The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-22
DESPOTISM.
No. l..

u OF s CLl0 GlL1S L ud OOOH ONN
old fogy authors, long since dead, but
whose works follow them-m9n who
opposed despot SIN in all forms, who
wrote and fought for liberty-for
freedom.
Before me lies a book, printed near
ly $50 years ago, and from it [ desire
to make many quotations. The re-
publicanism of the book in America
did much to bring about our indie
pendence.
"Dtvitjas comit1tur Lu9Ws, ct LWrWS
ert in Tyrammtdum." Riches are at
tended with luxury and luxury ends
in despotism. Evidently a quotation
from Erasmus.
The author says, I am certain, that
in attempting to promote the general
happiness of man, without serving
any party or paying court to any in
dividual, [ am not serving my own
interests. On the contrary l an well
aware that my very subject must give
offence to those poss essed of power
and patronage. I am ready to bear
the proud mans scorn, thu insult
Of rude ignorance, the c of
malice, the hired censure of the
sycophant whose preferment depends
on the prostitution both of knowledge
and conscience, and the Virulemce Of
the VenG3 newspaper.
1t would be a disgr4ce to a good
man not to incur the abuse of those
who have sold their integrity and
abilities to the enemies of the whole
country and the human race. While
I have liberty to write [ will write for
liberty"
That sounds as if it were written in
reply to the narrow minded and
bigoted newspaper articles of today.
Our subjects give Office now as in
other days to politics. ans and dema-
gogues.
How solicitous these open friends
and secret enemies of the people are.
From the first our declaration of prin-
ciples has been open for all to read
and combat.
Our order, by these declarations, is
a non partzan order, and when those
who are not Of us, who by their past
and present course show that their
sympathies are not with us, advise us
to remain in their party or in any
party, they are ,dvising you to break
your obligation which of your own
accord you freely took. To be non
partisan in religion and policies is the
very foundation stone of the order.
In a Republican State does it mean to
continue to be a Republican In a
Democratic State does It NEAR to be
a Democrat q? Our order is based on
a principle differing from either.
There is nothing in our order thai
bids a man leave either party that he
has associated with in the past any
more than it bids them leave any
church they have associated with in
the past, and on t'e contrary there is
nothing in it Il at bids a member to
remain in it.
If our order advocates principles
that are contrary to either party, then
o. what avail would our principles be
if we did not align ourselves on our
principles =? If to be non-partizan
means anything, it does mean that
you as a member shall be more inter
ested in the good of the people than
in either party. It does not mean if
you are a Methodist that you shall
ever be slandering or villifying the
Baptist, or that the latter should abuse
or misrepresent the Presbyterians.
Take your churches when they meet
together only sollcitous for the good
of the race. When the different de-.
nominations meet on a level and put
to one side doctrinal ques ions, then
and not till then comes religious re-
forms-the reformation Of those whose
lives are ungodly. This is the
primary object of the Alliance. To
get together those that toil-not those
that live on others toll and in
our conference meetings discuss the
evils that beset us and oy a combined
effort make a furious oaslought on
sin-on politicians. Why do not the
leaders oppose us with argument ?
lQ6y RESORT TO Gl0 same m0GuOQS
adopted by the wicked aud ungodly
when you all with one Accord meet in
the sanctuary. The sinners that op-
pose your churches get up their side
shows, usually entertainments, par
ties, picnics and the like to direct the
young. But if in your zeal and
earnestness you labor on, you refuse
to be side, tracked, then they begin to
tell what your preacher has done, and
SANDERS are circulated, lies invented,
the character of your membership is
assailed, and the coward dis will insinu-
ate that they are quite as good as A.
or B.
Just so the evil one works in poll
tics. He endeavors to side track the
people. In l776i in Massachusetts and