The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-09-27
N FIELD.
They send out Their Letter of Accept
ance from Pensacola.

for the Office of President and Vice
President of the United States by the
national convention of the PEOPLES
party, which assembled at Omaha.
Neb., July 4, 1892, we take this method
of formally notifying the public of our
acceptance of the nominations rendered
and of our high appreciation of the
honor conferred upon us by the action
of the convention.
We are heartily in accord with the
platform and principles adopted by
said convention, and, if elected, will
endeavor, to the utmost of our ability,
to faithfully carry out said demands in
letter and spirit.
We have been requested by the
national committee to visit the various
States of the Union, sc far as it should
be within our power, and to address
the people upon the political situation
and the issues presented in the plat
form. Weare now in the discharge of
that duty, having already, one or both
| of us. visited fifteen States in the North
west and South, and if health and
strength are spared we intend to CON
tinue the work until the campaign is
| closed. We have been received by the
great body of the people with marked
| c~ordiality. The enthusiasm manifested
everywhere issimply without a parallel
and extends to every part of the Union
thus far visited. By contact with the
people we have become acquainted with
their wants, their sUfferings, and have
been brought face to face with the
manifold perils which so serious Y
threaten our civilization and the over
throw of popular government. We
wish to express our judgment freely
and without reserve in order that we
may stand acquit before our fellow
men and our own conscience touching
the whole matter. The people are in
poverty, their substance is being de-
voured by heartless monopolists, trusts,
pools and money sharks. Labor is
largely unemployed, and where work
is obtainable the wages paid are for the
most part unremunerative, and the
products of labor not paying the cost
of production. This is a matter of
serious concern to the whole people.
The leaders of the heretofore domin ant
parties are everywhere controlled by
the great monopoly and money centers
and manifest utter disregard for the
wants and wishes of the plain people.
These parties are hostile camps, arrayed
on sectional lines, and represent the
bitterness and cruelties of the past
every four years discussing the issues
of the late war, which should long
since have been allowed to pass from
the political discussions of the day.
Notwithstanding the bitterness exist
ing between the old parties, they vie
with each other in their s~ubserviency
to capitaltstic and corporate greed.
They are incapable of dealing sincerely
with the vast problems evolved by the
naN"%h IF @hn most nTTn Efow IF tho aon-
fury. Upon the great economic ques-
tiOns of the age they are practically one
in purpose, differing just enough to en-
able them to carry on a sham battle,
while the work of robbery and spolia-.
ton proceed undated. In the mean.
time the farmers and planters, North.
and South, and the wage earners every
where, are prescribed, maltreated, de-.
MED the right to organize in defense of
themselves and families. brought into
competition with convict labor, and.
in many instances, shot down by hired
mercenaries acting under the orders of
arrogant corporations which have I'M
blushingly usurped the functions of
of government and presume to act in
it's stead. These corporations dominate
the daily press and control the lines of
daily communication with the people.
STILL GREATER PERIL.
We hold that the right of free ballot,
and a fair count, are rights preserva-
tive of all rights and upon their inviola
bility rest the perpetuity of free insti-
buttons and representative government.
We arepained to discover in the public
mind of the Southern States through
which we have passed, a widespread
loss OF confidence ON the part of the
people in the integrity of the judges of
elections, in receiving the ballots Of
the people and counting them for the
candidates of their choice. We think
that this evil, to the extent that it
exists, must be corrected by the intel
ligence and integrity of the people of
the country, otherwise scenes of VOL
ence and perhaps of bloodshed may
follow these efforts of parties in charge
of the ballot boxes, to defraud the will
OF the voter. They@wi1lead to serious
collision if not bloodshed.
After consultation with the people.
we believe it to be true, beyond reason
able question, that the maj ity of the
white voters are with the Peoples
party in every Southern State thus far
visited, and u information leads us
to believe the same thing is true in the
other States also. The white people
are leaving the old parties and casting
in their lot with us. Our numbers are
constantly increasing.
We are informed by a large number
OF intelligent and reputable people that
in therecentS State election in Alabama.
Capt. Kolb was chosen Governor bv
over 40 600 majority and yet his oppon-
ent was counted in by a majority of
over 10, 200; county tickets throug6ont
the State were counted out and others
counted in by the same ~unblushing
methods.
We are further informed that in the
State election which occurred in Ar
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