The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-09-09
1For the Marietta Journal
A ISLANDER ANS WERBD.

Some unknown person sent me
copy of the Pittsburgh Christian Adj
vocate of Aug. 18th, in which, under
caption of Why Is 1t, the following
quotations from DR.. Fuller of Atlan4
ia, occur, viz:
In the light of palpable facts it is idle TO de-
ny that the aborug classes, white and colored,
have been oppressed. Wages have been kept
down by concerted action to point which robs
the families of laboreIs Of the comforts of life,
aud thousands have been whipped and murder
ed without regard 10 age. sex, condition or
character, ill many have fled FROM the jaws
of beast of prey. Persecution for opinion has
pre- vailed 10 such an extent thai multitudes Of
white people have sought homes in other por-
tious Of our country
Now, if some openly avowed rad
ical political monger had made the
above assertions | should not have
been astonished, but to think that
pretended minister of our holy re-
ligion should desecrate the sacredo
tai robes of bis office, and conde-
scend to dabble in the filthy pool of
the demagogue, it is heart rending
to think Of, and painful to behold.
DR.. Fuller processes to be a minister
and is looked to as a guide, in all
things pure and holy, and not ex
pected to be engaged in anything
unbecoming follower of the meek
and lowly Savior of the world. He
processes to be peace-mak er, and
yet he, for politics alone, is endeav-
iug to stir up strife, division aud
bitter feeling between the north and
the south by inAaming the passions
of depraved humanity. What a
burlesque upon the idea of religion
is such unholy, such wicked conduct
by a minister of the gospel of love
and peace. Does DR.. Fuller think by
such conduct to inspire the South
ern people with respect for his
church Z? He talks aippantIy of his
church doing more than any other
or human agency to i'm
prove the condition of society and
bring permanent prosperity to the
whole south" The south does not
want, nor does it ask DR.. Fuller
for any such Improvement or pros
perity as he proposes to bring to it.
We are willing to receive honest,
enterprising, christian people from
the north, or else where, but we do
not want, nor do we invite the hyp>
ocritical demagogue to come here
under the guise OF minister of res
ligion, and misrepresent the people,
and try to fan the waning, flicker
Jog flame that will soon die, if let
alone. DR.. Fuller knows that there
has been but the one cause of the
people leaving this country, and
that is, that they were strongly in
duced from political consideration to
settle in Kansas and Indiana. Many
were deceived, especially the poor
colored race, and being soon disap'
pointed, returned, if able so to do.
He knows too that the wages of la
borers have only fallen as cotton, the
staple of the South, has gradually
declined in price from 4Octs to Sets
per Id. No man need to labor for
wages in Georgia, as there is more
land than can be rented out, and
any man of honesty and industry
can get land to tend on good terms
when ever he wants it. DIR. Fuller
knows very we'll that there has not
man been murdered, or whipped in
Georgia but whose murder or abuse
was readily avenged by the laws OF
the State, and | defy him to specify
a single case. Men have been muir
dered all over the United States, and
as much in one section as another,
and it cannot be helped. DR.. Fuller
knows that the people of Georgia are
as quiet and as IaweabidiDg as any
State in the Union. And he further
knows that the courts as readily and
as severely punish crime in Georgia
as IN any State in the union. Let
him now show to the contrary.
j. NJ. Goss, M. D.
Fresh water pround Meal and Grits.