The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-01

elected upon mat issue. ln0y SCOI0 a
march on their constituents after they
got in and were severely rebuked by
defeat at the next election. If there
Is much dishonesty or u~nfairness at
the polls here, as | understand there is
in Alabama, and perhaps other South
ern States it will create a public senti-
ment in the North and to some extent
South in favor of Federal cou6rOl of
elections. The temper of the Northern
mind will eXaggerate local lrrregularl-
ties into a widespread conspiracy
against the freedom of elections. The
Plnkerton detectives which played
such a conspicuous part in betraylng
the cause of the working men at
Homestead, are perhaps already among
us and they can make a little evidence
go a long ways. The division in the
ranks of the white men will bring to
light every irregularIty for h past
twenty years. Congressional lnveStl-
eating committees will make partisan
reports. and upon them a I Ongress may
be elected which will pass a force bill.
| call therefore upon those of u cItl-
zens who are really opposed to a force
bill to use their utmost endeavOr to en-.
courage the utmost fairness at the cleo
tions. The refusal of the county COM
mlssiOnerS In some counties TO allow
the Third party representation among
the officers of election has already Gre
ated widespread suspicion, and mas
even manufactured some sentiment IN
favor of a force bull among the Third
party people, even though their plat
form Is against lG.
There is much excuse for Southern
| intolerance and [ have considerable
g.. - L@rTrh NAV hCRnn0n
| the victim of it. But l wish to Call
public attention to n consequence OF
| it which seems not to have been much
| considered. Too much personal poll
| tics-atJack and abuse of individuals
and p~arties-tOO much uncharlty and
intolerance towards political Oppo
| nents creates, especially In the MINDS
of the young, a spirit of desperate de
termination which will not stop short
of force or fraud. A fierce intolerance
is the fOrerunner of violence and a
1t NAV be better hat men should fight
than that they should hate forever, for
| hate cankers the heart. Young men
are logical. They put the intolerance
which their elders feel into practical
execution, thence ensues insult, rotten
| eggs, violence and riot.
Newspapers cannot constantly de
nounCe men as thieves and raScals and
| then call a halt when the people under
take to treat them as such, A puolIc
sentiment strong enough IN some sec
tiOns to socially O~straclse men who
vote their honest convictions, Is strong
enough to shield their prosecutors from
the ordinary consequences Of their acts
of violence. The power to socially
E~ostracise Is stronger than the law of
Nhn1nnA Tho IEn0ho pIfU nf q HNmInQnT
political faction can be more destruc-
tive of liberty than a force bill.
Liberty is always overthrow first
by faction, then by law. The rights
of the States have been overthrow
more by the struggles of two sectional
parties than all other causes combined.
State boundaries are lost sight of, and
practically for the pat thirty years
for many purposes there have been but
two States IN the Union-the Demo
cratic and Republican parties. These
two States have dictated the platforms
and policies Of States wi b an iron
| hand. Yielding to the commands and
supposed necessities of these States,
attempts are beng made to cOerce
North Carolina ntO swallO wing It's
| views on free silver and a graduated
income tax as expressed In the Demo
cratic State platform. This injection
of foreign pOliGtcs into North Carolina
is the main cause of our disturbances.
| The people must and will find some
way to vote their sentiments upon
national questions. Three fourtns of
the white people of the State believe
% in free silver ~ IN the repeal of the
internal revenue ~ In a graduated In
come tax ~ In a repeal OF the national
bank system or the mOnOpOlIzIng tea-
lures thereof % n \ reduction OF the
| tariff, at least and as soon as may be,
to a revenue basis 60 In the issue by
the General Government of sufficient
| currency to do the business of
troll of railroads and telegraphs as
that they may be run for the people in
| stead of In the interests of monOpOllsts.
1t Is because that working under the
leadership Of the mercantile States, the
| agricultural States have been betrayed
and impoverished for thirty years that
there Is now a serious disposition In
North Carolina to break away from
such leadership and to form an ALI
ance with the agricultural States in the
West, whose interests and sufferings
are the same, and who are engaged IN
a similar rebellion against the cOnsti-
tuted authority and overbearing in
huence Of the mercantile States in
the affairs of this government. Whether
the people agree or disagree with the
Omaha platform, such considerations
as the above will lead many to vote for
its candidates trusting TO time and to
their influence TO make any needed
notifications. A graduated income tax
(and a graduated property tax will
eventually follow is a most potent
remedy for existing ills: Q it strikes
at the root of monopoly and tends to
tax it out of existence G) it makes the
rich bear their part of the burdens of
| III IL makes the rich In