The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-03-25
AN A~LLIANCEMAN TALKS.
An Open Letter to the Alliance and Other
Folks.

MoRGANTON, N. c., March 24.-The al
lance is not responsible for the peoples
party" that "hermaphrodite" of Ameri-
can politics which expects no issue, and
wears the brand of sterility. l lay no
stress on the fact that the St. Louis con-
v%ention did some things as delegates,
then, by a deft back somersault, getting
into their popular capacity, did some.
thing else. That is too fine for me. There
is too much diplomacy in that for rustic
honesty. Right is right, and it has but
one face. These fellows were Janus
faced. With one face wearing an air of
subdued and suffering patience, they said
eve resolve so and So"
Then that disappeared instanter like a
lack. in he-box," or like weak stew at a
Republican banquet. The other face,
lighted up with high resolve and dynamic
determination, they said eve are not
the same fellows we were a minute ago;
we've out grown and "shucked" our
representative clothes, now we are the
people, the whole people and nothing
but the people and in our amalgamated
and popular form, we be BANKED if we
don't set down and mash the grease out
of Democrats, Republicans and every
body else" What an unmitigated farce!
The friends of this mushroom concern
complacently speak of it as the Second
Declaration of Independence"
Just think of those stout yeomen like
John Hancock and his copatriots SOL
EMMY passing resolutions as delegates,
and then by a feat Of polite gymnastics
tumbling back in propria personae and
doing something they were afraid to do
before the metamorphosis. [ despise
such legerdemain. Whatever is right for
a citizen is right for an ~allianceman.
Here is the point: Let no member sup
pose that he is tied by the action of that
convention. The alliance is a demo-
cratic organization it gets its power
from the people Colonel Polk with his
headship, Messrs. Macune and Ramsey
with their "organs," cannot dictate one
letter of our policy. Only our own rep
resentatives whom We send from the
subs to the county, state and national
councils can order our steps. The St.
Louis convention was extraordinary, it
was a body not provided for in our or
ganization, it binds no one. The birth,
heralded over the country with so much
fuss and fury, was quite unique. They
first made the platform, then made the
party. The baby was born backward.
Such will be its future direction.
Now, | am an allianceman; | make no
apology for it. I am an allianceman be-
cause the movement is one for human
freedom, and there is but one side for a
patriot to take. | believe in every one
of the Ocala demands, including the Sub
treasury or something better. Hon
estly. l don't like to vote for a man who
is opposed to these demands. l will not
do it, if | can help il. | believe in free
coinage. Is there any reason, then, in
my indirectly helping to power the party
that demonetized silver? l am opposed
to the national bank. Shall | vote this
new bastard ticket and aid the party that
created and yet sustaius the bank: Be,
cause | am for reduced taxes and a more
economical administration Of the govern
ment, surely | do not want to play into
the hands of the party Of plumber and OF
the billion dollar congress. SO of every
one of the demands; they are nothing
else-the alliance is nothing else-but q
protest against thirty years of republican
robbery and misrule. But sometimes q
fellow is fool enough TO say The dem.
ocrats have not done anything for the
people," Neither has 1.-The man in the
moon" Yet he has had just the same
chance since 1860 the democratic party
has had. Since James Buchanan went
out of Office, everybody knows that the
democrats have never had control for one