The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-20

God placed the solar system space
and the people placed the Cleveland
system at Washington. We will let
Cleveland represent the center, and
the men of his cabinet, there being
eight in number, represent the eight
primary planets, his part of congress
will personate the asteroids.
These men as well as all the rest OF
us, have been placed in an orbit of life
with the sun of righteousness as the
common center around which they
must travel. This orbit of life may,
also be divided into four seasons,
namely; childhood, youth, manhood
and old age. This path in which we
are travelling is strewn with duties
which we are commanded by both God
and man toperform-a certain number
for each season. The greatest work is
to be wrought in the third season Or
manhood. Now the most of the men
who compose this system are in the
third season Of life, or the glorious
age Of manhood, and are they perform
ing well the duties which rest upon
them9 Too truly can this be answered
in the negative. The SIN, according
to a we'll known law of philosophy,
radiates its heat and light equally in
in every direction. Do the rays of
truth and justice radiate equally in
every direction upon the suffering
nation, from the center Of the Cleve-
land system7 No, a thousand times
no.. Those partial rays fall only upon
the silks and plumes of the favored
few who have never had to hold the
umbrella of economy over them to
protect themselves from a shower of
poverty. At the door of every toiling
son all over this broad land, stand the
avaricious spirits of those money lords,
snatching the last penny from his
pocket, and the last crumb of bread
from the mouths of his hungry chill
dren.
AS we come down through the politi-
cal periods of nation, do we find
that natural Improvement in the sys-
tenn of government that we found in
the solar system2 Indeed, not. There
is no evolution here, but instead of
rising to a higher condition, it gradu-
ally sank down to the p~resentlow state
of things. Truly, we may say that in
the days of Jefferson, jackson and
others of that time, the sun of true
democracy stood on the equator, shed
ding forth his golden rays of justice
equally on all mankind. When the
hand Of death burst the chain which
bound their immortal spirits in this
mortal prison Of pain and misery, for
a time, thought free to wander in a
land of peace, pleasure and happiness,
they still fingered in those legislative
halls, infusing the same patriotic prin-
ciples into the minds and hearts of
their successors; but finally the spirit
of sefintere8t overpowered their fol
towers, they went into measures of in
justice, led lives of shame and de-
bauchery, those holy spirits fed, not
being able to witness the wicked
schemes which were destined to work
the ruin of the country they so much
loved; and it seems that they never
again entered into those orc halloWed
halls. Year by year it grew worse,
until to day, behold the band of con
gressmen hat reVolve about Cleveland
in perfect obeisance to his tyrannical
will! They have forsaken every inter
est that would be a blessing to the
country, and are daily enacting laws
that prove nothing but a curse to this
proud land they are enacting laws all
in favor Of the goldbug that in a short
while he may possess the earth. They |
are trying to own the earth, and il
seems that they think the almighty
gold dollar will form a ladder on which
they can mount to Heaven, take pro
session of it, while the great mass Of
common people shall sink with silver,
into tie lowest pit Of hell.
We said before that in he days of JEFF
ferson, the sun of true demo tracy stood
at the equator giving equal justice, but
that glorious sun slowly began to make
it's way toward the winter solet;ce, !
going faster and faster every day. /
There is a certain line of equality run
ming through all humanity that some
are not willing to approach, and years
ago, after having started on the down
ward march, when the sun OF justice
strived to come near that line, a great
disturbance arose IN the political at
mosphere, and the tempe s5uous last
has ne'er been Gained, and ne'er will