The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-22

fore doomed Jews-factions of Phari-
sees and Saducees within and a R3man
army without7
Sparring for fractional advantage
when a thousand monopolies, spawned
by the great B9lz9bub of monopolies,
a foreign gold trust, is sucking away
the nations life blood9 b. composing
your differences nOuV, you will set a
patriotic example to a dozen States
where the smouldering fires of faction
await the '.fat" of Wall street to make
them blaze into a most disastrous con.
Migration for you. And you say that
questions Of party etiquette and p Arty
preference must be settled before you
can put out this fire. Two nations ex-
hausted by war nee sent their pleni,
potentiaries to conclude a treaty to
avert further blood shed. Three whole
days were wasted to determine their
meeting exactly in the middle of the
hall where they held their proceedings.
They would advance bowling and scrap
ing toward each other and then the
ushers would discover that one side had
gained a little priority of dignity ove
the other by advancing too slow. Then
they would go back, start the fersical
procession OF fools ove again. Finally
d O came and found another man
who was thinking of the bleeding ma
ti0ns and not Of himself or his dignity,
and these two concluded the treaty in
two hours. Can we find a man in al
thOrity now in either one of these two
factions who, like Mr.. Bryan, is bigger
than his party-just a man whose
sympathies r broader than his fac
ton, and who appears for North Caro-
lima and her people in this fight.
The party which offers the most and
does the most for silver will be the
strongest with the people all
along the line, for silver is stronger
than any two parties in this State
The silver people will cast their votes
for Governor fer the candidate which
will most surely defeat McKinley's
candidate for that Office. The strongest
candidate is he whose party is doing
and sacrificing the most for silver.
There is such a poverty of moral
philosophy in politics that leaders do
not even know that it is wise to heap
the Goals of kindness on their enemies
heads Senator Butler defeated the
Democrats in the last election by nom
mating and endorsing some of their
best men for the highest Offices. 1t
disorganized their cursing machine,
which has been a most powerful in
strument in North Carolina politics
for thirty years. Now you go and do
likewise. Nominate Watson IN this
State for Vice President, for you know
he is personally stronger, even in your
party (barring the goldbUgs), than
Sewall, and yOu will heap Goals of fire
on the Populists' heads. You will
create a better feeling between Demo
Gratis and P, pulists. You will retard
the present tendency Of the P pulIsts
toward the Republicans. You will Gt
you are wise, also, in one or two local
matters) elect Kitchen and Adams and
probably Doughton to Congress in
spite of any combinatiops or trades
l tell you that the genuine silver vote
cannot be delivered by any trader. no
matter how high in party authority.
But there are some natural prejudices
which you must do something to over
come, or else your silver Congressman
will not poll the full silver vote against
McKinley's Congressman. l tell you
the silver question, by which 1 mean
the whole financial relief demanded
by the Chicago platform, is stronger
than any party, and if you will be
true to it, it will carry you through.
It will draw all me unto it who think
alike upon it.
You cannot win any longer by the
party lash and by hatred. The color
line, lorg used as the most pc
tent instrument in politics will never
win another victory by itself. So
much ignorance and vice in any race
must be watched, but not to the exclu
sion Of other dangers and the race must
not be hated. All hatred, whether of
race or section or party, is of hell, and
begins hell on earth. The hatred OF
parties has made US the easy prey of
monopoly. We r the bond ser
wants of our national sins, covetuous
ness and party spirit, the twin devils
which dance attendance upon
national decline.
McCauley, quoting Dante, says that