The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-01-14
RESOLUTIONS PASSED sY THE
COUNTY ALLIANCE.


The quarterly meeting of the Coun-
ty Alliance met with the Leesville AL
lance on Friday the 3rd inst. The
next quarterly meeting of the County
Alliance will be held with the Lisbon
Alliance. The following resolutions
were unanimously passed:
WHEREs s, It is apparent from the
proceedings of Congress that the mon
eyed interests, both at home and abroad,
are still exerting an influence over the
law. making power of the nation in
their efforts to perpetuate the abomina-
able practice of another useless bond
issue. Therefore, be il
Resolved, That we, as an Alliance,
pledged to the fundamental principles
of a true Republican form of govern
ment, opposed 10 monarchial sentiments
and the tendencies of foreign potentates,
to Cypress the masses with a useless
public debt, do unequivocaliy oppose
the efforts now being made by the Presi.
dent and Secretary to negotiate a secret,
dark-lantern, gold.bond loan, while the
National Treasury is grooming with tho
weight OF one hundred and iifty million
dollars. =
Resolved, I'd, That we believe it to be
in accord with the best means for afford
ing relief TO the toiling masses, to i'm
mediately cenounce all foreign systems
of finance, by returning to the primitive
mooringS OF government finances as
practiced in the days Of Jefferson and
Jackson, and, also, that such q system
would emphasize the only true policy of
"A n,nripa,,. lat,a,Inp, a., u, A.
governmental finances.
Resolved. Sd, That we endorse the
speech made by Congressman McLau
rim the other day, and say with him,
LET the government begin the pay.
ment of silver for her paper money
when presented for redemption and the
necessity for another bond issue will
vanish"
Feeling thankful to God for this sea
son OF peace and plenty, evidences OF
which are all around rs, we realize that
Lhese blessings arc due, under PrOvi
dence, in q large measure, to the changed
conditions under which the crop Of
1885 was grown, especially to the reduc-
tion III cotton area, diminished use OF
commercial fertilizers, increase i'm home
supplies raised, and last, but not least,
the wholesome economy that WAS in
duced by the impression that supplies
would be paid for with five cent cotton.
That we would view with the most
anxious concern n indication that our
people might, in 1896, again increase
their cotton area and fertilizer consump
tlon, necessitating a neglect OF food
crops, and as nothing short Of q public
calamity, we need bu. turn to the bitter
experience of the last few years in this
country to prove that these dangers can
hardly be overdragn, aud that we do
not eXagerate when we declare hat ii is
: not only Supremely essential to our in
%terests, financially, but that we owe it
to ourselves and our children, as a pa.
triotic duty, to restrict cotton culture in
this country to the extent that it must
come in as Il surplus crop after album
dant home raised supplies have been
provided for.
That while wo hail with satisfaction
the era Of good feeling that eeems to be
dawning upon us, and promise to pro-
mote that feeling by all honorable
means, we should not forget that there
are grave issues still unsettled, issues
upon which we and our opponents hold
views that arc as diverse as day and
night, and upon this right solution of
which, we believe, depends the future
welfare OF this country. Therefore, we
accept these manifestations of return
ihS ictSOil iIu tOleEHuCe us an aSStf-
ance that those questions, upon which
we, as AllianCemcD, and our political
opponents, hold opposing views, are to
be arbitrated in the arena Of debate and
without the unreasoning bitterness and
partisan feeling that has marked our
conflicts in the past.
Impressed with the belief that the
ultimate incorporation in the funda-
mental law Of the general government,
Of the essentian doctrines OF our order,
ia the only way to restore this govern
ment to its ancient moorings, to rescue
ii from the grasp of corporate wealth
and make it ones more what it was
when fresh from the hands of the patriot
fathers, "a g~oVerhuutnt Of the people,
by the people and for the people" and
ut u titTr-- When We are about to ho
launched uto the most Srnpamduus p0-
li'ical c %riijco TINS country hao evnr
seen, the rcsuit of which may deter
mine the destiny Of this country FOR
long Years tn come, let us not suffer our
attention 10 be diverted from these
burning issues BY talk If bIoils wish
foreign powers. The dangers t. orr
country from war with Britain are tame
beside the dangers that heset us within,
in this critical PEI iod: that we win give
our endorsement and support to no man
for place or p,eferment who does not
stand with Us on these questions.