The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-08-06
IN, THE OUTLOOK.

Despite The wonderful results wrought Sc
fur in all the fields vi Alliance work directly
and indirectly In the political field, the signs
oI HE times IoimL to lhc fact that the su'
prene test Is at hand along financial and pol
ltIcal lincS,-cHistlng parties apparently
pitch their fight upon the financial Held
::trangc 10 say Tint party which pro!iied moSl
l,,si year By the educatire forces Of The All
lnce, and which SlIopd by every token have
least To lose by any edncusivc force, Is most
bitter in its anla.onisni, II We are 10 rely
upon the utteranrrS or some OI It's leaders
and newspaper cXiIoundels. There is, every
evidence OF masSlEg Of forces before the
financial demands oil the order. Foes within
and foes without havc been niarshnllcd Tor a
supreme struggle.
As Intelligent men 1t bchuoveS MS to con.
slider all the conditions af,l tIear ourselves as
men. The past Is inspiring, the prospect
though stormy, Is inviting
| "a The issues have been made up and falrly
Joined between the monopil!SIic element ol
our population, OH the cue hand, and the
MASSES Of the people OIL the other whether
the masses ur Tue classes shall control the
Observation-Disclosures tile iniquitous hnnn-
ciui system dey ised and fastened upon this
country by Wall and Lombard streets shall
stand and continue 10 rob the people.
For every rcason of broad patriotism as
well us of interest 10 the producing claSSSs
the Alliance must survive that struggle. The
farmer has nlugurated The fight and he will
llg 1T IL to IL finish, not because Of amy super
ivr virtue OIL his part but slnply because he
is the bottom factor In our social and pollt!.
cal Iubiic.
lie bears the ulk of the public burden, be.
cause he is the only true producer, and dire
necessity, tmpenuing disaster, rather than
superior virtne, has driven him 10 activity
and u invention.
All c!aSSes doing q legitimate business, and
loving liberty, are interested In tl;e struegl,
the parpetuity Of free institutions is hang.
lug in the seal with II corrupt and degenerate
p!utOcrucy. The farmers invoke the aid ol
all classes IN resistance To this money trust
that has one hand upon the throat Of the
government anu the other in the pockets Ol
the people. And they are GINNING I'm response
10 our call, brethren. Il number of strong
men of oller clus>es have ulrrudy come to
nS-huMbcrS vi others are on the way-couni-
less numbers more wonld come but for the
fear OF loss In IL business way. Said q yDnng
business man To me In reply 10 my urgency
that he and Others or.a;,izc Citlzcn's Ali.
nncr for the purpuScO OI tiiSrussin" these prob.
tens in Il non-pal tisnii way: I'VE cannot al-
f Ird it,. Weare worse hound up than many
VI you farmers ;tre-iind Tor us to enter Suri
an organization would b,ims swift execution
through the sheriff." And This Is true: the
honest local merchant i>=uur natural ally (;
but he has been degraded inloa mere collect
ing agent for The mUI:ry iil,St. There are
thousands OF them who are rcndy To grnsp
our prOilered hands in ti;lS light. but for
dreud OF financial distress.
Hut they viii come 10 us.
4 little mare education, Il little more Op-
preston OF HE money trust. aud their man.
hood will assert itself. ! sai,l Ia this young
man: "Do as the farmers haze done-deI,
the financial dcspots that nrc sapplng your
means and your mnnhood-lctil the worsLrome
TO the worst, and The Farmers ~ ll!uncc which
has already grapplcu with the giant trust
VIII stand squarely to you In your Citizens
Alliances" Z"
Columbia with It's sGOO,OGO debt, and Charles.
ton with It's S3,rp0 0W debt arc directly inter-
esied In routing this robber hand that Is tux
ing out of their pockets s. for every 81 loaned
them % years ago.
The Whole people q this State are euuall,
Interested In removing the BbomlnaLiUn OI
an Ashley Junction III lllc gate OF our charm
Ing metrop0lis by The sea, anu i'm The dlsrup.
tiou of The blighttns corporate hand that has
our beautiful ,apital city by The thront. The
'bottllng up Of II people S cnpilal or metr0p
Oils tor the grH Litc;itIOn OF corporate greed ar
spleen should be forever impossible In free
co .nirJ.
suiu the issues were joined and the money
trust Will resort 10 eXtrume measures. The
evidence is not wanting. Ccrtuiuly The sug.
gcslire question must arise In every thought.
tul PATRIOTS mind-wiat menus The InSidi-
GUS but steady lncrcase OF private detective
forces maintained hy corporate money-Lhr1
chief requirement for admission To which Is
the readiness of The applicant To shoot down
ma l-cuntentS ut the word?
What means The constant Increase OF the
military establishments in Washington and
other large crnters of population; what
means the establishment OF new barracks
and lneuttu TO. treSseS IN commanding posi-.
tiuns In New Yurl, ana ChirHsOy What inean
the recent appeal In the National Guard Gin.
1cllc TO The wealthy citizens OF New York
IN appeal that is barely disguised black.
nil? There may Ge no concert Of action In
tl these alarming verlies: but the language
)f II lurge capitalist may explain IL, when
be says: "Itlr turbulent spirit among The
masses will be put down by the strong hand
,f the government In such ~ Struggle the
oyernment always wins. IL is urgnuzcd
tc h.,.ly ynf
E mus! OF necessity win.'
,Ihcs. are questions oi supreme lmrorlance