The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-15

ness to humanity. But alas! alas! how
sad to tell our meeting was almost a
failure. The thorns sprang up among
the wheat and almost choked the
wheat to death. The politicians with
their devious tactiCs-tactics stolen
from the lowest jugglers Of the lowest
dives-came on the scene OF action and
in the name of patriotism and in the
name of humanity and in the name of
religion, they perverted the holy in
tention of this great people and for
their own good and glory they cheated
US out of our honor, they stole the la
Dor of years, they blasted our hopes,
the made the Populist party a tool of
the denagogues for the purpose of n
HANGING the ambition of its trusted
leaders. o, cries, | hear a wall com
ing up from a thousand lonely home,
steads all over this country begging for
relief and grumbling that such a stu
pendous work-the climax of the CEN
tury's best thought and action-should
be retarded in it's great stride towards
VlCGOIYs Al u10Ay q OA4O AOL4O
there sits some plain farmer, with
patches on his pants and mortgages on
his home and he is deeply thinking
that all of these years Of tears and toll
he has spent in building up this party
is about to be thrown to the four winds
at the beckon of men in the employ of
the old parties and it makes him weep
that such things are true.
1t is said that it ia better to have
loved and lost than never to have
loved at ALL" I question the truth OF
| this assertion. Ii we have lost the po-
| lltical ideal of our life we will not, we
cannot have the energy to attempt to
build up another rude ideal. Ny coun-
trymen, the time is here when petty
| jealousies and personal agrandiz9ment
must not come in the way of measures
and reform. For one man elevated at
the sacrifice of our party there are ten
thousand who are injured.
MI. Ramsey, those who stood with
US at st. Louis for the preservation OF
OuE pEI4ClpNOS 0AN ON4 P04Sy 0SSSN
with us like a stone wall against the
assaults of the tricksters and Demo
Gratis, stood with US humble Populists
from the humble walks Of life as we
fought as best we could for God, home
aud native land" those who went
down with us in the dust Of defeat still
fighting for the salvation OF all we held
dear, 1 cannot but congratulate you
and honor you for such manhood. And
I am glad you are still making the
welkin ring in upholding the right.
They tell us that Billy Bryan and
Arthur Sewal are to be trusted by
PopuIists; that we must become Dem
ocrats; that we must fight shoulder to
shoulder with Tammany Hall and Dave
Hill and Paul Means and Joe Daniels
and with a host from every CLINE who
have ever been are still the deadly enc
mics of our party and u principles.
They love us now in the hope of get
ting our aid to the enactment Of laws
directly opposed to what we and the
people want, and they come to us in
the gold mantle of ruin and call it free
silver Democracy. How can we trust
such men7 God give US faith to do the
right, but how can we vote and work
for something we have no faith in.
We are human; we love the right and
are willing to defend what we think is
right, even at the cost of our lives;
but, 0 sirs, tell us, for our country's
sake tell us, how can we endorse some
thing we know is wrong, something
we have been opposed to for years,
something that will again prove false
to it's pledges end promises, something
that to-day is enthroned in power at
Washington and that turns a deaf ear
to the tears of orphans and whose
chief lord fishes while countless mil
lions mourn. And they come to US
Populists and tell us to again enthrone
the Democratic party in power solely
upon it's promises. Have we forgotten
the thousands of promises now unre-
deemed7 Have we faith in frauds7
Where is a bit of tangible evidence that
the present Democratic candidates if
elected will not do as the Democratic
office holders are now doing9 Mr..
Sewall stands in the way of all hope
of silver or any other reform and
when the Democrats refuse to take him
out of the way they prove to every
reliable man that all their Populist as
sertions are a deception to catch votes.