Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-09-29
A NEW PARTY,
Whcr Seeded When Justiliable-lt
The Time Ripe tor 1t?


ron lo92.l
When any number of citizens
become dissatisfied with present
conditions and the attitude of OK
isting parties thereon. have they a
right To- step out Of old party or
| Ganizations and form a new party
around a. new issUe:
TO thi, question we answer both
yes" and mo. " SO far as the
right of the citizen to exercise his
suffrage free from the dictation OF
others Is concerned we answer eui
question in the affirmative.
To disturb present and desirable
conditions, to rlt39nEcr their CON
tiHuFnce t. distract the public
mind over Il mere vagary, to en-
gender bitterness and bogct dis
cord, are matters of so serious u
character that. unless sufficient
cause can be shown, those engaged
in the organization of Il new party
viii find it difficult to defend their
course.
To Justify the organization of IL
new party, at least four points
should be capable of reasonably
clear demonstration.
/. The question about which the
new party organizes should be
large enough to warrant the effort
ii is proposed to make.
;. 1t should bea question clearly
political in It's character, requiring
for its solution the agency Of some
political party.
,. Il should be an issue which
existing parties. from the nature
OF taeir composition, ar" iucompe-
tent to handle.
/. There should beno great qaaS-
ton Of magnitude and importance
at issue between the other parties
the settlement Of which will be de
mycd or endangered by the pre-
syntation Of a new question.
To what extent does the issue oi
the Prohibition, rs presented by
the Prohibition party, comply with
these conditions
!. The factors which have en-
tered most largely into the great
po4tlca! problems OF our people,
and winch must always remain as
the prominent clements OF such
problems, are TIVE III number-the
moral factor and the hlaHclal
factor
is new ISSUE prcSented ami "
new reform urged: Inc l'IFI"'
and the statesman ask at once
Wv hat relation mas tins issue 70
the moral and material welfare OF
the people;
A. a moral question the fro-
mDluon Issue Is certainty a large
question most Intimately related to
the making OF good cluz}nS ana
! bad citizens. The traffic III mtoN-
lcarng liquors Is the opponent OF
the church, the enemy OF the
home, the destroyer ol domestic
peace, the promoter OF crime and
the breeder OF corruption.
10 particuIa1ze or to dwell upon
this assertion would be idle. Mi
men everywhere cQncedo its truth.
But our issue IS large as imam
cial one, and, viewed simply in It's
relations toourmaterial prosperity,
constitutes the most important
problem now up for solution.
Against the traffic we charge:
l. That it creates no wealth.
,. That its so-called values are
fictitious, not real.
3. That it causes increased tax
alton.
I. That it decreases the product
i've ability of consumers.
). That the vast army of men
employed in the various branches
Of the traffic are housed, clothed
and fed, doctored i'll illness, and
dccently buried after they are
dead, without having rendered
society the slightest return service
of real value.
Is it asserted that men grow
we.lthy in the business: hence it
must be wealth-producing.
SO many a burglar, gamb-
Ter, a piclpocket, Il thief, grow
wealthy.