The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-05
A WORD TO THE WISE.
D. Thinks Those Who Vote After the Adop~
ton of the Amendment Will Establish a
Monopoly-Louisiana Again Cited.

D. Thinks Those Who Vote After the Adop-
ton of the Amendment Will Establish a
Monopoly-LOuisiana Again Cited.
Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
The State Constitution, Article 1,
Section 81, says: "Perpetuities and
monopolies are contrary to the genius
of a free State, and ought not to be
allowed
A few years ago there was one
John Jacob Astor, all by himself, the
only millionaire in America. Now
their name is legion. A few years
ago there was no monopoly of any
thing in America at length one,
then another and another trust and
combine sprung up, until now there
is not an article of utility which is
not controlled in output and price by
a monopoly.
A few years ago political can
didates howled themselves hoarse
with sham abuse of trusts, combines
and monopolies in order to f2ol the
people into voting them in that they
might vote more power to the mo-
nOpolists. Now, however, these pO-
litical howlers think they have dis
covered a more excellent plan, that is
to howl ''nigger" to deceive the PEG
pie into giving to them not only a
monopoly on every article of food
and clothing and every article the
people are compelled to use, but also
a perpetual corner and absolute and
eternal monopoly of our most sacred
liberties. Honest, independent think
ing and acting in politics a corrupt
partisan ofice-seeker cannot endure.
1.-The right to vote is the right
preservative of all rights" says a
National Democratic platform. Vote
that power away, and you have lost
all power to resist any evil that may
befaIl you. He who, once free, votes
his liberty away, deserves nothing
better for himself than the most alb
ject and degrading slavery. If he
would vote another mans liberty
away, earth is too good a place for
him. Remember, no rule will apply
to one race that does not to the other.
IF this amendment scheme sue
ceeds, and works as it did in the
April elections in louisiana, about
200, 000 white men and 100, 900 negroes
of voting age in North Carolina will
be set aside they will not appear at
the polls any ore You, my fellow
citizens, can not experiment with
this thing. You take it as you
take your wife-''foE better or for
worse" There is no divorce from it.
It matters not how disagreeable you
may find it, you have it to endure.
The men who work this scheme on
you do it for their own benefit, and
they are not the men to vote it back
no, not they. The scheme, 1ike. the
demonstration of silver, gave gold
double power. So will the disfran-
chising, of half the voters, double
the power of those who hold on to
their liberty. You will be equally as
~powerless to get your liberty back, if
you vote it away, as Is, of itself, tc
take its place with gold in none
tary system. Do not be deceived
even in experimentingin this matter
In my humble judgment no more dan.
gerous questions has been agitateG
than this, and it behooves all mel
who have wOrn to support the Con
sttution of the United States t.
look we'll before they take this fna.
leap, for as the tree falls so will il
lie. Remember, 1.-The rightto vote i:
the right preservative of all rights.
Wake Co, N. c. D.