The Colfax chronicle., 1891-06-20
The Third Party In Louisiana.

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the farmers union store at Mont
gomery, from which it will be seen
that Mr.. Fortson takes the position
that a majority of the union men
of Louisiana favor the third party
movement and, as for himself, he
swallows it hot and whole, just as
it dropped from the Cincinnati po-
litical bakery, fresh from the deft
hands Of the demagogic ringlead-
ers. Passing over Mr.. Fortson's
attempt at "sarkasm," and also his
unfounded charge that the CHRONI-
GLE has lately changed its attitude
and assumed a position hostile or
unfair to the farmer, we will pro-
ceed to discussion of the gentle
mans hasty, ill-advised and unwar-
ranted position. With all due def
ference to the florrid picture he
draws from imagination, we still
insist that the Democratic party is
the only true peoples party in the
land, and through its success and
the application of its principles
alone can our farmers hope for re-
lief from the evils of which they
complain. Our friend, in charging
blame to the score of the Demo-
cratic party, has lost sight of the
fact that this party has not had
lease of power for more than thirty
years, Mr.. Cleveland's adrninistra-
ton to the contrary notwithstand-
ing. In his blind and nnreasoning
zeal he overlooks the fact that in
all these years Democracy has la
bored to establish the very princi-
Piles he would pursuade our union
friends have just lately been pro-
mulgated from union circles. He
pretends not to know that Democ-
racy is composed of the bone and
sinew of the land, farmers, labor
ers, lawyers, doctors and merchants,
and that it contains just as much
virtue, honesty and intelligence as
the third party can ever hope for,
and that it has just as much inter
est in the correct administration of
governmental affairs. He talks of
one party assisting another in die
tating the policy of government, /
when he ought to know that politi-
cal parties only oppose one another,
and the policy or administration of
government simply represents the
defeat of the one and the success
of the other party.
He knows that our counsels have
ever been for the farmers to rule
and control the Democratic party,
because they were in harmony with
il, and through it they could attain
their object and aim, and because
we honestly believed it to be their
vesy best course, yet he has the Of
frontery to accuse us Of evidencing
a spirit of unfairness toward the
union men of our country.
With all of his boastfulness, as
to the great majority of our union
men favoring the third party, he
still harbors some doubt as to the
majority in Louisiana indorsing it
as political movement worthy Of
their support Well he may, for
the yeomen of the land are
sending up their protest against a |
movement which they had no part
in starting. Louisiana had no Off
cial representation of her Alliance |
in Cincinnati, and we decline TO |
believe that any considerable num-
bers have gone into project that
is calculated to weaken their power |
and spoil their chances of winning |
their demands. Taking this view
Of the case, friend Fortson must |
excuse us for disputing his assump- !
lion of right and our own wrong,
and pardon us if we pursue the
sven tenor of our way, regardless
IF his threatning prophecy that we
ire to be ''left" by the people as q
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