The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-08-21

the Farmers Alliance from the
control of scheming politicians and
designing demagogues. That we
will succeed in this effort we enter
tain no doubt.
Communications addressed to Hon
w. S. McAllister, Canton, Miss;
Hon. Will L. Sargent, Rayner,
Texas, or to u. s. Hall. at Hub
bard, Randolph Co., Mo-. will be
promptly answered:
REVOLUTIONS.
We, the anti-subtreasury members OF
the National Farmers Alliance and In
dustrial Union, recognizing the grave
and responsible duties resting upon us
as farmers, aud citizens and members OF
our beloved order, the Farmers Alliance,
hereby present for the careful considera-
ton of our brotherAlliance the following
preamble and resolutions:
Whereas, the Farmers Alliance has
been organized to the end that its members
might become educated in the science of
economical government, and that we might
become more united in our action, having
been divided through the influences of
the war, while we have ever been united
in interest; and
Whereas, our beloved order, the Far
mers' Alliance, was founded for the ex-
press purpose as set forth in our constitu-
ton to bring about the above most impor-
tant results, and that this education and
union should be brought about in a strict
ly non partisan sence and manner; and
Whereas, we declare to the world in
our constitution that the Alliance would
ever advocate "equal rights to all and
special favors to none;" and
Whereas, we declared to the world
through the Alliance that we would make
no war against any of the legitimate inter-
esta OF our country; and
Whereas, we were assured when we en-
tered the organization that no one should
be ostracised for opinions sake, and re-
fused admittance, into or turned out of the
order on account of any belief he might
hold ON political questions; and
Whereas we felt assured that this or
ganization would be directed and con-
trolled by farmers, who were honest men
and who would labor to unite the farmers
of our common country who were diYided
by the war; and
Whereas, we now find that the pur-
poses and objects of the order have been
defeated and the organization deAlected
and turned from Its original purpose and
intention in the following manner and
ways:
l. BY violating the plainest principles
and declarations of our constitution, by
advocating and declaring in favor of the
sub-treasury and land loan scheme and
the government ownership of railroads.
2. By debarring persons from member
ship and Office for opinions sake.
3. BY putting men in important offices
and keeping them there, who are known
and have proved themselves to be dis
honest, mercenary and corrupt, and have
continued them in such Offices.
4. BY falsely and 'maliciously denoun-
cling the just and honest chosen represen.
tatives of the people who have been
elected to serve in pulic trust, although
the honesty and fidelity of such public
servants have been proved by long and
faithful servive.
5. By trying to direct and turn the or
CARNATIONS of the farmers and laborers
of our land from one of the greatest cur
ses of the age the protective tariff sy-
tem-and to commit them to the national
curse of class legislation.
6. By placing in the highest officials
positions of our national and state orders
men who are not farmers, nor have any in
terest in farming, but whose only interest
and ambition is to keep the farmers in
the depressed condition they now are,
to the end they may draw their salaries
from them, knowing that the depression
of the flaming class is necessary to keep
up an organization Of this character.
7. BY some of the leading officers of the
order, both state and national, consorting
with the enemies of good government
against the true interests of the people, and
corruptly endeavoring by dishonest
methods to fasten upon the people the
protective tariff and railroad combina-
tion-two of the evils that the Alliance
was created to put down and destroy.
s. By private individuals in the ALI
ance, through corrupt and mercenary
motives, buying up the state and nation
al official organs of our order, thereby
centrallizing the power of this organiza-
ton and that of the millions OF farmers
in it for the purpose of the personal ag-
grandizement and political ambition and
current ends oil the men.
9. By changing our order from its nom
partisan character into partisan body,
BY applying partisan political tests to
membership and ofhce-hOlders in our or.
der, and by declaring in statue passed
Ocala, December, 1890, and by proclama-
nation of our national president, that
when the majority of the National Al
lance promulgated any political princi-
pie, demand and heresy, that every Al
nance man must subscribe to and con-
form to such political principle; therefore
be it
Resolved, that we denounce the SUBJ
treasury and land-loan schemes and gov.
ernmental owenership OF railroads as vio-
lations of the first principles of good gov
eminent, as paternal In their character,
as centralizing IN their tendencies, and If
enacted into law would create such a
horde of national oficeholders as would
fasten the clutches of the party in power
upon the Threats of the people so strOnge-
ly that the voices of honest, patriotic cite
liens would no longer be heard in the
control OF governmental affairs.
We further denounce these measures as being
violation of the constitution of our beloved OF
That we denounee G. w. Macune and his COR
rupt methods, together with the acts of his tools
and henchmen, rs being disgrace to the order
and q stencil in the nostrils Of all honest men
who know OF their corruption and Tillainy, and
thus point out TO the order by continuing such
men as this in power, they are enabled BY be-
traying US and our interests TO most sffscfually
chain us 70 the juggernaut cars of monopoly.
We further demand that those men who ara
not farmers be removed from the national and
state offices OF our order and that none but those
who have their interest in farming be allowed
e MI such places, 70 the end that the Legislatures
OF our government may know that when the Al
Il anee speaks lt Is the voice of the farmers and
laborers OF our land, instead Of the wish of some