The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-09-09

| AAO ONOVA SGOOU pJ 4T-StO~N Ii III iOA
| strict construction. The North let
| US have the Constitution and they
took money. Since the war the Sou b
has still contended for strict construc
tion. The North has sat in admira.
ton Of our innocent SIMPLIFY, approved
our rhetoric, smiled al our reverence
for waste paper, encouraged our hon,
orable resolve not to touch a dollar
that We could not find named in the
Constitution, and said to US: That
is perfectly beautiful Farmers
should stand by the Constitution
Please hand over $47 Of every $l0O
to foster our factories
q So that the Suo Treasury bill be
Unconstitutional, tha7 obstacle is easily
removed. That once sacred instru,
ment must be amended in order to
more clearly define and restrict the
overs of Con gress. If not, Congress
will soon obIiterate State lines and re.
served rights"
THE ALLIANCE AND ITS DANGERS.
"Do you think the Alliance will
hold together or go to pieces, like the
Grange 2"
A full answer to your question
would be Iengthy-too long; for in it
is involved the discussion of all in.
ternal forces and weaknesses and ex
ternal assaults. | - ish | had time to
give my views on this point, for
would almost despair Of relief from
present tyranny by the money power
should the Alliance go down in defeat.
But | shall not fatter them. have
no favors to ask. What [ say to
them is not inspired by the present
am not a member of the Alliance
order, but was an Alliance man before
the organization was formed | had
thaught and felt so much on this sub
ject, on retiring from public life
formulated my views in my book,
"Plutocracy, American White Slav,
cry" as feeble picture Of what now
exists, and a prediction of what is tC
be. And my hope of peaceable deliv
erance for the whole country abides
with the Alliance.
But it is beset with dangers, more
within than without 1t must con
quer as an army conquers-by unity
of s2rpose, unity Of acting; no dl,
vision, no Struggling, no desertiop,
no absence at roll call 1t must put
no one in command who is not heart,
soul and mind in accord with it's aims
no one in she remotest way in afili
asion or sympathy with the enemy;
no one unwilling to lead where the
majority directs. And The rank and
file must tstand by their leaders. ."
THE MOVEMENT MUST BE NATIONAL.
"The movement must be national.
If sectional, it is doomed. To be
national it must bury all past preju,
dices. Are the men, North and South,
able to do that ? If not, union is i'm,
possible, AMI defeat and disaster GER
tain. Northern men say we of the
South cannot conquer our prejudices,
This is to be disproved or affirmed by
the action of the Southern Alliances
"The eternal danger lies in the in.
sidious assaults that the money power
will make on it in a hundred ways
One is by inducing the Alliance to
select leaders all over the country
who are weak in will, needy in purse,
and can be controlled and made tc
bark with the hounds while running
with the hare The Alliance will
have to beware Of 'sympathizers
The Alliance needs supporters, advo
Gates, bold, outspoken friends moi
sympathizers. But ! must stop,
have said enough, but not tenth part
that l would say"
To the last question, Do you in
tend to make any speeches p Mr.
Norwood answered, as he snapped his
valise and strapped it to the fourth
hole. "Speechesl What for ? If the
people don't know what they want,
cannot instruct them. If they dc
know md am sure they do-speak
ing is unnecessary. The chief issue
before the people of Georgia is hel
representation in the United States
Senate for the next six years, and tha
issue requires no discussion, especially
as there is, so far as know, but one
candidate for the Office"