Mississippi leader., 1892-07-21
Backed by Unanswerable Argu.
ment and Logic.
Let Party Bosses and Dcma-
gogues Face the Music and
Answer to the People.
The Force Bill Cry False and
COwardly.
Editor Mississippi Leader:

tracted currency, the price of labol
and it's products, falls lower and lower
Some years ago five pounds of cottoI
paid dollar of tax; to-day it requires
ID or 20 pounds and as consequence
of the high tax and big dollar policy,
half our cotton now goes for taxes. Sc
it does seem that all who will, may read
lily understand, it's not tariff alone, OF
high taxes that ruin the farmers but
also, the big dollars in which he is re-
quired to pay them and the big dollar
even more than high taxes.
With half our cotton going for taxes,
and horde of monopolies preying upon
the other half, the farmers appealed to
the country, in non partisan spirit,
for lower taxes, more and cheaper cur
rency, and such government control of
corporations as would force them to
deal fairly with us and stop saying ''the
people be damned"
Inthe South we expected nothing,ask-
ed nothing at the hands of the Repub-
licans But, two years ago, when the
Democratic party in 80 States declared
for free coinage. and other reforms, we
did expect something; and the toiling
millions elected a tremendous Demo
cratic majority to the popular branch
of Congress.
Now, what? Free coinage is defeat
ed, the Mckinley tariff virtually un-
challenged, the most extravagant ap-
preparation bills on record promptly
passed by that same Democratic house;
and not one measure of relief is given
the tax-ridden, monopoly-cursed peo-
pie.
Again the party meets in National
council TOR the politicians did evident
ly, the people were not in it, and laid
free coinage on the shelf, repudiated
old Hickory's fight against the banks
favored a wildcat currency through
corporations and ''the great tariff re-
former" so-called, through his ex
secretary and other henchmen, tried
to straddle the tariff To me it seems
worse than a straddle, for, if to promise
mot to injure certain industries tha
have come to rely upon legislation fol
: successful continuance" is not pledg,
|, to continue the protective system, and
} by the way, frank paternalism," or '.fed
eralism run mad" what is it I?
Now, these demagogues expect t.
come before the people, ply the party
lash, terrorize us with Force bill rack
ct, and compel us to vote for the big
bellied yankee on Wall street plat
form; or count us out, under Force
bill of their own, that is without ever
the form of law to sustain it.
Such men as Allen g. Thurman hav,
pointed out the fearful condition o
the industrial classes and made elo
quent appeals in our behalf. Senator
Voorhees, is among the number anC
, even Gen. George, the last time heart
from him, which, by the way, was las
summer, said, 1.-THE farmers complain
that their condition is desperate. M,
observation teaches me the complaint
is well founded etc. 1t cannot bt
denied then by any, save the small
demagogue, that we have good grounds
ito howl calamity"
What will the bosses do then? Will
they come before the people and tel
us, I'VE know you are between the devi
, and the deep sea, hades and the irOI
works, but you must grin and endure
or we are nightly afraid the negro viii
git you ?" Shades of Thos. Jefferson
. and thou ghost of Andrew jackson, heal
, it !! We can't have free coinage, which
you left us; we are cursed by the
banks which you throttled and destroy
ed ridden to death by taxes and de
, voured by minopolies, because, for
sooth, we stand in mortal dread of q
few sons of Africa
Is this Democratic craftsmanship
; Think you it will satisfy a free.borr
people ? A thousand times no. If in
deed we have only a choice between
negro rulers ON the one hand, and
! slavery to corporations on the other
, then, it were better to blot us from ths
face of the earth. But tbs not SO. Ii
Mississippi, at least, the negro is prac
tically disfranchised. But if he wasn't
the Force bill is the most cowardl.
argument that was ever used to insult
| a great people.
The white people own the South, anC
no power on earth, Force bill or M
Force bill, can compel us to give em
lployment, home and education, to al
! implacable enemy. We do not her
design to threaten the negro; for h,
is out of politics and seems content
Besides. in his place, which is not a
! the head Of government, we are hi
!, | friend. / simply mean to show tha
negroes can rule in the South onl.
9 when the white become base enough Il
lallow it which we do not allow is |
possible contingency.
5 The man who, understanding tn
J situation, desires negro rule in tn
. South. deep down in his diabolica
black heart, desires the destruction 0
3 this fair land.
= Tie man who would surrender us al
. slaves to corporations is no better.
But what are you going to do abou
lit? Well, the question Is no longe
will there, can there, should there be
r division Of the white vote in the South
Division already exists in every moo
and corner. There are two white-man'
c parties here. One is true Democrac,
{ opposed to national banks, or wlld-ca
money, opposed to corporation rule |
any form, and favoring free coinage,
sound currency by the general govern
ment, lower taxes, and equal right
a The other a nominal Democracy, crini
: ing at the feet of Wall street, and PR
Iposing TO vote whether they favored
Q or not, against the demands of an on
ragged people and obey the command