The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-24
Nsi;E WORKERS TO THE FRONT.
Address of the Wage Workers League to
the People of south Carolina.

COLUMBIA, S. c., May 19.-The Indus
trial and Wage Workers League has
made preparations to begin its campaign
of political education. a bureau of ntor-
nation is to be established in Columbia,
and under tho direction of the officers
circulate good, sound Democratic doc
trine. The purposes Of the League have,
in many instances, been misconstrued,
whether Intentionally or not is unknown.
So, to settle the matter, and give the
position and intentions of the organiZa
tion, the following statement was this
morning prepared and given out by the
advisory committee:
ADDRESS OF THE LEAGUE.
Fully to appreciate the plan Of the elm
dustrial anG Wage Workers Democratic
League it is essential that its purpose
be clearly explained.
Those who take physic are ordinarily
actuated by conviction of the existence
of some lnalady, for which the medicine
is taken as remedy Or cure. In nature
there are certain ineX0rable laws which
may not be transgressed without conse-
quences 30 evil as to defy the skill of
science to counteract, leaving the trans
gressor without hope of pardon or mercy.
Few would complain If the ills of such
transgression fell solely upon the trans
gressor, but such is not the case through
generations the innocent must suffer the
consequences Of his guilt and folly.
AS the maintenances of healthy natu
raj existence is conditioned upon an OBJ
servance of the vital laws Of nature, so
also does sound political existence
depend upon an adherence to those fun
damental principles upon which the poll
cal institutions of free people must be
based; principles which recognize the
existence of inherent rights, which may
not be set aside by maiorities; principles
within the operation Of which 'equal and
exact Justice" shall be meted out to the
weak as we'll as the strong, to the poor as
we'll as the rich, to the few az we'll as the
many, by a ajudiciary composed Of men
of the most profound wisdom, exalted
integrity and unguestioned honor, who
shall be completely disassociated and re-
moved FROM these influences which bear
upon our human frailties; principles the
very essence Of the wisdom, righteous
ness and equity of which is embodied in
the restraining power of the Executive
veto and the judicial verdict, through
which alone the great pendulum OF popu-
lar passion and partisan zeal can be made
to vibrate within its proper limits prin-
ciples which constitute the pillars of that
Democracy which has been and which
must be the refuge OF the "plain people"
of our country.
DEMOCRACY SHOULD BE BEsToRED.
Feeling that these underlying princi-
pies had been violated through the enact
ment of laws undertaking to tax inequi-
tably, and therefore unjustly, and with
out representation, corporate capital,
upon which depends the very bread of q
large number Of the citizens of this State !;
and, further through the incorporation
into such unjust and snequitable laws Of
clause specifically denying the inherent
and constitutionally guaranteed right OF
appeal to the Courts, number of citizens
assembled to protest against the passage
of such laws as we'll as to call in question
certain other proceedings, hereinafter
referred to, which were held to be uni ust,
and therefore unlawful, and being unlaw-
ing that the principles Of Democracy are
sound and sufficiently broad to cover q
policy wisely and fexibly adaptable to
the conditions which may arise, and be-
lieving that these principles had been
violated through the passage of laws in
| consistent Herewith; and regarding the
policv of the present Administration as
unwise, Incorporate and partisan, and
therefore inconsistent with the principles
of Democracy, and unjust as we'll as in
furious to many of the citizens of this
State engaged in various industrial occu-
pations, especially to such as were wage
workers, the industrial and Wage
Workers Democratic League" was or
ganized to remedy, II possible, these
abuses by appealing to the reason Of the
people.
WHITE PEOPLE MUST RULE.
"It is condition, not theory, which
confronts US" when we assert the neces-
sity of maintaining the supremacy of the
white people in the political control of
: the affairs of this State; and tits obvious
to all that this can only be done by main
tanning the integrity of the Democratic
party. Is the present political situation
! hopefully indicative of such result ?
Is it not evident to all that the present
intensity of feeling which divides the
white people of the State will culminate
: sooner or later in an appeal to the negro,
, unless more rational condition can be
! brought about? Is it not equally clear
to intelligent citizens that the schism
amongst our people is due less to issues
than to individualities and more to
ssisms'' than to ideas? Is 1t not also true
that the integrity of the Democratic par
ty, and the supremacy of the white peo-
pie, is menaced through the incorpora
tion of ideas Of questionable merit savor-
ing of Ocala and Omaha? Can mon con-
sistently serve two masters? Is not our
present unfortunate status due in part,
at least, to- straying away from the true
principles of Democracy, and a leaning
toward the chimerical and deceptive ten
1cO o. To
not fact that the real cause OF antago-
nism exists in the unpatriotic hearts and
upscrupulpus tongues and Eens Of those
whose bread and 6qttsr COMES to them as
he fruit of passions aud prejudices
which they haye excited among US 2
Shall we continue to elect. Legislatures
which, so far from representing the in
dustries of the State, are, in large meas
ure at least, monuments of incompetent
cy and vicious ignorance? Shall we con-
tinue to elevate to the highest positions
in our gift men whose minds are poison
ed with partisan zeal to q degree which
renders them incapable of appreciating
their constitutional functions in the in
terest of the guaranteed rights of citizens?
A zeal equalled only by the arrogance
with which are set forth the grounds Of
the political ineligibility of individuals
who assert their rights as Democrats and
exercise their privileges as Americans.
Will the thoughtful citizen hold himself
blameless, if, rather than concede an iota
to those who may differ, he shall con-
tinue, at best, to hold the raiment of
those who, from whatsoever point they
may be viewed, or to whatsoever faction
they may profess allegiance, infiamed
with passion and conceit, are melting
their fellow citizens to war which can
only result in financial depression and
industrial disaster
THE PEOPLE MUST ANSWER.
These questions can only be answered
by the people, and the responsibility Of
the reply rests primarily upon those who
regard themselves as men of intelligence
and integrity, capable of discerning what
is Just and unwilling to do an injustice.
The farmers are in the majority, there
fore greater responsibility rests upon
the farmer than upon any other citizen.
The "Industrial and Wage Workers
Democratic League" is in favor of retir-
ing those partisan brands and politi-
cal fossils who protrude their unwelcome
presence into the reasonable councils Of
5he people, and continually snatch the
pipe of peace from our mouths; is in
favor of taking from their unhallowed
nands and burying forever the Ratchet
with which thev have been, and still are,
Hcalping our domestic peace and indus
trial prosperity is willing and anxious
70 vote for farmers to fill every position
IN the gift of the people to which they
can reasonably lay claim, provided they