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1 1 PKOGKESSW IMIER N J '9' THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE PARAMOUNT TO ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS OF STATE POLICY. Vol. 7. RALEIGH, N. C, JULY 26, 1892. No. 24 TtnMAT. FARMERS' ALLI- ANCfc. UNION. .n HTHITCTBI A T 3,tt L. Loucks. Huron. LJh Dakota. 'Address, Washington, TT. Turn fir. rv W.; Washington, D. C. Lecturer o. - EXECUTIVE BOARD. i V Macime, Washington, D. C. ilonzo Wardail, Huron, South Da- JUDICIARY. a a Cole, Michigan, V. Bock, Alabama. M. D- Pvie Kentucky. SATI02TAL LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. TI L Loucks. Chairman. .Vir Mncnne. Washington, D. C. yY,i'PaN Brandon, Va. L." P. JVatherstone, Forest City, Ar- 5V. F. G'-vipii, White, Tennessee. i''RTH VvllOLIN FARMERS' STATE ALLI ANCE. Prcsi ieiit Marion Butler, Clinton, ' C "Vice-Pxcsidcnt T. B. Iong, Asho ville, N. C. Secretary -Treasurer W. S. Barned, LeC' Uivr J. S. Bell, Brasstown, N.-C. Stoward-C. C. Wright, Glass, N. C. Chaplain Rev. E. Pope, Chalk ev ci v. Door Keeper W. H. Tomlinson, -ayettcville. N. C. issi-tant Door-Keeper -II. E. King, jpanut, N. C. Serjeant-at-Arms J. S. Holt, Chalk :vcl, X. C. State Business Agent . H. Worth, rt&Jeii'"h N. C. Trustee Business Agency Fund W. v. Graham, Machpelah, N. C. MSCUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH JAROLINA FARMERS' STATE ALLIANCE. B. Alexander, Charlotte, N. C, ihainnan: J. M. Mewborne, Kinston, N'. C. ; J. S. Johnston, Ruffin, N. C. TA.TE ALLIANCE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. F.lins Carr. A. Leazer. N. M. Cul- oreth, M. G. Gregory, WTm. C. Connell. TATE ALLIANCE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. R. J. Powell. Raleizh. N. C. : N. C. Engli-h, Trinitv College : J. J. Young, Polenta; II. AForney, Newton, N. C. Vcr it Carona Reform Press Association. Officers J. L. Ramsey, President; Harion Butler, Vice-President ; W. S. Barnes, Secretary, PAPERS. rtosrressive Farmer, Cauca.-ian. The Workiiitrman's Helper, Watchman. Raleigh, N. C. Clinton, N. C. Pinnacle, X, C. Salisbury, N. C. Farmer ?' Advocate. Country Life, Mercury, Rattler, Agricultural Bee, Alliance Keho, Special Informer, larboro, . I;. Trinity College. N. C. Hickory, N. C. Whitakers, N. C. Goldsboro, N. C. Aloneure, N. C Raleigh, N. C. Each of the above-named papers are requested to keep the list standing on the first page and add others, provided they are d illy elected. Any paper fail ing to advocate the Ocala platform icill be dropped from the list promptly. Our people can now see ichat papers are published in their interest. POLITICAL PLATFORMS. A Series of Interesting Documents. Milestones in the Development of Politi cal Parties Since the Organiza tion of the Government. I860. REPUBLICAN, CHICAGO, MAY 17TH Resolved, That we, the delegated representatives of the Republican elect ors of the United States, in convention assembled, in discharge of the duty we owe to our constituents and our coun try, unite in the following declarations : 1. That the history of the nation, during the last four years, has fully established the propriety and necessity of the organization and perpetuation of the Republican party, and that the causes which called it into existence are permanent in their nature, and now, more than ever before demand its peaceful and constitutional triumph. 2. That the maintenance of the prin ciples promulgated in the Declaration of Independence and embodied in the Federal Constitution, "That all men are created equal; that they are en dowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of hap piness; that to secure these rights, gov ernments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed," is essential to the preservation of our republican institutions; and that the Federal Con stitution, the rights of the Stages, and the union of the States, mus -. and shall be preserved. 3. That to the union of the States this nation owes its unprecedented in crease in population, its surprising de velopment of material resources, its rapid augmentation of wealth, its hap piness at home, and its honor abroad ; and we hold in abhorrence all schemes for disunion, come from whatever source they may ; and we congratulate the country that no Republican mem ber of Congress has uttered or coun tenanced the threats of disunion so made by Democratic members, with out rebuke and with applause from their political associates ; and we de nounce those threats of disunion in case of a popular overthrow of their : rr By act of the General xVssembly of 1801, the North Carolina State Normal and Industrial School was established. In 1SS0 the Teachers' Assembly, then in' session at Black Mountain, passed unanimous resolutions asking for the establishment of a Norman College, and appointed a committee to memo rialize the General Assembly on the subject. Each succeeding Teachers' Assembly, up to ISO I, passed similar resolutions and appointed similar com mittees to present the question before the legislature. In his biennial reports to the General Assembly. Hon. S. M. Finger, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, repeatedly urged the im portance of establishing the institution. But it was not until the session of 1SS0 that the question g-,t before the General Assembly for serious consid eration. At that session the bill pre sentc-d by the committee from the Teachers' Assembly passed the Senate by a large majority, and failed in the House by only a few votes. By the time the next General Assem bly met, in January. 