The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-05-17

uOA1dI W - II us, our prosperity is
wrapped u GA that of the farmer, and
while we UUnOt claim the privilege of
belonging to the Order, we can. stand
speed. But the fight is for more than
material prosperity, it is for liberty.
Wall street has her millions Of under
strappers and boot licks in every town
and hamlet in the land. Employees
renters and the dependent poor gener-
ally are threatened with starvation If
they fail to comply with their de
mands. The question now comes up,
how many white slaves have we IN the
Iand2 But let us be merCIful in our
Judgment TO the many who are so com
pletely In the tolls, by reason of I'm
avOldable misfortune, that they cannot
b Up themselves.
The fight will be desperate and calls
for grit aud backbone. Our plan of
battle Is manifest. The two old parties
are practically dead; they are both
houses divided against themselves"
Northeastern Democrats will naturally
fall into the Republican party, which
must reform itself on new basis
NOrthw vest ern, Western and Southern
Rep IblIcans and DemOcra 8 are al
ready reformed on the new basis of the
Peoples party and await anXiOusly the
word to announce it. The sentiment
is so overwhelming in favor of it
that it is difficult TO restrain a prema-
ture exposure of it.
True some few old fogies will still
'cling by name to dynasty fallen
forever" " and continue for a season to
worship the fetish of the National
Democratic party. But time will
teach even these that the National
Democratic party has been dead for a
quarter of a century for all useful pur-
poses, and that Tammany has all that
time been masquerading as such, rid
ing the South and West like a poor,
patient ass, and selling them out to
Wall street on every available occasion
for ready cash or It's equivalent
Tammany is a gaudy old harlOt who
will cOnSOrt with al Y manner of flesh
for the money, and yet we are still eX-
pected to worship at her shrine. Our
people, | believe realize that the fight
Is now on and that it must be Water
loo to one or the other side. II the
parUenue element is to be our bosses,
headed by the 500 Jewish Princes of
Wall street then we had as we'll have
a respectable monarchy and a legalized
and decent arISTOcraCy at once.
1t seems to me that the Peoples
party has already taken such firm
root that 1t is too late for the National
Democratic party to redeem itself wen
should 1t now adopt the Ocala dem indS
as its platform, for the simple reason
that the people have no faith In It's
good intentions. Such an agreement
would be only wOrdy contract with
no bona fde intention of execution,
! hn DoOyOln'c IT1fI
mate unity of interest and identity of
needs would furnish a sufficient guar
antee of good faith and permanency.
! In fact the machinatiOn of politicians
are pOwerless and futile to keep asun
! der that which nature and natures
| God have Joined together. 1t does not
require a very profound statesman to
see that such a combination between
! the Northwest, West and South Is in
! evitable. 1t is dictated by a principle
! that is higher than any organization
! Should the Alliance die to morrow it
would go on Should the old parties
make any manner of concessions it
would 90 on to its COnsummatiOn. The
| Peoples party is now the only true,
real democracy. The old Democratic
party, o-called, has long ago lost all
| features of democracy and become
| real OI1garChy, ruled by BOSSES ana
leaders" who made no secret of as
Stunning absolute control and dictation
of the party policy and utterly ignOr-
ing all ideas and opinions the people
might have So arrogant have they
become that we common herd are
commanded to keep our mouths shut
Mr.. Cleveland or Mr.. Hill or some
other boss of the party has given us
our cue and informed us what subjects
we can talk about; for instance we are
commanded to keep silent about silver
coinage because Mr.. Cleveland and Mr..
Hill botn think that the tariff only
ought to be discussed, and so on to the
end of the chapter. There never was
a party, probably, with so little true
democracy in it, a party in which the
people were so completely ignored and
! led by few bosses who exact an absO-
Lutte and blind obedience. Are we of
the South willing for the sake of a
name-an empty name, and old tradi
tions and associations, to remain in
| this perpetual mental bondage. If so
we desire to be the slaves of the vulgar
| DUrrenue. r. K. CHARLES.