The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-10-27

ism will forthwith be loaded to the
skies. We are naively told that the
peasants on the banks of the VOlga, in
Russia, are starving and have to
take to the woods and dine off the
bark of trees to keep life in their bodies /;
and then refreshingly reminded that
the people here have abundant cause
to be thankful, while this is still a land
of plenty and nobody that will work
is compelled to eat bark yet awhile
How kind and cOnsiderate to call the
mOrtgaged farmer to this fact.
There has always been too much
sickly sympathy for the suffering and
oppressed in foreign lands. When
thousands of miners III Pennsylvania
or Indiana are every year reduced to
starvation by the Unsuitable greed OF
the rObber barOnS or thousand, OF
farmers lose their all through the
| avarice of the ShylOcks, than the gOs-
pei of cOntentment is preached and
parallels from Russia or Ireland I'M
ported If there are any laws Oppres
sive and detrimental to the best III
terestS of the people, we are advised to
seek the remedy through the Demo
cratic party. The Alliance, the ChrOn-
icle says, is lead by narrow men, whose
object is to punish their enemies and
eventually will sell out as Democratic
| leaders have done sometimes. 1t seems
to be tremendous silly to assume that
any man or number of men would join
| the Alliance for the base purpose of
furnishing their enemies If any one
! should be fool enough and attempt to
do so with the aid of the membership,
| he will find out that he has no follow
ers in his malicious undertaking With
| the hired scribes of the enemies the
! leaders of the Alliance, Col. Polk and
! DR.. Macune are the prOVerblal bad
men that miSlead the farmers and
| eventually Will sell out.
| These constant insidiOus attacks on
them are ample proof that they are
| the most hurtful to the Doodle hunters
| of both parties And it Is this fact that
| has strengthened the confidence of
| Alliancemen III their leadership. There
| is no reason to doubt their sincerity OF
! purpose and their devotion and loyalty
/ to the Alliance cause and the brother
! hood Is willing to trust them to the
! end, for better or for worse. But if
! they want TO sell, or can be bought,
and the ChrOHjcle thinks they can lead
the membership Of the Alliance en-
! muSse into the Republican or Demo
! cruric camp; why then don the Demo
/ craEic party make n bid and buy? She
certainly needs badly repairing her
/ broken front
TT at the Democratic leaders have
sold out. is old and bad news. If they
! had not, there would be no need for the
, AIlin"..o They have sold ont but the
/ people don't want to confirm the bar
/ gain They kick in the traces and
don't want to be chained any longer tC
the chariot of the money devil and his
angels The CHrOuicio cannot see d
single reason why Alliancemen should
let ave the Democratic party, and hopes
that all the wise and intelligent will ii
time come to see likewise.
Alas. no amount of brilliant speeches
vague promises or sleek newspaper
articles, no matter how hattering on
persuasive, will bring about the desired
union between the Alliance and the
Democratic party. Who, may | ask,
is the Democratic party in North Caro-
lima. The party by necessity Is com
posed of members The membership
is the rank file of the party The vii
of the majority of the members should
be the will of the party-the greatest
good to the greatest number. That is
Democratic. Is it nOt3
The majority of the party being Op
posed to the existing rule Of the money
power. it should be the duty of those
authorized to speak for the party, tC
at least tell the truth and net on al
occasions try to misrepresent the eX
pressed will And these same fellows
are bowling at the possibility of a thirC
party They are foolish enough to be
lIeve that those who are most out
| spoken on the ubject represent nobody
but themselves. and that If the leaders
could be disposed of, the Alliance wOuIC
die. The farmers are not agltated by
sentiment. but by stern necessity
They seek relief and must have it. The
members Of the Alliance. with few eX
ceptIOns, are slow to renOunce THEN
allegiance to the Democratic party
But what else can they do If they dc
not want to remain the willing tools Oh
the lying politicians and flesh pot hunt
ers, and the slaves Of plutOcracy? The
demands Of the a lance, without doubt
the majority in North Carolina, how
were they received? With hOWls and
with hisSas, with rIdicule and calumny
Does common sense expect the ajOrity
to acknowledge to be incompetent and
bow before The assumed superiority Ol
the mlnOrlty9 Must the majority yield
to the dietum of the fewl The majority
will never yieldand the heminOrity must
be responsible and take the conse
quences, whatever that will be.
In regard to Senator Vance, the
Chronicle may know that if it had been
the privilege of the Alliance of North
Carolina to elect U. s. Senator, the
career of Senator Vance would have
been at an end. But he pledged him.
self to advocate and support the Ocala
demands, and thereupOn was re elected
Now why cannot the Chronicle and
other papers do likewise? They are
/ ALWAYS after the dollars of the farmers