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THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OF OUR FEOPLE PARAMOUNT TO ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS OF STATE POLICY.
Vol. 7.
RALEIGH, N. C, AUGUST 30, 1892.
No. 29
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PEOGIESSTTE
FAEMER.
NATIONAL FARMERS' ALLI
ANCE AND INDUSTRIAL
UNION.
i.,tt T. Trucks. Huron.
South Dakota. Address, Washington,
Dretary-Trensurer--J. II. Turner
a. Address, 239 North Capitol
t V W., Washington, D. C.
EXECUTIVE BOARD.
- V Macune, Washington, D. O.
Monzo Ward all, Huron, South Da-
Tf. Tillman. Palmetto. Tennessee.
JTJPlCIAItY.
A a Cole, Michigan,
p' V. Beck, Alabama.
3'. P. Davie, Kentucky.
KATiONAL LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.
II L Loueks, Chairman.
L-'Vv. Macune, Washington, D. C.
Marei Page, Brandon. Va.
L. P. Featherstone, Forest City. Ar-
'ro F. G-vinn, White, Tennessee.
, ,f-tt CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALL!
president Marion Butler, Clinton,
N Vice-President T. B. Long, Ashe
.-ills, N. C.
Sc ere tary -Treasurer AV . S. Barnes,
uUcih, N. C.
Lecturer-J. S. Bell, Brasstown, N.C.
teard C. C. Wright, Glass, N. C.
Chaplain Rev. E. Pope, Chalk
;jPTeI'. C. m
Door-KVepcr W. H. Tomlinson,
ayettev'ille. N. C.
Assistant Poor-Keener ll. E. King.
'panut. N. C. .
Serjeant-at-Arms J. S. Holt, Chalk
"Vtate Business Agent W. II. Worth.
:-al?: N. C.
Trus tee Business Agency Fund W.
Graham, Machpelah, N. C.
i vE'TTTTV E COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH
CAROLINA FARMERS' STATE ALLIANCE.
B. Alexander, ChaHfctte, N. C,
Airman; J. M. Mewborae, Kinston,
W C. : J. 5. Johnston, Ruffin, N. C.
'UTZ ALLIANCE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
El Lis Cerr, A. Eeazor, N. M. Cul
oreth, M. G. Gregory, Win. C. Connell.
TATE ALLIANCE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.
H. J. Powell, Raleigh, N. C. ; N. C.
Snc-Iish, Trinitv College: J. J. Young,
Polenta; H. A. Forney, Newton, N. C.
Vpfth Carolina Reform Press Association.
GpctrsJ. L. Ramsey, Presideyit ;
Virion Butler, Vice-President; W. S.
Same?, Secretary,
PAPERS.
.rc.fi-er--: Farmer, State Organ, Raleigh, N. C
''ctP'in "Clinton, N. V.
ir.e Uor win-'ra.iTi s Ueiper, I'lnnacie, .
SHli-hiirv. N. ( .
Fans .-r s' A -I or a o.
Country Lil'o,
Turboro, N. (
Trinity College. X. ('.
Hickory, N. (.'.
VHiitakcrs, N. f
liohlsboro, X. ('.
Moncnre, N. C
Kaleigh, X.
uau .er,
AsrTii-altnrr.l Eee,
ilianee Echo,
Snwi'! Inr'r.rnipr
Carolina Li. patch.
Hertford, X. C.
iaci c ie auGve .uuacn jiitrs uiv
requested to keep the list standing on
the Jlrt page and add others, provided
they u-c duly elected. Any paper fail
ing f.) advocate the Ocala platform will
fcc dropped from the list promptly. Our
people can now see what papers are
vt'Jblished in their interest.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY RESOLU
TIONS. llesolvd, That in the death of our
National President, L. L. Polk, the
Farmer's Alliance has lost a great and
trusted leader at a time in which we
needed his council and services most.
He was, we believe, a true friend to
the industrial classes a champion of
the reforms demanded by the Alliance
of this country, and believing him to
have been such, we will cherish the
memory of his virtue as a faithful and
fearless leader in the great cause dear
to all our hearts.
2. That to the family of our deceased
brother wo extend our heartfelc sym
pathies, and commend them to the care
of that God in whom he trusted.
3. That a copy of these resolutions
be sent to the family, one spread on
our minutes and one sent to The Pro
gressive Farmer and Xational Econ
omist for publication.
