The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-02
Not n NIisft.

The MiSsisSippian stated some weeks
since that if the Anonymous correspond
rnt vha had sought the BRooKHAvEN
LFApEK-a VIGOROUSLY anti-democratic
forum-tu misrepresent this journal,
vould break from ambush, it would dc
uouuce him in terms hetitjing falsfcr
and slandrrrr. lie still turks behind a
pes de plume which he disgraCes, and re-
itcrntrS his ralumnieS. lie is therefore
denounced as u liar aud deliberate sian
dcr,r, and 10 remains to lie seen whether
ar urt h. is not also a pulI rOun 7 Aud thus
language tits any editor uttcrIng his libel,
as accrs>ury before the fact.
EpIToR LEADER The above Is the
way the Mississippian responds to my
proposition to apologize if it would
point ont the injustice it claims have
done il. The Alliance members will
I've glad to have in their homes, for
their children to read, this courage
breathing, heightened piece of litcra-
ture. OF course (O none but the
brave, brainy, good and gentcel could
or would write SO elegantly.
The Mississippian is fighting the
Alliance platform and principles, it is
true, but what does that matter? The
Alliance people want and must have
an organ that is able to pronounce
hard, hlstcring auathemas upon any
one of their members, who is so pre-
sumptuous as to publicly insist that
the State organ owes first loyalty to
the Alliance platform and principles.
The Alliance does not know what it
needs. The Ocala Convention didn't
know what the farmers needed, nor did
it know any thing about the L. S.
Constitution. But our organ-the
classical Mississippian-and its par
tisan political friends, understand all
this. Good, smart lords, these. They
are going to set aside SO much of the
Ocala platform rs suits their purposes,
to save lin horny the ignorant far
mcrs from running themselves.
If | can get second and the unani
nous consent of our State organ, |
move the adoption of the following
by all the Alliances in the United
States:
Whereas. The conventions of the
Farmers Alliance, held in st. Louis
and Ocala, utterly failed to make Il
platform that suits the Mississippi
State Alliance organ, and its political
friends; and,
Whereas, This is due to the fact
that the best talent among the farmers
can not tell what will relieve them of
their ills: therefore be it
Resolved, |. That there be no more
Alliance conventions held forever
more, but that the Mississippian, w.
S. McAllister (him that wrteth inter
views tiuently) j. II. Beeman and 9TH
er place warming and place hunting
politicians be hereby implored to hold
II great convention at the city of
Treachery in the hall of Political In
trigue, mature and promulgate plat
form that will suit themselves and
bear the stamp of real smartness.
Resolved, 2. That all subordinate
Alliances throughout this land of the
farmer slave, but the home of the
brave, dictatorial official organ and
cute politicians, are hereby requested
to hold one more (farewell) meeting,
each member subscribe for the State
organ, (paying at least n year in add
vance therefor) sing the doxology,
take one lingering hand clasp, repeat
ing the while "the saddest are these,
it might have been,' and adjourn for
mortal life to the pillow handles, leav
them, biennually, only long enough to
vote the Democratic ticket on which
will be printed the names of the plat
form makers herein above named.
Selah
Mr.. Editor, shall repent my folly
in criticising the State organ as fast
as an Alliance man can, and | beg the
organ not to jump on me so murder
ously with both feet any more till |
have had ample time for complete re-
pentance. | am done with this mat
ter, unless have to beg for mercy or
take up a notion I ought to say some
thing else. / am scared, you see! l
thought thing to represent a thing
ought to represent it, but | was mis-
taken-Alliance organs are an excep-
ton. ALLIANCE MAN.
Partisan Inconsistency.