The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-07-12
DR.. SEAWELL IN MONTGOMERY.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

NCUNIG
Mr.. EDITOR:-It may be expected
that l should give an account of my
stewardship while among these hills.
I will say that the Alliance brethren
are firm and steadfast in their resOlu-
tiOns to stand by the principles Of re-
form l have been here one week, de-
liver6d eight addresses, organized one
new Alliance and re organized three
others that had gene down. Two clubs
re-Organized in the extreme western
portion Of the county, viz: Erie Mills
and Pee Dee, had formerly been large
clubs numbering about 100 members
each, stalwart sons Of honest toll. |
took occasion to investigate the cause
of their langUishiDg. | found that the
two old political parties had been
about equally represented, and one
great trouble was that the members
did not read the reform papers. They
saw in some Of the Annanias papers
that the Alliance had busted in Texas,
was dead in Georgia and gone to the
devil in Kansas, The Democratic
politicians had declared that Col. Polk
was hired by the Republican party to
lead the people by the nose and b. eak
up the Democratic party. The Repub-
lican moss-backs had sagely informed
the Republican members that it was a
move to break up TIE Republican party
and put the Democratic party in pOwer.
The little pOp-gUn lawye Ts and squirt
newspapers had circulated among them
and got in their dirty work. But, Mr..
Editor, truth crushed to earth will rise
again, and these Annanlases will have
to do their work over again. These
two clubs have now a second birth
have been born again and now set out
with renewed zeal and energy, and
will soon be stronger than V e The
sun set on a more sturdy, honest
yeomanry, and it will be a warm day
when they are run off the track again.
The people here are for Alliance re-
form first, last and all the time, and
are travelling in that direction, and
will tolerate no backward movement.
They thank God they are not made
like a crawfish."
Some little fellows are beginning to
want Office, if there is anything in the
Office they just Join the Alliance and
then proceed to get their names in
some newspaper to show their Oualii
cations for craftsmanship. Then thew
think a great feat has been accomp
lished and they wait patiently to be
ready to serve the dear people. Poor
fellows! They'll be lonesome next fall.
The meeting at Eldorado on the first
of June vas a failure, as the brother
who had been entrusted with the bust
ness of getting it phad failed to attend
to it; but another appointment was
made for that night with good results.
Fellow farmers, don't put your hand
to the pillow and look back. Remember
that the partisan press is hired with
plutocratic money to oppose you. That
each little partisan paper that was
thought to be worth buying is now
drawing their regular stipend from
the!r Plutocratic bosses, and are using
their ~endeavors to defeat an honest
government; Remember that lessthan
one hundred men to day have it within
their power to overthrow thiS oo1on-
ment and change it from a \ ino1
to a m~onarchial form of governnno%t
and thus reduce your children to ~,
most abject slavery. They are opTV
waiting to crush you a little lower anSS
hTImiliate you, and drive, if possible
the last remaining spark of vital spirit