Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-03-14
MACON BEACON.
Saturday. ~ Oh IA, 1884.

~ 49,
tcd to do the Alliance great injustice
aud believing that neither of yo
would do the order an intentions
wrong, I beg leave through your col
umns to correct the errors into wlicl
bath Of you have fallen, as well us 9th
ers who ate writing. in u count.
trrss, and to present the action of tn
Alliance through the resolutions u
they appear and not to distort them t.
suit the fancy of any one desiring Il
Gaa fault with everything that is con
,rary to their wishes. Replying tt
your editorial, l would say that the at
tcntiou OF each sub-Alliance had beer
ralled TO the full and free discussion
of this very subject, not as to who
they would select as candidates, but
as to The propriety of the County AL
lance in mass meeting assembled, moi
in Il delegated convention as you make
itappear,~ Suggesting and recommend.
ing to the Democratic party and ask
that they ratify and endorse the fol.
lowing nominations by convention,
primary election or otherwise rs. they
may deem proper. Now Mr.. Editor
mud Mr.. Rivcs does the above dictate
to the party as you both say and as
You both cndeavo- TO make believe,
that if the party docs not endorse the
suggestions aud nominations that we
as an Alliance are going TO break the
Democratic ranks to elect II men!
Can language be simpler, palmer, more
like a petition and farther and trcer
from dictdtioa, than to suggest and
recommend 10 the party true and
tried democrats, average taxpayers,
men who have been fully weighed and
never found wanting and ask their en-.
dorscmen!? Every member of the
farmers Alliance Of the county was
invited to this ass-mccting and pre-
pared TO vote upon the question wheth,
er we should select four men from the
Democratic vote Of one thousand, be-
fore any candidates were announced
or called On through ahe press to rep
resent us in both Houses of the Legis.
lnlurc, thereby letting the Office seek
the man and not the mat the office,
Our resolutions further requested
that the Democratic FIX. Com. make
appointments at the different voting
precincts prior TO the holding of the
primary elections, so that the candi-
dates for the Senate and Legislature
can discuss the issues before tho peo.
pie and request that every ma attend.
Any dictatlOn there? Or is it a plain
request, not only for the candidates
suggested by the Alliance, but all 9th
crs who desire 10 enter the political
arena for the above offices.
AS to Mr.. Rivcs's article | can't see
q single point he has made against the
order. and especially when consistency
steps in and contrasts his record with
that OF the action of the Alliance, and
! would refer him to the Bible sugges-
ti0n-"first cast out the beam out of
thine own eye aud then thou shall see
clearly 10 cast out the mote out of thy
brothers. eye" He saws if such body
Che Alliance constitute the whole
team that is to pull through to victory
the Democratic chariot, then LET their
convention do so and so.
II our memory serves us correctly,
a short time since. Mr.. Rivos, whose
democracy no Il questions, seated
himself in that beautifully decorated
golden chariot. fastened to.it all the
Democratic members Of :he bar at
Macon, except u few who had mus
tang strains bred in their nature that
would not tamely submit to his "dicta.
tion,' drew the reins taut. cracked his
whip owe their heads and drove them
down to Jackson, without turning his
head to the right or left TO witness the
vast multitude of Democratic voters
who stood by the wayside clamoring
for the right to say who should try
them for their rights, their property
and their lives, not vcn asking or car
ing If his elevation to the iud9eship
met with the approval of those who
paid the taxes, costs of litigation, &c,
and driving this small Democratic
team to the Dcnocra ic executive Of
flee. demanding that he be appointed
Judge Of u Chancery district. So
you see, Nr Rives was perfectly will
ling TO serve as judge at the request
aud solicitation OF ten or twelve Dem.
ocrats aud feared 10 deadly blow to
the party when he holds up his hands
in horror at the idea of the farmers Al
lianc of the county. on account of their
overwhelming nunbers, as. he says,
suggesting and recommending to the
Democratic party for endorsement the
names of four OF its citizens, who have
neither sought or desired !hc position.
"Oh! consistency, thou art a jewel"
mans inhumaniiy TO man nc" Sauce
for the goose, &C."
The only ditfcrcncc.-Mr. Riyes a
candidate from choicc-tle four rep.
rcscutatives called without their
knowledge or consent.
Now, Mr., Editor, you stated il cor
rcctly, in closing yoar editorial, that
IL is In nc sinse nomination that even
Alliance men ME sboand BIZ; that il
WIS ouiy q rccomm alton OF men
representing a large class of our citi.
aeNs who entertain views that are not
iaimical TO any interest Of the state.
Tho Alliance has suggested these
flames to the Democratic party. with
out Knowing whether thoy will stand
for nomination or not. One of them
has already refused, and the others
will accept or decliuc at the quarterly
meeting in April. We believe that
Legislation, both State and National,
Has been preiudicial TO the agricultu'
rnl interests, and that four fifths oil
our population being engaged III that
pursuit, entities us TO a respectful hear.
Ing at the hands of The Democratic
party, aud we arc further apprised oil
The fact TINT the building up OF the
agricultural Interests of the state viii
advance all other callings in like pro
portion. We have no candidates vel
before the people. and II we do have
they will be subject to the action Of
the Democratic party, and whoever
that party dominates will receive thu