1S01, the late Governor Fowle had, in his message to the General Assembly, urged the estab lishment of the institution. In the meantime the King's Daughters had petitioned the legislature to establiph an industrial school for girls. The North Car lina Farmers' Alliance in 1800, at its annual meeting in Ashe ville, passed resolutions asking the State to aid in the higher education of girls and women Hon. J L M. Curry, agent of the Peabody Fund, appeared before the General Assembly ana made an earnest and p iwerful plea for a nor mal college, and, through him, the Peabody Fund gives substantial aid to the institution. The committee from the Teachers' Assembly suggested the establishment of a normal college with industrial fea tures; whereupon th act establishing the normal and industrial s ;hool was passed and an annual appropriation made for its maintenance. The act establishing the institution required that it should be located 44 at some suitable place where the citizens thereof will furnish the necessary build ings or money suflicient to erect them." ascendancy, as denying the vital prin ciples of a free government, and as an avowal of contemplated treason, which it is the imperative duty of an indig nant people to sternly rebuke and for ever silence. 4. That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State, to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclu sively, is essential to that balance of powers on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric de pends ; and we denounce the lawless in vasion, by armed force, of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes. 5 That the present Democratic ad ministration has far exceeded our worst apprehension?, in its measure-, less subserviency to the exactions of a sectional interest, as especially evinced in its desperate exertions to force the infamous Lecompton constitution upon the protesting people of Kansas; in construing the personal relations be tween master and servant to involve an unqualified property in persons; in its attempted enforcement, every where, on land, and sea, through the intervention of Congress and of the federal courts, of the extreme preten sions of a purely local interest; and m its general and unvarying abue of the power untrusted to it by a confiding people. 6. That the people justly view with alarm the reckless extravagance which pervades every department of the Fed eral Government ; that a return to rigid economy and accountability is mdis pensable to arrest the systematic plun der of the public treasury by favored partisans; while the recent startling developments of fraud and corruptions at the federal metropolis, show that an entire change of administration is im peratively demanded, NORTH CAROLINA STATE NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. The Board of Directors decided to ac cept Greensboro's offer, which was $30,000 in money, voted by the town, and a beautiful ten-acre site located in the corporate limits of Grensboro, do nated by Messrs. R. S. Pullen and R. T. Gray, of Raleigh. In section 41 of the Constitution of 177G, adopted at Halifax, the State acknowledged it obligation to provide educational facilities for the 4 1 instruc tion of youth," 44 at low prices," and the section closes with the words, 44 and all useful learning shall be encouraged in one or more universities." Thi3 mandate has been only partially obeyed. The State University for boys began its career of usefulness very soon after the adoption of the Consti tution. A few years ago the Agricul tural and Mechanical College, also for boys, was established under State aus pices and by the aid of the State and General Government. But it has taken the State more than a century to come to a practical real ization of the fact that 44 youth" means girls as well as boys. Fro'in three fourths to nine-tenths of the money used to employ instructors in higher education for boys is paid by State and national annual appropriations, or by the income from endowment funds. It was in response to the just sentiment that, it the State proposed to pay for nearly all the expense of a boy's higher education, it ought to do at least as much for his sister, that the normal and industrial school wa3 established. As the name of this institution