Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-09-08

rs IL too often does, TO friends of the
traffic for its bread, talks of Noah and
thunders of Melchisedec, and before
this greatest of all the aggregations of
crime known to human history, is
dumb. New political parties spring
into existence, look at the strong holds
of this Moloch, shake their heads and
and pass resolutions about the curren-
cy and the tariff IL is left to you aud
to those who have the courage to
espouse the cause Of real reform, to
dare tell the truth about this monster
and uncover its crimes before the
world
The Prohibition party is the real
party of reform. 1t socks to eradicate
the disease rather than temporize with
it's symptoms And i'm its advocacy of
the destruction of the liquor traffic
invites to its support all lovers of
country, regardless of section. The
Republican and Democratic parties
would die in an hour if there had been
no such thing rs estrangement of the
two sections. They have only two ar
ticles of diet tariff and blood. In
every national election these issues
are re -vamped and paraded anew be-
fore the American people. Neither
party, when in power. attempts TO Sci
tie these questions. They would not
dare t. settle them. This is he bona
of union between these twin advocates
of the liquor traffic. To sever it would
cause the death of both. The Prohi6i-
ton party believes III reunion. It
stands for the annihilation Of Il SOC
tionalism that is iuimical TO good GOV
eminent and disgrace to our civiliZa-
10 ttlnI nn1
settled right. | have seen my father,
who enlisted from Texas as a soldier OF
the rebellion, and his brother, who en-
listed from Illinois as Il soldier of the
Union, knoel together at my own
hearthstone in family prayer. And |
have seen them together, each having
left his old political party, voting the
Prohibition ticket. AS between these
brothers who once faced each other on
the battle field, all strife and animOsi-
ty have died, so ought ali bitterness to
perish between the North and South,
for we indeed are brothers, and all
alike should be Eeenly alive to the wei
fare Of our common country. When
the SectionaliSm now perpetrated 10y
the old political parties shall have
ceased there viii not then be any talk
of Force bills or suppressed votes IN
the South The death of sectionalism
means division of both the white and
colored voters of the South along new
lines of thought, and will settle for
ever the political aspect of the race
question.
Moreover, the triumph of the ProLi-
bition party means the settlement OF
the labor problem All the monopo-
lies and trusts in Christendom would
be powerleSS to munacle the }ab0ring
millions of our land if there were no
saloons To absorb their hard-edruel
wages. With our iaboring classes
spending Il billion dollars annually for
intoXicant&, and this condition aug
mented by our tariff laws that rob tae
poor to enrich the millionaire, il Is no
wonder that gaGat poverty pincheS tao
tOiler ard that starvation knocks at BIS
door. With a country filed with Ia
borers who spend net 4 cent for liquor,
the labor problem would find speedy
solution. The American brewer and
diStiller and bar keeper are OppressOrs
of labor, and more to be feared than all
the other mOnopoics III the land. When
labor unions shall organize to fight the
drink traffic. and when they shall
cease to fight the smoke, but reach
IlONu W pun OtlI TIC lllCy idDOI Will pt
emancipated and its shackled limbs set
free.
Believing that the Prohibition party
is the God-ordaned instrument for the
salvation of the nation and that its
success means the establishment of
patriotic government, | accept your
nomination If fail of election be it
known unto all men that | would
rather be the defeated candidate of the
Prohibition party than the successful
candidate Of party which achieved
success through the vote of the slums.
BY and by in his own good time, the
ever-reigning God will give us victory
and this land shall indeed be 'the land
of the free and the home of the brave"
With faith III the righteousness of our
cause and leaning for help upon the
Divine arm, let us to the accomplish
ment of our unselfish purpose pledge
our lives, our fortunes and our sacred
honor.
Yours respectfully,
JAMES B. CRANFILL.
Waco, Texas, July %, 1892.