The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-06-09

our Troubles.
EXTRACTS FROM ADDgrsS At MORE
HEAD. 1891.
Officers aud Delegates Of the Nortl
Carolina Farmers Alliance:
Since last addressing you, as Pres
Ident Of the tate Alliance. 1t ha.
been my great pleasure to watch tn.
healthy growth of our Order, anC
the rapid development OF the prin
ciples we have inculcaied.
The unprecedented polite Il up
heval of last November was the ma
tuEal outcome of the doctrines taught
by the Alliance, and despite the pro
tests OF our enemies, we can take
unto ourselves the credit of thai
more than glorious onslaught. Tru,
iy, it was a great work; and well
may we feel honored, since 1t was g
most salutary lesson 10 the greed oil
capital. the rottenness of govern.
Inent ard the rawlings of political
demagogues. But, though the fu.
ture seems bright, there is much YET
TO De done. Indeed, when | view
the dangers which even at the pres.
ent time surround us, think / may
be pardoned Tor saying that the work
seems scarcely yet begun. We are
assailed on every hand by dema.
gogues, chiefly those in Office, whose
sole object is TO perpetuaie their
power, and it matters little by what
means they effect their purpose Some
times We see them masquerading as
friends of the farmer, but in reality
employed by soulless corporations
TO SOW the seeds of discomfort among
US; and sometimes they are hirelings
OF the great trunk lines, which, like
a gigantic octopus, are slowly but
surely absorb ng and paralizing what
little blood AMI energy is now left
unto us.
We have nothing with which Ia
fight this redOubtable combination
save honest hearts, willing hands
and that spirit of independence
which has ever characterized the
husbandnan from the time of Gin
cinnatus even unto our own. / think
then. do not miss the mark when
L say that, as class. we are patient
and willing, much abused and never
murmuring, yet when we are arous-
ed, as | now trust you all are, the
act bears more than ordinary siguifi-
canoe. But what makes this our
last resort, if our energies be not
united, if we be not a unit IN our
actions? Shall we profit by the ex-
perience of the past? The road to
defeat, the road to victory lie equal
ly plain before you. The choice is
of vital mpOrtance-someth g
must be done. 1t is no longer a mat
ter of condition--relief must come
Our condition is such that delay
would be fatal among us, and the
conscious opinion is that relief must
come through the legitimate and
peaceful channels of legislation. We
have held up to the scorn and con-
tempt Of honest men the existence
of trusts, combines and corporations;
but of what benefit has this expo
sure been to us? The work of rob-
berry still goes on. Why is this?
Why have we accomplished so lit
tie? The answer is an open secret
it is because the vast majority of
the producing class are yet untaught,
deaf to the appeals of
reason al d experience, callous to
the cry of those who preach the i'm
portance of thorough organization.
Is 1T not strange that so many of our
feilowmen utterly ignore the very
first laW-the law OF self-preserva-
tion-and the fact that complete
and thorough organization is the
only safe means whereby we can be
Of our rights? On every
hand we hear boasts of our great pro-
gress and our civilization, but since
good government, "the government
of the people, for the people and by
tile people," the secret of all happi-
ness has not kept pace with the 9TH
er sciences, we see great reasons for
asserting that this boosted civiliza-
ton is not shared in by the work
lngman who, here, as the world over,
is the pith, the marrow, the back
bone OF the country. And how is
ne to share therein, handicapped as
he is in the race of life, in the severe
struggle for existence? Handicap
ped by his own ignorance, which he
SO unfortunately evinces when he
asserts his opposition to that bill,
which now, in anything but spirit
of fairness, is being discussed
throughout the country-I mean, of
course, the Sub Treasury-and touch
ng this l do not think it amiss to
''y we are not welded to the partic-
llar phraseology which now charac-
erizes the bill. We do not pray for
The passage Ofthis bill unaitered and
for that would deprive |
Is of the opinions and experiences
If others; but we are attached, yea,
wen committed, to the principles
involved, and are convinced that
My after full and free discussion
AN we arrive~at satisfactory s,lu-
ion of the subject. There is prece.
lent sufficient of governments loan.
ng money to the citizen with and
without security, and thus is estab-
lshed the power to loan, which is
indeed all sufficient. The kind CT
ecurity does not enter into the case
the government can select what it
ample and best CALCULATED
D relieve the wants of the people.
t is unaccountable; indeed, 1 cannot
nderstard how man dependent
pom the sweat of his brow for his
ally bread can oppose the princi-
les involved in this plan. The very
act of the intense hatred which the
lonopolist and their hirelings
the country bear not on
: the bill, but its authors, should
'nvince not only the laboring lnan
lat its pa ssage wonld produce not
My radical change. but that that
1ange would most probably operate
his benefit, since it is so bitterly
opposed by the ultra-moneyed clas-
IS.