Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-06-30
CALL FOR A FOURTH PARTY.

Ed METEOR: Being an old and as
tute politician and having carefully
studied and analysed the Democratic,
Republican and Third party political
platforms and finding them all rotten
and corrupt to the core of evil ten
denotes, calculated in their nature,
design and purpose to bring disaster,
ruin, poverty and destruction to the
masses and believing there is yet hope
of averting the disastrous ruin that
threatens our country by organizing a
fourth political party similar and yet
dissimilar to either of the aforesaid
parties. Similar to some of the fore
going, as it is to be made up entirely
of the ag-tag, bob-tail, dissatisfied,
disafected, disgrunted, grumbling,
growing, whining members of other
political parties and dissimilar az no
man is allowed to become a member of
this party for our trade or influence.
hereby call mass meeting of such
men as the above described to meet at
Hazlehurst on the night of June %,
between the hours of I and o'clock,
for the purpose of organizing and fully
equipping for the war this fourth po-
litical party. When fully organized
we will elect by ballot sufficient num-
Der of men to fully, secretly, stealthily
and sneakingly canvass the entire
county of Copiah. 1t shall be the duty
of such canvassers to lie on, misrepre-
sent and throw their nasty filth
and slime, and even vomit on all other
political organizations. I hereby mott
fly all interested parties that no one
shall hold office in or even become Il
member of this party until he fully en-
dorses and subscribes to the following
oath:
l. A. B., in the presence of these my
disgruntled brethren, do most sincere
! ly promise and swear that the Demo-
cratic party is personally and individ-
ually responsible for the drouths,
cyclones, hail storms, short crops and
low prices of farm products i'll the State
of Mississippi.
furthermore do solemnly promise
and swear that | will not under any
circumstances whatever vote for any
man for office who can read or write or
to more than two dollars a year. And
l further promise and swear that / will
regard an enemy of agriculture any
man who blacks his shoes, wears a
clean shirt and attends church in
town.
do furthermore most solemnly and
sincerely swear by all that is good and
bad, with all the devil and vim there is
in me, that do honestly and sincerely
believe that the property accumulated
by the hard ticks, industry and econo-
my of our wealthiest men ought to be
divided equally between the lazy, dis
gruntled members of this party, and
furthermore swear will never be sat
isfied until this is done. furthermore
tip-toe and rock back on my dew claws
and most solemnly and sincerely, will
ingly and anxiously promise and swear
that l never will plant more than a
half crop of any thing and will under
no circumstances half work that, and
furthermore swear that / will do all
can to keep my neighbOrs from working
theirs or paying their debts, and to cap
the climax, l do with all the earnest
ness of my soul, from the bottom of my
heart, sincerely promise and swear
that | will take my wife's chickens,
butter and eggs to town and trade for
whisky, get big drunk and talk politics.
Believing a party made up of the
above mentioned material would revo-
lutionize the whole county and be a
good thing, urge all who can con-
scientiously take the above oath to be
prompt in meeting at the above time
and place.
.TOSEPH DARTER