Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1890-12-25
rHE THIRD PAkTY.


The following article from the
Chica.aw Messenger, whose e,lilon
Mr. Frank Bursitt wa a delegate
30 the recent national alliance,
shows up the third party move
meat Ia different light:
The daily press 10 full az the
most outrageous exAggerations
concerning the action II the ma
tional slliano. with regard 10 what
they are pleased 10 denominAte the
third party movement. This writ
er was a delegate IA the supreme
council 1t Ocala. aud NJ far as we
know. no attempt Was ever made lo
bring the question before the body,
aud the only reference we beard 10
the matter inside the alliance. was
a remark made by DR. McCune, in
which he deprecated any such
movement There were q number
of visitors 81 OcalA. not members
81 the alliance. who made them
selves conspicuous IN their a.lvoea-
cy ~ third party, but they had
little OF No following among the
thoughtful aud conservative mem
bers u the order either north or
south. The statement male in the
Memphis papers u Sunday last,
mixing up the sub-treasary and
the third party racket and under
taking Ia account for the action IL
certain prominent members II the
alliance from the north Eest, Il the
veriest rDt and We are SURPRISED
that an Intelligent correspondent
would give such report ANY ere
dence or that q reputable newspa-
per would admit such stuff b. is
CoiumnA
The truth 10 the partisan news
paper pr,-ss north aud south seem
to h. anxious Ia find something Ia
criticise In the alliance Our
sIuthern papers Jump ON the sub
treasury plan with both feet and
our Yankee contemporaries raise
their hands in holy horror over the
alliances prutest against the
Fnrce bill. and neither are willing
"a do the organizel farmers JUS
tlre. and both stand really to mis-
represent their utterances. objects
aud PURPOSES whenever the oppor-
tunity presents itself. The reason
Tor this j. plain The enterprising
correspondents and able editors on
both sides II the question, under
stand full we'll that With the coming
together - the agricultural anil
wage workers 1T this great country.
the rule Il the sectional sgiiAtor
and demag,igue j. at an enL The
bloody shirt l. burieu. the chasm
winch has diyi lsi the north AMI
south for thirty years j. a. b. till,d
with the blsiirs ~ ranung pJliti-
claus who have thriyed 10y pr,ach-
ing the gospel ~ hate against their
brethren on the opposite siie ol
Mason and Dixons line Ia the
south II l. charged the alliances
striving to disrupt the democrallc
party and in the north Il j. sting
mastl-ed ~ "tho democratic an
mex" Both are false In the
sputh tha farmers cou,itute sewn
tenths a the drmprr.tic party and
they have informed themselves
IN questions ~ public policy Hnd
are simply re-nlse-l b. have some
thing "a say in formulating the
..ar;y platform and naming it. can
didatcN
The alliance Is At hnma ia the
lcmpvratic party thruu- huut the
southern states. and H. membrrs
don't propose 10 be- eiectel, bat
they will teach Old political l,arna-
cles. who. Ike Haskill. concluded
they are bigger than the party,
valuable lessons, Whenever the
necessity arises In tie northeast
our brethren have already organ
ized third party movement. aud
Tor our part ve bil them God
speed. and would extend "a them
all the moral and material all IA
our power We care not what they
call themselves - hong a. they hat
tie for the principles which we're
FIRST annunciate,l by Jefferson. and
which must triumph, II America Is
10 remain the land II the free.