The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-29
ITO labor for the education of the masses 81

"To labor for the education of the masses 81
the science of economical government fur
nishes the real definition "r the Alliance.
THIS reveals It's mission To bc Ia d"nl WiIli eco
nOm1c questions and solve sDri Il pio',irmS
TO inculcntc principles Ur thrift ami industry,
and make practical, every day apr. .cniI ION
of them 10 the affairs prr.Anin. tu arm life.
Whilst the purposes ana demands ui the AL
lance arc from their nature pIlitiuiil they are
not partisan aud do not involve the order in
becoming II IraI tisan political Organization.
"TuiS II trur inr several Ieu>nnS:
~. We declare our purpose lu labor In a
non.phrti san split, and 10 suppress local, pei
Sonal and national preiudlceS aud 10 promote
unity and harmony anLnng mankind. Parti,
san politics would be fatal u these grand ef-
forts, for there Is no influence, save ignorh ce
more productive OF discord and prejudice
than partisan politics. and whenever" and
wherever IL is introduced unity and harmony
will cease tO exist.
"2 The order requires no political test as
to conditions OF eligibility, therefore The
membership comprises all shades Of party af
fllaliun aud political bias. Now, Introduce
aroused and party lines are sharply drawn,
when the order, which relies upon unity and
harmony, becomes stranded upon the shOr, s
of impacable division.
-. The Alliance Is q secret organization,
and to admit part iSnn politics would neces-
Sariy make IT, IL secret political organiZa ton.
such ORGANIZATIONS are repusnant To the Spir-
II. and genius of free institutions and If tOl-
ernt ed or sanctioned must invariably destroy
them. Their history is written In the darkest
pages of the past, and violent class disturb
nucts social descriptions and bloody commo-
tons tell the dismal tale OF their havoc and
woe.
"Our next mistake was committed at st.
Louis In December, lS9n. After boldly declar-
ing to the world in favor OF equal rights 20
all and special privileges to nome we whirled
u summersuuit by demanding the most gigan.
Tic species of class legislation OF modern
times. The sub.treasury bill is the poisoned
CHIEF that presides at Alliance political ieasts
and caused 1t to fall from It's original high es-
late of purity and consistency into the Shiny
depths of IL secret political organization"
The speaker here reviewed at length the
and Ocala, and boldly declared that 1t was
conceived primarily 10 create new political
party, and not 10 relieve the masses. HENCE
il IL not surprising that what was originally
Intended to he q nOn-poitlcal organization
has become one seeking in secret partisan
poIitics, in fragrant violation Of every princi.
ple OF declaration laid down in the creed.
He next took up the high moral plane ms.
sumed by the Allance three years ago, and
said That its 'Ieaders-like Cpsar's wife-must
be above suspicion. He said that DIR. Macunc
would succeed Tom Paine In history as the
author OF one Of the greatest hcresies; that
the sub-treasury was MacnneS credentials as
the author of an "Age OF Economic Reason
He discussed at length the Georgia Senate
rial contest Of last year and Macune's relatio n
thereto, contending that 1t was the logical
outcome Of permitting the Introduction oi
partisan politics In the order; that politics
bred corruption, which In turn brings to the
surface mercenary imposters, seeking only
their own aggrandiZement.
Concluding he said that for the Alliance to
succeed 10 must return TO lis organic moor
incs and free itself OF the contaminatipg in
fiuence of fetid frauds and slimy shams that
far.reaching salutary social changes were OF
slow growth. All OF the forces In society dc
not develop at once In equal or In contempo.
raneOus degree, but to-day one comes forth
and gains the vantage ground. tomorrow an
other shoots up and wins the ascendant atti.
tude and thus proceeds the refining process
of elemental experiment, when finally the
Heaven anointed law OF progress will select
the fittest and appropriate their uplifting vlr
tues to the divinely inspired design OF more
perfect society over II more perfect citizenship
under n more perfect government.