The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-04-03

ownership of rats. Abolish them ord
aglad. grand shOut-a shout of triumDb
will resound from continent to oon
tlnent, from old oceans waves as tbov
KISS the sandy bars on the east 70
where the mountain peaks rear alof,
their II heads far I'D in the bIua
ether. Yes, from the sea hreozas of
old Mexico to where the E~quimo hugs
MS Woolly dogs in the eventide. this
shout will echo. And France and Italv
oonny, sunny Italy, will catch up the
echo until every landscape will sing of
lt, until every flower weeps for Joy
ABOLISH rats and tramps will smile
Cney Will bless the day that Jonah and
he whale got into trouble and they'll
a / for the muse of Sparta and Greece
20 lull to sleep their raptured soul
Cramps v enjoy the blessedness of
listening to a bed bugs prayer in the
twilight, for obvious reasons. Are
these things truei Tramp sense is
mighty tickle. Tom Carlysle saws "a
man lives by believing something; no
oy deb 4ting and arguing about many
tnlngs;' please remember this.
L met one of these city gents the
other day and he said to his compan
lon, iii bet a five that even yon tramp
is a reformer. They are about to take
the EARTH" "Well," said the other.
let's see. Here, partner, are you an
Alllanceman or as some call 'em a re
tormerF'" Winking the other eye, l
said: That's what, sir. Why, many
of the smartest men of the world. if
living, would be such, also. Thew
teach the cardinal principles underlv-
ing the p eeent battle in plain Ian
guage. Just listen and I'll quote a
few passages proving conclusively that
the genius of the world is on our side
quote from minds of recognized world
wide fame Read these ard then read
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER, and see if
they don't teach the same truths. Let
us see a few extracts from the leaders
in the golden age of oratory. That
m~atchlesS orator and statesman. Ed
mund Burke, has said: Il must fairly
tell ou, that SO far as my principles
are concerned, (principles hat l hope
will only depart with my last breath)
that l have no idea of q liberty uncon-
nected with honesty and justice. "
bad la Tvs are the worst sort of
tyranny" Henry the Fourth wished
that he might live to see a fowl in the
pot of every peasant in his kingdom.
That sentiment of honest benevolence
was worth all the splendid sayings that
are recOrdt d of kings"
Patrick Henry, in the greatest speech
in history, says: rs life so lear or
peace so sweet, as to be purchased at
the price of chains and slaveryF e.
There is a just God, who presides
over the destluies Of nations. and who
will raise up friends to fight our bat
ties for us Richard Rush, in his
famous speech on ''impressment,"
quotes @. Gadsden, of South Carolina,
as once saying: Our seaport towns,
Mr.. President, are composed of brick
and wood. If they r destroyed, we
have clay and timber enough in our
country to rebuild them. But, if the
liberties of our country are destroyed,
where snail we find materials to replace
themF' In this same speech be says:
The sublime equality of justice recog
nizes no such distinctions, and a gov
eminent founded on the great basis of
equal right, would forget n of its
fundamental duties, if in the exercise
of it's protecting power 1t admits to a
foreign nation the least distinction be
tween what it Owes to the lowest and
meanest, and the highest and most eX-
allied of it's citizens" Jacob Henry
once said in the North Carolina legis
lature, IF a man fulfll5 the duties Of
that religion which the education OF
his conscience has pointed to him as
the true one, no person, [ hold, In this
our land of liberty. has a right to
arraign him at the bar of any inquisi.
ton. And the day, l trust, is way
past when principles merely specula-
tive were propagated by force, when
the sincere and pious we're made vic
Tins and the light minded bribed into
hvpocrltes." "Wil you bind the o
science in chains, and fasten cOnvlc-
ton upon the mind, in spite of the con-
illusions of reason, and of those ties
and habitudes which are blended with
every p~ulsation of the heart"
ITO BE CONTINUED.