The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-08-31


Afgsa1~w~
To rHr :. &. +. ;. .tLtIANcF
Lack II funds for the as Of this
department IN consequence II rs~wut
amend mvnts 81 pnr charter. has made
It inyi~rs>ib ly' for nlc 10 take thy s5vld
as ltciurcr. but as representing the
Business Agency ~ diTysstion II the
Executive Commute. have all
DRESSED the publlr au @,use "a eva
sIuus IN - ,auntsss s1uCv tbs l3Gh ~
April. l>a5. RTo. !. I. II. Hoover
has represented the Agency in \
number If other counties. aud has
done noble woyk IN uphuildib- the
Order. The brrthrsn ever, "a here
have treaied rs both tn uulouudcsl
Kindness and rendered a. material
assistance ia the work. Ia the facc
of all the ursirr has had Ia contend
against Il j. uow rapidly improving
both ia spirit aud ia ~, mt-srs- Al
though sensible ustu # whatever
party utilization s,v aud know that
this charge ~ indu>triously repeated
by our enemies, that the AlltAuCs.
left IS first principles and h,~camc
partisan, i utterly uufouudei in
fact Vet the charge continues a.
bc mace. aud il will continue IA l..
made by any and every political
party ia turn On losing the support
of majority of Allianccmcu. II
the Order We're partisan. however, II
would hot be- terrible in the ewes Of
partlSans, and the charge of parti-
sanship would cease. II has never
been brought by party benefited by
the support of the majority of the
Order. 1t is only where tl.e party ox
is gorrd, through lack Of conf
dence,' by our non-partisan bull,
that he OK bellows out partisauship.
If the bull gorcd some other OK and
helped this one, in the eve of this ON
such action would he thoroughly
II m partisan.
The principles of the Alliance. as |
understand aud teach them, are the
same to-day as IN the beginning. Its
first declaration Of purposes was ITO
labor to educate the agricultural
classes in the science of economical
government IN a strictly partisan
spirit The mission of the Order
is to educate because all individual
and national evils originate in ignor-
ance; to educate "in the science of
economical government" which is
pOLiTICS-because the evils We com
plain of are political, fastened upon
us 10y political action grounded in
political ignorance, and to be gotten
rid Of only by political action based
upon political wisdom; to educate
Gin strictly non-partisan spirit" -
because political teaching aud study
in a partisan spirit tends biindly to
receive the supremacy of "a party re
gardless of the effect upon political
truth and the popular welfare. And
this exhibition of party spirit is
equally ruinouS under whatever
name. /; is the true Allianceman' 5
purpose to serve the ends of no po-
lltlcal party, whether Democratic,
Republican or Peoples, but to make
every political party serve the inter
ests of every legitimate industry, and
this can be done only as we educate
men to be wise aud patriotic rather
than partisan; 10 look upon all par
ties rs faithless unless forced, and to
be rendered faithful and servants at
all times only under the constant
eye of "a master ready to punish.
Along the line of such education
we have done much and bitter ex-
perience of progressive ruin keeps "A
ceaSeleSs school among the blind de-
voices of all parties. The increas-
ing burden of oppression is the best
eye-opener. The most irresistible of
all eachers, the one seen and heard
by the weaker in every avocation is
hard times, the God of liberty's loud
est appeal to men to be free. The
people are more nearly non-partisan
to-day than ever before.
From the beginning the Alliance
was political organization, and il
true to its first principles, it will al
ways continue to be. There could
be no excuse for its existence other.
wise. But it was not partisan in tn,
beginning, nor is it partisan now. II
it were SAID to be partisan in 1892
for as good reason it was partisan in
1888 and in 1890, in which years
the charge of partisanship was not
made. 1t endeayors to teach, but il
no other way does it interfere Will
ones political notions. 1t desir,i
unity as essential, but it prefers
charity in all things as being tn,
only method of securing the unit,
desired. All teaching is done il
love, and to fulfill our mission W,
must individually exercise this bless
ed spirit, not only towards the agri
cultural classes, but toward al
classes who suffer with us is common
oppression. G. THOMPSON,
Lecturer n. Q. +. ). a
Greensboro, n. G., Aug. s, 1898.
EVERY VOTER
in America should keen hi