Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-09-22
Laurel Hill Alliance.

Alliance No. 90, at which the dele.
gate from Richmond COUNT, who
attended the recent meeting Of the
State Alliance at Greensboro was
present, there was discuss on upon
the report made by our delegate to
the effect that the Third party had
captured the State Alliance, and
was tr ing to make u noble organ
~ization nothing more than a Third
party.
After discussion by the members
it was unanimously ordered that the
president appoint three discreet
members to draft resolutions protest
ing against the attempt, largely sue
cessful, to convert the Alliance into
a secret political organization, as
seen in the action of said State ALI
ance. In accordance with this &C
ton undersigned committee beg
leave to offer the following report:
WHEREAS, The pressing need for
| relief from the burdens imposed up
on agriculture has brought the
farmers of u country and State
into a condition the reverse of pros
porous, and in order to take organ
lied action to secure the needed re-
lief, the farmers of America have
banded themselves together to labor
for the education of the agricultural
| classes. in the science of economical
government sin a strictly non-parti-
san spirit:" and, whereas, this organ
~ization acting according to its origi-
nal principles, and respecting the
pledge given to all, that member
ship in the Alliance would not IN
terfere with any mans political or
religious convictions, has made its
impress for good upon the country,
and, whereas, there is pressing ne
cessity for continued cooperation
along nom political lines in order to
secure the relief that agriculturalists
must have to regain prosperity; and,
whereas, for some time past we have
viewed with sorrow and alarm the
tendency of some of our trusted
leaders to disobey the principles of
the Alliance, and lead a movement
to p~recipitate our organization into
partisan politics; and, whereas, this
tendency displayed itself in the re-
cent meeting of the State Alliance
in many ways, and particularly in
adopting the Progressive Farmer as
the organ of the State Alliance and
refusing to couple that endorsement
with the condition that our organ
should devote itself to Alliance mat
tiers and eschew partisan politics.
Therefore, be it
Resolved, LIST. That Laurel Hill
Alliance Nc. %, speaking for itself
and thousands of gcel Alliancemen,
protests (a) against the attempt to
prostitute the Farmers Alliance to
advance the fortunes Of a political
party; (b) against permitting our
State organ to become a bitter parti-
san sheet, the equal in i%uvective and
denunciation of any of the sutsi-
died partisan press which it has
abused; (c) against permitting the
State president, in his official ca
pacity, carrying out his purpose
stated in the State convention of the
Peoples party, viz To persuade all
Alliancemen to join him in his
advocacy of the new party which
jeopardizes white supremacy and
defeats all hope of financial
reform for years to come; (d) agains
permitting our State secretary t
make his Office the rendezvous of
politicians and giving them acces to
the addressee of the officers Of our
State sub-Alliances, and (e) against
permitting our new State lecturer
to receive any salary OF any emolu-
ments for making partisan speeches,
or in using his Office in any way to
advance the political fortunes of
any party.
Reselved 2nd. We love u order,
and we love the constitution of our
State which We are worn to sup
port. That constitution, act l., sec.
rs, while acknowledging the right
of the people to assemble together
to consult for their common good"
yet forbids "secret political societies
as dangerous to the liberties of a
free people and should not be toler-
ated."
Resolved 3rd, That we endorse
the bipartisan spirit of late State
lecturer Bell, and we believe that
the only hope for the permanent
usefulness of the Alliance, is to be
found in compelling ITS officers "to
refrain from perricious, political &C
tivity," and devote themselves to the
education of the people in a non-
partisan sense"
Resolved 4th, That we denounce
as a perversion of Alliance teachings
the attempt to brand every man as
untrue to the Alliance who does not
bow the knee to the men, who,
without authority; declare that no
Allianceman is true to the order
who does not join the Peoples
party.
RESOLVED 9Th, That we call upon
our State officers not to pursue the
course of trying to commit the AL
lance to the new party or any
other political party. We warn
them that such a course persisted
in will give q death blow to our
noble order, jeopardize the reform
already accomplished and prevent
sny success in securing further re-
form.
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