The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-10-20
THR PARTY.

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both the two old political parties. Toe
great masses of the people filling most
of the occupations in life, and striving
to better their condition and lay up an
amount to care for them in old age saw
and felt there was a wrong, and a bad
wrong in the government. So they
changed parties from the Republican
rule to Democratic rule, then back
again Republican rule. Then again
back to Democratic rule, and each
change brought no relief, no rest; it
was out of the frying pan into the fire.
Then it was the young l.. L.. Polk, a
chip off the old Democratic block came
forward, and to him WI owe a debt Of
gratitude, and organized q pure Demo
cratic party, ''laying it's foundation on
such principles and organic I'd it for the
safety and welfare of the whole coun-
try, " and gave us a new Declaration of
Independence, declaring, THAT pru-
dence indeed will dictate that paroles
long established should not be changed
for light and transient causes; and &C.
cording to all experience both shown
that mankind are disposed to suffer
while evils are siderable, than to right
themselves by" DESERVING both the old
political parties with which they were
accustomed to act. But when a long
train Of abuse and usurpatiOn pursuing
invarlb!e the same obj oct evinces a de-
sign to destroy the written COnstitu
ton of the United States and reduce
the several States and the people there
of to poverty and commercial slavery
it is the right Of the people to throw
off both old parties, to break the
sh8ckles that bind them, and provide
a new party for their future security.
The rank and file of the voters have
suffered, and it has become a necessity
to change parties. To prove this fact
let it be sU omitted to a candid world.
The Congress under the control of
both the old parties has refused to reg
ulate the value Of Mexican silver coined
dollars.
They have close the MINIS against
coming the Mexican silver coined dol
lar into the United States standard sill
yer dollar.
They have destroyed legal tender
United States currency burning and
grinding up that money which drew
interest and converted the money
into non taxable interest bearing bonds
and pay gold interest in advance.
They have established swarms of
United States banks and placed the
currency of 20, coo, 600 people in the
hands of presidents and cashiers of
banks and their board of directors SO
as to let these corporations make
money scarcer or plentiful at their will
and to regulate the volume of currency
and dictate the finances of the country.
They have violated their solemn oath
10 enacting the above statuary laws.
The Constitution is a dead letter. They
have promised, and promised again to
restore the country to prosperity until
all faith and confidence is forever lost.
They have opposed the Peoples party
because they see a plank in it of refer
endum, vox populi vox del, the voice of
the people, a right inestimable to them
and formidable to tyrants only.
They have created a multitude of
new Offices and sent out swarms of
Federal officers to eat out our substance
and harrass our people, and create the
paraphernalia of war by the Internal
Revenue law.
They have taxed the majority for the
minority IN high taxes on imported
solely in the interest of manu-
features against the laborer, farmer,
producer Of agriculture, and stock
raisers.
They have fostered Eand cared for
monopolies, corporations, trusts and
and wasted our public lands.
They have given land and aided the
construction of railroads and refused
to close up the mortgages and control
and construct the railroads and tele
graph in the interest of all the people,
They have packed the Supreme court
the United States so as to secure de.
cisions Of the court to please parties
and against the tax payers,
The have fastened a gold standard
On the country in order to please the
crowned heads of Eur0Da.
They have violated the Constitution
Of the United States by refusing to di
vide the Federal offices to men of in