The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-01-13

Democratic party il now ende 4voring to
embrace within itself the Farmers ALI
aEce movement. They re full Of pro
fessiO' S Of love for that organization hat
haz been etal ted and which has swept
over the West and overcome the Republi-
can majority in Kansas. We have had
our black eye. We have had OFF time;
but the line is Coming when the cyclone
will strike the Democratic party. That
organization is now being intrenched in
Texas. 1t is also being intrenched in the
State of Missouri, and in 1892, when these
Alliance gentlemen speak again, you will
see The Democratic maj critics di>appea- in
those and other Democratic States, as the
Republican majority disappeared in Kan
saS. l want the Democratic party to
carry out it's Professions Of love for the
farmers Of the land. I want the Fifty
second Congress to pass through this
House the Sub-Treasury bill. | want it
to pas through the House a free coinage
bill. l want the FIfty-second Congress
to pass a service pension bill, and unless
the Democracy will do all shese things,
they will find that the wave of thu Farm
ers' Alliance will sweep it away and wipe
it from the face Of the earth.-KanSGs
COmmOner.
We are not trying to scarce anyone, nor
are we attempting to add fuel to the
flames, but we know, from every
day intercourse with the people,
that the banks and money-loaners are
standing over a volcano that it is likely
to BURST fourth and destroy them at any
time. The enormous load Of debt that
has been forced upon our people by a
villainOus financial system, the perpetual
rObbing by corporations and usurers that
takes from them the possibility of enjoy
ing even the ordinary comforts Of lte,
supplemented by a failure of crops that
has left them wholly a. the mercy of their
| oppressors, has driven them to the verge
of desperation. When men who have
spent the best years of their lives in cease
less toll can see naught Of reward but
poverty and want; when they look into
the once fair face of the wife of their
you h and there see indeliby sta nped the
evidences of a life OF drudgery, of suffer
ing and ~disappoint nent; when they look
upon innocent childhood, flesh of their
flesh, deprived of all that goes to make
the child life happy, and realize the hope
l~essness of their desires to bestow upon it
those things which are necessary to its
development into a life of usefulness {;
when they see these things and a thousand
more, their blood boils with righteous in
dignatlOn. America u are not made Of
the stuff that patiently submits to oppres-
sion. Born and educated under the en-
nobliny influences of toe star of freedom,
they are lily fitted to submit to tyranny,
whether it be from a crowned potentate
or an oligarchy of wealthy, legalized
thieves, shielding themselves bene ath the
gown of the goddess of liberty The
same spirit that caused grand old Patrick
Henry to exclaim "give rae liberty or
give me death" is abIaze to-day in the
hearts of the people. It a fire that can
not be q%uenched, and the deep sense of
the wrongs and injusticeS being heaped
upon them needs but another turn Of the
screws to cause it to burst forth with a
fury that will sweep all before it. This is
no idle talk, it is Gods truth. The deep
rumbling of discomfort can be heard on
every hand, and no one but a blinded fool
can misconstrue its meaning Western
advocate.
1t looks at this moment as though Mr..
G.adstone's career were approaching its
end. British policies are in a very bad
way and both Of the great parties are
frightened, but the liberals are Gin a
crack and will hardly find their way out
yet awhile. Gladstone had a magnificent
scheme, a very enhancing dream. He
believed it possible to crown his fame by
the victory of home rule AMI the gift of a
Parliament to Ireland. Such an ACHE ve-
ment would surround his name with
unparalleled solendor. It was a herculesn
task, but though we'll on in years he had
a constitution Of iron and the heart of his
youth. With a~untleSs courage he threw
himself into the cause, broke away from
many an old political friend, endured
calumny, de6ed the Indifference and
suspicion of those VINO had never before
insulted him with a hint of distrust. For
years he fought with admirable SIX Il and
strength, gained inch by inch until he
occupied the ground of vantage, won over
to his side a very large constituency of
Englishmen, who threw their prejudices
to the winds and were ready to accord
fair play to a long oppressed people.
Within another twelvemOn1h, perhaps,
the triumph would be assured and Glad
stone. could retire from public life with
unmeasured honor. Then came the ex-
plosion. ParnelI, discredited, faced the
world with a tigers daring. He does not
know how to surrender, never learned
the meaning of the word failure. Both
England and Ireland, however, are in
dismay. Utter desperation prevails every
where. Home rule, for the present, has
has gone into the air. Parnell is still
captain, but captain of a wreck. 1t is not
that he will go down with his ship, but
that his ship may go down with him
Gladstone is not only helpless but hope
less. His work day of life is closing in
chagrin, disappointment. The tories, who
are shrewd politicians, are thinking of an
appeal to the country. That is good
strategy. The liberals have no money and
no platform, are adrift in a storm. The
whole party is broken, di~sgruntled, dis
should 1idui be returned ne 'D as is possible, Glad,
s+oDa wbosa fate Ia Erkad with that of