The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-19
POLITICAL CHAOS.
No III.

and they, 1 believe, chow that the prob
lens involved in each issue were fully
reeliz ID and principles set forth in the
spirit, if not clearly beyond any ques
ton. by the letter Of the Peoples party
platform at it's first organization, which
are intended TO and will solve every
problem Of each issue. Solve them
too, in the interests of the people and
not OF monopoly, OF the bondsmen and
not of the rulers, of emancipation and
not Of slavery.
Also, we added the referendum, which
was In the first platform but not re
ferred to by the American.
l do not propose now to discuss at
length the four great fundamental
principles set forth to meet the issues
noted by the American and chow how
they will give the emancipation de
sired by our indus5rially enslaved PEG
pie, but we are prepared TO do so any
time and anywhere.
The American urges with great clear
ness and force, that emancipation
does not depend upon g single issue IN
our economic system. This is eminent
~ true.
Our industries are as numerous as
the occupations of man, and our com,
merc extends to aliinRtIons.
Our monetary system is the life
blood of both.
Our taxation system is the active
agency thai unlfies the whole fabric Of
government.
Our franchise ballot is the pewer that
makes US sovereign instead OF serf.
E oh u of these fundamental ele,
ments is an Essential part of our great
RspHOlic.
Our fathers grasped these elements
from kings and in the name of liberty
for their posteriTy, made each element
ehcscIous for freedom. Since that
eacn and every one of these parts has
been seiz-d and seliskly transformed,
so as to be eficacIOus in monopolIstic
rule for industrial slavery.
This has not been done because the
rich hate the poor, but because their
love of self has permitted their avarice,
or selfish greed, to do most of the legIs
iating, and Rvarice was never known
60 legislate for the other fellow.
IL is not because the rich have any
less love than the poor, but because
they forget to love and to legislate for
the. neighbor as much as for self.
Herein is the secret of the whole
matter.
The Law of Jesus hes been violated,
and that violation is triumphant both
in State and Nation; therefore the
whole fabric of our legislation must be
changed or fall to the ground.
l do not believe that any just and
charitably honest man can read our
Legislation, from town council all the
way up to Congressional acts and not
be forced to say that nine tenths OF IL
10 in the interest Of getting rich" and
mostly of the rich getting richer, rather
than for the help of the weak who are
struggling for livelihood in the world,
or for the promotion OF indivic ual hu
man rights as against the vested rights
of wealth.
1 know this is broad, bold assertion,
u on it we invite the most careful
investigation and challenge con5raoic
ton to open discussion where the peo-
pie may sit in judgment.
Inc worlds history tells that the
liberty secured by one generation was
nsed Dy avarice as the vehicle for the
already unwritten history of our great,
glorious and much loved Republlc9
Viewing present condition from
these staEdpoints to the past, and look
ing into the future, when knowing that
Gods law never changes, one must
shudder.
Our legislation is not promoting the
ii0erGy of the people vouched for by
our Constitution, which lift our great
industrial humanity from the lower
TO the higher plane of human freedom
In this we are far short of our Decla
ration of Independence.
We are on the wrong track, not only
in one thing, but in almost all.
The science of Jul modern govern
ment, ''of the people, by the people,
for the people" is complex far more
so than was the monarchles Of past
ages
One principle, though it be great, is
out a part of III mighty economic
structure Of government and the peo-
pie demand sovereignty in each of
these parts. Yes, in each they de