The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1891-01-14

| iaooTeT oI tue SOU u lille AZ all asZ
zsrds We propose TO maintain tie sa-
nremacg Of the auslo-saxoa race aud IL
North Carolina the county government,
system A. absolutely essential TO our
social existence ye, the great bear, Of the
democracy beat. warl for the colored
man. We would nave him remain with
Us. We woald settle the race problem
without Interference. All we ak from
those VINO offer rs the force b.ll from
those who claim the eoiorel man As the
wards OF The nation IS 10 net o4t slIo
! ply Justice To them and 10 throw around
the institution from which they must
| draw succor the same ratio Of protection
| taat they throw around the other indus
trles Of the country Oh the plea O. help
| ing American labor
IL IS really chah dug II tse average far
| Iner - have his condition attrlbutei "a
his eXtrAyagauce From wLcuce comes
this chargel Ii Is from the poor farmer
that has to neglect The ecucatlon If his
children that is dependent upon the
| mortgage system and that has - pur-
| chase ia pork a. ten cents a pound when
his colaooIer in the West had To part
With 1T at about threel From him who
| buys corn AZ eighty cent- bushei when
! his brother in Kansas had - sell = fo~
eighteen centsf From hlm who had to
purchase his supplies from 80 to 100 per
cent, while his property and products
are sacrificed III each successive year AT
| fifty cents Of their value, or doe, Il Gene
| from the average Congressman Who M
consciously wants to give to his =, 900
per anDum as great purchasing power
as possible: Or does il come fnm him
whose wife and daughters ar upon
| fhaIr taaas iaxy Is k.r N brIliiap.v
with the sunlight Of day and whose
homes are surrounded by all the comfor s
that money can purchase or the fancy
| desired
| Ii any one will contend for this Sc
riously and go with me to the average
| farm house of the South and partake of
its open, free bat scanty hospitality and
| make an examination from tenement to
mansion, from turret TO foundation
| stone. he will become convinced that
there is no extravaganza upon the farm
| nor signs Of any having been there for
years. The farmers OF the South since
the cessation of hostilities which re-
suited in the destruction of their rights
and properties have from necessity been
| compelled to practice economy and at
| ter thirty years in a hard fought battle
it must be admitted that the sgricutu-
|
she was when Lee surrendered at AD-
pomattoX, that our success in tilling of
the soil and our success in arms. We
have had to maintain the homestead
to keep the interest down on
the mortgage to pay tribute to
protection, to keep the red flag of the
auctioneer from waving in triumph over
the house-tops and the barn yard in
many instances to keep the wolf from
the door. ] know this is a different
picture that is usually drawn by the
press OF the country, who with patriotic
z"al have been booming the new South.
All hail to the new South, but let me
tell the boomers that it's commercial
! and manufacturing centres cannot long
endure unless proper sustenance Is
given to Southern agriculture, for with
this languishing all trades aud profess
! sions pa ast sooner or later perish.
I Will admit that millions upon top
| Of millions have been robbed of the
agricultural masses under the sanction
of and in the name of protection, but
Notwithstanding this has been griev-
Gus burden to bear it's not 10 be COM
pared with the great wrong and in-
Justice may have been compelled te
submit to under the financial legisla-
ton of his country and under the sla
very OF false monetary system. The
farmers OK the country have looked in
| vain to the two parties in charge of the
public affairs OF the country for an ame
ioration of their condition. They have
repeatedly petitioned for relief but
in each successive campaign, under the
prejudice wrought by the race issue and
the passions engendered by the bloody
| flag, the real condition OF the people, If
the truth must be told, has been neg
lected and partisan success seemed to
| have been tire chief ambition
of both parties. Now, the farm
ers of the country regarding their con-
| dition of more importance than the
| spoils have welded themselves into a
brotherhood, an indissoluble union, and
are knocking at the door for relief They
| Will not accept a stone any longer for
bread. They have discovered the root
of their trouble, while not statesmen
| they have presented to the country IN
| der the style of the subTreas1ry system,
a plan for relief, and they demand that
it shall not be regarded as joke. That
II shall not b. derisiveiy put asuncer
| That their servalts-theIr representa-
tives in Congress at least give it a
fair trial They make it an issue, and if
I mistake not the sign. OF the times, you
will bear from it in the campaign of '92.
| We cannot afford to treat their demand
with Indifference nor procrastlnate in
action. Remember that Mark Anthony
fingered IN dullIauce soft before the
Star Eyed Egyptian Queen and lost
Actium at the hands of the Second
Caesar, that Caesar in the pleutitude Of
said the ideas of Mark have come when
| ho1 n Le, 10, ~f
Pompey's statue.
Louis The Sixteeuth, playing at
Locksmith, carlesslY noted in his
diary: Nothing particular happened to-
day, the only thing that did
happen was the downfall Of his empire
Charles l. said scornfully, what can
these round beads do2' he found out
later they could cut off his head, and SO
history is full Of these fppencies in the
shadow Of great crisis, and in my judg-
ment we are standing this hour IN the
shadow of a crisis, that throws its dark
pail from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
from the frozen zones of the North to
the Gulf of Mexico, which .hrouds this
continent in the gloom of a common
despair in which party lines are almost
invisible and human rights are only
bought.
Now what are the Ocala demands Oh
finsnce7 They are chiefly the principles
involved in thr ub-Trea.ury bill, per
mitting, however, loan upon land at
the same cost.
Then Col. Skinner goes into fu'
discussion of these demands fue'ati ,
and in detail-which We have 1br -oace
to print, but will appear in coprls ict
be proposes having printed for genera
Circulation. 81
Mr.. Henry's PositiocI
y Mr.. Henry, of Rockingha am. lid not
see what effect this ~oQl1 h-F upon