The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-08-06
down WITH DEMOCRACY ].
IT IS NO BETTER THAN REpUsL1CAN1sM
ANYHOW.


The MiscfiieyouS EGca which Col T.. L..
Palk. preSidrnt of the Farmers
National Alliance. Is frying 10
InAtii iutO the TURNER'S of the
South-.&n Extraordinary Speech
at Spartanbur@ TO br Listened 10
with Applause by South Caro-.
:. Iininns.
spAErASrunG. July oa:-Thc State ALI
ance heard tniiny, upon adjournment. an
National Alliance. The address was public
/ and the Opera House was well filled. He WAS
| introduced In ilalierng aud courteous Ian.
| guage by President Stokes. of the Stale Alli-
ancp. During tile delivery of the address
Governor Tilman entered the hall. He was
| received with enthusiastic applause. aud
cheers when in entered, which were repeated
when iic WAS escorted 10 The stage.
| Col Polk began by acknowledging the
warmth of his welcome into II state closely
allied with his own in history. tradition aud
blood. IIcct that he would BIZ false to him
selfnnd to his people did he fni Ia speak
agitatins the country and affecting The farm
| ing interest. Among the most marvellous
ncheivments ur the age lie would give the
preference 10 the orslzation and progress of
| the Farmers Alliance, covering as ltd0eS the
whole domain Of the ltepnblc, with an enroll
lnrnt of 3OO1,000 members iir felt proud OF
! It's educational forces, which had been 50 mp.
oiled us To make thinking men and eloquent
speak prs of manga farmer who could stic-
ccsSfuIiy meet In debate lllc trained orators OF
olber classes Applnusc.l lie cOntcndcd thai
The merchant Is and all OF the laborlng classes
were In the same boat us llie farmer, and ii
was idle tn SAY that benefits given To the
farmers, the producing clHSScS, were not for
the universal benefit. The mercantile classes
contained some r:scals, but SO did the ALL
onrc and IL wonld be cqnally unfilirtO con-
denim e iIhcr class for that reason, but he
would give nntice that, II there were those
merchants who had ground unfairly The
earnings OF the fnriner, he was nftcr them,
and by the help of God he would get them
All ihnt the Alliance asks is for an equal
chance for all classes In the race for llveli.
hood.
Col. Polk here reviewed the progress of the
railroads, the growth of towns, the amasSing
of individual colossal fortunes. All this was
right enough and The country should be
proud of 1t, but why WAS 1t that nsricu lure
actually languiscd while prosperity marked
Ihe conduct of every other business and in.
dustrye Granting that this was from all tie
official reports, he desires 10 know If farmers
should not stand up and swear by nll OH earth
and heaven that they should not cease until
They had all their rights. Was II not time
that the average farmers, after twenty yenrs
OF hard labor, Shonld hc richer than he was
be fore He detied any man 10 contradict
the fact that. while from 1859 to 1850 the farm
Ing people owned 10 per cent of the wealth Of
The country, TO day they owned less than %
ner cent of ii, and iour.fiths Of that is covered
by mortgages. The most farming condition
is that of all the millions and millions levied
upon the people 50 per cent of 1t comes:out of
Tie pockets Of the farmers. In 1850 there
were forty. y.lhree and half bllio of proper
Is In this country, yet more than two.thrds
of IL Is not assessed, for taxation; seventeen
and IL half billion Is assessed, and Of that
fourteen billion belongs to the farmers, that
is, In other words, that The farmers pay four
flfths of the taxes. Was 1t not time that the
Il Ir ~, p,11 Il IL
ouicklyo Who Will dare tn stand up and say
this is Just. stand here as the representa-
tive OF the proudcst organization OF this
country, save alone The Church Of Jesus
Christ, and declare to you that If 1 had my
way and trust she Alliance will have its
way, there should he no rest until every dol.
lar OF values paid itsJust share of taxation
like the values, of the turner's. [Applause.l
He said TINT he was In favor of max ing
mortgages noI.collectable | not stamped az
..assessed" By the proper officer OF the law.
