The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-01-26
NO CAUSE FOR REJOICING.
WARRENTON. y. G.

NIX. .EDlIOR:-ADOuG Twelve mon MS
ago the country from Maine to the
Gulf was ringing with Democratic
shouts Of victory. The Democrats had
achieved a significant victory that had
given them control of the National
House of Representatives But now
since the latest election returns came
in they find that they laughed too soon
and too loud. Probably the same
votes that gave them such sweeping
victory little more than a year ago
made them lose nearly all they gained.
and the prospect for Democratic
triumph in November next is not so
bright as they wish it to be- Still they
are very joyful, not because of Repub
Ecan victory, or their own chances but
because the Peoples party, which they
lasist on cOnfOunding with the ALI
ance, did meet with some reverses in
Kansas and the Northwest in the cleo
Jion for local officers. Democrats and
Republicans are alike welcome to all
the comforts they may derive from the
study of these returns, but should not
be too confident, Or count on any ad-
Vantages not plainly visible. It some
Of the Alliance candidates met with
defeat, it was probably due to the in
sid1Ous foes which have crept into the
Order to disabuse the minds of the
membership of their principles. and at
the same time used all their power and
influence to prt We that the Farmers
Alliance of the South is simply an ad
dendum to the Democratic party, and
that all the change desired here, was a
change from Republicanism to DemOc
racy. They have pointed out that the
election of Gordon, from Georgia, and
Vance, from North Carolina, to the =.
S. Senate, in the face of the fact that
both Senators are opposed to the de-
mands of the Alliance, amply proves
that the Farmers Alliance South, is
intended to be nothing else but tail
Solid South and aid a solid gang of
hungry politicians to get the plunder
Such talk as that had it's effect, and
many an Allianceman voted the Re-
publican ticket or stayed away from
the polls.
The same spirit that is at work in the
West to divide the Alliance, is at work
here too. Strenuous efforts are made
and no means spared, to create dissen-
sion in the rank and file. Partisan
prejudice is to be aroused by cOnjuring
the ghost Of the force bill to the surface
to scare us with the rattle of its ghOstly
bones into the Democratic fold. The
papers will recite old war stories and
tell of the suffering in Yankee prisons
to stir up sectional animOsity. Finally
fF5hCy VIII come to their last and biggest
ditch. They viii print the most nor
ribie caricatures that wild frenzy can
invent, showing and describing the
state Of affairs under nigger rule, so as
to make the race issue pre- eminent.
The great question of equal Justice to
all and special privileges to none must
be laid aside for discussion until we
have q Democratic Pres dent and Con
gress Then the demands Of the Farm
ers' Alliance will also receive cOnsidera-
ton. Tune: The day after the milen
ium expires. Democratic papers tell
us that Republican cOnspiratOrs are at
work trying to break up the Alliance
and warn the members to be on their
guard and not pledge themselves to
vote third party ticket. Thanks for
the warning. We will do as we please
about that. 1t is indeed bad that Re
publicans should be trying to break up
the Alliance. But have not the Demo
cratic press, the politicians and other
extreme partisan fools, such that had
nothing to lose but everything to gain
| the past four years to do the same
| thing? And are they not at work now
harder than ever2 The Alliance con
stitutes the majority of voters in the
| Democratic party. She has a right to
expect and demand that the minority
accept her platform Consequently
there should be no possibility of such a
| thing as negro rule unless the stubborn
ness and arrogance Of the BOurbOns,
with some fools following lend q help
| ing hand to bring about that state of
| affairs.
The edict has gone forth that there
shall be no Alliance Governor, no ALI
| ance officials, no more Alliance legiSla-
| ture. Everything and everybody must
! be of the true blue color. The State
must cast the electoral vote for the
Democratic presidential nominee, so
that if elected everything can be left
az it is, except a lot Of starving politi-
cal bummers may have a chance to
| get some of the Federal offices and the
! plunder connected herewith and that
is about all the change desired By the
partisan press The rule Of the white
man is nOs the issue with that nefariOue
crew. They muat create diszension,
and if possible, by any means, foul or
fair, seek to break up the Alliance or
cripple her as a political factor in this
State. If they don't succeed in this,
they will in time like the Bourbons of
South Carolina, be ready to howl,
Give US nigger rule or anything else in
stead of farmer supremacy"
The Alliance, however, is not going
to be bluffed or frightened into any
compromise with any party or faction
thereof. She can carry the State of
North Carolina and the rule of the
white man is not in danger. Which
one of the two old parties elects the
President of the United States, matters
not. Where is the man that can hon
estly declare that it has made five cents
of real difference to him. whether there