The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-23

It Is only history repeating itself on
the side Of oppression. They are SO
very blind they Will not see and so vii
fully ignorant that thoy cannot learn.
SALISBURY, June /, 1896
Editor Observer:
o. June Pad, the Charlotte Observer
gave It's readers q letter from a
thoughtful North Carolina young man
who is pursuing a study IL one Of the
Countries across the water" He says
among other things:
The success Of Populism is only
rendered possible by the Ignorance of
the masses, and you Will not find one
thousand profoundly educated men IN
the whole United States in favor Of
their princip es."
There wGs a time here when there
was not a thousand men in favor of
the Declaration of IndepeL dence, but it
was adopted and enforced on the
learned men Cf Europe at the point OF
the bayonet because the learned ones
over there had not sense enough to hear
it any other way.
There was q time when the princi
pies in the constitution were the laugh
ing stock" Of European educators, yet
they have been the foundation upon
which has been erected the most pro
gressive and successful government OF
this or any other eye. Upon this foun
dation the Nation is urging onward
and upward the rights Of humanity,
Doth individually and nationally in the
front rank of the raj of progress. it
not III advance of all other nations.
In the arts sciences and letters, she
acknowledges no superior.
In the acquision of wealth she chaI
Ienges an equal, and in the stability of
her democratic government she plants
Old Glory" on the highest battlements
of human progress and proudly poiaC-
ing to the glorious victories Of the
past, the Goddess of Liberty" meekly
lifts her eye to the source cf all wis
dom, of all power, of all learning and
trustingly says "Vox populi ct vox
Del"
With the great Industrial! people
there is wisdom, for behind tt EN- is
God.
The teachings of the unIearned John
the Baptist and the humble Nezz Arine
were sccffed and sneered at by the
Jewish Sanfredrim. The preaching Of
Paul, Peter ard John were to the
Jews a stumbling block and to the
Greeks foolishness," yet theee some
principles are to day p '~ectically ruling
the entire civilized world.
He who spoke and gave the first
principles OF eli law through these IN
learned men did not at later day use
the profoundly educated" men Of the
United States to teach the prircipl S
Of liberty and human rights as perma-
nently essential over Chattel human
slavery, but be did use the brains
and soul OF an American mother as she
wen about her household duties 30
"adOrn 3 tale ard point q m rar which
revoIu5ionized the politics Of the Uuitcd
States, broke the bonds OF chet.el
slavery and cancelled thousands OF
pages II laws fabricated by the pro
foundry educated" statesmen.
Nor cid the bumol8 reform le2rn-
ing e0op there, but 1t grasped the Chris
tian church and caused it to face
about bs60re the Mas.er ana in humble
submission. teach the naudate, Lave
tiny neighOor as thyself,"
Scarcely had this lesson been taught
10 hUmtoigy when tic devil entered
tu}ly into the money system ADD
through usury has developed it into
the m2st gigaoti: power fcr the subj
CATION of industrial humanity that has
appeared on earth. Scrauge to
say, many Who we're participants IL
the last revolution, arc foremost in the
ranks Of iron Clad commerce, book
learning and intellectual phrases VINO
are to day shouting gold is king .
Crown him! Crown him lord Of hu
The old lesson must be taught over
Farther along the writer esks.
What are the remedies fer the great