The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-24
NO NEED FOR A
THIRD PARTY
THAT WHAT THE FIRST
MAN WHO JOINED THE
ALLIANCE IN THIS
STATE SAYS.
Partyism Contrary to Alliance
Teaching.
lsnncial Cor. State Chronicle

he puDllC tnilcOo III pN'
1t gets It, gulps 1t down, anG cries
for more. Nothing satisfies. The
newspaper is the favorlte medium.
Editors. like men of other p'oies-
sions. must serve their patrons what
they like. Horrid crimes, electro
BUTTONS. scandals and lmprooaole
stories are detailed 10 the public,
and the average reader smacks his
lbs and declares the menu pr e.
ccAeHce.
At this time perhaps the most
generally sensational subject Is the
Farmers Alliance and the third
party. ii III attempting to dlssIpate
from the minds OF thOst who believe
If. that the Farmers Alliance III the
south will go INTO the thllu party,
the writer should add the last
Straw TO the camtl's back ana like
luc recent ram machines, himself
explode III tue ali without effect, lie
NAV be excused Oh the ground that
the editor is the judge OF what he
serves.
Much, yes neatly all, that is said
in the party papers on this subject
is purely sensational. The writer
thinks he is, and has been from the
earliest existence of the Alliance IN
North Carolina, in a position to
observe and appreciate the spirit
tnat actuateS Alliance men, and he
believes he Is safe i'll saying that he
knows there will be in The approach
Ing campaign no general Influx vi
the 4 llIancG members into the third
paIty. 10 GARY party into the
Alliance, or the Alliance into a party,
wpuld be in direct conflict with the
very first sentence OF their declara-
ton of principles, and no American
citizen was ever more in love with
the Declaration Of Independence,
than are the farmers attached to
their declaration of principles.
There may be some cranks In the
Alliance. even wolves in sleeps
clothing, as there always have been
il aug society, Or institution, but in
the main they are sturdy, honest
determined men. Their education
Ter the past four years has been
such as to lead them to think and
act for themselves. No Safe con-
djti0p exists than when men think.
As 4 lliancemen there can ext t
no party. All are earnestly striving
for reform. They do not ask, they
cannot ask, from what party Is
relief TO come. Such course would
te to stab The most vital point OF
their organization, AS citizens then
SDhcie Is as different as chuIc and
State, and they make all the IL ttel
citizens for the training they get in
the Farmers Alliance. Does AIRY
one expect less of a church member
or of a business man than that the
one carry his moral training, and
the other his business experiences
into his citizenship? Would he not
be poor student indeed W no would
spend much time and many dollars
pursuing a certain course of study
and then when dischargiDg bis duty
Is ctiztn would fail to profit from
what he had learned? Farmers
know. as we'll as other men, the
necessity of organization and united
action.
In the South the Democla tic
party is chiefly composed of mem
bers Of the Alliance. They are nc
less Democrats, because they belong
to the Alliance. Are you poorer
church member because you belong
to the missionary society, or to tht
!. NJ. G. A? Are you any less {
Democrat because you belong tt
the Chamber of Commerce, The
Press Association, the Bar, or the
Printers Union? You sacrifice NJ
principle II the one tor tue other
The platform OF the Democratic
p .rty, and the demands of the Farm
ers' Alliance are almost Identical
If they were not the same there
would still be no use in deseltins
the party with which they have
always affiliated for something new
and untried as long as there ar,
aDle ana capable men within The
party who not only endorse, hu
seek to promote every demand tn,
Alliance has put forth. The Ali
anCe has no concessions to make. OF
principles to surrender, as is some
times limited at by the peace makers
Indeed there is no war, unless it bt
upon the part of a few who do no