The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-04

able strife, but those bitter, lying, abo
litionist books did nor
In 1865 began the financial suffering
Of the South and this suffering from
financial wrong has spread out, in,
creased, unfolded, tenfolded until it
reaches far out over the Wes;ern plains
and away to the North in retaliation.
The legislation that set free the
slaves and brought poverty on the
South was supreme and unjust
legislation has continued and grown
down to the present day. Slaves never
suffered for food and clothing. How
with the white labor Of to day Thirty
years of steadily increasing poverty,
trials and deprivation for u United
| States poor. Abraham Lincoln a he
felt more uneasiness for the welfare Of
! the people after the war than before,
because a power he'd been enthrOned
that would not Iegislate for them. He
saw that we were coming to a far o
desperate condition than ever the Afri
can race had known in their slavery,
and were going to be greater slaves to
q monopol z ng money power. Many
of our slave-owners set free their ne
groes before the war, voluntarily.
Freedom is again demanded We Of
the South demand it nowl a revolu
ton is far more needed than in the
sixties.
A pity that Harriet Beecher Stowe
could not so eff ctualiy abolish Amer
lean slavery to day as she did African
slavery in the days gone by. We need
a new supply of abolitionists to lead a
nation forward for freedom in this
hour Of political oppression. We are
fetUered by a government that has no
interest in the welfare of its people,
No Iaboring class the world over is so
enthralled by monopolies, legislation
and contracted currency as u Amer
lean working people. 1t is time for
the rebellious spirit, Of not only the
South but the whole country, to rise
against and overthrow the administra
tione of shylocks. We are ground
ground down to hopeless despair for
the pound of our flesh must 20. No
refuge, no respite. The South was
robbed of its wealth when the procla
nation of emancipation was made, and
the false, fraudulent and hypocritical
system of our bond issuing Congress is
still robbing us.
On, the beauty of life were all food
less children fed, naked ones clothed,
sick ones nursed, tired ones rested,
helpless ones cared for-want, hunger,
cold, misery banished from this land
of abundance for all. No truly great
and noble soul can find peace in this
hour of distress. Pure hearts are stuff
eTing with sympathy for the over
worked, under fed poor. We are
reaching a crissis and something will
be done. The panic is here and the
stricken are fleeing. Let all the Har
riet BeeCher Stoves, John G.. Whit
tiers aud countless more come for
ward in a far more worthy cause, The
quick can work and the dead help US
IN spirit. They fought to free slaves
in comfort and happiness, and now
the fight is to free slaves from poverty
and crime. 1t is a fight for life and
liberty, Of brother and sister, friend
and foe. North, South, East and West
the spirit Of discomfort fills every
heart. Happiness has I'D and homes
are breaking up, for poverty is here,
there and everywhere. Starving, beg
ging humanity is trampiDg the land,
filling the prisons, aim houses and
grave yards.
Sorrow laden hearts are pleading
with the angel of charity, pity and
hope to hold back the mantle of gloom
that now appAll us, and show us once
mo e the sun of glory shining over a
CtoUdless day Of prosperity.
God grant that Dol the veil of night
will be lifted and the sound, round sal
yer star of peace, hope, plenty, homes,
happieess and reform twinkle in the
sky OF down trodden people.
Let Justice, Truth and Freedom,
turned the poised and trembling
scale - MRS @. M G.
FROM RICHARD RAZOR.