The Brookhaven leader., 1891-07-16
ANNOUNCEMENT.

| cceulngS OF Jne seventh COngfcSSl IN
al District Alliance, published in an
other column, the LEADER has been
selected as the official organ of the
Alliance for this district. This honor
and expression of confidence on the
part of our Alliance brethren was an
unsolicited one, and has been accept
ed in the hope that the paper and the
organization may be mutually helpful
to each other in accomplishing the OBJ
iects and aims of the Order.
This congressional district is COM
posed of the counties of Madison,
Kinds, COpiah, Simpson, Claiborne,
Jefferson, Lincoln and Franklin, and,
the Alliance no longer having Il State
organ, the necessity for a district or
gan is urgent. With possibly two cX-
ceptions, the LEADER is the only pa
per in the district that stands square
ly on the Alliance platform and sup
ports its demands. Most of them, we
regret to say, are either openly hostile
to the principal demands of the AL
lance, "boldly neutral" or only sup
porting them in pcrtunctory way,
subordinating everything to the spirit
of partisan politics.
AS the official representative of the
Alliance, the LEADER will constantly
endeavor to bear in mind Il cardinal
principle of the order and weigh
men and parties on their merits - in Il
strictly non-partisan spirit" When
| it betrays Il partisan preference at all,
! it will be toward the men and party
which, in its judgment, nearest repre-
sent the Alliance principles, and
through which there is the greatest
promise of securing the reforms
sought. We are of those who believe
that blind and unreasoning adherence
| to party has been, i'll very large meas
urc, Il curse to our common country,
North and South, and the cause of
most of the governmental ills from
which the MASSES of the people are
suffering to-day. 1t has uSurpcd the
place of craftsmanship among our
leading men, and led thousands and
millions of the common people to
vote blindly and without question
against their own interests. We look
upon political paSties rather as ne
cessary evils, than something to
be deifed and adhered to. right or
wrong We must needs have polite
al parties, because organized effort is
necessary to the successful accom-
plislment of great political reforms, !
but parties are only means to an
end, the vehicle or agency through |
which reform is accomplished. not the
thing itself. When they cease to rep
resent the true principles of govern
ment or fail or refuse to champion the !
interests of the people, they must
give place to Il party that will, or all |
reform is INSTRUCTED and the chief
end of parties and government
thwarted.
The LEADER abatcs none of its zeal
and surrenders none of its devotion
to the cause of Prohibition. Prohi- |
bitionists and Alliance men are logic
al allies. In fact, the greatest
strength of the Prohibition cause in
every portion of the country is among
the sober, steady, moral yeomanry.
AS long as saloons are licensed in the
cities and towns to demoralize labor,
destroy the farmers boys and in
crease his taxes by breeding crime
and as long as the whisky power of
this country controls legislation as it
is now doing, and secures the special
favors the rich distillers now enjoy
by the bonded warehouse system, I'M
der the prctext of collecting a govern
ment revenue from their murderous
product, Alliance men and Prohibi-
tionists everywhere can easily find
common ground to stand upon.
The amount of good the paper can
accomplish will necessarily be deter
mined by the size and extent of its
circulation. In order to increase this
as rapidly as possible, and at the
same time place the paper within
reach of every Allianceman for the
next six months, we have decided to
send it to all NEW subscribers until
January 1, 1892, for 80 CENTS CASH.
BY that time we hope to increase the
circulation to size sufficient to justi-
fly us in making material reduction
in the annual subscription price to
all subscribers, old as well as new,
and at the same time greatly improve
it. Let the brethren send for sample
copies and help us to push the sub
scription list to the utmost.
Democratic State Convention.
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