and the history of its establishment would indicate, it is a combination of a nor mal college and an industrial school, the former being the predominating feature. It is the general purpose of the insti tution to give such education as will add to the efficiency of i woman's work in whatever walk of life her lot may be cast. COLLEGIATE AND NORMAL DEPARTMENT. Briefly stated, it will be the object of this department not only to give the very best literary and scientific train ing, including work in English and history, mathematics, natural sciences, ancient and modern languages, art, 7. That the new dogma, that the Con stitution, of its own force, carries plavery into any or all of the territories of the United States i3 a dangerous po litical heresy, at variance with the ex plicit provisions of that instrument itself, with contemporaneous exposi tion, and with legislative and judicial precedent is revolutionary in its ten dency, and subversive of the peace and harmony of the country. 8. That the normal condition of all the territories of the United States is that of freedom ; that as our Republi can fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that 44 no person should be de prived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law," it becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any indi viduals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States. 9. That we brand the recent re open ing of the African slave trade, under the cover of our national flag, aided by perversions of judicial power, as a crime against humanity and a burning shame to our country and age ; and we call upon Congress to take prompt and' efficient measures for the total and final suppression of that execrable traffic 10. That in the recent vetoes, by their Federal. Governors, of the acts of the legislatures of Kansas and Ne braska, prohibiting slavery in these territories, we find a practical illustra tion of the boasted Democratic prin ciple of non-intervention and popular sovereignty, embodied in the Kansas Nebraska bill, and a demonstration of the deception and fraud, involved therein 11. That Kansas should, of right, be " L ..Ti,--C! vocal muic and physical culture, but also to give such a course in the prin cipl ?s and history of education and in the science and art of teaching as will give the student the ability and the inch nation to teach others. A person whe ha3 the right kind of education, wi 1 want other people to have it too. This is the spirit of the true teacher, who in his heart, must be a genuin ) phil mthropist. Therefore this institution will pursue the course followed by nine tenths of the normal colleges of thi country, and devote itself to establishing a high standard of scholarship and profes sional life among the teachers of the State. BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. The business or commercial course, embracing such subjects as sten ography, type-writing, telegraphy and book-keeping, is intended especially for those women who are thrown upon their own resources, but who do not care- to teach. A part of this work, ho ;y c ought to be included in any course or general education. DOMESTIC SCIENCE DEPARTMENT. The management of the institution recognize 3 the fact that the natural and proper position in life for the aver age woman i at the head of her own household. Exceptions, however numerous, do not affect this rule. This department is therefore mentioned last, not because it is least important, but because training in the other two de partments constitut s a very fine prep aration for domestic life. A model woman, as the mistress of a home, ought to know something of business, ana, above all things, ought to be an intelligent teacher. In addition to the training in these departments, the course in Domestic Science will include theory and prac tice in the following subjects: cutting and fitting; sewing; cooking; care of the sick; and general household economy. In addition, there will be the follow ing SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS. 1. Vocal culture, including vocal music, reading and elocution. immediately admitte I as a State under the Constitution recently f )rmed and adopted by her people, and accepted by the House of Representatives. 12 That while providing revenue for the support of the General Government by duties upon imports, some policy requires such an adjustment of these imports as to encourage the develop ment of the 'industrial interc sts of the whole country; and we commend that policy of national exchanges which secures to the working men liberal wages, to agriculture remunerative prices; to mechanics and manufactur ers an adequate reward for their skill, labor and enterprise, and to the nation commercial prosperity and independ ence. 12. That we protest against any sale ot alienation to others of the public lands held by actual settlers, and against any view of the homestead policy which regards the settlers as paupers or suppliants for public bounty ; and we demand the passage by Con gress of the complete and satisfactory homestead measure which has alreaiy passed the House. 