The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-25

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done. Lid advocates in either party to
Der Ot Poo coinage legislation.
deLeaT i the force of party names, as
SuCHnns and memories that men will
soclaviUo" a marty to which they have
not Jotsn q lifetime opposed. They
been 10 TT az a rule, in such cases the
know ia damned and the recruit is
dese[S SoIcomed. They may, however,
nov OF liberty to join a new party, IN
teol shaping of whose policies and the
ing ance Of whose destiny they could
guliaT HULL cheerfully and consistently
scGtiici5ate. and through whose success
par conld have the assurance that
tney nost cherished conviction would
tneH IMMEDIATE embodiment In a stat
'r,pxA LESSON FROM H TACTICS OF
LAA sILvER's OPPONENTS.
rbo onnonents of silver have pointed
ut to US precisely what we ought to
~ When they determined to repeal
a. purchase clause of the law OF 1890,
! Io1 ignored for the nonce all other
tn uS;os forgot the struggles and ami
s%Sositips of a third of a century, shut
no;r owes to tariff campaigns and ex-
TD%a+i9g struggles with force bills, to.
DStLor with all the bitterness which
sEo memory of such occasions recalled,
uJ ioinpd hands without hesitation
~ the accomplishment of their com
III u rrrnOse, not abandoning but hold
nU ~ r reserve their differences. In
I Thor words, they formed for the pur-
Uoso and for the time a third party.
nj nurpose accomplished, they i'm
1aodiatelv restored the status quo and
u.tnrnpd to their differences. They
Tod in Congress as one party in their
,sn~resentative capacity. We should
vafta at the polls as one party In u in
Sividual capacity.
An who believe IN the predominance
1~monetarv reform should, in my opin-
i'm come together on that issue and
s n' the time being hold in allegiance
tSoir convictions upon other questions,
rsserving to themselves the right to re-
adjust their party relations when the
monetary question Is settled and other
igTles come to the front. History
teaches that, while reforms of a minor
character may be accomplished
through parties formed for the achieve
ment Of other purposes, no question of
the first magnitude-no question in
vNving a great fundamental principle
o~nerating In the interest of the masses
If msnkind-was ever settled without
the creation of a new party for that
purpose.
some suppose, in the vagaries of acct
dent or in the caprices of ambition.
They are the legitimate outcome of the
irreDressible aspirations of q people.
They are instrumeptalities created for
the achievement of a great and well
defined purpose, to the accomplish
ment of which existing instrumental
ties prove insufficient or Indifferent.
They are but illustrations, in the socie-
tarv domain. of that intuition which
man has In all ages applied to the diff
culties of his Individual environment.
Whenever, in his upward path, he was
INSTRUCTED by barriers which no in
strument in his possession would re-
move, he proceeded to make an instru-
ment that would accomplish the pur-
pose.
1t is for this reason that new parties
cannot be expected to emanate from
those members of society who bask in
the sunshine of prosperity. Their path
way being already unobstructed, they
are naturally opposed to a change.
Hence the responsibility of inaugural
ing great humanitarian movements
must always rest with the struggling
masses. New parties must spring from
the ground. 1t was the operation of
this principle that produced the Repub-
lcan party, and we're that party true
TO 1.-THE sources of its origin it would yet
be worthy the allegiance of monetary
fetormers. Like Ant9eus of old, its
strength would be invincib'e so long as
1t kept in touch with the ground.
deprived IN the course of time of the
enthusiasm and momentum of its first
cause, the cause which was the reason
uf Its being, every party becomes
prone TO inertia and to flag superfu-
Gus on the field of it's former glory. 1t
sneld together principally by regard
Dr It's name, by its long standing per
@nal associations and by the cohesive
power OF official patronage. When
mat time arrives, it's great mission is
ended.
"D PARTIES STAND IN THE PATHWAY OF
PROGRESS.
From that time forth the tendency
%old parties is not toward progress,
9ut Toward petrifaction. They stand
99tne pathway of progress and retard
me rational and logical advance of the
Wu9try. They are distractions, to be
SsplaCed by new instrumentalities pre-
gaLed by and for the emergency. Such
mstumentalities are new parties-not,
5 %L "a said, springing up by acci-
SSSn!, but coming naturally into life by
NE imperious demands of great causes
sun which the older parties, locked in
%e embraces of the past, are unable to
Supathlze. A noble and inspiring
%use-a cause in which is infolded the
SSaole heart of humanity-is worthy
Gsao undivided enthusiasm and devO
"n OF a fearless people.
~ monetary reform such a cause9 1
EE%SwWer yes-a thousand times yes!