The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1892-03-12


the Alliance people, with their
Irresistible power in the form of
ballots and a righteous cause, can
b held down to iudicinus and
SAFE exercise ot that power and la.
ttuenc-, Is the question. [ have
great confidence in the masses of
| the people when q degree of in
tel'igence exists sach as obt lins
1mong our people, and | am salts
iied that in the near future, if al
lowed to do so, will cluster around
peaceful and profitable solution
II this question: Sulutioa that
viii not hatm any section or any
l'Ss of our c t'zen ship. This de-
'ends very largely upon thos WIN
II now !, aiding or eudeavoring to
10 al the masses OF tue ptop,e. 4
peop.e- often do what indi iduaI,
lo--f,itt-r away their strength
ID opportunity trying to accom-.
plish possibilities. knew one
plor mortal man who spent 30
wears, in The prime of life, trying
TO invent p rpetu Il motion. TO he
lpplled to machin ~. He was
honest, earnest and confident, and
vet he died prrmhturely, unhonor-
ed aud unsung, with the great OBJ
Jrct of his life wrapped in a stroud
eter al darkness. L. may be
possible that The Alliance people
wi |, like this man, ( loving in the
Oos e IS Of some honest, ca adid
aud c1ntid, mt le q rs, was then
jouth and strength, and dlsappe r
yhlle the process on goes bv. |
,ope not AMI | believe nor. | re-
ut, hat beleve the Alliance
oiile 10 be an honest people, an
arnest people aud a co.iid NJ
1eopnr, and at the sam, time a
stn ions and thinking D oplr.
Those who are now dickering with
them, whether 70 tile purpose OF
Tedking up their org inization, or
for personal ggrandizement, or
rum mlsp aced Judgment aud CON
siction, may Tor il while excite
them ami mlSlead them but sober
'ense wall soon return. and they
Ill ask THESE important qaestiDns:
Are your methods I'd your plans
tor our relief safe and advi-able2
'nd eau Noa guarantee lility 10
, All us through the wilderness.
) e. the JUr an, and inlo tile land
II CaDaami La other words,
Methods may he apparently right,
on -istent aud plausible, ami at
the same time with no force or
power of execution. There are thr e
'OltIcal parties organized ia this
ouHtry. Two of them are power
ful and controliing-the other is
weak and impotenf. The great
question that is disturbing the
Alliance people today is to VIII ch
1f these parties shall they look Tor
Immediate and permanent relief, or
whether they shall co ,tinue to ell
ncate and appeal to all alike, de-
pending upon the righteousness Of
their cause and an increased
strength that would necessarily he
drawn from ach and all, aud in
The end, as a balance of power
Standing between these political
parties, recover their rights IJ
makes great difference in the
solution of this question which of
these parties is both wlling and
be tn accord the needed legisla-
tipn Both willingness AMI ability
mast combine to give relief from
ether party. Oar people are now
steering between Scyla on the one
side and Charybiis on the o her,
touching independent political
actlol. If tn masses of the Alll-
.tnce people in III 1T choice On this
point should make "a mistake ami
see their organization mutilate,i
aud despoiled-Al that they have
acquire up 10 the present lost,
and th ir future hop s das ed to
the ground-they Will have them
selvss and their advisers to blame.
Hence, it is extremely hurGenSome
and dangerous TO assume the posi-
t on of ! leader at this .juuctnrc. A
hort time, prrhaps, viii bring to
The snrf,ce suffi lenf light TO en ,hie
onr people TO walk the difiicull
p til with safety.
l.. Il. LIVINGSTON.