E T. Usher,
A. D. McGill,
T. II. McLean,
A. II. McGwain,
Committee.
SCRIPTURAL.
Dismal, Sampson Co., N. C.
Mr. Editor: Blessed is the man
that walket.h not in the counsel of plu
tccrat!, nor standeth in the way of re
form, nor sitteth in the seat of Dr.
Kingsbury. But his delight is in the
"St. Louis demands'" and on the "Ocala
platform" doth he meditate day and
night. And he shall be like a tree
planted by the rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit in his season ;
his hopes also shall not wither, and
"whatsoever he doetfi shall prosper.
The "old parties M are not so ; but are
like the chaff which the wind driveth
away.
Three-pan "gold bugs" shall not
etand in the election, nor " monopo
lists" sit in the halls of Congress.
For Weaver and Field knoweth the
ways of " the People's party," but the
wajs of the "old parties" shall perish.
Yours fraternally,
W. J. Fairclotii.
KEEP
Xti m l&ifMmm MTOli i
W c9 4
Side track4 are roncth, anI tliey'rt- hard to walk,
Kccl i. tlu middle of the road :
Tho ;h we haven't got time to ?To; and talk
We k ej in the middle oi the rod.
POLITICAL PLATFORMS.
A Series of Interesting Documents.
Milestones in the Development oj Politi
cal Parties Since the Organiza
titiii of the Goven men.
1372.
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM, LALTIMORE,
JULY Oni.
We, the Democratic electors oi the
United States, in convention assf mblcd,
do present the following principles, al
ready adopted at Cincinnati, as essen
tial to jiit government.
Here followed the " Liberal Rfpub
11 -'an Platform;" which see above j
1ST2.
REl'UIiLlCAN, JUNE 5 III.
The Republican party of vhe United
States, assemblrd in national conven
tion in the city of Philadelphia, on the
Hth and 6th days of June, 1872, ogain
declares its faith, appeals to its history,
and announces its position upon the
questions before the country:
1. During eleven years of supremacy
it has accepted, with gr ind courage,
the solemn duties of tho time. It sup
pressed a gigantic rebellion, emanci
pated four millions of slaves, decreed
the equal citizenship of all, and estab
lished universal sulfrage. Exhibiting
unparalleled unanimity, it criminally
punished no man for political offenses,
and warmly welcomed all who proved
their loyalty by obeying the laws and
dealing'justly with their neighbors. It
has steadily decreased, with firm hand,
the resultant disorders of a great war,
and initiated a wise and humane policy
toward the Indians. The Pacific Rail
road and similar vast enterprises have
been generously aided and successfully
conducted, the public lands freely given
to actual sottlers, immigration pro
tected and encouraged, and a full ac
knowledgement of the naturalized citi
zen's rights secured from European
powers. A uniform national currency
has been provided, repudiation frowned
down, and national credit sustained
under the most extraordinary burdens,
and new bonds negotiated at lower
ratf s. The revenues have been care
fully collected and honestly applied.
Dispite annual large reductions of the
rates cf taxation, the public debt has
been reduced during Cen. Grant's
presidency at the rate of a hundred
millions a year, groat financial crisis
have been avoided, and peace and
plenty prevail throughout the land.
Menacing foreign difficulties have been
peacefully and honorably compro
mised, and tho honor and power of
the nation kept in high respect through
out the world. This glorious record of
the past is the party's best pledge for
the future. We believe the people will
not intrust the government to any
party or combination of men composed
chiefly of those who have resisted every
step of this beneficent progress.
2. Tho recent amendments to the
National Constitution should be cor
dially sustained because they are right,
not merely tolerated because they are
law, and should be carried out accord
ing to their spirit by appropriate legis
lation, the enforcement of which can
safely be intrusted only to the party
that secured those amendments.
3. Complete liberty and exact equal
ity in the enioyment of all civil, politi
cal, and public rights should be estab
lished and effectually maintained
throughout the Union by efficient and
appropriate State and Federal legisla
tion. Neither the law nor its adminis
tration should admit any discrimina-
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
Turn yo'ir ack on the poldhu men,
And j ell for silvei now and then :
If you want to heat (J rover, also Ken.
Just stick to the mid ;le of tho road.
This Is Tho Way They Do It In The West.
! tion in respect t cit:z?ns by reason of
race, creed, color, or previous condition
of servitude.
