The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-15
,iDEM OCRAT" AGAIN.

ME-. FDIToE :--Ooe whose CONS
municatton ends"People's Far'5 At
teupts 10 answer the qnest.o1S o
den occa. in yoar paper some l''n'
ago, and begins his eptstle thus ;
"Where is that terrible democrat
- Democrat" answers, right here In
Halifax county, watching and praE-
irg and laboring for the temporal
salvation Of sPeople'a Party, ana
the glory ara honor OF the state. and
the welfare Of the toiiing, slI-Eii'e
millions of his fellow countrymeo-
"People's Party" next asks, has be
t"Democrat'N gone 10 Missouri 10 as
sist Hall TO turn over the A lliance 10
Democratic party' All then "Peo>
pies Party" ts not q democrat, the
Alliancemen in North Carolina are
not Democrats. Is that SOL DtTo
cTat has all the while believed that
Alliancemen we're Democrats, tl~t
republicans are as their former party
affiliations fixed them. 'Dcmo,
thought Alliance principles were
non partisan and in no sense inter>
fered With g mans religion OF hi
politics. But, Mr.. L iltor " Peoplc'~
Party" has knocked the scales from
democrats eyes AMI they can scf
more clearly and no: dsrkly tb,c4oh
glass as heretofore.
Your correspondent next asks,
& Or has he, with the cfi:ers Of the
law to assist him, compelled every
Alliance to surrender It's charter !:
Now, such a question is sim!I,
non-sensicai and means nothing It
all The iptcrrogater simply stulti-
fes himself and demon strates lis
utter want Of infor nation aud nes
tai acumen.
"DemoCtat" asked if the Alliance
was not al oath hCund. political or
ganizatlor, and Peoples Party d
nits that it is secret oath-bourd no
litical organization by bis innocent
answer
He SAYS ono more 90 than q con ,
vention of dentists, doctors, or "a
association Of christian churches :
Well, if Peoples Party" is so be
niy hted as pot to discern any DIFF
ference between n convention Of the
dentists, doctors Or the chacEe f
locking after theft honor and stands
ing and worshiping Sod, ard an
oath bound political organization,
denouncing all parties in the Unit d
States and attempting TO CAPTURE
and control the Administrative al
both the state goyeroment and Il.
rational government, it would be q
waste of time to attempt to tell him
tie difference.
But our bull dozar advances ST, 2
farther, and in so doing exhibits the
true a1ninus OF bis order, or at least
II n1msclf, AS he advances the VI
Ius boils and bubbles and the ser
+. rent Kisses. Listcn--"Hnwever il
Democrat wishes to dissolve the
, Alliance be can call at any time bnt
! he bad better contract for new skin
8 before he undertakes to deal with The
e Farmers Alliance.' / must cot.
8 fess | hardly know what answer t.
e make to such disCoulteons phr; Sc
ologY. When g ntletnen are seek
Ing truth ard light, when they AT
! trying to harmonlze and oou.c L
gether they should not deal in b
i. liogsgate nor attempt TO oyeE>.H'
T and lntimidate. | have never Eeaf(
of any one who desired 10 dis DIV,
the Alliance nor did "Demccr.t'
suggest its dissolution in any lett'
or question. 'FDemocrat" thinl
that 20 organ z.tion civil, politica
relig ious, or otherwise, can live t
ought t. live, if it gets its life 3
= inspiration il the taunt and tire.
referred to above. Nor did ''Dl INC
crat" ever dream that it. was danger
Gus to deal with the Farmers ALI
ance, OF that man Who dared /,
ask few sinrlA, boncst qlo. ton
for Information about the order
would G ilIyod alive. The d cla
ration ABOVE is about on par wit
the following &c, laration from lb
lips of the chief apostle o. tue order
";f it is necessary 10 get il (r.ftrriu,
TO the relief Tor the people ve shal
wipe tho two I'D parties out Of txi>
tence with DO more hesitation thar
wave of the hand Did tzar
king, or potentate ever speak viii
more assumed authority and dicta
iorial power 2 These two Moyuls