The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-07-05

are arrinst you because theirs is a
commercial section and YOURS is az
ricultural
Your prosperity is linked to ours;
your store has its foundation on my
farm. Oar little homes in the country
are the mountain streams that feed
the rivars OF Atlanta's prosperity.
(Applaasc and cries of You ar"
risht).
Woe TO the mau who sows seeds &.
discord between YOU and us. | need
your heip fer my farm. and You need
the products - my farm to prosper
your store ell me, Mr. Merchant,
if YOU destroy the prosperity of my
farm where vii! YOU get your custom
er>? Therefore the South, being
agricultural. its cities have the same
interests rs its farms. and the West
being, agricultural, has the same
interests rs the South.
In the electoral college you have
HI votes; necessary to Il choice for
the election Of president 223 votes
OF that amount the South furnishes
1876 votes Therefore the South
furnishes over sixty per cent of the
majority that names your president
But what? Can you write a line in
your platform? No. Why? In your
National conventions. the South is III
4 hopeless minority Does Maine go
democratic? No Docs Vermont? No.
Does Massachusetts? No. But when
comes to making your platform they
have their full vote just like Georgia,
is always democratic, owing to the
circumstances which | need to pause
to explain. (Lauyhter). Therefore
what? When it comes to making the
platform the South is powerlcss: the
North and East dictates the platform
is made and the nominees have been
dictated to you, the South has come
up with her 1856 votes. and furnish
more than half of tue Number which
elects the president. You cultivate
the crop with hard work and the
North and East does all the rtaping.
That is the fact; just chew ii up
, gradually NLaushtcr)
You tell me that the west and south
on. .lt to act together. | say SO 100.
But the west is Republican and the
south Democratic, upon ola party
lines. Would You ever join the Re-
publican party? No. Would they
ever join the Democratic party? No,
Why? The same reasons that keeps
you from ever being a Republican
will keep the western Republican from
ever being Il Democrat. Therefore,
what? You nave got to found Il new
party which neither has been cducat
cd to hate, which neither does hate; 4;
new party which both helped to :or.l
: and 10 dedicate to the grand old def
fcr,onian doctrine of EQUAL AND ES
ACT ,>T,cE TO ALL MEN.ANn SPECIAL
, PRIVILEGES TO NONE.
Now. tier i, ju.,; another question
!, before | cluoe That is this colo
question. We have been scared |,
! death abou. Tie negro question. W
nave been led to bcl:cve if we did no
-, vote the Democratic ticket some nc
:,rn wuu,i catch us befur. We go
:, .!um2. The color question has bee
:, ,hc instrument of our political eL
s!;ivvnrnt Tnc north uses il to cor:
, pei the south to accept economic doc
; Lri,.cs We abhor. The northerl Dem
;, >.rat is rs ready TO threaten You wit
4 neolo domination rs Il northern X,
=. yabllcan. | WAS present lii consrc>
when you w.re thrcatc..cd it YOU vo
ri for free l,er YOU would lose tilei
,,. nclo in keeping negro 'lom:natio
, troM the south.
"a Let US settle this negro Iucs;!o.
< There is no suffice. upon winch 70
~. .,ave been more Ml>repccscntc.. !
a., than this. :ii,. there is hone in wiiic
II have been more misrcprcsen,es
. aaI there Is nvne III which have ct
y ieavore.t to he mole reasonable moI
!, conservative and more sonnI.
. WHY should there he conflict h.
- tween the two coior> in the Sou: h
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