The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-28
GREAT WORK TO be DONE.

GREAT WORK TO be DONE.
Wsras Of wisdom from One Of tho AL
nance's Strongest Opponents.
ssAlliance Week" was feature of the
exposition at Atlanta, which will long
be remembered by those who attended.
The chief exercises took place on We'd
nesday, when addresses were made by
prominent Alliance men and other citi-
mems of Georgia. DR.. G. w. McCune,
vho was introduced as "a gentleman
who, more than any other, has contrib
uted to make the Alliance the grand sue
cess it IT," said in the course of his adj
dress:
Now, if the Farmers Alliance were
purely a political organization it would
be something to be condemned-but the
objects of the alliance are such that it is
not and never can be in any sense of the
word political organization. It has a
higher and nobler mission. The men
who fill its ranks know this, and they
know it's real aims are pure and devoted
solely to the welfare of an immense body
of American citizens-a body of men
who for probity, intelligence and cour-.
age have not their peers on earth.
The mission of the Alliance is grand
and noble one, and the work it has al
ready done should commend it to the re-
spect of every true American. It is no
secret political organization, it could
never hold together if it were, but it is
a vast body of intelligent American
farmers banded together for mutual inn
provement and mutual help, sworn to
aid each other without discriminating
against any other class Of their fellow
citizens. If you will look back over the
last ten or fifteen years, my friends, you
will see that there has been general
commotion, very prevalent feeling of
discomfort and anxiety among all the
people, and especially among the agri-
cultural classes who felt-and who
rightly felt-that they were not being
fairly treated in a great many ways.
Out of this feeling grew this great move
ment, an instructive movement for
self defense and protection.
What the future holds no man may
say. Some there are-wise men-who
predict that the century will close in
ibloodshed and confusion; others have
said that the great problems vexing us
today will find their solution before the
year 1900. Who is right and who is
wrong in this we cannot say-but one
thing we know, and that is that the
great Alliance of the farmers of America
is doing its utmost to furnish a speedy
and satisfactory solution to many of the
problems which have so long vexed the
toiing millions. You can hear the shout
for relief coming up from all parts of
the country-and the cries of honest and
Woodworking men must be needed. We
must have in all things iberality, unity,
and in all things charity. No class of
men in this country have anything to
fear from the success of the Alliance.
On the contrary all men have everything
to hope from it, and the objects of this
grand agricultural movement once as
esured, this country will take on such an
era Of solid prosperity and national
wealth as was never seen before, was
never dreamed of. Our only cry is for
justice pure and simple; "equal rights
to all, special privileges to none"
IF I could make my voice heard
throughout the length and breadth of
this land would devote myself unre-
servedly to this great issue, and never
cease until strength failed me.
Believe me, my friends, that the sue
cess of the Alliance means your emanci-
patton from the servitude of Wall street.
You will be released from the financial
thraldom under which New York has so
long kept you. It is humiliating con-
fession to make, but we are not blind to
the fact that the whole land is grooming
under the slavery of monopolists and
men who care nothing for their country
and everything for their bank accounts.
But, my friends, we have long, hard
fight before US, and while we do not
despair of victory, it will tax our ener-
.gies and patriotism to the utmost to
wrest our fair land from the choking
grasp of monopoly.