The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-07

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has made dependent upon them.
TIE trusts, the monopolies, the cor
oorations, the moneyed interests Of
the country are organized; their
strength is concentrated into the action
otonem hence their power, theirsuc-
cess. If the Peoples party would hope
TO succeed they must organize, they
must unity, they must concentrate
their strength.
We are confronted to day by OBJ
stacles and enemies within and with
out. The hypocritical and transparent
pretenses and promises of the Demo
cratic party in adopting some of our
principles have misled and deceived
some honest Populists; the allurements
of success and the hope of ofi3e have
corrupted others, and political coward.
ice and a yearning to be with the strong
side-the mejority-have warped the
Judgment and beclouded the political
vision Of many.
The principles announced at O naha
and reiterated at ST. Louis, are the in
SEPARATION of oppressed manhood, of de.
bauched industry of the victims of the
despOtic money power Of our country.
The platform utterances made at
Omaha and st. Louis were not merely
protests" but affirmative, aggressive
declarations Of the inalienable rights of
man. The loyal representatives of the
Peoples party who met at Nashville
did SO for the sole purpose of rescuing
the party from unnatural and prems-
ture death; not to tear down, but to
build up; not to weaken, but to
strengthen, not to add to the confusion,
but to secure harmony and unity. They
met not to prOmulgate a new political
faith, but to renew allegiance to the
creed proclaimed at Omaha and reiter-
ated at st. Louis. They met to devise
p q IS and aCopt measures by which the
future actions of the party should not
be dependent upon nor influenced by
the leaders Of the Democrats or the
Republicans.
AS chairman of your organic alton
committee I urge every POpulist every
where to avoid, repudiate and reject
all fusion or alliance with the Demo
cratic or the Republican party. Repel
every overture from these twin enc
mics to the common people.
The Nashville conference by its every
act and every resolution ~counselled
peace, harmony, and a re union of all
the elements of reform. Their supreme
desire YVES to rehabilitete our party,
steady cur wavering ranks and guard
against the recurrence of the mistakes
of the past.
l suggest that throughout the entire
country, wherever there are two or
more Populists in a ward, precinct or
township, that they go to work at once,
[ persistently, to perfect a local POpulist
organization in their midst. Invite
your neighbors tie meet with you and
diecuss the principles OF good govern
m9nt. Instruct them in the principles
of Popnlism by addresses, lectures and
the distribution Of sound Populist lit
erature. Press the work till you shall
have secured a compact organic atom
in every county in your State.
If your State Chairman is not in
sympathy with the policy declared at
Nashville, you should select one who
is as soon as practicable.
In those States where the State
Chairman and National Executive
Committeeman are in harmony with
the policy declared at Nashville, the
National Organization Committeeman
will aid them in every way possible in
strengthening the party organic alton.
In this way an enthusiasm car be de-
veloped hat will know no defeat, no
surrender.
The b~attaIions are gathering, the
lines are forming, the final struggle for
home, for country, for existence is in
the near future.
Populists, ecquit yourselves like
menl Prove yourselves worthy de.
~scendanEs OF that ancestry which
founded this government; that be,
queaGhed to you personal liberty Pre-
serve and perpetuate it by the peaceful
use Of The ballot.
MILTON PARK,
Chairman National Organization Com
mittee Peoples party.
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