Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1891-10-29
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Farmers revolt against their old
masters and this setting MP u the
Alliances Il pronounced by Wade
Hampton who poses somewhat alb
surdly as q statesman" an "rph-
emeral disturbance" Gen. Hamp-
ton insists that the Alliance Is
dying. He tells thai several dis
tinct efforts to consolidate the
farming populations have failed
and that this last will share the
fate Of the rest Why might not
Gen. Hampton say a. truthfuIly
and more philosophically that the
Alliances were. not long ago. the
Wheel or the urange OF the Agri-
cultural society and that these
have been slowly absorbed by the
most powerful and most durable
81 all associations yet instituted by
this class Of our fellow citizens
Transformations which these so
cieties have undergone and their
steady growth In moral and hnan-
cial power should lead Us 10 sup
pose that the Alliance would be-
come an association as powerful
as the working CLASSES consolidated
IN one compact resistless force
can produce IL II fail today IL
will assume q better shape and
more comely aspect tomorrow. and
Il would seem that he who COM
pared the Alliance with the Know
Nothings aud pronounced them
alike worthless, forgot that there
Was no solid basis 81 fact aud only
q prejudice 81 Americans against
lrishmen that constituted the
foundation stone and origin 81
Know nottingham.
There l. vast sum 81 money
and an age 81 wrong and robIrry
at the bottom ~ this revolt u the
people against their old masters
IL Is no empty delusion that
sprang mainly from the prejudice
81 Professionalism against Roman
ism.
But Gen. Wade Hampton and the
breezy Commercial say that the
Alliance l. dying Perhaps the
wish i father 90 the Thought The
Alliance Is constituted Of the mud
stills 81 taxation. Their old mas
terS GerI. Hampton among the
rest are left without followers
Many party leaders and lifelong
placeholders are stranded They
are gathered in towns aud villages
and in front II corner groc-ries
these bright afternoons 81 indian
summertime They DO tell and
prophecy most dolorously ~ the
waning fortunes II the unhappy
Alliances Here and in village
green's and pretty parks and in dis
NAL ofhces. where men talk politics
and of tho chances IL winning Office
and Of so't places, here are found
the men with broken-hearted
Hampton. nov out ~ q loh, deplor-
ing the coming dissolution q the
Alliance In assemblies like these
81 en- Office holding gentry there
are no Alliance-men but there one
can hear dolorous stories told by
Harris and Hampton and Morgan
and ueorge, old party leaders who
may lose. in this popular revolt
against an indefensible system 81
taxation, the great body a their
old voting forces Harris anil
Hampton and Morgan and George.
always in Office and always accus-
toned 10 instant obedience 30 their
dccrees are outraged that the com-
mon people should dare 10 think
for themselves and declare for the
restoration ~ the simple honest
government a our fathers.
Itsa pitiful fact that these life
long plaoe-holders are absolutely
amazed that these common people
have revolted The plaos-hold,r,
al course. can see no adequate
reason for IL These honest simple
rulers Of the people and lifelong
Office holders. can't see Why the
people are tired ~ a state Of things
% emineutly satisfactory 10 the
untaHed Office holding class and 10
the trusta You ran't make q man
who has lost Office and power or Is
threatened with such a calamity
you cant make him believe that
there ID rhyme or "raison a, etre"
for the Alliance.
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