The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-10-11

under existing laws in this country.
Because man has made money is no
evidence of his superior intellectual
| powers, or that he is natural genius
on political science. 1t don't neces
sarlly mean that he is prepared to fill
the highest Offices in the gift of the peo
pie. But the people have been taught
10 believe that the men who make the
money are the only sensible, truthful,
| honest, upright Christian hearted gen
| tIemen we have In the country. But
the people are learning better now.
The people have walked up to realiZa-
| tion that this is their country. Thank
God for it. Let the bosses blow, the
| plutOcrats howl and their subs growl,
but the people mean business, right
now, too. l am not afraid of the peo-
| pie. l am afraid of that small per cent
of the people who want to hold the
relns of government and want all the
benefits of national legislation. Let
the people look, think and act; it is
high time. Wait no longer. Delay
means lost opportunities, lost homes,
lost rights, lost liberties and a lost
| country. "PrOcrastination is the thief
of time" We have already left our
| business to others too long All the
| people need now is grit in their craws,
and back bone" What if the people
are criTicized9 It's an evidence that
they are on the right track and will
| certainly get the coon. There are only
two classes, politically. The class that
lives by honest labor and desire
to have an honest government, honest
| ly administered, doing the greatest
good for the greatest number. This
class love their country and des re to
transmit to posterity an inheritance "a
| free country incOrrupt designed by
our forefathers for us ana the coming
generations of America The other
class desire not and do not live by
b Jnest labor. They live at the expenee
| of the people. Their craftsmanship is
| for the individual pocket and not the
people nor the future. They say let
| the masses be dragged down that the
| classes 10 all their devllish trlckery
and political chiCanery may be fOstered
and protected" Is this Democracy 2
Is this devotion to cOuntry9 If this
patriotism? Is this the spirit that
| should characterize true and loyal
| American manhood2 In the name of
the ilIustrious dead l answer no De-
mocracy answers no, justice answers
no. These two classes are at dagger
points. The latter class has been rul
! ing and receiving the benefits of rule
good many years Only few years
ago the great mass of the people, com
posed of the former class, began 20
| make investigations to see what led to
the great financial depression upon the
people and their deplOrable condition
| that is so general, and after a careful
| investigation and impartial cOnsidera-
| ton the people have been inevitably
forced to the conclusion that it is un-
lust national legislation. Brains were
at once set to work to find a remedy.
Certain remedies were suggested. At
first the sub treasury, the abolition OF
national banks, free coinage and tex-
ible currency. Northwestern Repubh
cans hoped to get relief through the
Repu olican party. Southern Demo
Gratis hoped to get relief through the
Democratic party (the grand old ma
tional party, the friend of the poor and
the guardian of the people.) Party
allegiance was very dear, party ties
verV strong. Our Southern people
hoped to win under the same old flag.
The people concluded to ask for some
thing. We first petitioned, then de-
manded What's the result of our pc
titions? Where are our demands9 Cur
petitions have been disregarded by a
Democratic Congress, our demands
spurned with contempt by a Demo
cratic and Republican Senate, while
the ringmasters of plutOcracy said to
those national representatives, stand
up for the money kings and lords, we'll
pop the party lash at the proper time
and see that the boys fall into line. But
the old line has been broken and the
bows propose to have line Of their
own. Both of the two great political
/ &tTy m
listen to the petitions or demands of
the people. CThe leaders and present
owners of the parties strengthened by
the partisan press Now our people
do not ask for charity but demand
simple Justice. They demand re cOgni-
tion and representation in the halls of
the National Government because it's
right and just. That will give salts
faction and nothing less.
The people didn't want new politi-
cal organization, but necessity de
manded it and the people will support
il. The people have been divided long
enough bv sectional strife under the
irfiuence of party and partisan leaders
| The time has come when the people
must reunite in bonds of fraternal love
for the preservation of the liberties of
a common country. 1t can't be done
in the Democratic party for reasons
too plain to mention 1t can't be done
in the Republican party, its past history
and future possibilities positively af-
| firm it.
About III years ago the people of
the thirteen colonies met and organized
that they might shake the shackles of
British tyranny and free themselves
from foreign oppression. The people
are meeting and organizing daily now
that they may free themselves from
monopolistic tyranny and the suffer
ings of plutocratic oppression. The