The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-07-21

comparison with which all other
Questions sink into utter insignia
cance.
l have dwelt longer upon national
affair believing that there. In the
Capitol at Washington. have oriri.
mated the farmers woes, and from,
that source alone can come the rem.
edy. Let Us continue To insist upon
our national Congress giving us this
much needed relief. History teach
es That the withs with which the
rich bind the poor can be broken
only by ire, sword or bloody revo-
iutisn n. But We have better meth.
oil OF overturnine fraud and corrup-
ton In high places. We have free
speech and free ballot, and when tina
wisdom Of the acts of the nations
meeting, like leven, to begin work
upon the masses of the people, then,
and not till then. shall we have q
peaceful and happy solution of all
III troubles.
EXTRACTS FROM ADDRESS AT MORE.
HEAD. 1891.
Officers and Delegates OF the North
Carolina Farmers Alliance.
Since last addressing you, as Pres.
ident of the state Alliance, IL has
been my great pleasure to watch the
healthy growth of our Order, and
the rapid developement of the prin.
cipies we have inculcated.
The unprecedented political up.
hesal of last November was the ma.
tural outcome of the doctrines taught
by the Alliance, and despite the pro-
tests Of our enemies, we can take
unto ourselves the credit of that
more than glorious onslaught. Tru-
ly, 1t was IA great work; and well
may we feel honored, since il was a
me st salutary lesson TO the greed of
capital, the rottenness of govern
ment aud the rawlings of political
demagogues. But, though the fu-
ture seems bright, there is much yet
to be 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 10 perpetuate their
power, and it matters little by wha,
means they effect their purpose Some
times we see them masquerading a.
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
sur .ly absorbing and paralizing what
little blood ami energy is now left
unto us.
We have nothing with which to
fight this redoubtable combination
save honest hearts, willing hands
and that spirit of independence
which has ever characterized the
husbandman from the time of Gin.
cinnatus even unto our own. think
then, do not miss the mark when
| say that, as a class, we are patient
and willing, much abused and never
nurmuring, yet when we are arous.
d, as l now trust you all are, the
ct bears more than ordinary signifi
ance. But what makes this oui
asst resort, if our energies be not
united, if we be not a unit IN oui
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 il
of vital importance-somethi. 9
must be done. II is no longer mat.
ter of relief must come.
Our condition is such that delay
would be fatal among US, and tn
conscious opinion is that relief mus
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 o
the producing class are yet untaught
uneducated, deaf to the appeals o
reason al d experience, callous Il
the cry of those who preach the i'm
portance of thorough organization
Is it not strange that so many Of ou
fellOwmen utterly ignore the yer.
first law the law Of self-preser
tion-and the fact that a complet
and Thorough organization is tn
only safe means whereby we can b.
assured of our rights? On ever,
| hand we hear boasts of our great pro
gress and our civilization, but sine
/ good government, "the government
Of the people, for the people and b.
the people," the secret Of all happi
ness has not kept pace with the 9th
er sciences, we see great reasons 70
asserting that this boasted civiliza
tion is not shared in by the work
ingman who, here, as the world over
is the pith, the marrow, the back
bone oil the country. And how /
he to share therein, handicapped a
he is in the race of life, in the sever
struggle for existence? Handicap
ped by his own ignorance, which h
SO unfortunately evinces when h,
asse' is his opposition to that bill
which now, in anything but spiri
of fair ess, is being discusses
throughout the country-I mean, O
course, the Sub -Treasury-and touch
ing this l do not think it amiss L
y We are not welded to the partic
ular phraseology which now charac
terizes the bill. We do not pray 70
the passage ofthis bill unaitered an,
undiscussed, for that would depriv
us of the opinions and experience
of others; but We are attached, yea
even committed, &c The principle
involved, aud are convinced tha
only after full and free discussio
caii we arrive at a satisfactory sJlu