The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-07-26
FAME IS CHEAP

Nh EnTTOR;-Tbe plutocratic press
makes fame cheap by advertising free
IF cost every man who could not for
some good reason serve as a commit
fneman for the Peoples party. All
these committees we're appointed with
no personal knowledge of them by the
Ctafo committee, and there has not
hoon a dozen men so far as knoWl-
edge goes who has refused to serve.
These when appointed as chalrmen, eX
cent one. have written to us giving his
reasons for declining, which merlted
orr esteem. All refOrmers have a
right to use as instruments either OF
the three parties, the Republican, the
Democrat or the People party which
thew think will serve their purposes
best. LIE they do this with honesty of
purpose and sincerity of motive they
have our esteem. But if instead of use
ing these parties as instruments to
achieve certain ends of justice and
good government they themselves be-
come driveling slaves and instruments
of these parties, they receive our lOath
ing and contempt. IN some counties
we could not get names to make up
committees. The State is not thorough
" organized yet. This work will go on
until the people are collected together
on side and the pl%utOcracy on the
other. The salvation of Democracy Or
Republicanism IS the salvation of plu-
tocracy. All the terrOrs of force bill,
negro supremacy and the party lash
will be brought to bear on the weak
minded to keep the people divided
among these plutOcratic parties. This
is the only hope of p~lutOcraCy and its
tools are paid we'll for their work. All
4Io~o 0,1o~AS@- --I1oL +Io o~A worO-
handle so nimbly to t~errOriZe the PEG
pie were Matched up by the politicians
for that very purpOSe-tO dTaw the at
tentiOn of the people from robbery and
spoliation, and to drive them under
party wings for fear a worse fate might
befall them. If the people wait until
no terrOrS can be slammed off on them
to come out from plutocracy, they will
be the aiders and abetters of tyrannical
law till a monarchy comes. The poll
ticians and p~lutOcracy will see to it
there is a plenty of such all the time.
Democracy to-day would not take a
million of dollars for the force bill.
Their instruments whip the people with
a cat o'nine tails with thru thongs,
one called force bill, one called negro
supremacy and one called Mckinley
tariff. And to day if Mckinley vas to
Ou4A DC1AOC40V Cl4CN WOO4O pun III up
for President, or Harrison, or Reed,
and if put up these same pure Demo
cratic organs would have many good.
plausible reasons why they should be
voted for.
IF we thought there was any respec
table number of people in the good old
North State who put a particle of cOn-
fdence in a party organ of either old
party as to pure motives, as to veracity
or patriotism, we would Immediately
write over to China and inform their
priests that North Carolina furnished
a good field for missionary work
come rightalong and establish idolatry.
Every intelligent man in the State
knows they are p~ertinacious liars,
slang mongers and ~perverters of true
the weak, ignorant and prejudiced
which none will deny.
They are in some respects excusable.
For it i ! a party crime to be otherwise.
Suppose n would say cleveland
won't be elected this year. | don't see
any chance for him. Don't you see
the whole machine would crush the
poor fellow. Should he say the Peo-
pies party is gaining ground every
day and will eventually control the
politics of this State" If the poor fell
low honestly believed this he dare not
say it. And to be a good Democratic
paper he must say the very opposite of
this wis n he knows at the very time
he is lying.
While at the same time we take our
choice of these three parties as instru-
ments, we allow every honest man the
same privilege; I car not which he
takes he merits u respect, and esteem,
but if he on the other hand becomes
and allows himself to be an instrument
of the party in any capacity, either as
organ grinder, whip snapper or even
as a mere voter, he merits the con-
tempt and hatred of all true men.
American politics are rotten to the
core. The people have awakened to
the dangers which confront govern
ment none too soon. Plutocracy has
the whip of State in it's clutches and is
driving it into cosspools, storms and
breakers To morrow if any party
puts up a man for a Ghird term or a
fourth these party organs would say all
right. 1t is for the best. This rotten
state removes us only a few feet from
imperialism. l have a faith that Di-
vine Providence has reserved better
things for America and that the com
mon people will save the Republic.
W. r. LINDSAY.