The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-05

Shat is the Advice That Farmer Kitchen
Gives His Popuist Friends.


given expression, in communication
| to the Progressive Farmer to his views
| on the political policy to be pursued
by the Populist party this year We
| quote:
"A political party. Macawbar-Iike,
that is always waiting for something
| to turn up, shows very conclusiyely
| that it does not trust implicitly in its
own ability, integrity, righteousness
| and the purity. fiXedness and final
success and establishment of it's princi-
plies and doctrines. If a man OF party
honestly believes at heart latter study
| and investigation that he or it is right
there is and can be but one course to
pursue, and that is to go straight
ahead, hew to the line and let the chips
fall where they may. Any other poll
cy will ultimately lead to defeat and
ruin.
There was an alleged community of
interest between the Republicans and
populists in the last campaign, the
reform or the revision of the election
laws. These laws have been amended
SO as to give satisfaction to all honest
voters. This accomplished, as the
political sky now appears to man out
of Office, and not stricken with a mania
for Office, there is nothing now in com
mon between the Peoples party and
the two old parties. There is no com
munity of interest whatever. Both
the old parties are on record for the
single gold standard. The Peoples
party is on record against the single
gold standard 1t is also on record
against any man or party who favors
the single standard directly or indi-
rectly.
with the lights now before us. it
would seem impossible for any honest,
consistent Peoples party man to vote
for either of the old parties, or for any
member of either, unless he should re-
nounce his allegiance to and repudiate
his former party affiliations.
He that is not for us is against us.
He that is for us is with us. or will be
with us.
IF we cannot win majority of the
people on our side, we can never win
victory on our lines.
. IF victory over class legislation
and restoration of silver to its basic
money functions, and the return of
prosperity to our common country are
not the great aims we have in view,
the foundation and the cornerstone of
our fight, then we are stultifying our
selves, misleading others and only
plunderers and spoil-hunters, and are,
of all men, the most degraded.
Our place is in the middle of the
road. Our fight is for the universal
liberation and emancipation of the hui
| man family. Our object ought to be
to avoid entangling alliances with
other parties. We ought to do right
or do our best at least. though the
heavens fall. We are now standing on
| dangerous ground. We are in our in
| cubating state. If We are to become the
majority party in this country. it must
| be by gathering strength from the
| two old parties by convincing them
| that we are right and that they are
wrong. We cannot do this by CO.
| operation or fusion. TO fuse or CO.
| operate with either, if we are right
| and they are wrong, will encourage
| the wrong and defeat the right. As
| the two old parties are now organized
and controlled, il is impos-
| sibie for either to lift the
burden or restore prosperity. Both
| have had their day in court and both
| stumbled over the same stones which
| the builders rejected and both fell into
| the pit dug by the enemies of the hui
man family. To support either of the
| old parties, or any member of either
| the old parties before he has severed
| his connection, or removed his allie
| glance thereto will be a crime against
| liberty, against humanity, against the
! religion of the Son Of Man and God
| Himself.
| "The gulf between the two old par
| ties and the Peoples party is impass-
| able; it is as wide as the earth and as
| deep as the sea.
LET us stand as firm and immovable
as the mountains themselves. Our
course is just. Our principles are
eternal. The religious thought of the
world is on our side. All right think
| ing, honest men are on our side. All
the laboring people in the world will
be on our side as soon as the scales
fall from their eyes.
! "Three-fourths of the voters of the
United States are. on our side in sym
| pathy and will be in words and deeds
as soon as they can be made to see the
wrongs heaped upon them by the old
parties and their children as the sands
| glide from hour to hour.
''He is poor Populist or Democrat
or Republican or citizen who will
not make any reasonable sacrifice to
save his country, or who would not
sever any party tie to restore silver
as money and prosperity to his coun-
try, or who would not give up all par
ties, sever all former ties, break all
bonds for the sake of restoring happi
ness, contentment, peace, abundance
gladness and prosperity to This our
common inheritance"