The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-02-12

already alluded, that n of your
citizens has been the most potent
| factor of the age In Graduating sec
/ tional bitterness and prejudices. For
years the people were tor aaunder
and kept separated by what appeared
an unsurmountable wall OF sectional
prejudice and dislike. There was q
design In all this, and the'promoters of
| discord and separation protited by
their efforts. All the BENEVOLENT s
Citations of the country, with their
combined influence, could not break 1T
down Even the church failed as an
arbiter of peace in this unfortunate
matter, and could create no impress
sion on existing ideas, and was never
able to. bring about a reconciliation.
It remained for the farmers of this
country to study the existing condi-
tions from a non ~prejudiced stand
point; and when they began thatstudy,
what a change ONE v e the coun-
try The man who inspired that
study; the man who made the first
effective effort to break down the wall
of hate and separation was from Raj
eigh, n. @. That man went through
the North and West, stopping at many
different points, and left no record at
any place except such as would inspire
brotherhood and fratarnAlism in the
hearts of men. The spirit of that
~fraternal love will go on and on, and
will eventually unite the people in a
common brotherhood for the common
good"
Mr.. Loucks touched economics, and
pointed out that the Alliance had said,
long since, that the conditions of op-
preston now prevailing would come.
He declared that the existing systems
of government would only serve to
aggrivate these expressions and depres-
sions, and said with force aad en-
phasis: I'VE have not seen the worst
yeti" He elected hearty applause
when he declared that a just regula-
ton of all matters affecting the pub
lie veal could never be accomplished
until the demands of the Alliance had
been enacted into operative laws. He
referred to Mayor Badgers eloquent
plea that there should be no atagonism
between the workers of the country
and city, and emphasized that plea;
but, said he, ANY existing antag-
onism is no fault of ours. It has been
created by the political schemers of
cities, who have set forth that the
efforts of the country people and farm
ers was to increase the price of pro.
ducts of the farm, and thereby make
the cost of the n-ecessaries Of life heav-
Ter to the laborers of the city. This
has had the effect of increasing what
~antagonism may exist"
He referred to President Butler of
the North Carolina State Alliance,
saying he had watched his course
with interest. He thought the good
name of the man had been influential
in enabling him to command the con-
fdence of the people; but when the
''hireiings" of political power and the
"barnacles" of political ridicule saw
fit to call him MARY Ann" Butler, the
whole people knew he was a good
thing and a good man and appropri-
ated him for their own.
Mr.. I. E. Dean, of New York, made
the second response on behalf of the
Alliance. He was pleasantly intro
duced by President Butler, and his re,
marks were very eloquent and effec-
tive. He said:
II want to acknowledge that I have
more feeling in this work than in any
other with which / have ever been
! connected; and yet I would, perhaps,
never been in it but for a citizen Of
your city and state. When it was pro
posed to hold the meeting of the Su-
preme Council here, and during the
meeting to lay the cornerstone of a
monument to that citizen, I deter
mined to be present, even though I
had to walk. Brothers (for / have a
right to call you brothers) brother
hood was i~nstituated by Him who
taught us to say our Father who art
in Heaven IL he had said my
Father Christianity would have been
only a small incident of the history of
eighteen hundred years ago. But he
made us brothers by saying our
Father; , and | believe the spirit of that
kind of brotherhood was what inspired
L. L. Polk to come from the Sunny
South, like a blaze of glory, through
fOgs and films of prejudice and section.
alism, and speak of the brotherhood of
man. When he spoke, men, women
and children who heard him were viii
ling to take his hand, and to welcome
him to their hearts, and to say with
faith, fervor and power, God bless
your
Mr.. Dean spoke of the comparative
conditions of his State and North
Carolina. With a population of 6, o0O,-
1 mn -