The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-06
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$40" progress in human enianeips,
ton, nevertheless we Sometimes
take courage when we reflect on the
progress of the most beneficent and
Divine organization ever konws -.
Adams race. Psi 4gs9Y ~ rr@-fs -
:. It is estimated thatfhe,r,op,,,..;,,
Ct the globe Is not Tess than one
billion, of which number not more
than 2oo. ooo, 900, or onegfifth. are
nominal Christians, when the Cos
pei has been preached for nearly
nineteen centuries. lqe9u vF4FTf
And Of this 2oo,ooo,ooo nominal
followers, it would probably be safe
to say, that not more than one i'm
twenty, o. 10000, 900, are genuine
Spiritual followers. gB'ii ID 011Ifgl~ i
Then you divide 1000, 100000 in.
habitants by the 10000, 600 Spiritual
followers, and you have one men,
ber. for every 100 inhabitants, as the
fruit of one thousand nine hundred
years of labor and at the cost of
millions oe dollars and the sacrifice of
thousands of valuable human lives.
Truly MANY are called, but few
chosen" $500 -
And our Order. being in exist.
ence some II years, numbers about
| 100000 or 9oo,o 900 among 10000. 600
of inhabitants, therefore we mum Der
to every S. or 60 inhabitants.
without sacrificing human lives and
almost without ,pecuniary cost. q
Remember, my readers, this COM
parison is not made in the spirit of
individiousness, but of sorrow, for
| wish the people could see their
interest, Spiritual and temporal. e
| But it may be asked, what has
caused the people to take hole of
an institution that is of human orr
gin with greater alacrity and avidity
than they do of the Divine insti-
buttons?
/ If | were permitted an answer
would say, that our natures being
earthly we seek the things of earth
rather than those that are Spiritual
or Divine. e 74 -
! Therefore, it is to preserve and
! protect this blood bought inheri
lance which the battle and the vic
tory of Yorktown received TO the
| descendants of Montgomery, oil
! Quebec fame; of Putnam and oil
/ Joseph Reed, of New Jersey, who
said of himself, when approached
| by one Johnston, tool Of Royalty
81 am not worth purchasing; yet
such as | am, the King of Greai
Britain is not rich enough to buy
one" .sf 2's3 Is uFt1
! 0, that we had some Joseph
Reeds in our profigate, corrupt and
venal times! '4'',-'h -A7 49,
| But is there any danger of losing
this blood stained inheritance, which
is thus SO strictly guarded by tn.
sun tanned sons of toils may not b
an irrelevant question. t8E j"soE
In the history Of letters from th,
days of the Phenician Cadmus t.
the present there has not been sucf
a contest as the one now being
waged between labor and capital
8 and may we not appropriately com
pare it to the battle Of Lenlpach
that was fought AID. 1875 between
the Swiss and the Austrians?
In that historic conflict for hu
man rights, when the Swiss wer,
but few in number with the host
of Austria marshalled against them
f and the invading phalanx shelterins
themselves in the defile of the noun
, tains, seemed to be impregnable
{ but with the patriotic Swiss, "If5
: crty with DEATH was sweeter THAI
! "life wiM slaoery." Then it wa
! that the Swiss patriot and Liberty
martyr, Arnold Winkelried, com
|; pretending the situation, cried
, "1Nake 7Udy for Lf6ertyr and as h
thus cried he charged the Austria
: column, followed by his o-patriot.
E being pierced by many a bayone
as the price the Swiss paid f.
4 liberty. a''" e7f#a3
a And though the .Austrians in thi
d contest may have taken possessio
dJ of the defiles in, the mountains, b
e possessing themselves of, Congress
: the State legislatures, etc, etc, OF
e Liberty's friend and Americas p;
O triot, o .H.Kelley-the Arnold Wiz
v kelried-in this contest, seeing tt
r. banner of human rights and equ
e privileges for the masses, rush'
l. upon them in their defiles and seer
o places, closely followed by his allie
r, crying, snake 7vay for Li6ertyi'
d And that our cause is not I'll
m chimera that fits before the vitiate
X brain. let as examiner
{. Il is said that this Governme
Is costs us, as a Nation, 100000
h Der annum, which sum has to
4. paid by 100000 inhabitants,
re whom not more than one-ffth,
~ Io.ooo,ooo, are producers. WI
ID paws any taxes therefore to lubrica
D. the machinery of heFederalGever
ne ment for running purposes! Ea
a and every producer pays $50 p
ne capita per annum.
ne Then the current expenses of {
or State and county are to be added
he this, with interest on the Sta
Is bonds. county bonds, railroad bono
IS municipal bonds and sinking flu
or to liauidate said bonds in pl
.-;hed t;u,e and Won probably w