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

No. 80.
comparison with which all other
questions sink into utter Insignia
cance.
! have dwelt longer upnn national
anatrs. believing that there, In the
capitol at Washington, have orlgi.
mated the farmers, WOES. and from
ti.af source aione can coaie the REM
euy. lie. Us continue To insist upon
our national Congress giving US this
much needed relief. History tearh-
es that the withs with which the
rich bind the poor can be broken
only by IRE, sword or bloody rcvo.
iutten. But We have q better meth
od OF overturnina fraud and corrup-
ton In high places. We have free
speech and free ballot, and when tha
wisdom of the acts OF the national
meeting, like leven, to begin work
upon the masses of the people, then.
and not till then. shall we have a
peaceful and happy solution Of all
VI troubles.
EXTRACTS FROM AnogEss 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 devclopement OF the prin-
ciples We have inculcated.
| :
The unprecedented political up
heval of last November was the ma
tural outcome ofthe 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-
iy, it was a great work; and we'll
may we feel honored, since IL was
most salutary lesson to the greed of
capital, the rottenness of govern
ment and 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 for 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 perpetuate their
power, and il 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 souiless 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 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
clnnatuS even unto 1ur own. l think,
then, / do not miss the mark when
l say that, as class, we are patient
and willing, much abuse and never
murmuring, yet when we are arous-
d, as / now trust you all are, the
ct bears more than ordinary signifi-
ance. But what makes this our
asst resort, if our energies be not
united, If we be not q 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 <
must be done. 1t is no longer mat
ter of condition--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.af rob-
! hery. stii.. goes vi. Why is this.
Why have we accomplished 80 lit
tie? The answer is an open secret :
it is because the vast majority oi
the producing class are yet untaught,
uneducated, 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 it not strange that so many of our
fellowmen utterly ignore the very
, first law w-the law Of self-preserva-
. tion-and the fact that a complete
and thorough organization is the
only safe means whereby we can be
assured of our rights? On every
hand we hear boasts of our great pro,
gress and our civilization, bat since
good government, "the government
of the people, for the people and by
the people," the secret of all happi.
ness has not kept pace with the 9th
] er sciences, we see great reasons foi
| 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
t bone OF the country. And how i
he to share therein, handicapped a
| he il in the race Of life, in the sewers
r struggle for existence? Handicap
, ped by his own ignorance, which h,
! SO unfortunately evinces when hs
] asset IS his opposition to that bill
5 which now, i'm anything bu. spiri
of fairness, is being discussed
throughout the country-I mean, o
/ course, the Sub b-Treasury-andt touch
/ | ing this I do not think it amiss I,
sly we are not welded TO the partic
e ular phraseology which now charac
: terizes the bill. We do not pray 70
e the passage ofthis bill unaitered an,
$ undiscussed, for that would depriv'
= US of the opinions and experience