The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-07-28

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those very persons from whom the evil
proceeds" He said that the Colony of
Carolina was the first n to perceive
the folly of such a course, and that
while other colonies were begging for
mercy and justice and at the same time
protesting their loyalty to the English
Crown which oppressed and ROBBED
them, that u colony was preparing
to take the only course that could ever
bring liberty and justice.
He ehowed how the Regulators of
Alamance made the first strike for
liberty by force, and that the first bat
tie of the Revolution in the South was
fought at Moore's Creek, in North
Carolina, and also that n of the last
great battles, and the one that had
more to do with breaking the English
forces, and driving CORVALLIS to sur
render at Yorktown, was fought at
Guilford Court House.
He next called attention to the part
that North Carolina played in refusing
to ado pit the Constitution until the first
ten most important amendments to the
Constitution were added.
Senator Butler then drew a picture
Of the dangers and evils that. now
threaten the Republic. Re quoted from
the 16 h chapter Of R Violations, where
John said:
II saw there unclean spirits, like
frogs, come out of the mouth of the
dragon, and out of the mouth of the
beast, and out Of the mouth of the false
prophet"
Commenting upon this quotation he
said: II do not essay to appear in the
role of a prophet, or even to express an
opinion as 10 the meaning Of that part
of the Scriptures, as given us by the
Divine Revelator; but l see to day, with
my W eyes, three unclean spirits in
our body polite: One is anarchy,
which may be said to come out of the
mouth of the dragon; the second is
organized avarice, which may be said
to come out of the mouth of the beast;
and the third is blind and intoIerant
partisanship, which may be said to
! come out of the mouth of the false
prophet"
He said that anarchy was the result
of oppression or ignorance; and that
the existence of anarchy was a warn
ing note that something was wrong,
and it should behoove patriots and
statesmen to look to the other end of
the social strata and there find the
cause that produces anarchy. He said
that he had no patience or sympathy
with anarchy; neither had he any toll
france for those whose oppression and
tyranny created anarchy. He spoke
Of foreign immigration as one of the
fire brands Of anarchy, and said that
steps should be taken by national
legislators to prevent the scum and ex-
~crescence of the evil social conditions
of the old world from being dumped
among our people, as a deadly poison
to our institutions.
He said that until the present cen
fury, avarice seldom appeared in an
organized form, and then only to a
a limited degree; but that the new in
dustrial conditions, especially Of the
last half century, had made it possible
for avariCe to organize and become
more oppressive than was King John
of EOgl@ud, or any tyrant upon any
throne. He referred to the numerous
trusts, combines, 8ni monopolies as 40
many uncrOWned tyrRnts which to dav
stand at every Avenue OF commerce
and hold in their greedy clutches every
agency and institution of commerce.
He said that partisanship was the
third uDc!ean spirit, and more danger
GUS, If possible, than the other two.
"Were it not" he said, for the idoIa-
try of party name and party preju-
dlces, it would be impossible for the
other two unclean spirits to thrive and
exist among a free people," He said
that organized greed used parties as
agencies for dividing and confusing
the people, while it robbed them. He
said that OTganiz d avarice was never
itself controlled by p~artisensOip; but,
on the other hand, it used the demon
of party spirit to accomplish its direful
ends. He said that were it not for
idolatry of party that at the mex cleo
ton the people would unite their votes
against the common enemy and restore
to us the great principles of Democratic
government, for which our ancestors
gave their blood and their lives.