4 The National Government should
seek to maintain honorable peace with
all nations, protecting its citizens
everywhere, and sympathizing with
all peoples who strive for greater
liberty.
f. Any system of civil servie.:- under
which the subordinate positions of the
govortim: nt are eon-anloj d x?i-z
tor mere r arty zr-il is fatally demoral
izing; ana we, therefore, favor a reform
of tlie system, by laws which shall
abolish the evils of patronage, and
make honesty, efficiency, and fidelity
the essential qualifications fur public
positions, without practically creating
a life tenure of office.
C. We are opposed to further grant-
of the public lands to corporations and
monopolies, and demand that the
national domain be set apart for free
homes for the people.
7. The annual revenue after paying
current expenses, pensions, and th- in
terest on tho public debt, should fur
nish a moderate balance for tho reduc
tion of the principal ; and that revenue,
except so much as may be derived from
a tax upon tobacco and liquors, should
be raised by duties upon importations,
the details of which should be so ad
justed as to aid in scouring remunera
tive wages to labor, and promote tho
industries, prosperity, and growth of
tho whole country.
8. We hold in undying honor the
soldiers and sailors whose valor saved
the Union Their pensions area sacred
debt of the nation, and the widows and
orphans of those who died for their
country are entitled to the care of a
generous and grateful people. We
favor such additional legislation as
will extend tho bounty of the govern
ment to all our soldiers and sailors who
were honorably discharged, and who
in the line of duty becamo disabled,
without regard to the length of service
or the cause of such discharge.
9. Tho doctrine of Great Britian and
other European powers concerning
allegiance, "onco a subject always a
subject " having at last, through the
efforts of the Republican party, been
abandoneded, and the American idea
of the individual's right to transfer
allegiance ha-ag been accepted by
European nation's, it is the duty of our
government to guard with jealous care
the rights of adopted citizens against
the assumption of unauthorized claims
by their former governments, and we
urge continued careful encouragement
ana protection of voluntrry immigra
tion. 10. The franking privilege ought to
be abolished, aad a way prepared for
a speedy reduction in the rates of post
age.
11. Among the questions which press
for attention is that which concerns
the relations of capital and labor; and
the Republican party recognizes the
duty of so shaping legislation as to
secure full protection and the amplest
field for capital, and for labor, the
creator of capital, the largest oppor
tunities and a just share of the mutual
profits of these two great servants cf
civilization.
12. We hold that Congress and the
President have only fulfilled an im
perative duty in their measures for the
suppression of violence and treasonable
organization in certain lately rebellious
regions, and for the protection of the
ballot-box ; and, therefore, they are en
titled to the thanks of the nation.
73. We denounce repudiation of tfae
publio debt, in any form or disguise, as
oii't uhswer the call f &roidhi!i to 1,
Hut keep in the middle of the road ;
Prove that the WcM wasn't setih-d ny foil:
And keep in the middle of t lie road'
a national crime. We witness Aith
pride thy reduction of the principal of
f'e debt, and of the rates of interest
i.pon the balance, and confidently ex
pect that cur excellent national cur
nicy will be perfected by a speedy
resumption of specie pa ment.
1 1. The Republican party is mindful
of its obligations to the loyal womev: of
America for their noble devotion to
!'" cause of freedom Thvivaduii-ion
with satisfaction raid tho honest de
mand of any class cf citizens for ad
ditional rights should be treated with
respect ful consideration.
15. We heartily approve the action
of Congress in extending amnesty to
those lately in rebellion, and rejoice
in the growth of peace and fraternal
feeling throughout the land.
1S76.
INDEPENDENT (CKEENBACK.) INDINATuLIS,
IND., MAY 17TH,
Tho Independent party is called into
existence by the necessities of the peo
ple, whose industries are prostrated,
whose labor is deprived of its just re
ward by a ruinous policy which the
Republican and Democratic parties re
fuse to change; and in view of the
failure of these parties to furnish relief
to tho depressed industries of the coun
try, thereby disappointing lhe just
hopes and expectations of a suffering
people we declare our principles, and
invito all independent and patriotic
men to join oar ranks in this move
ment of financial reform and industrial
emancipation.
First. We demand the immediate
anel unconditional repeal of the specie
resumption act of January 14, 1875,
and the rescue of our industries from
ruin and disaster resulting from its en
forcement; and we call upon aU patri
otic men to organize in every Congres
sional district of the country, with a
view of electing representatives to
Congress who will carry out the wishes
of the people in this regard and stop
the present suicidal and destructive
policy of contraction.
