The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-04-08
Mr.. Bobo's Letter.

Mr.. C. d. Booo's effort 10 srouse the prtju-
dice Of the untbipting voters Of the farming
AMI other laborinz classes Of Un!on against
Us and all who d, mot fall downsod worship
at the shrine Of the Polk-Psffsr party.
Mr. Bobo does kis..>n s-... tt-,-s..-.
in his effort T. o,nyioes the people that
we are now or ever. was opp,sei TO the
Farmers Noveasnt, and that ~ intended
TO do injustice 10 Ssdslia Alliance, for he
knoss il 10 net tine he fhpnot POINT
TO q liue We have wfitsn or . Word We have
uttered againrt tho Alliance oftfhs reform
movement. We cannot do as some are do
ipg, however, follow T,llmau blindly as the
pure and undc6lcd embodiment OF all that
is righteous in the reform movement. We
can and do recognize the fact that change
does not always carry with IL o reform.
The peoples Interest, embracing Farmers,
mechanics, merchants, laboring ,nen, with
public institutions and private enterprises
employing capital and labor, in our opinion,
are so interviewer that they cannot be sePsrs-
ted aud the country be prosperous. thsr efore
we have not joined indscriminatily in the
hue and cry against capital and corporations
that give profitable employment to thousands
OF our men aud women aud provide the
money to purchase the products OF the labor
Of thousands Of others. The great mistake
of the politics Of the day is in not rscogniz-
| ing the fact that while, capital cannot be
Al o,.ls
way that facio les, ralToids, saifSsst taa Md All
other important industrial enterprises can
possibly be butt and operated is by sonccn-
tratng and Incorporating capital.
Mr.. Bobo's assertion that any one is at
tempting to kill the Alliance, we pronounce
gratutous There is only one way, in our
opinion that the Alliance can be killed, and
that i, by its leaders taking it into party
| politics, which we fear they are now doing
Once commit the Alliance, either alone or IL
combination with any other organization, t
a political party, aud its doom is sealed
speedily. That has boon our warning from
the time the Alliance was first organized.
Mr.. Robo is q conglomeration Of polite,
|
crat," IAN Abe Liucoln financial republican,
"disdaius any allegiance to the so-csllee
national democrcy or ,epublicsnism," ant
protests that he is no third party man. lie,
ApHsxss. defends tas St. Loas: convention
bht committed iissif Ghtqaf,.tsiiy iSdSrsfi 10 tf
Third Party. Where shee NC put ",
Bobo? Being neither a national dcnocra
or republican, he will not of course vote 70
either tho democratic or republican candi
date for President. Where will he 60 to
The only opening for him that,Fe eau see
in the Third Party, with polk and the othe
Alliance leaders who are leading the Allianc
into that party at break-neck sPe-d.
Mr.. Bobo's assumption that we are oppos
ing tho effort of the farmers and laboriu
classes to free themselves from the 6ondds
and srrGiom fastened upon them by monopt
lies, corporations, soldbug., etc., is to
transparent to our readers to require a
answer from us, but placing that par
Of his communication OF two weeks agl
to which we alluded, side beside wit
what %s said trdSSur vi ". stsAsgu, Gnu an%pEsly Pr "
had not reason for asking if the Sedali,
Alliance endorsed the Peoples Party par
ticularly when Mr. Bobo stated that God
frey B. Fowler, an avowsd Third Part,
candidate, proposed the Sedalia mass meet
ing for the purpose of endorsing the St
Louis convention and the mass mecting o
that convention which unanimously endorse,
the Third Party: