Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-06-25
A PREMATURE PARTY.
Third Partyism, Born in Gin
cinnati, Ripe Before Its
Natural Time-NO
Need for Such
q Party.
r,or,esnonaenee of the Ledger,

your columns WOuiu ike 10 say
a little more ON Third Partyism,
inasmuch as q national conven-
ton was very recently held in Gin
.cinnati, and on that eventful day
Third Party was born. In the out
set 1 desire to say that I am a
tiller of the soil, and any laws that
will benefit agriculture would nee-
essarily be a benefit to me. / also
frankly admit that agriculture is
the source of all wealth and that
the American farmers do not re-
ceive a just proportion of the
wealth they produce. And l fur
ther admit that the Iaboring classes
of the land are in a bad fix, and
just as far as agriculture prospers,
80 does the nation; and just as far
as agriculture declines, SO does the
nation; and that something must
be done (and speedily done) or
else we can never be able to pay
the mortgages on our lands from
Maine to California, and from
ocean to ocean. Admitting these
facts, it very logically follows that
this nation is very sick..and needs
a doctor, and needs it now. But
the question is, who shall we send
for. Some one speaks up and says;
"Well, we'll, the Republican doc.
tor is pretty good doctor. Let's
send for him. 1 believe he can
cure u.s." Some Alliance man OF
another sick man of the house
speaks up and says: "My God,
man, where on earth did you come
from2 You are not posted. Why,
we have had that doctor in oul
family for thirty years; and in
stead of curing us, we have beer
getting worse and worse, and to-
day the old man, the old woman
and all the children are sick, anG
our doctor bills have grown Sc
large that we have had to mort
gage our lands, our stock, oul
grain, our tobacco and our cotton
and we are not able to-day to pay
the interest on the debt. So We
say, for Gods sake don't send fol
that kind of a doctor again. But ]
will just tell you the best thing ]
think you can do. There is {
young doctor just born a few
months ago in Cincinnati, O., and
if you will send for him I believe
he can cure you." Some old dar
key from away down in Georgis
speaks up aud says: 'Look here
boys, what kind o. medicine is da
young doctah gwine to glib us po
culled folks ob de South?" "Why
old man, he is going to use an en-
tirely new medicine with you
called Sub b-Treasury pills Why
he is going to call on the govern
ment to establish a warehouse il
every county and fill it with thes'
pills, so that every year during th,
sickly season if you need any, al
lyou have to do is to carry up
load of cotton and get your pills.
"Well, boys, maybe that kind o
Ipills won't cure our disease. w,
have got very contagious diseas
down in our parts, called 'clas
legislation Will it cure that2'
"Oh, yes. 1t will just knock tina
into a cooked hat" By this tim
the old woman of the house see
that the whole family is gettin,
worse and worse, and that some
thing must be done. So she speak
lup and says: ST am going to hav
my way about this matter. w
have tried that Republican docto
long enough and that Cincinnati
doctor is entirely too young. H
has never taken but one course Q
lectures. He don't know how t
cure us. We will just have to fal
back on our old family physician
He knows what kind of medicin
to give US. He graduated unde
old Thomas jefferson, the creates
physician the world has ever ye
produced. Bless your soul, I be
lieve the nations of the earth Cal
sit at his feet and learn for q thous
, and years to come" So the grea
Democratic physician must be sen
for in 1892, and for the best inter
est of our poor, suffering and dyinl
nation hope he may live to come
in order that this great nation ma,
keep her place among the nation
of the earth as the greatest of then
all. I am opposed to Third Par
tyism because it is entirely prema
ture. My father taught me neve
to pull an apple until 1t was ripe
So / say the Third Party is no
! yet ripe. Let 1t hang on the tre,
a little longer and stick to tn,
Democratic party a while yet
Make known your wants ant
wishes, and ask them to franz
them into laws, and if they ar,
not unconstitutional I believe the,
will do it. We ought never to asl
our Lawmakers to frame and pas
. law which is in direct conflic
with the constitution of the Unite,