The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-04-25
IREDELL COUNTY.

Carolina by it's attempt to repeal the
charter of the Farmers State Alliance
of North Carolina and it's further &C
ton in passing certain amendments to
said charter, uncalled for and not
asked for by the State Alliance or any
of it's legally authorized agents Or
officers, and directly contrary to the
known wishes of it and it's officers Or
chartered members, and also to all law
either fundamental, enacted or com
mon, and against the precedent of all
past legislation of the State of North
Carolina since the days of King George
Of England more than n hundred
years ago. Therefore be it
ReSOIUed, by the Iredell County Ali
ance, that we condemn the action of
said legislature in unmeasured terms
as loWdown, mean and ~cowardly, and
the House of Representatives in par
ticular for the passing Of the act to e
peal said charter, rus hing it through
the House three timesin a few minutes
without it being read, sending it to the
Senate without engrossing, cutting off
all debate by their tyrannical and des-
potic mode of procedure, refusing to
have the yeas and nays taken and re
corded, ashamed Of and too cowardly
to have their names to go on record
for having favored or voted for such a
~lOwdOwn, mean act exactly in accord
ance with the old scrjptural truth that
men love darkness rather than light
because their desds are evil" And we
DEF said legislature or any Of it's mem,
bers who was in favor Of said legisla-
ton and the mode and manner of its
procedure to point to a single prece-
dent in the past history of the legisla-
ton of North Carolina that will COM
pare with it, and we would respectfully
ask those members who were opposed
to the said action and it's proceeding to
send their names to THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER and Caucasian for publica-
tior so that the public may know who
they are.
3. That we recognize in any member
of the legislature or any other person
outside of the same who asked for or
requested this legislation and at the
same time claims to be in membership
with the Alliance as a traitor and secret
enemy in our camp, and would respect
fully ask them to come out and show
their colors. We can only compare
such men to the traitor Benedict Ar
mold in American history, who at
tempted to betray his country to it's
enemies, In Roman history, to the
Emperor Nero, who was fddling and
dancing while he was secretly having
Rome burned. In Bible history, last
but not least, to Judas Iscariot. the
traitor who betrayed the Lord and
Master, for thirty pieces of silver, and
went out and hanged himself. And to
make the parallel perfect these men
ought to go out and hang themselves.
3, That we point with pride and
honor to the Business Agency of the
North Carolina Farmers State Alliance
and it's efficient and honest Business
Agent, W. H. Worth, as the means
and person by which thousands and
probably millions Of dollars have been
saved to the farmers and Iaborers of
North Carolina, within the Alliance
and without it, and we would respect
fully ask and urge the Alliance to keep
well organized for the good it has done
already, is doing. and may do us in the
future. In organization there is
strength; and as a great statesman has
said, united we stand, divided we fall.
let us always keep this as a motto.
4 That the Secretary be directed to
send this preamble and resolutions to
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER and CAM
casian for publication.
J. w. A. KERR, Sec. pro tenn.
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