Second, We believe that a United
States note, issued directly by the gov
ernment and convertible, on demand,
into United States obligations, bearing
a rate cf interest not exceeding one
cent a day on each one hundred dollars,
and exchangeable for United States
notes at par, will afford the best circu
lating medium ever devised. Such
United States notes should be full legal
tenders fcr all purposes, except for the
payment of suih obligations as are, by
existing contracts, especially made
payable in coin ; and we hold that it is
the duty of the government to provide
such a circulating medium, and insist,
in tho language of Thomas Jefferson,
that " bank paper must be suppressed,
and the circulation restored to the
nation, to whom it belongs."
Third. It is the paramount duty of
the government, in all its legislation,
to keep in view the full development
of all legitimate business, agricultural,
mining, manufacturing, and com
mercial. Fourth. We most earnestly protest
against any further issue of gold bonds
for sale in foreign markets, by which
W9 would be made, for a long period
"hewers of wood and drawers - of
water " to foreigners, especially as the
American people would gladly and
promptly take at par all bonds the gov
ernment may need to sell, provided
they are made payable at the option of
the holder, and bearing interest at 3-65
per cent, per annum, or even a lower
rate.
Fifth. We further protest against
ROAD."
They've woven their plots and woven them ill,
I A'e Wfint a WEAVER wh -'s K-t mo;e skili,
I And mostly we want a Silver Kill,
So we'll stay in the middle of the ro.id.
the sale of government bonds for the
pur,. ese of purchasing silver to be used
as a substitute for our more convenient
and less fluctuating fractional cur
rency, which, although well calculated
to enrich the owners of silver mines,
yet in operation it will stiil further
oppress, in taxation, an alreaely over
burdened people.
1S76.
PrrC.LTOAN, CINCINNATI. JTNE 14th.
V hen, in the economy of Providence,
this land was to be purged of human
slavery, and when the strength of the
government of the people, by the peo
ple, and for the people, was to bo dem
onstrated, the Republican party came
into power. Its deeds have passeel into
histery, and we look back to them with
pride. Incited by their memories to
high aims for the good of our country
and mankind, and looking to the
future with unfaltering courage, hope,
and purpose, we, the representatives
of the party, in national convention
assembled, make the following declara
tion of principles:
1. The United States of America is a
natk-n, not a league. By the ccmbir cd
workings of the National and State
Governments, under their respective
constitutions, the rights of every citi
zen are secured, at home and abroad,
and the common welfare promoted.
2. The Republican party ha3 pre
served these governments to the hun
dredth anniversary of the nation's
birth, and they are now embodiments
of the great truths spoken at its cradle
"That all men are created equal;
that they are endowed by their Creator
with certain inalienable rights, among
which are life, liberty, and the pursuit
of happiness; that for the attainment
of these ends governments have been
instituted among men, deriving their
just powers from the consent of the
governed. Until these truths are
cheerfully obeyed, or, if need be, vigor
ously enforced, the work of the Repub
lican party is unfinished.
3. The permanent pacification of the
Southern section of the Union, and the
complete protection of all its citizens
in the free enjoyment of all their rights,
is a duty to which the Republican
party stands sacredly pledged. Tho
power to provide for the enforcement
of the principles embodied in the recent
constitutional amendments, is vested,
by those amendments, in the Congress
of the United States; and we declare it
to be the solemn obligation of the legis
lative and executive departments of
the government to put into immediate
and vigorous exercise all their consti
tutional powers for removing any just
causes of discontent on the part of any
class, and for securing to any Ameri
can citizen complete liberty and exact
equality in the exercise of all civil, po
litical, and public rights. To this end,
we imperatively demand a Congress
and a Chief Executive whose courage
and fidelity to these duties shall not
falter until these results are placed be
yond dispute or recall.
4. In the first act of Congress signed
by President Grant, the National Gov
ernment assumed to remove any doubt
of its purpose to discharge all just ob
ligations to the public creditors, and
"solemnly pledged its faith to make
provision at the earliest practicable
period for the redemption of the
United States notes in coin." Com
mercial prosperity, public morals, and
national credit demand that this
promise be fulfilled by a continuous
and steady progress to specie payment.
