honorab
position which he fills with such cred
- monwealth and where he stands as tt
ablest and most devoted champion
the rights of the people, particularly
- the farming population.
~ Beyond these things and the present
, ton of his views at length upon t.
40 stump where oil the people can he
him, we do not think SENATOR VAN
10 can make his position more clearly u
- derstood. A controversy, through t
~ Progressive Farmer or any other pap'
~ would only serve to widen whatever q
a1s ferences that already exists. Col. Po
&C. expresses himself as entirely willing
let the matter drop now, and to not
ne sumo it. There is no good reason W
.an nu all others should not be W
ro- ing to do likewise, and W
,p there should not, from now on, be p
lrn feet accord aud concert of action on
-, part of all Democrats in North Caroli1
m Brethren The interests of the De
will ocratic party-the supremacy Of &C
Itlc government-the material advancem
ON of the State all demand that rancor a
nal abuse be ended and that all true Der
an Gratis open their batteries upon the e
nv. The CHRONICLE holds Democra
ost success above every other issue, anC
Will has throughout pursued the course t
oc- it believed would best promote that S
we'd cess. SENATOR VANCE himself says
would be sin and shame not to b
TO harmony among those of our peo
lied who in all material things are subst
en- TALLY agreed" and again, "Our frie
should not be wounded by any b
lect words" Let us have peace.
sion
lele- The Lexington Dispatch is in erro
supposing that the speech it publis