The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-10

done more IOE WduA4AO Ah nN0 years
than n other party has accomplished
in twenty five years. All arguments
have ceased against It's principles;
there is nothing left but misrepresen
tation.
1t is the only national party in the
United States. It has eliminated the
last lingering bitterness of the civil
war. There is no fraternal blood on
it's garments. Its mission is education
and peace. 1t will eventually make us
one people, bound together by liga-
ments of mutual esteem and love from
the lakes to the gulf.
We call upon the whole people to
rally to it's standard. There is room
for all and a heart big enough for all.
Let dissensions cease. Close up the
gaps and forward TO victory. Let every
Populist become a missionary to pros
elyte the minimizing and convert the
mistaken. Let us meet prejudices with
facts, passion with patience and igno-
rance with intelligence. The fiat of
God must be repeated-"L9t there be
light"
We see our leading men treduced
and libeled because they will not sell
us cut. We must stand by them. We
see our newspapers boycotted because
they will not assist in the destruction
of the liberties and rights of the people.
We must sustain them and spread
their circulation everywhere.
We are engaged in the most desper
ate battle ever waged in the world. 1t
is the conflict Of the few armed with
gigantic power against the many. 1t
signifies the ez p~loitation of labor by
the idle rich, go that those ''who toll
not, neither do they spin," shall rob
industry of it's reward and leave those
who produce all wealth without homes,
clothes or food. The eight million
farmers who have just persisted Of
starvation in HindOstan are not the
victims of drouth alone, but of cruel
misgoVernment also by their English
masters who so impoverished them
that they had no resources 10 fall back
upon when a failure of crops occurred.
In their miseries we read our own dan
ger; in their present we see our future,
unless we possess more than Hindoo
capacity to defend ourselves against
the ~despoilers of the world.
We ask all who are in deadly earnest
in seeking reform to unite with us For
the mere pullers of wires and seekers
of Cfice we have no place o. patience.
When humanity is sinking into the
abyss it is of no moment whether the
duty on calico is a half penny more or
less.
While we are utterly opposed to
fusion, and know that it has brought
dissension in our ranks, we recognize
The fact that many who favored it did
so in the sincere belief that it was best
for the country and for the party, but
while holding these views, we de clare
that no convention, caucus or commit
tee Cf our party, shall ever again bind
us to any fusion agreement with either
the Democratic or Republican party.
We call the attention of the Ameri
can people to the fact that the national
banks under q Republican administra-
ton are now fast putting into circula-
ton a vast quantity Of national bank
notes, taken out on the 1862 900, 900 of
of Cleveland bonds, which, though
adding to the burden of debt and reach
ing circulation by high interest, fur
nishes an increased supply of money
and a better pricing opportunity OF
the American markets. If prosperity
even temporary, comes to our people,
it will be by this increased money sup3
ply-not by the Dingley tariff or any
other tariff measure, as will probably
soon be claimed by the Republican
politicians.
We believe that no reliance can be
placed in the promises of those who
control and manipulate the policy and
action of Ghe two old parties They
have broken every pledge and violated
every. trust reposed Ia them by a con
1ding constituency. With the auti-
election promises in favor Of free silver
still ringing in the peoples ears, the
Democratic legislatures Of five States
defeated bills to prohibit the making
OF gold contracts.
With the suffering and dissatisfied
rank and file of those parties, we are
in hearty 81 mpathy and will gladly
welcome them into the Peoples party.
We re affirm the principles enunci
ated in the platforms of our party in