The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-03
Alliance Enemies.

we endorse. 1t says: SIT is
easy to see the great import
ance attached to the organized
| farmers movement. known as
\ the Alliance, by the old politi-
| cal campaigner and caucus hack.
1t is a gfeat disturbance in his
4 calculations, and the more he
Ifears it, the more apt he is to
Iprofess to underrate its import
lance and volume. Anything
| the old party manager and wire
lpuller can't manage, he teigns
! to consider of little Importance.
When he sees he can't twist
and turn the Alliance to suit his
views, he will profess great
friendship and admiration for
its principles and actions and
stab it every time he can get a
chance in the back. He don't
like it. 1t don't consult HIM.
He is not invited to plan and
work for it. He can't get any
pay from it and his chances for
office lessen as it grows and
f1ourishes. .y
There is no Disgusting the fact
that the Alliance has many bit
ter enemies among old party
hacks. Ingalls, is it's deadly
enemy in the West, and many
politicians in the South who
have been shelved by its infiu-
ence are, no doubt, bitter and
secret enemies of the order. 1t
is almost unnatural to suppose
they could be otherwise. ,
Even the peerless Hampton,
whose elevation to fame and Of
flee was mainly due to former
soldiers and former votes, can
not look upon his old comrades
and constituents with the same
confidence and esteem that filled
his bosom when they poured
out their blood and laid down
their lives at his command and
worked night and day for his
election. 1t not natural that he
should, and there will ba few
to blame him for his feelings.
The Alliance knows this is
natural and knows il has many
secret enemies among Republi-
cans and Democrats who have
been defeated by its power and
they are fully alive to the dam
ger it threatens tortheir magni-
ficent order,
But all this seems TO strength
en- and cement the farmer broth
erhood. They are keenly alive
10 all insiduous approaches.
They are sternly determined to
secure their rightful place and
power and influence in the gov
ernment. #s#s.a..
President Harrison will not
fool a farmer, for there is scar
cely one so ignorant who does
not know he put his hand to
their death warrant when he
signed the Mckinley bill.
All the enemies of the Al
lance and the demands of the
farmer are not so honorable as
Senator George of Mississippi,
who is canvassing that State as
a candidate for reelection to
the United States Senate and
who openly attacks many Of the
demands of the Alliance plat
form. Such honorable and
brave opponents as this, the
farmers will have TO meet, for if
they have no orators so glib of
tongue, they can. when the day
of election comes asound, putt
their votes in the right box, and
when they are counted il will
be found the farmers have used
the most powerful argument
known in American politics tol
uphold their side of the ques-
tion. sEe #~-t r.
But the worst and most dan
gerous enemies they have to
overcome is the fellow who
smiles in your face and frowns
when your back is turned.
There are numbers of these in
siduous foes to the order, who
would like to use il, if they can,
to promote their Individual
schemes and selfish purposes,
and il they can't do this. they
would like to see II stabbed to
death.
TO play upon the. weak kneed
ana timid, is anold game of the
devil, church and state, and it
is with these the enemies Of the
Alliance will work. They will
promise money orplace-in fact
anything 10 create jissensions
in the councils of the order and
to break in upon its plans. The
disorganizer hangs around sub
Alliances TO find q hole in the
door where he can roll in an ap.
pie Of discord. ...
The enemies Of the Alliance
appear in many colors. They
are Just now trying to make a
third party out It. This, in my
opinion, will do more to injure
the Alliance than anything else
that could happen to Il. ltI