Huntsville gazette., 1882-02-18
Evils Of the Day.

HORSE SHOE BEND. ALA, Feb. ID. 1882.
EDITOR GAZETTE, Sir:
Every paper and daily occurrences, show
the miserable condition of our people
| was in little village the other day,
and saw old plows, wagons, hoes, bed
clothing and in fact every conceivable
old aud useless impliment of the farm
brought in and stored away for sale.
inquired the cause and LEARNED that
they were seized under mortgages and
'swaive notes. | stroled in the cOun
try to purchase chickens, eggs and
butter. SO | stopped at a great many
houses, (or huts) and talked with the
occupants, ''Lor bless yer sonl honey"
said one old lady, 'Deys done took
aller orr chickens IN de cow too" An
other said that only few days before,
the landlord had sent out wagons and
g took de lass grain of corn" Mr. Ed
tor would like TO know what is to be
come of the country, and the poor la
bortrs =? The land owners tell the
people that the drouth took their part
and left hardly enough to pay for the
land. Oye sunny South!' Sunny
indeed tor the poor man that tolls from
"year in to year out" and gets moth
ing. VIII the land owners never ''let
up? Will they never be satisfied with
oppressive rents ? But some say that
the people should leave and not stay
where they are treated so cruely. Where
will they go to 1t is the same i'll every
southern state, ana if they Wanted to
go how can they They have nothing.
And the great Sta e of Alabama loves(?
them too well to allow elnigrant Agents
to carry them away. These are Stub
born facts, but the southern press will
laud to the sky the friendly relations
between whites and blacks. Because
they have th ; blacks i'll wise aud they
handle the thumb screw. But while
this is true, yet our people aie in a
treasure to blame for being iii the pit
able coalition that they are now III.
1t seems that they will never learn Ito
make hay While The sun shines." They
indulge in all the wees known TO man
kind, and cultivate but few OF The Yir-
little plaii. talking to our people. Go 20
work like men. Stop laying around
town. Raise what you consume. Don't
buy on credit. And don't buy at-all un
less you really need 1t. Shun the dram
shop AS YOU would sold Pluto" him.
self Leave off tobacco. You have
er since the war VIII you never have
manhood and vim enough to run
yourselves Go to any little town and
you will find lot of able bodied color
Ell men clustered around II saloon. Some
have no money 10 buy, but still
they stick on like s'Sinbads Old man OF
the sea-" hoping some one will come in
and treat. Now sir, a'people that will
tDus linger about the ''dens OF hell" de-
serve To suffer some. But it does not
justify The landowners in robbing them
every yerr taking the last grain OF
corn" and leave the poor people to '.root
hog or die" And, too some of these
eminent gentlemen ~ are members of
the church and expect ut the last day to
be found among the just. 30 We hyp-
ocrites,' the Savior will say to you, .Ii
as much as ye did it not unto the least
of these my little ones We did it not ui.-
to me-" depart flOm me l never
knew you" But Mr.. Editor, Moses
could not reform the wicked Egyptian
King and | guess you will say neither
can we convert these wicked men,
True. But sir, we can quit winkipg
at the faults ofour people and come out
like men and condemn them. L regret |
that il is So but so it is and we might |
as well 'sface the music'' now. Onr
people spend too much time in the sa-
Icon. | sincerely hope that last wears
drouth, and this years ''sell out.'' will
teach our people lesson ne5ey TO he
forgotten. There is a kind of grass
that will grow as long as one root is
under soil, and so will these faults |
Let us plow them out 'sroot and branch
JACK DAw.