Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-08-11
THE SECOND DISTRICT.
Harmonious and Aggressive
Speech by Gen. West.

Harmonious and Aggressive
Speech by Gen. West.
Editor Mississippi Leader:
The most perfect harmony prevails
among Peoples party men in the Sec
ond district. There is not a single
man who is asking the nomination OF
the district congressional convention,
which holds its second meeting in
Holly Springs Aug. 30th, though
there are good men who it is under
stood would accept.
A zeal for the cause is everywhere
manifest, and every Peoples party
man will be an earnest persistent
worker from now until the election i,
over. There is already large follow
ing in every county in the district,
and seemingly conservative men claim
two thirds of the voters in o few
counties already.
Mr.. Kyle will certainly have an in
teresting time trying to convince our
people that they should not unite with
the great West in the Peoples party
for the overthrow of plutocracy,
rather than bow at the feet of the
Wall street, so-called, Eastern de-
mocraey, through fear that the six or
eight thousand negro voters of our
State may get on top of $4,000 whites.
Since the scathing denunciation of
Gen. West is heralded throughout the
district, it will be an eloquent tongue
that convinces some folks that the
"stuffed Prophet" has any very strong
anti-force bill proclivities any way.
| regret that stenography is not one
of my accomplishments, that l might
report verbatim the eloquent words of
Gen. West on this point. But then,
they would lack the ringing oratory
and stern dignity of the grand old
man to give them the tremendous
force of yesterday.
Substantially he said: "When the
South was about to be destroyed, lib
-erty trembling in the balance, and her
able Senators were straining every
nerve, speaking as men seldom speak,
and had succeeded in forming q COM
binatiOn with the Republican Senators
from the silver States, which combina-
ton held down the force bill on the
one hand, and held up free coinage
on the other, Cleveland iuterposed his
celebrated anti silver letter, which,
could iG have served the only possible
motive, would have broken up the
combination in the Senate, and in all
human probability, the South would
to-day be cursed with the force bill"
The man who, to serve Wall street
in defeating free coinage, would jeOp-
ardise white supremacy in the South,
is hard one to defend. We think
we can find more trustworthy anti
force bill associations in the West
than this Wall street gang; besides,
they are with us for free coinage and
financial reform.
We will conclude by urging the
boys to a vigorous campaign. Not
mudslinging. but work in quiet, dig
nified, determined way. We can af-
ford to be nothing but manly
"Thrice armed is he who hath bis
quarrel just" Let us seek a calm,
deliberate discussion, a thoughtful
consideration of the great principles
for which we battle, and all will be
we'll. AS certain as day follows night,
the American people will throw of
the yoke of tyrant capital. We were
not born to be slaves. The reform
movement is progressing with won
derful rapidity, and is simply invinci
BILE. Let demagogues howl, denounce
malign; let plutocrats threaten, de-
stroy, if they can. "The blood of the
martyrs is the seed of the church."
J. HI. SIMPSON.