5 Under the Constitution, the Presi
dent and heads of departments are to
make nominations for office, the Senate
i3 to advise and consent to appoint
ments and the House of Representa
tives is to accuse and prosecute faith
less officers. The best interest of the
public service demands that these dis
tinctions be respected; that Senators
and Representatives who may be
judges and accusers should not dictate
appointments to office. The invariable
rule in appointments should have ref
erence to the honesty, fidelity, and
capacity of the appointees, giving to
the party in power th se places where
harmony and vigor of administration
require its policy to be represented,
but permitting all others to be filled by
persons selected with sole reference to
the efficiency of the public service, and
the right of all citizens to share in the
honor of rendering faithful service to
the country.
6. We rejoice in the quickened con
science of the people concerning politi
cal affairs, and will hold all public
officers to a rigid responsibility, and
engage that the prosecution and punish
ment of all who betray official trusts
shall be swift, thorough, and unsparing.
7. The public school system of the
several States is the bulwark of the
American Republic; and, with a view
to its security and permanence, we
recommend an amendment to the Con
stitution of the United States, forbid
ding the application of any public
funds or property for the benefit; of
any schools or institutions under sec
tarian control.
8. The revenue necessary for current
expenditures, and the obligations of the
public debt, must be largely derived
from duties upon importations, which,
so far as possible, should be adjusted
to promote the interests of American
labor and advance the prosperity of
the whole country.
0 We re affirm our opposition to
further grants of the public lands to
corporations and monopolies, and de
mand that the national domain be de
voted to free homes for the people.
10. It is the imperative duty of the
gevernment to so modify exi-ting
treaties with European governments,
that the same protection shall be
afforded to the adopted American citi
zen that i- given to th native born;
and that ail necessary laws should be
pa sed to protect, emigrants in the ab
sence of power in the States for that
purpose.
11. It is the immediate duty nf Con
gress to fully investigate the effect of
The immigration and importation of
Mongolians upon the moral and mate
rial meie.ts of the country.
12 The Republican party recogniz es,
with approval, the substanf itil advances
recently made toward i the establish
ment of equal rights for women by the
many important amendments ( fleeted
by Republican legislatures in the laws
which concern the personal and prop
erty lelauorsof wives, mothers anr
widows, and by the appointment and
election of women to the f upcrintend
ency of education, charities, and other
public trusts. The honest demands of
this class of citizens for additional
rights, privileges, and immunities,
should be treated with respectful coa
sideration. 13. The Constitution cox-fcrs upon
Congress sovereign power ever the ter
ritories cf tho United States fcr their
government and in the ex rcise of this
power it is the right and duty of Con
gress to prohibit and extirpate, in the
territories, that reiii of barbarism
polygamy ; and we demand such legis
lation as shall secure this end and the
supremacy of American institutions in
all the territories.
The pledges which the nation has
given to her soldiers and sailors must
be fulfilled, and a grateful people will
always hold those who imperiled their
lives for the country's preservation in
the kindest remembrance.
15. We sincerely deprecate all sec
tional feeling and tendencies. We,
therefore, note with deep solicitude
that tho Democratic party counts, as
its chief hope of success, upon the elec
toral vote of a united South, secured
through the efforts as those who were
recently arrayed against the nation;
and we invoke the earnest attention of
the country to the grave truth that a
success thus achieved would re-open
sectional strife, and imperil national
honor and human rights.
16. We charge the Democratic party
with being the same in character and
spirit as when it sympathized with
treason ; with making its control of the
House of Representatives the triumph
and opportunity of the nation's recent
fc es ; w ith re asserting and applauding,
in the national capital, the sentiments
of unrepentant rebellion ; with sending
Union soldiers to tho rear, and pro
moting Confederate soldiers to tho
front ; with deliberately proposing to
repudiate the plighted faith of the
government, with being equally false
and imbecile upon tho overshadowing
financial questions, with thwarting tho
ends of justice by its partisan misman
agement aud obstruction of investiga
tion; with proving itself, through the
period of its ascendancy in the lower
house of Congress, utterly iacompetent
to administer the government, and we
warn the country against trusting a
party thus alike unworthy, recreant,
and incapable.
TO BE COKTtNUED.
SOME QUESTIONS.
If the supporters of the National
People's party were to support the
State Democratic ticket, would they
share any of the appointments of office?
In short, could or would a Democratic
Governor elected in this way appoint
any man who voted for Weaver a
director of a railroad or any other ap
ment? Betsy Bilkins will please answer .
Betsy eayB no.