The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-03-24
Mr.. AGAIN.
He Replies to Mr.. Green and Quotes Other
Authorities.

gave me in your issue Of the 3rd inst.
to present to the P0pulists of North
Carolina my views on the political sit
uation, and as you were SO kind as to
give my good friend, Mr. Green, space
to reply to me, I viii again ask you for
space to more fully establish my posi-
ton and to c~oncrovert my friends ar
guments. My aim III this matter is to
carry our banner 10 victory In Novem-
Der, and no one has yet denied but
what my proposed plan would do it,
and every one has admitted that Mr..
Buffers and Mr.. Green's plan would
cause US defeat. Ny impression was
that we wanted to win; that there was
a goal ahead for us to reach, and I
was working towards that end. Ny
opponent doesn't saam to care whether
we win or lose; and "All's we'll that
ends we'll"
Now, as to that article. Ny friend
sees a seeming contradiction between
the statements that I said the people
were with me-, and that I felt like one
who treads alone etc. Such is not
the case. In the latter statement l
was telling the fffact Me-. Buffers plan
would have upon u party, and l
called upon all not to heed his advice,
but to stick to their party and to their
principles, To ~di3e0nuect any article
is hardly fair; you destroy the NEAR
ing. Taken al together, I think 7 won
my case By prim1 facia evidence and
am willing to abide the result. He
says:
Let NJ half breeds sit in u con
vention from now CD, and listen not to
the voice Of thenon partisan charmers,
for their music is the music of sirens"
"What better half breeds do you
want than men who desire to cast half
their votes for the common people and
the other half for the b~Ondholders and
monopolists2'
Mr.. Green and myself both want
free silver. l claim that it is better to
vote for partial Republican tickets and
elect one half of them than 10 vote for
complete Populist tickets and be de-
feated in toto. There is such a thing
in political science as voting for what
you do not want and electing what
you do want. IF we can vote for a
goldbug and elect a siiverite, is it not
better than voting for eilverites and
electing goldbugs8 The situation IN
this State comes down to list that.
By voting FOR II silver P0pulist cleo
tors, we are bound to elect IL gold0ug
Democratic electors; and by voting for
5 or 6 Republican electors and ) or 6
Populjst electors On cpe ticket we elect
the silver ticket. And if these silver
men are honest, they cannot but want
todeteat the goldOug Democratic ticket.
II you could vote for the devil and
elect g P0puiist, or vote for q POpuli8t
and elect the devil, which one would
you vote for? Surely you'd vote for
she one you wanted defeated. l claim
that this argument can't be rebuted;
and, besides, this plan will elect nine
silver Congressman, 4 silver Sena.
tor, the legislature. counties, etc, and
surely all these are better than moth
ing. But be will say, we ought to
win; we have q right to win in single
combat. l will quote Burke IL reply
to this: "O1, inestimaOle right. All,
wonderful, transc 3ndent right! Intat-
uated man! Miserable and undone
country Net to kuow that the claim
of right without the power of enforc-
ing it is nugatory and Idle. This is the
profound logic which comprises the
whole chain of his reasoning.
Not inferior to this was the wisdom
of him who resolved to shear the wolf.
What! shear a woll? Have you con-
sidered the resistance, the difficulty,
the danger Of the attempt2" No"
a y the mailman; 81 have considered
nothing, but the right" So my friend
has the right to shear the wolf of De
mocracY, but it will take the help of
complete co operation of P0puli5ts and
Republicans to do it. My friend said
in his paper November %, 1895:
IF we ever get the law providing for
the free and unlimited coinage of silver
Is to 1, it will not be through any fort
Of the 80 called free silver Democrats
who will vote for a gold bug if nomi-
mated by their party"
I'VE cannot too frequently call at
tention to the i~nsincerity and attempted
deception of many of the SO called
free silver Democrats. The pretended