The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-02-07
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! AHoppositioh, and carry whatever measures
:. we decide upon. II the ma ority be against
us, then We must de our time or be denied
our rights ''inside the Democratic party"
( The farmers of the State. we are sure. do
not expect the reforms they dcmani from
any other source and If they are i'll dead
earnest (and if they are not we arc badly
fooled for once). they will get their rights.
inside the party in the regular way, With
peace and harmony, and with honorable and
binding submission on the part of those who
oppose them, as the farmers themselves have
so long and honorably submitted to Il denial
of them.
We respectfully submit that the reason
the farmers of the State have not long aro
gotten all they want and all they have "A
right to at the hands ola better State govern
ment under Democratic control, lies in the
fact that they have not gone about it in
determined, practical WY, by uniting upon
and putting the right men in office. In the
simplicity CT their honesty and confidence
they have dpended too much upvIr Uurr1r5-ry-
prepared petitions ard resolutions express
ing ''thc sense of the meeting" without even
following these up with well-directcd, but
ton-holc work. They arc beginning now to
realize that the ballot is the combined lever
and fulcrum for the cxcrci If their power.
They are better organized ay than they
lIavc ever been in the histu:' Of the safe
SINCE occasion arose 1Or sNci organization,
and when the proper time comes they will
without ostemtation begin the ballot snow
drift that will so purify the political atmos-
phcrc that their rights will be ut once assur-
ell. The opposition to fair and honest rule
will be showed under And it will be done
inside party lines, regularly and fairly and
wisely, and without injustice to anybody or
anything. The party and its plans and poll
( cies will be purified without harshness, or
l.,.tt,
Z wisdom of which is recognized by all right
thinking men.
The address OF Chairman Shell, so far as
it relates to measures of reform, is a very.
Thoughtful: AID we'll prepared paper, but'in
and nwisefz attsTsa ss sSsgis i ssssI %
was doubtless Intended for effect In arous-
iAGS3he %farmers from supposed lethargy.
W8do not tbist 10 either wise OF necessary,
however. The farmers are already aroused,
but dispassionately. They are sentimental
enough but their sentiments mean business
rather than bad blood aud sectional cstrange-
ment. Their purposes are not 10 be de-
stroyeI in madness. They are cool in the
cultivation of wisdom, and they will vote
right when the time comes.
Important concessions have been
made to the demands of the farmers
of the State within the pUSt few years.
Their plans have been opposcl and thwartel
in several instances. hu; step by step the
farmers are gaining ground. Frnm every
fight they merge with at least partial vic
tory. All they can demand within the
hounds Of reason ls within their reach in
side the Democratic party, strictly, with its
present mnchir cry in operation. 1t the
farmers calmly and colly decide upon the
reforms they desire, and # they do not
carry them through Il Will hc tecau-c they
are not united. And until unity prevails
nothing will he accomplished by This means
or that. They are in the mjorIty, ani the
cause Of the farmers has thousands oc friends
among those who arc not turner's. BY
reason of their superior voting strength
they are or can be, masters Of the situation.
Under Il wise policy, covering wise ami just
demands. and under dcicrmincl yet wise
and conservative leadership. their power
will tie exercised for the adjustment of all
matters Of state government II: on u basis
fair and just to all Interests. R,sh and in
hamma'ory declarations will neither uni'a D
the farmers nor gain them friends.
There can be no valid objection to n con-
vention OF the farmers of the State under
The cal issued by the Executive Committee
Of the Farmers Ass0ciat on. l. is well for
them to meet, even ortIncr than they do
and discuss and decide upon. measures of
relief aud rcform. Indeed, there ought TO
be n very fall convention in response -
that call, and when assembled it will show
its wisdom,
lst. BY deciding at once not to nominate
q State ticket.
2d. By adopting wise, just mud states
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