The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-05-10

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tr1ghten the common people, knowing
that this Is a weakness that the pluto
cratic element don't possess, and this
will leave them complete masters of
the political field in both parties. The
devil quotes scripture some times and
! wears the garb of angels, and men
prize most that which they possess the
least. We don't rail at them for elling
of honesty, but we object to their die
tating to the people of this State what
constitutes an honest action; because
we don't consider them competent
judges nor their motives disinterested
The crisis is on. All along the line
there is powerful whipping, swapping
and popping, just as it was when they
| fOlsted on this State those two old
| fossils in the United States Senate
They succeeded then in their whipping
game and they firmly believe they can
| subjugate the freemen of this State
| again by the same process. They have
| chosen a member of trust in defiance
of the sentiments of the people, in de-
fiance of their own platform, (what do
they care for principlesO and they are
trying to beat the people down and
| place him in nomination and then
whip and snap and pop for his election
They are willing to day to place Cleve-
land or Hill in nomination for the
Presidency in defiance of their own
| platform and against the sentiments of
the people and trust to the party lash
to rule the people.
The people in this State and in most
of the States are in a very bad condition,
politically. Two gigantic corrupt par
ties, ruling them with a rod Of iron,
deceiving and plundering. No choice
left them. The case is getting des-
perate.
| But what [ commenced to talk about
il the crucial test to which the Alliance
will be subjected this year. Nothing
will please the two plutocratic parties
more than it's disruption. No one will
| injure the Alliance except the poll
| ticians in the Order. These are willing
some times to barter and trade their
principles for Office. To the brother
| hood we would say on the eve of an
| election he who repudiates one iota Of
these principles and then is taken up
by one of the plutocratic parties and
nominated for Office, reject him. Office
or the promotion to Office, is not one of
the objects of the Alliance. ANY mem
| Der OF the Alliance has an unquestion-
able right to advocate any party he
may please; he has a right to object to
any principles whatsOever he may
please; but it does not look we'll for
| him to seek office after so doing and
make an effort to subordinate his Order
and any OF its principles to party. The
principles of his Order should be held
superior to party and to Office.
This is the bone of contention. The
party desires to subject the Alliance to
party dictatiOn. AS soon as any ALI
anceman yields and makes his party
superior to the Alliance, he depreciates
his principles Asa question Of policy
he may so yield if there is no justice
nor right involved. But in a matter
of right and justice no man has a right
| before God and man to yield to party
dictation. Then we would say let any
man choose his own party and choose
| his own principles and be his own Judge
in all things but let no man comprO
mise any of our principles for the sake
of office, and the Alliance will pass
through all this ordeal of 1892 without
| a blemish. The Alliance stands in the
pure upper atmosphere, above corrup-
tiOn; it is the arbiter and Judge of all
parties. This year it may vote for one
party, next year for another, as it's in
terests and rights may dictate. Those
| VINO belong TO the DomOCraGlc party
or the Republican party, or the Peo-
pies party, or any other party, are not
well educated in Alliance principles
yet. The Alliance is not the prisoner
at the bar; it is the judge and jury.
1t j. not the cats paw to drag chestnuts
out of the fire for any man; it is the
man himself.
The politicians will be unable to ap
preciate this exalted attitude of the
Alliance and there will be strenuous
efforts to demOralize the body from
this high and noble purpose and these
politicians will receive aid and support
from the plutocracy. The batteries
will be let loose all along the line on
this noble band. The plutOcracy loves
a slave, but it hates a freeman.
W. r. LINDSAY.