The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-07-21

ginia, Kentucky, Georgia and Tennes-
see is due to oppression. This is what
has caused so much crime among us;
and the statistics of the criminal re-
cords show that four-ftths the crime
committed in this State and. those OF
our sister States has resulted from
whiskey alone. Out of whose pockets
does this money Gomez Out of the
uay, payers of course. Tennessee's
criminal prosecutions amounted to
S., 600, 900, Kentucy, So, 1000, 600, includ-
ing a part of West Virginia's crimes;
our State, not exceeding perhaps
50, 900, 900, and now, I would like to
ask, who pays the tax on the prosecu-
ton of these criminals. Again I ask,
out of whose pockets does this money
that pays the expenses of prosecution,
etc, comet Why out of the pockets
of the country people-the backbone
| element of the country-Of course.
The time for united action has come.
Will our next legislature, in accordance
with the wishes of the people, bring
about the desired changes of relief7
Let u next General Assembly estab
lish the whipping post in North Caro-
lima, and lessen expenses and relieve
the people of the great burden that
they are hopelessly carrying from day
to day and year to year.
Look at the many country people
that go to town throughout the State
to attend these murder trials If the
the whipping post could be established
four courts a year could be dispensed
with, and great good would be the re-
suit. Let us look more steadily to u
home affairs, to prepare for an eco
nomical home government in the pend
ing election, and let us look more
steadily to this great, end with no
spirit of narrowness or luminosity; but
rather, in the highest sense of the
word, let us find within the borders of
our beloved State a spirit advanced in
the interest of prosperity and the hap
pines Of III dear people.
Now, brethren, let us unite in one
solid band, for where there is unity
there is strength. Let US unite; let US
be one-from the mountain tops to the
seecoast, from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific, and with pluck, grit and energy
in this pending election success is as
sured, and that is the one essential ele-
ment in life. When we cast u bal
lot, let US see that we have a fair
count, and let US stand firm for the
right as our fathers stood. Let US hes
itate to form a silver party on the bi
metalist platform. We shall be sure
to wreck the old rotten Democratic
and Republican machine this year.
The Peoples party, though in its in
infancy has not had but a limited or
short period of time to do much as yet,
but in it's platform, it advocates a
cause of a just, wise and frugal gov
eminent. The principles embodied
and embraced in the organization
known as the Peoples party are the
most u%nselfsh, the grandest and no
blest ever originated and put into prac
tice by the human race, for the good
of humanity. Such a body and cause
must of necessity have a natural and
seemingly slow growth. The plant
that shoots up in the shade willis and
dies when exposed to the sun. Time is
an essential element with everything
good and great. Assimilation to give
strength and growth, like that of the
oak, must be slow. We have no motive
to draw men to us, except the love of
principle and the cause of humanity.
1t is accomplishing n of the greatest
efforts that has ever appealed to the
hearts of m IN, and those who would
adhere to a party for no good or sufi
Gent reason will also desert it in time
for no reason, as was demonstrated in
the old party's vote in the last election.
Those who ally themselves with US, can
give a reason for the faith in them. Nc
such cause as ours has ever before &C.
cured in the history of the human
race. 1t is the cause of modern Chris
tian civilization and of civil liberties.
1t falls to Jul lot now, as a nation, as
it did a century ago, to make the sec
ond declaration of independence, fight
out the battle and regain our industrial.
liberties. Statistics can be obtained
showing crimes committed inopen def
ance to the Constitution, and the laws
! are simply appalling. That brazep and
unnatural combination of impudenct
and svarice who now disgraces the