The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-05-12
THE DOCILE FARMER.
HE Is AT LAST AROUSED TO 4
REALIZATION OF HIS OWN
INTERESTS.
No Longer disposed to Pull the
Ehcstuutc Out of the Fire for
millionaire fIonopoiists
and Their Political Allies.

Tie di-cu--ion "r politics i PER
aap5 oul-ide the realm OF n loca
correspondent, but in consideration
IF the fact that this fampain year
allow me 10 say that If the feeling
among the farmers j. fair re
preventative Of thit existing among
+ laboriHg classes generally it will
he hardly safe to ri-A much money
on the result CT the coming election.
+ Thee never was time in the
history Of our town when 50 many
men lGguratiycly spcakingl had
broken loose and were ah0at on the
great sea OF American politics IS AT
the present time.
Usually there is no more docile OF
traetaDle class o men than farmers,
and 10 one knows this better than the
willy politician. They doubtless
think after the national conventions
the only one thing meedful will be
a crack o. the whip and ."whoa-
ha%~buckn to make them stcn
quietly under the party yoke they
have borne 50 long, but when they
drive cut next summer TO shake
bands with sold hay@eed" and talk
about the 'iater crap" they viii
find him off Of he Ounce stool where
he has allowed himself to be kept
- quietly for the last twenty ears,
and wide awake to the fact that
while they have attracted his atten-
ton BY talking protective tariff,
tree trade, gold basis and high
license some one EaS had their hands
in his pockets up their elbows.
LOCATING THE ROIsBER.
On first discovering the robbery
he supposed the local merchant was
the thief, but on fur, her investigation
he found great trusts, monOpolies
and syndicates all over the land
Springing up under the fostering
care Of the government that he hau
with ballot aud bayonct helped to
sustain, that were laying direct
tax on every article that he or hi
family used and at the same time
depressing the value f his products
by placing millions Of bushels OF
fictitious grain on the market t"
con in competition with the hard
earned real grain in his bin; his beef
and pOIl, are brought into the
market to compete with millions OF
barrels that never existed. lie finds
that the government, through the
agency OF the assessor, furnishes
these vampires with farm statistics
that enable them 10 speculate on the
labor Of his hands and the sweat of
his brow before his crop is planted
They are thus enabled to step in and
reap the blessings God intended for
The farmer ami his family.
AS he %azes helpleasly on the high
interest bearing mortgage he has
been obliged to spread on every
foot Of the Old homestead he turns
his eyes hopefully to the public
domain west Of the Mississippi, only
to see all the tiIlible land in the
hands of railroad corporations and
foreign syndicatrs. these lards,
that should have been carefully
for homes oGAmeyican chill
drcn, are in the possession Of
pruilisate Eng !ish lords.
A RICH MEMS GOvERNMENT.
Nor is tn S the wors, feature CT
the case. He finds majority Of the
iegi7:ati.s Offices Of the land filled
with a lily handed, perfumed
1ristOcracy known as n,ilionaiies,
who have lined their pockets with
tie peoples money, Wre~ted from
hem uljuotly by GRO. -edlegisiatiOu.
tnd every avenue 10 these bodies |
re 50 carefully guarded by paiG |
agents that few men who have ever
-oiled their hands with honest labor
at eaten bread earned by The sweat /
Of their own brow need have any !
hopes Of admittanCe.
While the farmer is approving /
The tirn stand our government j., /
taking to protect our Isolated citizens |
ma our sailors i'll fore en- lands, he
believes 1t to be a gross oversight t.,
neglect the Legitimate rights Of .he
Producers at home. The farmer
believes revolution is at hand and
intends to stand firm and WELD hi
ballot III defense OF what he bclieves
o be his own interest rather than
vote TO the interest of any party. -
'or. Lincoln (IiI1.) Courier.