Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-07-28

believe, the rank and file. as far as they
are able, intend that it shall be carried
out to the letter.
What say is not,intended for any par
ticular person or persons. am stating
az opinion from what imagine can be
seen from general standpoint. 1 will
assume no untenable ground, neitherhave
ror will make use of any assertion which
1 cannot prove to the satisfaction OF any
unbiased mind; nor have I, in any previ-
Gus communication, mentioned the word
Alliance. For that society, pure and
simple, have the greatest respect, and
it never had better friend among its
| enrolled members than / am and have
ever been, so far as regards the purposes
for which it was originally intended. 1
believe it has done great deal of good
and is capable of doing much more if
politics does not disrupt it. Like all
organizations of this kind, ambitious men,
who have political aspirations, seeing
their opportunity, have crept in and the
purpose of the organization, which was
simply to advance agriculture, has, to a
great extent, been perverted, and what
was intended as an alder and educator Of
the farmer has been changed into an
attempt to run the politics of the country.
The rank and file, out of the honesty
of their own hearts. thinking their lead
ers honorable, have given them their
almost undivided support, until they viz
tually have possession of all the Offices in
the State. When they (the rank and file)
awake to the true condition of things, or
discover that all is not lovely. or as it
should be, their support will be with
drawn and everything will assume its
normal condition again; not, however,
without some injury being inflicted or
bad blood engendered. which possibly a
generation must pass away. or sink to Its
grave. before it can be forgotten.
Mr.. Whitaker assures us that he does
not pin his faith to the coat-tail OF any
one. am glad to be informed that which
he expresses is the free born thought of
an American citizen: knowing his rights,
he has the courage, capacity and inde-
pendence to defend them.
hope and trust he will allow the oppo-
sition. as he styles them, the same privi-
lege that they heartily accord to him.
without attributingi it wholly Ignorance.
He should remember that the charge
of ignorance. if sustained, will excuse the
wrong he complains of. asintention is the
essence of crime.
"Equalrights to aliand Especial privileges
to none. has been and will continue to be
the fundamental principle of Republican
government Around this declaration all
the great battles for self-government and
Democratic doctrines have been fought.
There is nothing strange about the
Alliance adopting it OF that they should
claim they intend to carry it into prac-
tice. This likes a good deal of being
proof that they will be able to do so. or
that many of their leaders are oinclined.
All political parties adopt certain princi-
pies for action. They employ first those
they know to be popular with the great
body of the people. afterwards they
introduce by degrees that which they
intended from the beginning toinculcate.
The first thing necessary is to educate
the people and to get their full conf
dnce; then whatever is desired is possi-
bic. All warnings to the contrary, no
matter from what source they come, are
Spurncd as the voluntary advice of the
enemy.
am PLAIN. but l mean no harm. !
want the P1-o, sig sle Il understand where |
have reason 10 fear they are being lead,
not that they are ignorant, but they don't
take time to reflect what the conse-
quencc> will be, nor where they are drift
inc.
The utterances on this subject hereto
fore have been rather in a tender way,
from the fact that feeling ran too high.
and no one felt disposed to place himself
in position where 1t could be charged
that lie opposed the farmers, who are the
bone and Sincw OF the country, whose
displeasure might result in iniuriDg any
business or totally destroying it. Such
should not be the case, however. and no
threats of that kind should have been
tolerated by the farmers against any
class, for in every country where religi-
ous or political opinions have been inter
fered with, the end of free government
was close at hand.
Nj. Whitaker asks. why should not
the farmers organize as other professions,
and il they wished, run the politics of
the eountry?" There is nothing wrong
in organization. but to carry politics into
professional organization is something
new for this country. suppose the
Masons, the Odd Fellows. tic Knights of
Honor. or even merchants or lawyers.
should carry politics into their secret or
open societies and attempt TO run the
government of the country. would it not
cause howl all over the land and end in
diSrnpting them and breaking up their
organizations?
When any one class or profession in
any country gets possession of the gov
ernment, with the avowed purpose to leg
=;clo+e in +be;, own favor all othe; classes
had Just as well commence to pack their
baggage IN order to get away, for soon
o. late they will have it to do.
Mr.. Whitaker asks. where are our
opposers when the Alliance hold their
pablo meetings?n The first public meet
ing OF this kind held at Seneca the town
arranged the grounds, her citizens
attended en- masse with their baskets and
tried to make it as pleasant as possible.
The second l did not attend, as the Bap-
tist protracted meeting was going on at
the time and chose rather to attend my
church. The citizens generally attended
one or the other meeting.
To his charge in reference TO Alliance
papers | plead guilty, but it has not been
from the fact that did not want to read
them: but of necessity have to take
so many daily papers that | did not feel
able to support more. read every one
get my hands on as believe in being
posted on all sides. This accusation is a