Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-05

yicb ccrnOratiOns, n state OF tniH%S
docs not tend TO the preservation vi ,"u
neaco nor q continuance OF the pIuIspo .i,;
Of the country. As the result .. l'''a - T.
yiction we find labor ORGANIZATIONS, ~
q ,'nItitude of names. EXISTING eNeryWncIc,
" o., -" Tho AGRICULTURAL classes. aiway
cnnscryatiye and slow 20 move, organ-
$50 and dieciliilning their forces 10 Sc
&c he combination and concert OF actui
e eudI icc;slotiop as they think will promote
Their interests. two =.
that go intelligent and conservative -
-. - uniting TO make its influence irit
- Stofo and Federal legislation 10 reinedy
- some of which are but the Iipo
t,,it crown from seed planted 10y INC
TcLerahst at an early peri0d IN GU, ~ ~
stitutional Government, Others "ue 49,
oufcrowth Of rapaclty uhl'e' WIZ ,bc
:; :" 1torhons the most hopeful sign OF inc
limos and PROMISES moro for the preser ' u
49,, ard denomination of free government
I'm onv movement Of the last quarter OF
q century. IL shows that the pendulum - -
LN,,i,nine, to swIug back towards the righVS
Of the people ,,oy
Soma of the legislation proposed may
,,,,,, crude and ill-digested some NAV 10
irrnracticable. maybe but the scheiies ia
80 Inn,orogIIe or the Wild theories OF III"
'Ioc,,.,,0jrj VINO always attach thelnsei'es
90 now rarties expecting TO receive at mn
hands the rewards or the t''oT ~ ~ -
Which las been denied them 10y the o'l',
i'm. that such demands shCmd be nlaIo
and should ne supported by 80 resl'ocln''io
and inteUircn. "a body Of men as compose
- fa~n"rs' alliances is sufficient evidence
~ t,n ryiotcnce e tho grievances OF Whlch
thcv COMPLAIN The movement Is 5ucic
f9re one that cannot be safely ignored ah9
iboucLtful men IN other caiiu~s sUVuI'
give il calm aud intelligent c"nsiuera''oi'
The farming interests, a. | have salu'
90 ol,'o,s conservative. They cling tc-
',..l.,,sI' 10 olI customs and 20 old insil-
.u.,ors LINT not with slayISh senlIty, lot
tlcre i something in the isolated NE %
tho farm which deyclops spirit OF iHuc1
upudeuce. Of sclf-rchance IN thouSh' "Hd
notion. which engcndcrs love, 81 ireeuoiIi
and hatred Of oppression Whlcu H"No :.
manifested in every age. me, EI,a III,
fbirkors- men who have moulded pup
Inc opinion and given direction 10 the cur
rents Of tho worlds history nave cohe
from the agricultural classes, have Detl
crun'rv-born and cOuntry-brcd. ! ne ldt"s
winch hoyc kIndled the flames OF reYoiu-
t,on oycrthrown tyranny. and established
ire. governments have originated not IN
the lucv rnarts Of trade and commerce nul
IN tho retirement of country ne. ne
landowners If England gave Us Magma
Charta and the planters oil Virginia, aroused
bv the cloQuence Of the tarWer-la"yer "i
Hanover, gaNo the@impulse To the move
mcnt winch resulted III the ma. p"ndeu,,
If the Colonies. The farmer Oh Monilcei1
nounedt the Declaration OF independence
and Was the author of tie statute when
secured religious freedom, and the iariiol
Of Mt. Vernon lead tho American armicS
10 victory. More than century hts
o,qusod. times have changed. tut the farm
-. IN the retirement and QuIelude OF theli
country homes have not cclscd 70 thlnA
and when the occasion comes VIII hot p'
less energetic IN action I'll n were thel
f0rolathors in l71f. There Is food tor re-,
Election IL these things for politicians ana
for parties, as well as for every palrIou'
citizen who loves his country and desires
50 10 use hle influence rs 10 contr pule 20
its prosperity and promote the welfare ana
happiness OF the whole people.
