Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-05-26
ton of their rights from no other

ton Of their rights from no other
quarter.
Now, if the Democratic party,
which has not in thirty years had
the control of the government in all
of its branches, has been unable for
lack Of power to pass such laws as
were necessary for the protection OF
the Southern farmer, planter and
other Southern laborers, how can the
people expect that a new party, COM
posed of fragments Of different par
ties, out of which the new party is
just now being formed, can acquire
within reasonable time the strength
to dictate laws to our people and to
place upon the statute books such
enactments as may be necessary to
protect the interests which the Demo-
cratic. party has never had the power
to protect?
Now what is the best plan to reach
this object:
When the Democ-atic party has
kept up constan. -sgle for thirty
years to try and acquire the power
to enact legislation beneficial to the
people, and has made decided pro-
gress, is it better to stick to that
party when it has almost reached
the power necessary for the accom-
plishment of these objects, or is 1t
safer to throw it aside, and out of
its divided numbers and one or two
other parties attempt to form an or
ganization of sufficient strength to
control Congress and the President
to enact the laws which the Demo-
Gratis after struggling for thirty years
have not been able to reach?
l must think that it would take the
new party much longer time to
overthrow the Democratic and Re-
publican parties than it has taken
the Democratic party to reach almost
the very goal of its ambition.
But l have no abuse and no unkind
words of any character for the farm
ers ande laborers united with the
Farmers Alliance who are seeking,
in what'seems to me to be an unsuc-
cessful manner, to reach the protec-
ton of their rights.
Being born of humble parentage,
and having passed all the period of
my life up to manhood laboring on a
farm, and having been associated
with farmers in various enterprises
during the whole period Of my life,
l confess partiality in their -, !,
and in any contest between the farm
ers and the corporate and other pow
erful influences of society, I must
confess that my sympathy, while
ready to do justice to all, has always
been with the laboring masses.
l have, therefore, no censure for
the farmers who have attempted and
who are making the movement which
think unwise with the view as they
think, of protecting their rights.
think they have much cause for COM
plant, and if they will all work to-
gether and make one or two more
strong efforts to get the Democratic
party placed permanently in power,
the grievances Of which they CON-
plain can all soon be remedied, and
their rights can soon be secured.
They have stood manfully by the
Democratic party for almost life
time, and it is natural that they
should feel irritated when the relief
they seek may still seem at dis
tance; but if they will look carefully
at the situation they will find that
they are further from it now in the
embrace of the Third Party move
iment than they nave ever been be-
fore with the Democratic party.
! trust and believe the Democrats
will succeed in the coming Presi-
dental election, and if they do, hav-
ing the House of Representatives by
a large majority, l hope it may not
be long before Democracy will have
a majority in the Senate also, and
then the farmer may look for relief.
Until then he cannot expect it. If
we all pull together this may be ac-
complished at no very distant day.
If we divide and wrangle over the
matter it VIII not be during the life
time of any of the present genera
tion.
1t is not my purpose to enter into
a discussion of tariff reform, the cur
rency and other questions. When
ever the Democratic party has con-
troll of all the departments of the
government the country, think,
can look with certainty to the nec-
essary and proper tariff reform and
the enactrent of proper laws for the
free coinage Of silver, banks, the cur
pency, etc. As long as the Repub-
licans control either branch of Con-
gress or the President is Republi-
car we cannot look for adequate resi-
lief on any one of these questions.