Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-03-15
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classes in sOc.esy, to VII. sr1 T.
ers. grinders. and carriers
Naturally they are very depend
-at rp0a one another There u
40 such tkiaS a8au Independent
living, unless it be am0ag some
unknov q aaTbatiSas here each
mau has country Of hIs own
ana tribes by himself, a state OF
things aa- possible ia society,
either civilized or savage aud
not desirable or even tOleTable.
u possible. The very Law that
makes man a soci1i being makes
hiu aise dependent, and fire.
gueatly the morc dependent. the
more sacialaud aur person who
w1Ul! try t0pUt eum.ty between
these uatural divisions IN sOcje
IS j. an enemy 10 mankind. Al
mus. vor&, ID ~. would eat. The
good ole days of our fathers
were days OF toni, and it was the
return Of that toll that made
their days golden. THIS Was
then a wilderness land. along
7-L0se rivers sad ju whose val
leys tue sturdy pioneer faithful
20 Lis f4mil devoted 10 his re.
hgiOn and trac to his beliefs,
bundled his cabins, felled the
forests, cleared his fields and
planted his cotton and his corn.
10 vas this music of the AZ. tn c
pillow. the hoe aui the white
mans gun that ma lie the climate
OF these Mississippi hills and
valleys unfrieEdly to the Red
Mas society. Under the open
sky be was born. ana under a
rooi he could not live. The soil
;ha: shook i;s Aecey harvest :
Ike apples of gold into the
bales of the planters, no longer
grew the deer and the bear, and
she bunlio Struggling his shIg
" shoulders, turned from tie
lIud Gi sLe shovel aad hoe The
men hewct. builded, dag plant
ed and gathered; the women
seeded the cotton. carded and
spun lE. and wOyc 1t sometimes
alone aud sometimes with r0oI
eu threads into articles of eve
~ day wear aud into wedding
garments for their sons and
dan ghters Memphis or New
Orleans vas the market and
slow AID uncertain were the
roads Brave men Tat b0ated
their cotton or carried It in OK
wagons to these distant markets,
and who would dare SLY they
were not happy They had
home made butter, mnlasses and
cheese; home made cotton. lin
sey and jeans; home made huni-
ny, chicken pot pie and sweet
corn pOne, venisOu, squirrel and
wild fowl, sweet potatoes, honey
aad tue little brown Jug filed
with home made whisky; corn
stockings. deer hunts and camp
meetings HarFah, for the day
Of our fathers, They c0urted,
and danced and married; ate aut.
drank and shouted; traded books
aud news, saw u0 beggars or
tT@;aps, nor turhed a stTan ESr
away frcm their doors lausaei
aud cried. lived aud died.
But we are their children. and
just Ike them we strain every
nerve to better our condition
Sometimes our aitcrsigbt re
proves our foresight, and We
feel that our last state i worse
than our first. But no trae
citizen, whether grower. grind
er OF carrier ever laments that
the news of he entire world to-
day Is on his table to morrow.
that the mill Is At his door. the
Factory at his garden gate. the
worlds cotton market. at his
cotton aud corn market IA BIS
elgbOriug town. Convenience
Is enc Of mau's greatest bless
iugs, u Is what our fathers leng-
ell for, aud we are aiming nd.
But IN our eageTHess To get our
hearts wish, we often find as
growers and grinders. that il.
the divide, n the end Cftbe year
we have sold ourselves TO the
carriers, that The corporation
has the lion 3 share ct tue pros
its, and tha; 4 we jus. had the
money already spent Te could
have bread - eat. clothing to
'.esr. and something 90 spare.
Ais had re but looked before
We leaped, We would bave LafI
nore money and less eOnveui-
eRce.
frGe 1t Is. too true. thai he
times past the spirit of special
tioa often worked run TO Inc
people, aud death to their poek-
et books Great corporations
we've formed they promised ev.
eFythiag, they got all. and gave
nothing The corporation burst
ike a bubble; the people sroan-
ed as they gave up their tieeces
and their skiEs 10 the sehemers
who became milii0Eaires aud
rocked at their leisure in the
cradle OF their ease. But beeaus g
one man fills to get what he
gave his ali tor. or because one
county mOrtgased itself Tor a
promise only to Je sold ont I'M
der The hTmmer. is this any res-
son Shy the people should cease
10 look for better things. or 10