Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-05
For Cool-headed, Thinking Farmers.

For Cool-headed, Thinking Farmers.
The LEAF-L'HRoNICLE would APP
peal to the cool, common sense of its
agricultural friends and ask them if
they thought Mr.. Terrell was dealing
honestly with the farmers in his late
speech here, when he stated that the
st. Louis convention took no part in
the third party movement, denying
that he was third party man, and
then in the next breath stating that
he was appointed by the convention
to confer with the third party mana
gers on calling that 4th of July con-
vention, at the same time presenting
the st. Louis convention demands,
and declaring that unless the Demo-
cratic party adopted these demands
there would be a third party and he
would be heart and soul with it,
knowing too, as every man in the
audience knew, that the Democratic
party could not and would not adopt
such demands. Admitting that all
the grievances complained of by Mr..
Terrell against the. government
which is by the Republican party
are true, was he honest, did he
prove himself the farmers friend in
thus trying to adroitly lead the
farmer out of the Democratic party
to accomplish an impossible thing,
which can not be accomplished by
any party, and defeat them of what
good that can be accomplished by
staying in and fighting shoulder to
shoulder for the broad principles
under which the farmer has always
prospered?
This Is serious matter. The
farmers are complaining Of the effects
Of high tariff and the contraction of
the money circulation they demand
a reduction of taxes and an increase
of the circulating medium. These
are two things which the Democratic
party is demanding. Now that only
Republican President of the United
States, with veto in his hand,
stands between the. people and the
accomplishment of their objects,
would it be wise for our farmers to
follow Mr.. Terrell off on wild theo-
ries and sacrifice certainty for an
uncertainty by turning their State
over to the Republican party? Sup
pose it were possible for Mr.. Terrell
to succeed in all of his third party
demands, do farmers want to be
taxed billions upon top of billions of
dollars to buy up the railroads and
establish an imperial government
with millions of Office to
domineer over the country?
1t will not do for Mr.. Terrell to
argue to sensible people that the
government can print such flood
of money on paper and that the fiat
of the government will make it good.
The fiat of the government is good
only when there is taxation behind
1t to make it good, and that is what
the country is taxed for now, to
make its bonds and greenbacks good.
We ask our Democratic farmers
again, If they are willing to be taxed
as many more billions of dollars to
pay Federal soldiers the difference in
deprecated currency and gold dur
ing the war, and money to lift mort
cages off of Kansas farmers at
double the cost of the original pur-
chase price? II old soldiers were
paid in deprecated money, what
would be the character of such
flood of money, as Mr.. Terrell pro-
poses to make up the difference in
gold and greenbacks during the war
without taxation behind it s.?
How do our Southern farmers like
the idea of female suffrage, putting the
ballot into the hand of every negro
woman in the South, for that is what
II means. Do they think the Demo.
cratic party ought to adopt such de-
mands as these? We believe not.
Then is Mr.. Terrell dealing fairly
and honestly with the farmers or has
he some other purpose to subserve, as
he appears to be a man of sense? We
would urge the Alliance (for the Al.
lance Is no mere the st. Louis con-
yention killed ~ to drop Mr.. Terrell