The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-07-12
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TAYLOR, n. G.

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NH. EDITOR:-I think the time has
come when all true men should come
tOge her and band themselves together
with one steady purpose to stand by
and fight for their homes, their rights
spark of patriotism in this country it
should now show itself. Read and
study the platforms of the two political
parties which you have been support
ing for the last twenty eve years
They are an insult to the farmers and
labOTers of this country. During all
this time you have been legislated
against and burden after burden
heaped upon you, until to day you are
homeless, oppressed and discouraged.
Yes, during this period of our country's
life you have made the world rich but
you are poorer than when you began.
By unjust legislation you have been
robbed Of your property; and at your
expense m~illiOnaires by the thousand
have been made. The men who par
tictpated in these conventions knew
well what oppression had come upon
the people by laws passed in Congress
by both parties, but not a word was
said about the effects they have had
upon and how they have operated to
rob you Of your homes. But on the
other hand they boasted of the pros
perity and happiness of the people.
Yes, they standup before u outraged
and robbed people and lied, as all rob
oers have always done. Both plat
forms are purely English and evident
~ dictated by English and American
gold robbers. This gold business, in
the interest of a few men here and in
EngIai&d, has caused us more hardship
andiaaary than al the wars and PES
thence we have ver had, These two
platforms are twins and cannot be told
apart, 50 we will have to call them the
Robbers Robbed. My cOuntrymen,
you see and realize your desperate con
ditIOn. You see how all this ruin and
oppression has come upon you. Now
the old parties, the direct means by
which this oppression has come, have
declared that they are going to con
tinue these expressions and eve make
them worse to bear, They have asked
you also to give them your vote to en-
able them to rob you and enrich them
ookOCKInBham 6pVf9V YJill.d0 Just IS
The crops in Richmond county, Oh
| every sort, so far as we have been ablT
to ascertain, are exceptionally goods
AMI if no misfortune befalls them Z
bountiful harvest is ahead for thy
farmers. The wheat CROP although
| somewhat retarded in harvesting by d
little too much rain, is, we believer
| about safe and is a good one. e
Red Springs Comet: The coloree
people of Red Springs will establish +?
a high grade school at an early dayt
They will erect a building of large pr(d
portions, and employ an able corps oe
teachers. - Mr.. T. w. Edens, one
Of our progressive farmers who believee
in a diversity of crops informs us thag
besides supplying his largefamily vita
butter has sold since January LIST 30e
pounds of butter at % cent? per pound
the product of three COWS.
Tarboro SOutberner: At Tanner1
| creek this morning the water waP
| pended up within a foot of the TRACK
! and the embankment, for a hundred
or more yards, was almost a mush
The engineer was on it this morning
before he discovered it. Stopping and
OTGSU6 nave U0Oh 6CBf~@E1r~tirOn~oo@hA
! ton of the people, he will lose one
hundred Thousand votes in North Caro-
lima. The time is here when men
muSG vote IOF Gnor homes ana incl
country rather than fer party. Let
every man cast his vote for principle,
and let the parties and their tr~aitorous
manipulators take care of themselves.
Let me say, not only to bleeding Kan
sas but to the great bleeding North
west and to the oppressed people every
where, that one of the poverty stricken
and homeless South have clasped your
hands and will march shoulder to
shoulder with you in the great battle
for our rights, which is now on, and
the grandest victory ever achieved on
American soil shall be ours. Fellow
citizens, you have a cause for which
the life of the grandest type of an
American citizen has been given. Let
us take Col. L. L. Polk as our ideal
and take his advice as given when we
last saw him, "do your duty" If
each one will carry out this injunction
as this grand and noble man did, then
our country is saved and our rights
are obtained. May God help the PEG
pie to see their duty and give them the
courage to do it. -
Yours fraternally,