The Brookhaven leader., 1891-06-25

that we think such insinuations beneath the
dignity of a gentleman.
Resolved second, That we believe IL Is
wrong for any alliance member to patron re
paper that would use such false and abusive
language on the laboring men of America.
These same resolutions were pub
lished in the Alliance Vindicator, of
Sulphur Springs, Tex. The Paris News,
commenting upon the foregoing resolu-
tions, says:
"Our attention has been called to
series of resolutions printed in an OBJ
scure third party organ published at
Sulphur Springs; adopted by the Delta
County Alliance, which is formal an
nouncement of a boycott against the
News. In order to give any one who
may have been misled by misrepresent-
alton it reproduces the article COM
planned of. Here it is in full"
Here follows the paragraph before
quotedl The News goes on to say:
1.-THE meaning of this is too plain to
be misunderstood by any fair minded,
honorable man. 1t is a well known
fact that the National Economist is the
organ of the alleged third party, and it
was to this party that reference was
made when it used the word guerilla.
1t is good word and the News be-
| lieved then, and does now, that it just
fits the case. The author of the reso-
luton perhaps didn't know what the
word meant. In order to enlighten
him we will say that it means band
of irregular soldiers. That is what the
third party men are, in political
sense.
"The News is democratic paper and
can be depended upon to stand by its
principles at all times and under all cir
cumstances. They are the basis of
good government, and to the demo-
cratic party we are indebted for the
blessings a free government vouch-
safed to all citizens Among these are
the freedom of speech and the liberty
of the press, the two great mediums
through which the masses are enlight-
ened, the two champions of the peo-
pies rights For exercising this liberty
and in speaking out against this third
party movement, the News has been
boycotted.
Here we have plain and explicit
declaration that the National Econ
omist is a third party organ. But what
is more, very much more, important
we have an implied acknowledgment
that the persistent and intelligent edu-
cation of the people in the principles
advocated by the alliance must inevita-
bly, muster the alliance forces in the
third party ranks. The reasons for this
are two-fold:
First-Neithcr of the two old parties,
as a whole, can adopt and indorse the
principles of the alliance. The rank
and file cannot, because the bosses and
leaders will not.
Third-The National Economist,
while steadily avoiding partizanship,
tends to destroy it, by teaching devo-
ton to principles rather than fealty to
party.
Let the old line reform papers in the
north There are none in the SOUTH do
their fighting against the common
enemy, the plutocratic press, and let
not only patience but education have
their perfect work." and in due time
we shall see sectional hate allayed, the
race question eliminated and the north
and the south standing shoulder to
shoulder fighting for a common cause
and common misrepresentation
Some think the Economist too slow,
west calls it conservative, while the
south calls it radical, therefore l con-
clude that the Economist is sin the
middle of the road. George c. Ward,
in Alliance Watchman.