The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-21
THE TARE ON COTTON.
e.riven County's Alliance on the Cot
ton Exchanges Circular.

WHEREAS. You have been considering
.0souestion of adjusting the tare on cot
- and. after mature elaboration, wise
s,rstbought and sound logical acumen,
have discussed and critically examined the
Inject in all It's phases and aspects from
,rg 20 last, and after holding the PROPOSE
.,o5 over until the very day it was TO be-
anne operative, have IN your wisdom, and
.,tuated by a broad philanthropic and
t.nevolent spirit, seen fit to announce your
S1n1ane ruling, ignoring the arrangement
I'D into at New Orleans between the
ontton exchange aud the farmers, thus add
;o, several millions to their already we'll
e17a5 nurses. their well-filled stomachs, long
naad todainty fare, and loading their tables
.,itb the choicest viands, their wives and
Iar,,hters with silks and jewels, and their
80 1yardrobes with the finest of broad
oiotbs and have by your ultimatum
Tnromulgated on Sept. 80 ultimo, we, your
humble servants, rejoicing obsequious to
vonr orders, deem it just and eminently fit
hat we return, through the public prints,
our lust appreciation OF the very
discar8ing forethought for furthering
o-r interest and for the many
Tharsl blessings so Iavishly bestowed upon
ns C'Iugratitude is abhorred by God and
man. How infinitely good to us is the
Sovannah Cotton Exchange! How obdu-
rata Is the heart of that farmer who is not
Won nv this goodness to deep and grateful
love- And, mirGbile dtctui it is given to
the savannah exchange to act like God in
sneskinp comfort to the wretched, hope to
the desDairing, joy to the sorrowful, and
strength to the weak. Like God is the proud
distinction which attaches to you, gentle
men. when you take hold of the toiling,
sweating son of toll, and, handling his rags
seek to save him from beggary aud want
and the exactions of merciless combines
anc trusts. Take away your exactions
from my people, is the prophetic
warning Of inspiration. Like God, gentle
men. when you forget personal ease
and comfort, and lay yourselves on the
altar of sacrifice for the good of Others, and
of vour enemies-organiZed monopoly and
trusts Can you wonder, gentlemen, that
that which allies you with him, and makes
Won like him, should be esteemed by us as
above all price, and as essentially merito-
rious and deserving of our warmest, deep
est everlasting gratitude and thanks? For
God is not unrighteous to forget your work
aud labor of love, which ye have
shown toward his name, in that We
have ministered to his saints, and
ruling for as against those who have with
acknowledged justice and conceded right
placed an equitable, fair and just valuation
upon our product for future delivery"
long before it was planted. Generous
custodians of our rightsl QuiS custOdiet
ipSOS cltStOdeS? Search the pages Of sacred
and profane history, o ye farmers, and you
fail to find a similar example of love I'M
folded, expressed and displayed save on
Calvary's cross. What shall separate us
from the love of the Savannah exchange!
Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution,
or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword,
neither death nor life, neither angels nor
principalities nor powers, neither things
present nor things to come, neither
hight nor depth, nor any other created
thing, shall be able to separate us from the
love of the Savannah exchange. Love to
Christ and your fellowman is the marrow
of true religion. 1t is this which links the
soul to God, which keeps the passions down
and the graces up, which vanquishes and
which puts the world under our feet. o, We
poor, benighted ignoramuses of Burke,
Bulloch, Emanuel, Effingham and Scriven,
listen to the Solons of the Savannah ex-
change: Whereas, under the rules and
customs regulating the tare Of cotton in
Europe, any change at present in the Gus
tom of trading cotton gross for net. as now
existing in the United States. would inUOlUe
great Inconvenience to the trade. and in
many cases where cotton has been tracked
for future detiUeYy, loss to the buyer.
Does not this sage declaration make your
dull hearts to glow with gratitude and
awaken your slow tongues to eloquence!
All honor and praise to the Savannah Cot
ton Exchange, and all shame to you for
your gross ignorance. This grandly benevo-
lent institution reveals in ITS circular of
Sept. 30 wisdom, a justice, humanity
, and charity, a concern for the welfare of
the people which christian monarchs and
governments have not reached. For no
European christian ruler, no President of
the United States, has ever so felt and cared
for them. In all the addresses opening
parliament, in all the presidential messages
no such golden passage has ever been
found. Here is piece of literature that
should be read all over christian nations
from the pulpits, that would be interesting
In the sermons Of divines at our next great
national thanksgiving occasion. 1t would
be admirably in place in the service of her
maJesty's private chapel at Windsor, in all
the royal chapels of Europe, before the
President of the United States. and at the
religious opening of every congressional
session for all time to come. 1t is
really in its character classic, though
emdndting from the brains of the
Savannah Cotton Exchange-worthy
81 place in our best collections of
eloquence. But, gentlemen, pardon the
snort aggression. We do not wish to weary
your patience. Bear with us while we re-
TURN to the contemplation of the I'M
paralleled love made manifest to us in that
uerltdble circular letter. Could we be SO
selfish, SO mean, ungrateful, as not to re-
TURN to you our most cordial thankss Why,
gentlemen, love SO potent as yours sent
henry Martyr to the sand plains of Persia,
samuel Mills to the Beers of Africa, made
STOUT old Latimer sing az the stake. and
Hradlated the seraphic countenance of Pay
son as he passed through the river of
ueaIh 1t is the very pith of every good
mans plety, and the Savannah ex-
ehange is composed Of good chris.
Hans But when love to Jesus and our
lelowman ceases to be the master affection
VI The soul the spiritual decline has COM
Aenced, and the sad effects soon strike out
ward into life. AS the inward fire burns
.ow, lukewarmness begins. If Christ is not
W Keep christians purse, seltishness will
soon steal it If a christian is not conformed
~ C1rlst he will very speedily be conformed
- - the world. His moral sense becomes
oIunted. He gets used to neglecting his
UtoSet, used to Sinking his duties; he gets
USED 70 SHINING. A small excuse is enough
" satisfy him. Instead of giving his neigh
Sor the casting vote" in every decision,
ne gives to selfishne,s. Instead of
growing in grace he dwindles every day.
having name to live, he is dying at the
,;oot' We have seen such christians gasp
-e away like poor animal under the ex-
rInEC Of nj