The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1891-07-11
r. G. h. ERWIN.
. Merchant Of Erwin, Georgia,
Gives his Views on the SUBJ
Treasury Scheme.

,r ALL TRUTH-SEEkING AND
LEI LAIR MINDED ALLIANCE MEN
AND ALL OTHERS.
n..d Carefully and Then Honestly
''' Judge for Themselves.
The Co,.rier-Jour7.as has received a
,oouest from fifty or sixty of It's sub
.orihers at Erwin and Fdrmount, Ga
.s .so. Il would publish the following
sreech. prepared by Mr.. J. G. B. En-
IT, a merchant Of Erwin, Ga, for
% Ss,ivery in d public debate at Fair
mount, Ga.: @u
lam here to-day on account OF u prl-
,ote challenge and public chalienge
ss~~tended s~ to me by the Lecturer of Inns IN.
q A,lance. through the Southern ALI
Snos F Farmer, to discuss the sub-treas-
alvo .l', ;ss,,e G, H. johnson charges me
ui! !!1o ,o1 outset Of his article as having
ILL., ~ W. elioible and made an Alliance
nem,ber noer ~ of this lodge, but closed by as
meulo agt;ny am not now and never was III
A!laa1eeG 711a1 Cow. a,vA rilman, of South Carolina
,.;""mntau.ly carried the Alliance ban
.llu uar;n The hottest fight ever made in the
United I'm States, but he mas commltted
the same objectionable sin that | have
viz wiz. ~ He comes out publicly in opposl,,
,;an ,m' m the sub-treasury scheme, and
.nrs '.vn # ia class legislation, and not the
s" s'"anc;n1es Of the Alliance, and that a
maioritv , Of the Alliance mon OF South
1aw1ina 4'c are opposed to it, and that ne
!. readv and willing to stump the State
10 l., ,u a,,,cc;t;on to it II it becomes neces-
sary A u uy,;rh+ NJ
Rome. one Of the strongest friends Al
lance lance men had in Georgia, wrote that
# % WAS all wrong, and that big book
,o;nht ~ " he written against it and the
.ub;act .S then would not be exhausted,
% bnt Alliance men meant right and
would get right, ,,,,; c+,4,
,i,;ance saws: II was Secretary OF
tha Committee on Demands at the St.
M Tnu;s Alliance convention. and now
have a complete record OF the minutes
nf that committees work, and that TINS
subtreasury scheme was not consldereo
or or, ,renorted by the Committee on De-
m.nds. This COMMITTEES on Demands
,u', wss composed of one delegate from
each @ State (giving all parts and parties
II the government representation to
~ J,nm IN damands on the National Gov
eminent. This scheme was reported
bv five Republican Alliance men,"
Cen. Cutberson, Of Texas, says: ut
was Trojan war horse, led into our
ranks filled with the enemies OF
Democracy. This device in the shape
ofbounty. a boom never to be realized.
was concocted in Republican camp OF
five men," -,
You, my friends, never see the likes
Of this published in the National Econ
om;st and Southern Alliance Farmer,
and papers like them, do you These
opinions come from honored Alliance
leaders, So you see this bastard sub
treasury child is disowned and dis:
honored by some Of the greatest and
hest members of the order, and none Of
the most sensible members will name
it either my son or my daughter. but
call it sub-treasury. or something
better.
It vitiates and subverts the NTH
plank in the Alliance platform, which
declares we are In favor Of equal rights
for all men and opposed to special ia
vors for any class Of men. There Is no'
one thread Of Democratic warp or g
strand Of Democratic filing in 1t fol
it subverts the great Democratic doc
trine, which declares the people shal
he taxed only for the support OF the
Government, honestly and economical
ly administered. S. ...
The ablest, purest and best men O.
the Alliance, Republican and Demo
cratic parties have declared against 1t
Right here at home we find the bes'
OF Alliance men opposed to 1t, and III
name a few Of them, as the Lecturer
has published that / am the only one
]. H. Fuller, William II. Bagwell, Jno
7. Lewis, N. B. Campbell, Will Z
Bradford, H. G. Finley. Rev. 4. Il
Rice, Capt. John NJ. Patton, J. "
franklin, j. A. Riddle, and host 0
other Alliance men have all expressed
themselves to me as being opposed t
it: So you see, am keeping compan.
with the best blood Of the order. .
II do not form opinions on public is
sues and drop them at the command Q
my class Of dictatorial leaders or woul,
be leaders, and for being freeman an
independent Of them and opposed t