None in this land have been truer e
their race and to their traditions than the
farmers of Virginia through all the long
contest that las been waged for the pre-
scrvatiOn of local liberty; none are trueI
now. All that they ask Is what their race
has ever asked whenever II found ltSeii OPP
messed redress of grievances and tins they
afe determined 10 find y way 10 obtain.
They do not believe that Their ancestors
Who sought these shores 10 secure i"i
themselves the enjoyment of personal
liberty and their rights Of property VINO
drove back the SAVAGE and conquered the
wilderness: wno carried on long stIu--
pie with tyranny and at last tAreW OF the
woke of Britain because the NJ.
and Parliament claimed the rlcAt
10 TAX their substance without
their consent given through th"r d"iN-
chosen representatives. expended tu'n
treasure and shed thelr blood IN order that
their descendants might be the siav OF
a u'utocracy which purchases legislative
congressional. and PRESIDENTIAL seats
trades seats on the supreme Eench Tor Ge'
cl~IOuS. and TclmbursCs itself tor It's outlay
hv the robbery of the many under the
toms of law. They DO not believe IN law
winch foster mOncpolleS and trusts at then
expense, nor III subsidies nor bountles
Yor IN class LEGISLATION. They do beliey'
IN the money of the COn~tltution-gol'
and silver CON: IN taxation limited 10 TIM
necessities Of the Government CcOnOml
ca,iy administered: in the prcscrvauon Q
the public domain for actual settlers: J.
the restriction of COrpOrauOns TO thel
legitimate business, ana N the regulation
q. freight charges. These questions, whlci
are being aeitatcd 10y the farmers, eaano
be settled by policy OF non-actlOH, o
"masterlv inactivity They must be con
sidered and acted upon IN spirit OF far
mes, If the integrity OF the Democrat
party in the South i to DO preserved
unon the continuance Of whose 81
premacv in our local affairs every III
tolicCnt man whose opinions are TO
warped lv some selfish purpose or VII
Is not blinded 10y prejudice knows IN
proSperltv of every interest and OF a.
classes depends The farmers Of Virgin
have never been extremists; yet II the
alone undertake 10 formulate such leglSli
ton as they desire TO see adopted 1t ma
contain features which would not recclv
the support of large element IN tn
Democratic party, and the discussion g
differences would inevitably lead 10 di'
sensiOn and dlscord. We have too recent
experienced the evil results which f'O'
from division of sentiment among ourpeC
pie for the consequences Yet hnSer IN Ou
midsD TO engage III any contest which W!
cndanger white supremacy. To avoid TIN
danger tho last declaration OF prlnclD!e
adopted 10y the State Farmers Alliance /
| its meeting IL Iynchburg last year can b
and ought 10 lie made a basis OF agree
ment. Ii has already been approved {
endorsed 10y every Democrat elected
| Congress from this State last fall, and
| the Alliance at Its meeting III this city !
August next will reaihrm that platform
| without addition or dImnution, II Will r
eeiyo the support of ninety-nIno out {
| every hundred Democrats IN the Stat
| The only cause OF difference, thel
| between the Alliance and the DEM
| cracy Will arise III the practical apphc'
ton of these principles the extent
which they are to be carried. But as I'll
canvass this fall is 20 bo made solely q
| State issues, all that relates 10 Federal l.
pislation may be elimlnated at present fro
the discussion; SO that the questions &
issue can be narrowed down to the Stat
legislation which the farmers demand, an
| can hardly exceed two-taxatlon and Il
| appointment ard powers OF railroa
commissions or, rs they put 1t III the
platform, a commission to adjust sch
dulc of tariffs favorable to the people Ill
lust TO the railroads"
| There can be no lnsurmOuntable obSt
Gle TO agreement on these subjects, esp
cially On the latter. for We have the legi
lation ana experience of other States.
some of which such laws have been IN op
ration for several wears, to guide US. 1t
subject to which legislative attentic