The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-25

| principally to himself After giving his
boyhood history, he reached the war pc
! s:oa; oa;ususus4asssrewx~
K He states that he did not G into the
rebel wing from choice He upheld the
union until the wave of secession swept
| over the south when he did rs many
Others d who were fnCed To shoulder
| their musko,s. He had been offered the
command ri a company, but refused it,
| as acceptance would have been construed
into an endorsement of the cause whose
! arms he carried
| llo aft rwards accepted the Office he
| held because bv doing so he could indi-
| rcCtly aid those who were fighting for
| the preservation of the union and in n
| degree mitigate the sufferings of those
| who, like himself. had been forced to
bear arms against hi country.
UPHoLDs THE STRIKES.
While not speaking directly about the
| contemplated strike of the cotton pick
crs in the south he sad the oppressed
| agricultural laborers should and shall de
| mand the right of naming the Compensa-
tion for their ecrviccs, and until these
ds% aRaa aSs eSsesfS tied produce north
or south.
"You here are Fortunate in beng your
| own laborcrs, but the plutocrats al other
| states must bc compelled to acknowledge
the God given rights Of laborcrs, whe h
er they be white or black.
Some ol our brethren have already
made their demands, and they will bc
granted OF entire regions will contain
only families ruined by their own greed.
In an interview today. Colonel Polk
stated that the alliance movement was
gaining thousands of converts throughout
the south daily, and the great mass OF
farmers planters and laboring mcu had
deserted the democratic party and were
standing squarcly on the Ocala platform.
II b lievc the third party will sweep
every state in the south in 1892. The
old bosses down there have tried to bull
doze and force the people to take their
democratic medicine, but without result.
Syithin the pas. six months / could hays-
tSaincipies Tor pottage."
Mr.. Polk uttered these words with
feeling, and declared eternal warfare on
both the old parties. The bloody shirt,
| he said, will be wrapped around the old
sectional agitators, and they will be bur
| led too deep for resurrection.
"Will the alliance conference at Wash
ington in February declare for third
party?'
ii cannot say; bit there will be third
| party. 1t might have been prevented
four months ago, but now it is too late:
| Our people in the south have been abused
and sueered at by the democratic bosses
and the democratic press, and we will
stand it,no longer. The negro denomi-
nation cry wont psssen! "a, break @ Ia OF the ne
the negroes and see that they are allowed
to vote. They are largely in this move
ment and will be an important factor In
the campaign next year
fRs klAAhtt hAast We nepsiNR issss-, Question:
against the pensioning of soldiers who
fought for the union. When we were
defeated sc accepted the result as final
aud acquiesced. We shall never raise
our voice against the legitimate pension
ing of union soldiers. II is the result of
warfare and we can shake hands with
our northern brothers who wore the blue
and feel that they arc receiving only JUS
tce from government which they help
cd to preserve"
CONFIDENT OF VICTORY.
Mr.. Polk said the peoples party would,
in his opinion. carry every southern state
next wear. The alliance was for the
Ocala demands and would have nothing
else.
Is YOUR ALLIANCE on THE DECLINE!
There should be no. such thing as de
cline in Sub Alliance. And it n true
| t,n, l, la
there uiW he no decline in interest, in
membership or in attendance upon regu-
lar MEETINGS There is .oo much OF in
formation and mutual benefit to be de.
/, rived. if the Alliance standard is held
, firmly and high, TO admit of decline. And
yet it is not uncommon to hear it said,
"My Alliance seems TO bc on the back
ground. We have dropped some of our
members Others arc irregular in attend.
ancc." Something is radically wrong
when this is the case, and 1t behooves
true men to set about to find out the cvi
and correct it, Show me such an Ali
ance, and will show you one whose
members have made little or no effort tC
help each other 10 build up the order a
large. Those who arc full handed ant
can nay cash for what they buy pull of
from their poor brethren and act iude
pendent Of them. Their patronage il
courtcd by local merchants, and the!
think. and sometimes SAY, their money il
a good enough Alliance for them, Whel
it is proposed TO make note TO the bank
these cash meh decline to sign. who's
names would secure the money to run tn
Alliance for cash, and the poor member
are left to shift for themselves and +
make the best arrangements they can TO
supplies to mako their crop; they ar
driven TO the necessity of giving liens O
mortgages ON their crops and stock
! which results in the merchant takin
about all that is made at the end Of tn
year.
Is it any wonder, then. that member
become disheartened and gradually dro