The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-29
BILL ARP.
The Philosopher Gives Out Sound Doctrine
on Oathbound Secret Political Organ
cations which Make Slaves of
Freemen.
T Atlanta Constitution

that are now running side show called
the A. P. A. continue to af1ict me with
their spleen because I made few re-
marks they do not like. They send
me sample copy with the spleen
marked all round so that I may not fail
to see it aud read it, and then feel sorry
for myself. The last comes from Boston,
"The American Cisizen," and says:
"Bil! Arp has an attack on the A. P. A.
That is his business. He writes just
what will pay him best. Give him $40
and he will write on the other side.
Within year the politicians of Georgia
will be at the feet OF the A. P. A. beg
ging for votes, and the Atlanta Consti-
tuition will jump the fence" etc. Well,
I don't care anything about this, for I
am too far off for that editor to know
my price, but the same paper says that
Joe Howard will write just what he is
paid for, irrespective of bis own convic-
tions." This is hard on Joe, for he lives
in Boston.
But it is waste of time to make sny
more war upon the A. P. As.-the dog
is dead. Thousands who were drawn
in are drawing out all over the North,
and within year you viii hardly find
a man who ever belonged to it. Republi-
can schemers have got hold of the order
everywhere, and its true character has
cropped out early. It won't last as long
as the Alliance and ought not, for the
Alliance had good intentions in its in-
fancy, and but for its going into politics
would have done great deal of good.
1t was smothered by demagogues. And
now comes the one-third party with
Ocala and Omaha platforms that de-
mand the railway and telegraph and q
sub-treasury that will build a pumpkin
barn in every naborhood. 1t is not
even sideshow to any party, but is a
woods colt-a mule colt at that-with
no pride of ancestry. But it can be rid
and goes along right gently until buck
ing time comes. A farmer who joins
the one-third party, expecting to get
something, is like Judge Aldridge's
man who was driving a cow and her
calf home, and they got mixed up with
some other cattle in the road, and the
calf mistook an old steer for its mother
and ran off with him. The feller ran
himself nearly to death trying to sepa-
rate them, bnt he couldn't. So be
stopped and used bad language and
wound up with $50 it you darned little
fool-go it-but you'll find out what's
what when sucking time comes"
The leader of these secret, oath-bound
political organizations are after Office or
money, and some few of them get it.
They ride in on the mule and then take
the bride off and turn him out to make
his own living. Bishop Haygood,
whom the South honols for hisspotless
integrity of character and his fearless
publication of the truth as he sees it,
says Liberty dies by the organization
of oath-bound societies. Such oath
bound leagues not only make men
slaves, but they make them children
wards without right to think-slaves
without right to choose. A man is
forced oftentimes to do what he does
not wish to do and is frozen out if he
refuses obedience" -.
There is corruption enough and some
to spare in the old parties, but there is
DO secrecy-no gags, no grips or oaths.
We know just what they are doing
and can kick and abuse and even de-
nounce if we want to, and the force Of
public opinion soon has its effect. We
have been abusing the National DEM
ocracy aWfully of late, but after all,
there is no other party that Southern
man can 60 to-. If we really advocate
tariff reforms tariff for revenue only
"a tariff that will cheaper the necessa-
ries of life, we are obliged to be Demo-
Gratis. The issue is made at last. It is
now protection or no protection. The
infant industries are all grown. Let
them take care of themselves. There
are LOO many people demanding help
from the government. Bishop Hay
good says: "Too much government is
nearly as bad as no government and is
one of the worst bindrances to the
healthy development and happy exist
ence of human society. Those who
know human nature in it's strength
and weakness look with deep anxiety
at the tendency of our times to pater-
nalism in government. Government
begins to tell US what we may eat and
drink. Government inspects our milk
and kerosene oil and our fertilizers.
Government looks after our drainage
and sanitary condition. We are vac
cinated when government says so.
Doctors are now talking of keeping con-
sumptives in pesthcuse, and it may
come to pass that government will take
us in hand when we have bad cold.
It is not treason to our idoliZed public
school system to admit that our theory
and practice in education foster pater-
nalism. In many schools, so far as
preserving and developing child's in
dividuality is concerned, it is about as
well to number as to name him. In
some schools the pupils are numbered
just as convicts are"
tt is this paternalism that burdens
us with taxes, both State and National.
There is no business economy at Wash
iugton. What business man would
build postoff1ce at Rome that is to
cost ST., 900, when he can rent first
rate one for 5000 a year? Who would
pay a postmaster $1,000 year when he
could get god one for $1,000? And
it is the same useless extravaganza all
over the nation. You vote for my
scheme and I'll vote for yours is the
bargain at Washington-and 80 the
money goes. State extravaganza is
not much better. There is many a
scheme being planned already to prey
upon our State treasury and more pen
sion bills will be introduced and more
educational facilities asked for. And
all that we poor taxpayers can do is to
abuse our rulers and hold down the
brakes as hard as possible. That is our
right. 1t was the right Of the privates
during the war to complain at their
officers, but they wouldn't let any out
siders do it; so we don't want any ad-
vice from the one-third party or the
Republicans or the American Protect
i've Association about Democratic fail
ures or Democratic corruption. 1t is
the only party that the South can trust,
and it we can't reform it from the in
side it can't be done from the out. Sc
,o,,;o, Sop3t NOW Old Eofhor time :c