The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-12
A VOICE FROM THE "BUCK EYE
STATE"
COLUMBUS. O.. April IS. 1891.

'OOLChbC0, O.j ApEu 10, 1CJ1.
Mr.. EDITOR President L. L. Polk
has just organized the Farmers State
Alliance of Ohio. This was an extra
ordinary occasion, and replete with in
terest. President Pok possesses that
wonderful and rare combination of
qualities that pre-eminently qualify
him for his responsible and exacting
duties. No man can foresee what
shall be on the morrow; fame is vapor
and riches take easy wing but cherish
the hope that the words and works of
President Polk, being guided by large
wisdom and uncommon sagacity will
abide the crucial tests of the on coming
future, and conserve the prosperity
and happiness of this great nation.
Parties may pass away, and new
ones succeed, but principles, equal
and exact justice, pulses this farmers
movement; and just so far as it does
this, it will demonstrate it's right to
live and succeed 1t certainly has as
sumed high patriotic grounds, and
the battle is upon us, and we cannot
shirk responsibility. Misrepresenta
ton and false prophecies will not bring
enduring success, because it will put
doubt and suspicion even upon our
aims and objects. We must get the
step, if we march and fight together,
for cherished principles and patriotic
purposes. Some would prefer that the
music should be "Our partyism," as
they are familiar with it's strains
Initiated tastes and -depraved appetites
and unstinted praise Of demOralized
managers only degrades the rank and
file, and we must none of this, for it is
sure to defeat us.
President Polk received Il right royal
welcome. We hail him as one from
the ranks, and not born to the purple.
Experience has taught him the hard
ships Of the struggle, the pleasure of
conscious victory, and has put him in
touch and sympathy with the masses,
In the directness vigOr and power of
his speech, he has few equals. He is
born leader. He has the greetings
and cheers of the millions of our peO-
pie. He demands purity and integrity
in politics with an eloquence that is
sublime in which one feels the visible
touch Of genius- .---.------ -----.-.
We never think Of him as 'bad
Johnny in gray" but as a loyal son of
the Nation, and spelled with a capital
N. And any suspicion on this point,
any man would feel himself away from
home in Ohio. We have only eulOgy
for the courage and valOr of the South
ern soldiers that we met in battle; but
but only loathing for the cause for
which so many heroic lives were sacri-
feed. But the war is over, and now
one country, one nation, one flag, is
the glory of us all. Our souls are
touched with deepest sadness as we
think of all the blood that our country
men poured out so freely upon its
thousand battle-felds. And with a
common anguish we may well weep
over the slain. They were brothers,
all. But we are confronted with new
difficulties and new dangers, which
demands courage of a high order, and
principles which no danger can shake,
and which defies the party lash.
We are sanguine for the future of
the Farmers Alliance in Ohio. The
signs and omens are with us; the field
is white, and the harvest is near. The
Democratic party claim that this will
be their victory. We shall see.
Yours,
w. r. PARSONS,
Chaplain O. T. F. Alliance.