The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-09
WHO WILL BE LOsERS7
Mr.. Amis Comes to the Front Again With
a Very Sensible Letter.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
In the Republican platform recently
put forth at Raleigh the following
ominous words occur: 1--WE warn u
voters that if the Bourbons once more
gain control Of the State we may bid a
final farewell to this, the greatest right
of freemen (the BALLOT and expect that
the South Carolina or Mississippi plan
of heartless Acknowledgement of the
DOOR and uneducated will be incorpo-
rated into the organic law of North
Carolina within sixty days after the re-
turn of the Bourbons. God spsre US
from such a fate"
Will Populists be in danger from
such a plan of heartless distranchise-
ment" if such should occur9 They
might be, but to what extent is not
clear. They have heretofore taken the
risks and don't seem to be at all
alarmed.
But the Republicans sag they are
much alarmed and pray God spare us
from such a fate" How did we Re
publicans attain to this estate from
which we now fear and tremble lest we
fall. We claim that we have been dis
franchised by Democratic election laws,
and we hear it said on all sides that the
Populists united our hards." They
put the Republican party On its feet "
No tair-minded Republican will deny
this. Shall we now act the part of the
viper which, being frozen, was taken
by the husbandman into his bosom and
after being warmed into life attempted
to destroy its b~enefactor. Had we net
better pray God to spare US the fate of
the ungrateful reptile which lost it's
head in it's attempt to d stroy its life
saving friend?
Where are we at" any way2 Is
u party in any better condition to
succeed than in 1922 Certainly not,
or why put up a skeleton tick, t to con
fees openly that we cannot stand alone?
Our platform is an open confession that
the party in North Carolina is a free
silver party, and it is the boldest and
most unblushing attempt to deceive
Jul voters that was ever made by any
party in the whole history of the State.
Every sensible Republican knows that
the Populists cannot be caught in a
goldbug trap like the Raleigh platform.
Every sensible republican knows that
New England goldbugism cannot be
successfully transplanted in the free
silver soil of North Carolina. Every
sensible Republican knows that we
cannot get Populist votes to help elect
the Russell ticket. Every sensible Re
publican knows that where there was
one reasO IN 1917 or Ioy4. TO 1nGuce a
Democrat or R publican to vote with
the Populists, there now exists more
than fifty. The Democrats have dis
appointed and disguised their voters,
while the Republicans are openly and
avowedly q gold standard party.
There is not now the remotest pros
pect for either the Democratic or Re
publican parties to recruit their ranks,
while the Populists will certainly gain
largely from both OF them, and yet it
is not impossible as the Democrats al
ways win with a a crow that the
skeleton set up at Raleigh may cause
them to win.
If such a disaster should befall us,
the Republicans will be the greatest
losers. All will be lost, and the much
dreaded ''heartless Acknowledgement
may Overtake US. If we would save
ourselves and that great right preser
vative of all rights, the right to vote
and have that vote honestly counted"
we must look the situation sqlarely in
the face. There cannot long exist three
parties in politics. When three or
more do exist, a new alignment is in
evitable, as was the case with the Rs
publican party in 1860. Absorption of
the old Wing, and a part of the Demo
cratic party gave the Republican party
existence, and it's robust performances
carried terror and di7may into the
ranks OF all its opponents. We are
now face to face with q situation sim,
liar to to that of 1860. We must alb
sorb, or be absorbed. Swallow or be
swallowed. The Republicans are I'M
able to assimilate or digest anything
except gold. The Democrats thought
they could assimilate and digest all the
silver in the world but their family
physician-Dr. Grover-gave them a
dose of gold ipecac and they "fungup'
every grain of silver they aver swal-