The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-12-18

that golden age. They feel
tnat it is a crime to rob the
living of the highest possibili-
ties of life, though it be in the
sacred name of the loved and
sacred dead. They refuse to
immediate the living on tho
alter of the dead. This gene
ration of men will join hands
with the horny handed farmers
in their determination to rid a
suffering nation Of this pest.
We are confronted to-day with
THE GRAvEsT PROBLEMS
Ever submitted to the human
race for solution. 1t may be
that the destiny Of the world
hangs upon the solution Ameri-
ca will give to these problems.
We feel even now the earth
trembling beneath our feet with
the shock Of the first battles of
a. worldwide social struggle.
Can the clashing interests OF
conflicting classes be reconciled,
and our civilization saved from
a catastrophe? We must answer
this question. The interests OF
the hosts of the late contend
ing armies are practically one.
When tue battle ceased, true
men on both sides recognized
this. The Southern man now
fervently thanks God that his
country is freed from the curse
of slavery. The Christian man-
hood of this nation ought to be
a unit In purpose, ideal, and
effort
YOUR HEARTS ARE ONE.
You are separated only by
externals, and they are mostly
traditions. At the close of a
battle, during the war, a dying
Federal officer asked a passing
Confederate to have a few mo-
nents prayer with him. The
Confederate dismounted aud
kneeled by the side of the dy.
ing man. He prayed earnestly
and tenderly. Up in the arms
of a loving heart he took tht
sufferer into the presence OF
the Father. He told him oI
the loved ones at home, Of theil
broken hearts and lives. He
prayed one sweet petition aftel
another, and when he closed
the dead head OF the officer lay
on his bosom. The dying mai
had used VIII t strength he had
left to c;awl up aud wind boil
arms around the neck OF hi:
late enemy in battle while liz
prayed. The battle had ceased
In that hour Of sorrow their two
hearts beat with a single
thought. They were one.
Men and bret hren, let US re
member this. The battle ha:
ceased. We are children Of ;
common Father!
The era of fratricidal strife
between the sections of this
nation is passing away. The
day Of real fraternity is dawn
ing. Let men, North, Sou; n
. East and West, take note Tht
grave already yawns to receive
him who refuses to heed thii
fact
His sermon for the Sunda,
before was OH the same line
The review was Oh the
Moral Import of the Farmers
Alliance.
1t was so strong timely ani
appropriate that we also s; NJ
, you a synopsis of that which
we hope You will be able tt
publish. He said:
The real sensation of tn.
year 1890 is the advent of tn,
National Farmers Alliance AMI
Industrial Union. 1t is ~
l mushroom growth. 1t is her,
to stay. 1t is the resistles
: movement Of millions unde
! the expressions of centuries
, Its motive power is social
: economic, religious aud pOliti
cal. The advent of these EN-
battled hosts is the most preg
, nant event Of this generation
1t is the beginning of
!, A REVOLUTION
: That will shake this continen
and move the world.
The first time they gathered
around the ballot box was til,
4th day of last November. The,
polled between two and thre,
million votes. elected the Gov
, ernO1s of three States. sen
, forty men to Congress am
scared the life ont of hundred,
they did not send What is
THE MORAL MEANING
,, OF this great movement
> l. 1t is the protest of lh,
patient burden bearers of tn,
world, who have toiled through
weary years. struggling beneath
tue wrongs OF economic ami
political snperStitions.I In Ameri
ca the farmers have LITERAL,
become the beasts of burden O
y the nation. Their business ha
: been to iced over $4,000. OO'
: people, together with the host