The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1891-05-15
The Cars Uk0se.

We UdhO tal6 LOliOWluS lIOd1 Il
recent ukase sent out by President
Polk, Of the National Farmers
Alliance:
No member of our order has the right
to assail another publicly, through the
press or otherwise, so long as their names
are on our roll of membership. Such an
offense is a.violation of his obligation and |
should merit expulsion, No paper vest
ed with authority to represent our order
has the right to assail our prin
ciples or any member of the order while
acting in such capacity. Such an ofense
should cause all true Alliancemen to re-
pudiate such paper promptly. No menl-
Der, while his name remains on our roll,
has right to assail the principles OF our
order publicly. He is not only permit
ted, but is encouraged by our law, to dis
cuss any and all measure coming within
our province with the utmost freedom and
to any extent he may desire within the
order. But the will Of the majority is the
law OF the order, and if he can not acquf
esce in the decision OF the majority and
feels that he is conscientiously impelled
to go before the public and assail our
principles, he should first diVest himself
OF his Alliance uniform. With what con-
sistency could Baptist or Methodist 90
before the world and publicly oppose and
denounce some OF the most cherished ten
cts Of his church How long wo1ld his
name remain on thechurch books ? How
lcng ought it to remain there Why
should he expect or desire to remain in
the church ?
Loyalty to Alliance principles is the
only true Alliance test, not only as to
membership, but it should faithfully be
applied In the selection of all officers,
from the steward in a subordinate Ali
ance to the president OF the National AL
lance.
We do not remember to have
ever heard the party lash whip the
air with quite SO sharp percus-
sion as when welded by President
Polk over the heads Of the farmers
1t has been the fashion among the
proprietors of that world-renown-
ed. cure-for-all-evil, the sub-treas-
ury bill and its kindred medicines,
to pronounce anathema marantha
upon the party politicians and the
methods which pertain 10 their
calling; but never was the ma
chinery of partisan politics used
with such remorseless tyranny to
strangle free speech, suppress in
telligent discussion Of grave pub
lie questions, and punish all in
discreet references to personal and
and official corruption within the
party as it is being used by Pres
ident Polk. There are thousands
of members of the Farmers AL
lance, men who have the good OF
the order sincerely at heart, mer
who wish to make it productive oi
the best results to the agricultural
interest Of the country, who yet be.
lieve that the sub-treasury bill, the
scheme for government ownership
of railroads, the lending of money
on land mortgages by the Govern.
ment, and other measures which
find endorsement In the Ocalf
platform, are visionary, revolution
ary, unconstitutional, subversive o.
the fundamental principles of oul
government, and promising moth
ing but financial ruin to the coun
try, These same men are in hearty
sympathy with the fundamental
purposes of the order as laid dowr
in the constitution, and desire tc
earnestly cooperate with theil
brethren for the common good
Yet President Polk tells them tha
if they dare to raise a voice il
protest against measures whicl
they believe to be dangerous ant
unconstitutional they are TO b.
branded as traitors and enemies t,
the order and subjected to expul