Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-11-28
living, they can say with us their sons

living, they can say with us their son
Lo! what hath God wrought.
. "These figures also mean that Il
south has adopted as her own the Sol
OF the east and of the north and of Il
west. The south claims them as h,
own and welcomes them to her heart, I
her homes, to her mines and to her 70
. ests. She profits by their expericn'
gained in other sections, she utlizes the
capital acquired in distant homes, she r
: wards the labor of the hands that ha,
, no capital to bring, she eleyates hi
adopted sons to positions of honor an
trust. ltisnow quite well undcrstoo tina
political and social propagandism doc
not flourish in the south; but il
also well understood that any man VIII
comes from any state with the heart
purpose OF making common cause wit
the people of the south and dealing wit
them as friends and brethren will at ono
be welcomed and made at home. Her
is the death of sectional spirit! Here
the era of national fellowship. For thi
let us give God hearty thanks.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SOUTH.
"Ttesc ;nalvellous blessings of Go,
bring with them solemn responsibilities
and our rcioicings must be tempered will
n sense OF what God requires at oul
hands. would be an uniaithiul mcsscn
ger il told only the good news ant
omitted to tell the corresponding duties
They are duties which arise out of YOU
citizenship and which take their hue from
the circumstances by which you are en-
compasscd. They rest upon YOU. ire
spectivc of your political differences, as
the servants oi the living God.
"Onc of them is the duty of political
activity. The notion is abroad that pol.
itics is the business only of the profes.
sional politician and that the active bus.
mess man can rightly divcst himself ol
political responsibility Mhilc the profes.
sional man saves his dignity by abstcn.
ton from political life. Such dignity is
mock dignity. Such u view is ignoblc
sclhshncss. In Il government of the peo-
pie the people must govern or corruption
enters in, and when he oiiiccholdcrs and
the oihccseekcrs understand that the peo.
Pile are Interested in a pure government
and in an upright administration they
will quickly conform to these demands
The only exception would make to this
active political duty is in the case Of the
holy ministry. Recent experiences in
New York 90 to prove that the true hon.
orcd abstcntion oi the ministry from the
questions of party politics is wise, and
that the ministry having inculcated pa.
triotism and conscientious discharge
OF the duties oi citizenship should leave
To the people the details OF politics.
TRUSTS AND COMBINATIONS.
"A,o;, evcry mn, ,,,s, t,lc h;ss,,,d
,,,s.'o;,, .., -. ,
''' Tue so''"''l oe'w'eh e'"'i rights ana
monopoly. Ihc rights of the poor are
sacred in Gods sight and il is still true
that lie that opprcsscth the poor re-
his Maker There is no more
bitter foe of pure and healthy public
lite than the huge trusts aud combina.
tions which are absorbing the business OF
the nation. They drag into their nets
even the virtuous and the honorable and
they impose their lcyics wit a more than
Turkish severity. A hundred years ago
our fat hers believed that resistance to ty-
rants is duty towards God aud We their
sons are not of their sturdy stuff 1. we
tamcly aud crinp,ngIy submit To the ty.
rants of modern liic.
I'VE are confronted with another prob.
lem that demands solution. Il is the
race problem. A Chicago writer estimates
that 70 pcr cent. of the colorcd vote is
illitcrarc, that is. that out of ten colored
men ,bnt yn,c seven c,n nc;,brr ,coJ M,
write. This writer adds that the argre.
gate illitcratc vote among this race is
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