He had heard q good dea! Of popycoc1 and
twnddle about over production. One man
says The farmer Is too lazy, and another says
that he works too hard and produces too
much. What were the farmers to do with
that kind of advice? The farmers know this
condition Of things. 1t Is neither their fault
nor Gods. They We're tired hearing orators
preaching about the great principles o
issues. When elected to ollce their friends
say TO them whtii their complaints are made
"I'o plough on." They had stood That for
twenty-five years and now intended to think
pose TO have their eyes opened only at the
expense OF having their brains dashed ont.
The farmers had been told that although
cotton was at tsevcn cents q pound they could
buy proportionately more with Il single dol.
lar, but the mighty question with the far.
,ner is, where Is the dollar? The farmer
certainly could not provide himself with the
I,I1 r1Or tvi IN fnl1nr In "a Al II q
years ago. The profits on his cotton did not
belong 10 him. twas divided between the
railroads and manufacturers, and the only
losers were the men who made 1t and the
pnle-Iaccd. hard.worked factory girls who
were promised say three dollars Il week .nd
were paid In checks on factory stores. al
Will II pay, any more than dollar did OH 81
mortgage heretofore? VIII 1t pay more for
education, OF lawyers fees, and does 1t not
cost just as IL much to raise n bale of cotton
now nS It did wncn cotton was double the
price ( is now?
Col Polk then went into the discussion Of
the nat!onnl tanks and charged the law
makers with copartnershlp with Wall
street aud Lumbard street to misuse not The
money of The Govern ment, but the money Of
the people. That was q Sub.treasury with
vengeance. The banks get the money ut
per cent and depositdE per cent bonds which
dcbtedncss. He had heard great deal about
fiat money and JttlrrsOnian Democracy, but
he wond Ike any one to dispute lloe fnct
that bank notes were fiat money. Gold and
silver were not their basis, but the basSS was
simply the power Of the Government to tax
the people TO redeem them. The Govern.
menL would lend the banks money Mt per
cent. but every other class must pny or
per cent for ii.
]rhis, OF course. is nll the vcricst rot Does
Col. Polk believe that the banks pick up ~
per cent bonds in the street: They have to
buy their bonds with gold, or silver ut It's
gold value, and that silver or gold Is the basis
OF the bank notes and not tho Governments
credit. It Is absurd To talk abou, the Govern
menl limiting the money TO the banks. The
banks cannot Issue Il dollar OF currency until
they have deposited the requisite bonds for
which they have paid their coin.-El The y.
and c.!
H. could be taken for granted, Col. Polk
went ON fo say, that the people were sning to
have money. lie believed that If thc Govern
ncnt stamps MS II dnllara piece Of leather or
or wood, ana calls lin dollar, 1t should he q
dolnr If The Government Is Il Government
at all.
at this point Col. Polk read the Ocnla plat.
form aII also the extracts from Calhoun and
Jefferson bearing OH the financial question:,
which extracts have already been published.
lie was content to stand on The same i,lat-
form with jefferson and Calhoun and he
would advise the brethren who had strnytd
away Lo come back Into The fold. They lad
drilctl away from the mnorin2 uf ih,. lnlicrs.
All his Lie he had been 4 Democrat: lr lad
walked up To the blllOt.boX and chur!l'd i'll
his vote for the nI.St available i;,Hi. hut he
had voted for men for whom he would nercr
voteHaain. Thu Al lllanGr Intended to ..rc,.i Il
new standard of avail .hIli!y. He tllnn:ht
that n good mixture of Jefferson democracy
and I.incolnian trpuhlc;irl.m world bu Il
good thing, selecting Tie best clements of
each. The inriLer> nHd found out thai the
tariff WAS no, hc cause of disaster. II Il! was
The Democratic b!lt,lIiy differed ;lbol.La per
cent. Irihe ilnanclal Hystrm Mere not