14. That the Republican party is op posed to any change in our naturaliza tion laws, or any State legislation by which the rights of citizenship hitherto accorded to immigrants from foreign lands shall be abridged or impaired ; and in favor of giving a full and effi cient protection to the rights of all classes of citizens, whether native or naturalized, both at home and abroad. 15. That appropriations by Congress for river and harbor improvements of a national character, required for the accommodation and security of an ex isting commerce, are authorized by Congress and justified by the obliga tions of government to protect the lives and property of its citizens 16. That. a railroad to the Pacific ocean is imp ratively demanded by the interest of the whole country ; that the JC.tt - .iriln -mMin -ii- - , 2. Physic il culture, including gym nastic calisthenics, and such exercises as are best suited to meet individual needs and to promote the health and strength of the students. Lectures on physical culture and on personal and public hygiene will be given by the resident physician, under whose super vision this department will be con ducted. 3. Industrial art, including form study and free hand drawing; archi tectural and mechanical drawing; modeling in clay ; designing and deco rative art ; and the history of art. This is the new State Jollege for girls and women, established by the las . legislature, and located at Greens boro. It will begin its first year's work on the 2Sth of September. It has an able faculty, and will do a high grade of . work. It is gratifying to see from the prospectus that while the faculty represents the culcure and training of leading colleges throughout the country, yet every member of the faculty, except one, is a native of the clouth, and over half cf -.hem are North Carolinians. There is no better place anywhere for a North Carolina woman to receive a good strong education. The institution is supported largely by the State and the Peabody fund, and, therefore, while the opportunities for culture are the very bet, the ex penses are exceedingly moderate. All charges for tuition, board, laun dry, use of books, physician's fee and incidentals amount to $128 a year. Those who intend to become teachers receive the same advantages for $SS, as they pay nothing for tuition. The graduating diploma gives a wo man a life license to teach in the State. The number of students who can be admitted to board in the dormitory buildings is limited, and those who board in private families in Greensboro to which there is no limit, will find their annual expenses increased $20 or $30. All applications for admission should be in the hands of the President by August 1st. Further information can be obtained by addressing President Mclver, Greensboro, N. C. Federal Government ought to render immediate and efficient aid in its con struction; and that as preliminary thereto, a daily overland mail should be promptly established. I860. DEMOCRATIC (DOUGLASS) CHARLESTON, APRIL 23, AND BALTIMORE, JUNE 18. Resolved, That we, the Democracy of the Union, in convention assembled, hereby declare our affirmance of the resolutions unanimously adopted and declared as a platform of principles by the Democratic convention at Cincin nati, in the year 1856, believing that Democratic principles are unchange able in their nature when applied to the same subject matters; and we recommend, as the only further resolu tions, the following: Inasmuch as differences of opinion exist in the Democratic party as to the nature and extent of the powers of a territorial legislature, and as to the powers and duties of Congress under the Constitution of the United States, over the institution of slavery within the territories : J2. That the Democratic party will abide by the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States on the ques tions of constitutional law. 3. That it is the duty of the United States to afford ample and complete protection to all citizens, whether at home or abroad, and whether native or foreign. 4. That one of the necessities of the age, in a military, commercial and postal point of view, is speedy com munication between the Atlantic and Pacific States; and the Democratic party pledge such constitutional gov ernment aid as will insure the construe tion of a railroad to the Pacific coast, at the earliest practicable period. 5. That the Democratic party is in f avor of the acquisition of the Island of Cuba, on such terms as shall be hon orable to ourselves and just to Spain. 6. That the enactment of State legis latures to defeat the faithful executioi of the Fugitive Slave Law are hostile in character, subversive of the Consti tution, and revolutionary in their effect. 