The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-18
THE SITUATION REVIEWED.

THE SITUATION REVIEWED.
Mr. EDITOR:-I have been calmly re
viewing the situation since the meeting
of the convention in Cincinnati. What
| see | cannot describe, and what |
hear is appalling There IS a hue and
cry against a third party, and yet it
seems that neither party is willing to
iOin hands with the producers for JUS
tice and equity. Party, and to serve
ends at the expense of the tOlling mil
lions is, or seems to be, the sole aim of
the two dominant parties. Party
first, country second, and | like to
have said the people third, but III
italics and big \ | will say Nerer \
change must come, and come quickly.
The situation demands it, the tOiling
millions demand it. They have asked
for relief and have not been needed;
but the time is not far ahead when the
demands of the labor unions will be
both heard and needed. The Third
Party has been named, but it was
some months old before it got its name
The Third Party told Ingalls, to stay az
home: the Third Party has been at
work on Mckinley. Sherman and
lNESit Jilt iii u a. " I'tNl SDEIlt-JIliIlN
to do with Wade Hampton. though it
had no name; and our Vance. Of North
Carolina. felt its weight. and many
others will feel its weight III 90 There
are some sOre-headS now, and % will
add to that number if a change for the
better does not come.
The toiiiug millions Of this country
remind me Of thc isrdciitCs II E-y[-Iiu
bondage: they have labOrcd to ill the
Golfers Of the plutocrat long enough.
and now a Divine Providence has seut
a Moses POll) to lead them from the
Oppre~sors, power, and behold Aaron
lMacune) IS with him Whoever he
may be. let him always bear in mind
the Injunction of God to Moses when
the Red Sea was in front OF him. walled
in on both sides by insurmOmtabie
barriers, with PharOahS army in his
rear: ''Speak to the children Of Israel
that they go forward Forward
should be upon every tongue. Polk,
Livingston. WilletS and others have
done a good work in Alabama and
Mississippi. Oates, George, and the
triuniVeri who met at Fort Worth. in
Texas, the committee that has already
manipulated and circulated falsehOOd5.
such as SOre-headS of the ass family
only can or will do, should be walked
over rough shod, and placed in a back
seat at home and made to sit there.
The people in the States in which thev
live should make them know that they
are not the men to attempt to lead.
BOssism has been buried. They have
ere this shown themselves to be traitors
to the trust placed in them They
lent their aid in lending one million
lnllo1,s. +n +ln Tnt+Dv L'xr,,1r,+I,,,
New Orleans: yet when asked to aid
the masses by secured loan, "uncOn-
stitutiOnal is the first thing YOU hear.
They voted to lend money out Of the
United States Treasury when they
knew it to be unconstitutional $50 they
sayD And these are the men. the
SOIOns of America, who come forward
and ask the people to be led by them.
All your nerve, backbone and grit will
be necessary to tide over and with
stand the opposing forces in the next
eighteen months, Therefore, those
who have been placed on the watch
tower. Polk, Livingston, Jones, and
every State and County President and
Lecturer, should not fail to speak to
the children of Israel that they go for
ward.
\ majority of the Democrats of
North Carolina belong to the Alliance,
and they hold that a majority have a
right to rule; there they claim the
right to demand and enforce those de-
mands. They are going into the town
ship, county, State and National eau
cases and conventions, and they in
tend to be heard and felt. They do
not intend to disrupt the old parties,
but through them achieve all the good
they can. But if the old parties still
heed them not and force an independ-
ent action on the part of the labor
unions, no blame can be attached to
them. They have tried both parties,
and what has been the result? What
DO we hear? Every bill or petition
plgeon-holed, unconstitutional all along
the line; and still the cry comes dis
loyal to party" The producers of this
country do not believe in. or do thew
intend to be loyal to party when party
is not loyal to them. 4 majority Of
our representatives in both branches
of our National Legislature, of both
parties, are and have been dislovaI to
the people (when | say people l mean
a majority and leagued with plutoc-