Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1891-06-04
fHt SUB-TREASURY.
NJ. Hnrnes Discusses its I'm.
prsetieabiIity.
EpfroR SiaxAL

In your issue 81 the 2lst inst. |
see wha, purports 10 be a reply to
ar comment on an article written
by me, and published in the SI0-
SAL ON the 9Th. 10y one Mr.. wm.
NJ. Kcthley | will state at the out
set, that the article was not writ
ten to provoke a newspaper con
tIoyersy nor DO ] propo-e 10 carry
On one on the sub-treasury ques-
ton. a. Il i too ably discussed 10y
Others who are far better qualified
% do II than | am. out take IL As
an act % iustic. TO myself 81 cor.
rect some statements made 10y Mr..
Kethley in regard 10 the article
mentioned above, aud also 10 Try
aud enlightcn Mr. Kethley as %
some Of the principles of the Alli-
Ance Nc Kethlcy beg,uz by
quoting me IN regard 10 the clu-
cation u alliancrmcn 10 = non- par
tlsan spirit. and continues but
beforc lac gets through be repea,s
over and over again. that the alli-
Gnce and the drmocrAlic party are
one and the same. This en-
phatically deny ! did eXpcct a fair
criticism on my artice of the eth
Ia case Il was criticised at all. but
| did not look for auy such mis-
quo aiuns ~ this. II Mr. kcthley
had - taken the trouble % put on
bis "spccis he would have found
this. that ] sad IA rrgarl TO lie
mooracy. wa Equal nights to all,
and special fayors o. none, l. what
we want, and j. the main object in
the laboring classes coming tngrih-
or, and neither bill above referred
Co, propose b. 10 that That i
the motto that ali true alliance men
aud all true democrats CAS work
under In perfect harmony. and
AgAin, ''they are b,th in the same
boat and CAN both fight under the
same banner Can NJ kcthley
construo the above 80 a. to Justify
him IN saying that | said the alli-
Sncc and democrutic party were
one and the same ? Mr. kethley
says a man cant be a good alliance
man and be a democrat. ora good
repablicun, or IN other words, can't
be party man" Mr. kcthlry
can b. a true alhanc"man' an :
u M.thuliz'. Bupri-. or Camp
b.hte
There shall no, b, am political
nor religion. test for mcmborshIp,
l. one Il the laws ot the order.
which Mr. kethlcy will .fnl la Art
~, Src. III. of tie constitution.
which ! think will cover the ground
completely. but | would ike to
know what would become Of the
true alliance man" n be- belpnsrl
10 no party at all, just simply a
true alliance man Would ynu
call him a -calawag, mu2wump,
or what would be- b. The de.hni-
ton of Party" ~ mistake not,
IL. a faction" aud faction means a
political party. aul | think aud am
willing tu leave It 10 any fair mind.
that under the laws of the order
GU Ited above, that man can IL a
par y man; but 4 he cannot, be
must bc sOrc-head, carpet bag
yer or a shyster of some Kind
Aud again. ia speaking o. the
sub-troasury bin, Mr. Ksthley says,
both of which Mr. Barnes seems
30 think gr,at errors, etc, yet he
fails 20 throw any light on. or sug-
gest anything better than either II
them" dill not deem u worth
while ai the time the article was
written b. Try 10 throw ANY light
ON the -ubjcct, or 10 suggest any.
thing oetter." A. Gcorge aud others
were throwing light enough on IL
to show Il up Ia all oi IT, ugline-s,
and when you convince a mau
against his will. be- l. Of t'.e same
opinion still HoWever. a,me ~
the defects Il the bill ran h. poin-
BEL out ~ Mr.. krthley. and II he
will lay all prejudice aside, Il y
very, very strange Ia me, that he
could ~ an alliance man. adso-
cate any sucA measures First
there il no Law under which such a
ball could be p~s-,sl The govern
ment is supposed m leyislsie In tie
interest of all ani II i IN u 4 b e
come Law, !, would l'c apw in
the hands q the. party now in
charge ot rsairs, by which they
could plAc, any one in charge 81
The warehouses they liked How
many balls of cotton would Mr.
Kethley lepo-ii in a ware hou-e
xith a negro CLERK : II would
cause aninhation of currency at one
season u the year, and a eonirae
ton at lnosher. aud the n'oney IL
self waald have no stable l'asis at
anx tina eotton bsinu the only