7, That it is in accordance with the true interpretation of the Cincinnati platform, that, during the existence of the territorial governments, the meas ure of restriction, whatever it may be, imposed by the Federal Constitution on the power of the territorial legisla ture over the subject of domestic rela tions, as the same has been, or shall hereafter be, finally determined by the Supreme Court of the United States, shall be respected by all good citiztns, and enforced with promptness and fidelity by every branch of the General Government. TO BE CONTINUED. ADVERTISERS, READ THIS. Raleigh, N. C,, July IS, 1S92. Mr. J. W. Denmark, Business Manager Progress ive Pa rm er : Dear Sir: We recently run for a phort time an advertisement in The Progressive Farmer, and we run at the same time the same advertisement in four other leading papers in the State, and we write to say that we re ceived ten replies from the one in your paper to every one received from all the other papers combined. Yours truly. Edwards & Bboughton. AT CHICAGO AND MINNEAPOLIS. Salisbury, N. C , July 5. Mr. Editor: The Republican con vention at Minneapolis was a disgrace to civilization for its drunkenness, de bauchery and licentiousness. There are 218 saloons in the place and their receipts ran daily to from a thousand to fifteen hundred per cent, over ordi nary daily receipts. Decency forbids the chronicling of the patronage of the houses of ill fame, the importation of lewd women from other adjacent cities, etc. The Democratic and Republican papers said not a word of this debauch ery. Why? The Republican papers did not want the common people to know the character of the men who stand at the head of affairs. But why did not the Democratic papers tell it? The reason is obvious. Their conven tion was to come off later. The prin ciple was, we won't tell on you and you must not tell on us. In Chicago there are 6.000 saloons. These were inadequate to supply the delegates and visitors, or at least they feared they would be, as liquor flowed freely at the headquarter of the dele gates. The debauch was greater, if possible, than at the Republican con vention at Minneapolis. We do not wonder at the 21st plank in the plat form opposing all sumptuary laws. The Chicago liquor dealers would be glad if every year was a Presidential year, and would gladly welcome the convention. Now Christian fathers are expected to endorse the work done by this set of men with a man at the head whose principle is to turn liquc r loose. Will we do it? Can we do it and then pray 'Lead us not into temptation?" I call upon Christians and fathers who love the church, their sons, their country, their homes, yea and their God, to stand for moral rectitude and let names and men go. To my mind, all the good qualities found in Cleveland (and it is not to be desired that he has good qualities) can overbalance his stand taken in favor of liquor. Besides, I consider this 21st plank a direct bid for the influence of liquor and brewers' associations in the campaign. They talk ab ut taking away people's liberties. All law sim mered down to its finest point is noth ing but prohibition. No matter whether it is civil or moral, negative or affirma tive, it implies the same thing ; hence, that 2 1st plank implies little less than Anarchy. Talk about lawlessness sav ing the country! Good Lord deliver US. V. rLYLER. LETTER FROM McDOWELL CO. Bridge Water, N. C. Mr. Editor: As I see so many in teresting letters from different Alii ances and different parts of this State and other States in your noble and welcome visitor, The Progressive Farmer, thought I would try and drop you a few items from my Alliance and my county, old McDowell. Our Alli ance is solid for the St. Louis platform to a man, I think. On Saturday, July 2d, we met in our Alliance and elected a new set of officers for the ensuing year. Before we went into regular session in our Alliance meeting, there was a number of the brethren sitting inside the oaks of the grove, and our ex President, Bro. W. G. Hunter, just asked the crowd how many of us were Cleveland men, and no one said they were going to vote for him the 6th day of November next. He then asked the brethren how many were going to vote for Mr. Harrison, -and all plainly said they would not support either one of them. I don't see how we can support either Mr. Cleveland or Mr. Harrison, when they both have ignored one of our most needful demands the free silver bill. Mr. Cleveland come out right square against it, and Mr. Har rison said plainly that if the Fifty second Congress passed it he had ink on his pen to veto it as soon as it passed both houses. So I don't think nor see that we will ever get any relief from either one of the old parties, for one is rotten to the core and the other rot tener. Fraternally, W. J. Snipes, Sec'y. i ,J - j v
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