The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-04-07
P[ AIN ! ak,
THAT IS WHAT THE FOL-
LOW Nc ARTICLE IS.
SOmethiLg for Those Who Are
Inclined % the Third Party to
Read ar Reflect upon.


lCUrrespo. ence Charlotte Observer.
The time las arrived when we mus
i.ayc bctte and fuller understanding
with the Al anCc. The action Of |.
l., Polk, til head of that order, IL
declaring f. a Third party and il
avowing h. lsclf as a candidate 70
the Weep. 5idcncy of the United
States, has : reed the belief that the
institution j a purely agricultural o.
business one 10 longer, but that it i
now a pc. zeal organization. The
Democrats 10 belong to no secret Oh
oath-bound roCiety, have made con
Cessions for Ic success and harmony
of the party, until the thing IS growing
monotonOus. 1t must be One-sIded
no longer, Int must be mutual. That
is fair, it is ';lst and manhood and
sclfrcspect d nand it. say that the
unrest is caused by the fact that the
Alliance is az unknown and threaten
ing force III our politics. Now we
must know y.ho are our friends and
who are our lJes; for a campaign is
about to open in which there will be
no trivolity OF the play of children.
| intend t. talk plainly to the ALI
ance, for the time has come. The
large body OF the patriotic and sensi-
bic member will not be offended by
the truth. The ultra wing, the in
tolerant, tn: unreasonable and un-
reasoning, | expect this to enrage.
Farmers, aid politician ever advise
you to give the same attention to your
farm that otner professions give to
their business? Did a Cand date for
office ever tel you from the hastings
TO stop coming to town after hay
raised in a distant State, and SOW
grass and clover for your own con
sumption? lid he ever inform you
that many OF YOU worked in the spring
and summer md idled the balance
of the year? Did he ever scold the
shiftless class that exists IN every com
munity, for hunting the woods and
seining the .reams, when the grass
was hourly Ievouring the crop and
cxhausting Il substance Of the soil ?
No; public seekers tell no such I'M
pleasant tacls They talk honeycd
words, cajole on with fulsome nattcry
and exagger your woes. This is
the kind of TX you hear, but no
hopeful or bsuyant or bright messages
are conveyed you. The picture is
made as dar} md gloomy as possible
TO keep you d,5contentcd and dissatis-
fed with YOU condition. Such has
been the tie Der and spirit of the
language of Dix, Simpson, Skinner
and other A lnCe orators who have
lately addr scd you. How long
would L phys ian keep alive patient
If he held on such hopeless and cheer
less prospec ? Some good writer
has said 81 5 as good almost to kill
4 family as = .'ood home
Now let's compare the Alliance
with other o. mutations. The doctors
have organlz" i society which meets
annually at ne point in the State
for the exam alton of applicants and
for the discu on and interchange of
views of int, st TO the medical pro
fession. 1t IS nOn-polItiCal and poll
teal diCkerS rr schemes find no foot
hold there. he merchants and bust
ness men in cities of any size have
chamber of 'mmerCe to increase trade
and further tt,Ir commercial pursuits ;
but politics i forbidden in all public
meetings. G. duCtors, engineers and
wage carners nave brotherhoodS, but
the band of ,:iIion Is not politics. 1t
is selfproteCt n and the material in
tereSt of all their members. When
the Alliance vas first formed, its aim
was lofty am patriotic one. Its sole
object was tie alienation of the tlllers
OF the soil and determined effort to
make farm Tx more attractive, more
cndurable al.I to improve and enrich
the hOmesteaGS upon which they lived.
it was empaatlcaliy given out that
politics should never play any part
with the organization. What, how
ever, is its condition now? While the
sailors and tDilers were lulled into
security and we're asleep upon the ship,
political pirates cut her loose from her
moorlngs. lskilled pilots are at the
helm, untrici men have hold of the
tiller, and lie grand old vessel is
lurching up !, turbulent political
sea.
The convention at Ocala engrafted
a distinctive political platform and
attempted tC make the endorsement
OF the platform a badge of tealty and
test of membership. The recen;
gathering at st. Louis resolved itsel
INTO a nols'. conglomerated, hand
shaking, bro / er-embracing and tear
ELUSIVE TIL party demonstration
Another con Htion has been called
at Omaha, t sominate national can
didates, and l.. l.. Polk, the president