Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1891-05-07
VIEWS oF AN ALLIANCE MAN.

class myself. but unfortunately,
sometimes | cant afford even one
galluA Ii l. Ia the men who think
and act. just ~ their leaders think
and act for them. that | wish a.
get At these same men are gopl
alliance men as far as they know.
but the trouble i. they d. not
know enough. One Of the carli-
nal doctrines of the alliance, II
understand Alright. Is fur the e,lu-
cation of the lalroring or prolucing
class In strictly non- partisan
spirit" but how i the lRbofing
c'ass % be educated when u dos,
not try to educate itself ? There
are measures before the alliance
now that require the solar thought
and uni'e'i brains of the whole or
der, not only from tho-o who are
higher ia office. bat from the most
Insi snliicant suh. all tle way az
81 the national body, AMI how AZ,
these questions tn h. dealt Wllh E,
Shall We sit quietly by ard follow
the dictatiun of few
l do not mean to say that W,
have done IL, but there are mtllen.
oes at work that are trS ing a. lul
us To rest on matters Of vitll im-
portance, that are trying 10 mSinu-
s.e themselves lntn the COOL grace,
OF the laboriug elias. through th.
lack of education, In the fuDda
mental principals ~ the order We
do not know, or have forsuitcu th,
objects for which the alliance wa
gct.en up We surely dn uu.
know the purport IT some of III,
bills presented b. the late con srrs-
by the alliance. and why Smpl,
because we haven't taken the truu-
bic to look into them as wc shoul /.
have done, and have left II Ia spmr
one else to Judge a. to whethe,
they we're right or wrong. | ven
ture th. assertion that Que half the
alliance men Of COpiah county
have never seen the sub-treasury
bill.
IDo You understand or have YOU
an hlea of the two present land
loan bills ? Brethren. have you
ever calculated the dire consequent
Gees II the two bills ? Have YOU
ever contemplated the irre,rievahle
ruin that would he brought about
by their enactment into laws II
tl"es not rcquire = George. a Wal
thall or q supreme lu'ii'e IA tell
you that these seasures are not In
accord with the constitution of the
Unitel States.
l don't claim to be lawyer. but
] can see a. Tar into mill-sione as
the man can who picks u, aud IL
ths mcn who adyocat. these meas
ures viii SOW. aud prooy that they
do come under the constitution,
all | have 10 say is this. that they
have a revised elition. 1t /, not
like the copy that have. Equal
rights to ali aud special privileges
to note il what We want. and j.
the main Object la the labnriay
clssses coming together, and neith-
er bill Aboye referred to prols ,-,,s
to 10 that That Is the motto that
all true alliance men and all true
democrats can work under in per
fest harmony Aud simply because
some fellow that wants an office
and propnscs to get II by our vote.
els us that all ~ this i right aul
just. shall wc simply take hi. bare
assertion Tor Il, without a sha.lnw
of proof ? Shall W. las supinely
on our backs until the CALLING
chains of s-rilon are ri.rtl
anound our necks by party ban GERS
o. aud money kings Of Wall street
D. be loosei. never, never' The
Oca.a convention proposed this,
ar something better. Brethren.
lets have something better, rpil II
on this and see how many countles
Ia tine state could have a ware
house Ii takes over eleyrn tluus.
aud bales of cotton at $500 per
bale To get one
Because a man - an alliance
man the alliance does not demand
that yol are bound Ia be lral by
the nose 10y him, il does not rc,iuiro
you 20 support hin Ia oih SO. waea
y"u know he Is drawing your very
liie blool We are awsre of the
fact that every organization Is
bound Ia have "a leu,ler or Leaders /;
Is boanl ~ have intelligence Ia
those leaders for conducting the
affairs 1T the organiza,ipn. anl we
claim that u IL bound to have la
telligrncr, brains anl coal jud Z
m~nt Ia at As a rud,ler in keeping
u strai Sht. for, IL not, IL sill foam
der on the first rock ia which il
comes in contact with. The lead
ers OF this order ia Copiah county
are gentlemen. Their recorl Wiil
show for itself. have no word OF
complaint to offer against them,
but brethren. the best IL lea,lcrs
go wrong sometimes, aud II they
do. bow are we to know II il we 1T
some cue else do our thinking for
usy There j. but one way. and
that Is to educate ourselves up
IN the point at which we will IL
able to discriminate between right
and wrong, to lay Hog anal homi.
ny by at least twice ia each manih
aud discuss aud take action on
these matters Of vital importance
Ia our sub and bursy them beyond
tie hope oi a possible resurrection.
De able to look into motives a.
well ~ measures. as a safeguard to
our future welfare. Education
10 the science of economical gnv-
ernment in a strictly non-pariisan
spirit" Il the only solution Tor the
I lalaartaer claam muH a..s.m.l A.. al :.