Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-04-21

BROGAS HILL, Mss

April Actnr Act--
ED. EAGLE On the 9th OF the
present month q gosdly number
of our citizsGs assembled in tbs
Court House. and. after prslimL.
. nary arrangements. Ushsred IN
the Third or Peoples Party
The dim outline Of a dark AID
ominOuS cloud u just shO wing
itself, the faint Hash of Iixhsin
ing. the almost InaGdible rumble
of distant thunder can lust be
heard Ibis dark mass IS near,
ing rs and | fear that awful lie
struetiOn viii be found in this
cloud. wake ualess some power
or party arises to prevent it,
am not = Third party man
bat am wiling for the people 90
mass themselves and take into
consideration matters pertain
ing 10 state and national affairs.
II they hav'nt the inherent right
TO 90 this, let the leaders Of De
moeracyand RepubiieaEism Goa
lesce aud take the right of fran
chise from the producing class
and TX It's power aIGEe with the
mznipuiators OF commerce. The
people have a inst and equIta
bic cause for their action. and
the wonder is that open revolt
has not been the consequence.
Every tax that Is paid. every
I0t5 of expense by this govern
aent, cones on: of the produc
er. Cotton, the money crop of
the South sells for o cents and
then after 1t passes through tue
vast army of cotton buyers.
compresses, dray combines.
warehouse charges commission
merchants and the railroads.. Z
- placed on the counter OF the
cOuatry merchants. a., from
twenty cents TO two dollars per
pound
Every article OF commerce Is
handled and held subject TO the
orders OF trust, money is pool
ed and the people are bled, still
yOu hear the old Saw Farmers
ought TO organize ami confer as
20 the best mode Of producing
4 variety Of products. bus they
must not 20 into politics, they
Eill Just ruin themselves If they
20 into politics." The Govern
ment buys eighty seven aada
nall cents worth of silver. and
forces the people to take il for
one hundred cents, and they
must not say anything. We, the
combines, trusts, p0olers, moueT
manipalators and thorough eda
Gated politicians viii 4tteuG TO
this
The poor man who owns a
small house and lot IN a rural
town pays more taxes IN pro-
portion than the banker with
his capital of Sd, 060 and who
loans nifty other thousand OF de
p0sIts at ten or more per cent.
and still the cry comes don't
90 into politics. Then again.
Ifthe producing class show their
brissles and but Just a little the
genuine, blue blO0ded poIrsi-
cian viii say that they are
-rascals, scouEdrels and thieves
and that they ought not tn be
allowed TO vote. or have any
rights whatever
The ecst of selling goods bv
drunmers 10 dffeen per cent
and the consumer must paw K
aud say nothing The sugar re
liners can form atrust and raise
the price Of sugar two ar three
cents per pound and allow
Wholesale dealers f. eents per
pound rebate If they will handle
no other than their sugar, and
consumers must pay 1t and say
nothing. This il all right. they
have the money and can do
anything, you farmers go home,
live harder, make more to eat
keep your children II home and
work them night and day, build
up your fences, tx I'D gardens.
plant more things TO eat and De
sure to raise sorghum, a big
crop, it is healthy aud no ehsmi-
Gals IN t. Don't go il deot even
il your families are sick, and If
they are sick all the year, make
more To eat, get looms and
weave your own clothes and be
sure to make more sOrghun.-
Such is the advice of the non
producer. | said in ths 5egiu-
ming that | am not ThIrd party
man, / re assert It, but any this,
that II is right for labOriug peo-
pie to eo.dbine their political
strength and offer thts power TO
the party that will guarantee
the reform demanded or some
thing equivalent. The South
erner cannot annex himself 10
the Republican party, high tarif
is the strongest plank in their
! platform and they viii never
tear il out. The demands OF
the Labor CRicns are right. they
are Democratic, they should he
recognized aud if the Deno-
cratic party would be sensible,
they could elect a Democratic
President this fall vita this
power at their side.
OLIVER TWIST.