The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-12-17
Irr rs HAVE PEACE.
,nuAS DIXON SAYS TIL +
n ,,vuS' ALLIANCE WILL
A"..IIrIN GREA 4 SEC
rr,nNAL HARMONY.

r,ONAL HARMONY.
sherman Typifed War as n
gu" hut the Political Ghouls Can
snrup Another st'ife.
~. y. Herald.l
Rov Thomas Dixon, Jr, preach
.,,day to a congregation which
,A.h.ll OF the Young Mems Chris
.,ciati,n, at Twenty.third street
c,oy.h avenue. Before delivering
,,,ar sermon Mr.. Dixon addressed
RANCE on "Sectionalism and the
-. Alliance" He said in part:
last tae bloody chasm has been
..d The war has really ended and
anst soon cease. The farmers of
ra.. and North have joined hands
~. farmers of the South, solemnly
oantip, together to forget the bitter
q the past, and throw off the curse
,siiuoual sectionalism.
Tns Christian manhood of America
-, the farmer a debt Of gratitude
lertaking his divine work. Gen.
.ma, has said 'Wsr is hell 1t is;
:, have had enough of 1t.
GhUulish WO'k.
Every effort to revive the bitterness
rs 5ie war is inspired only by the
Tae curse OF the nation for the
,rodecades has been the determined
,,,s 81 a certain class of demagogues
,,da IN the memories of the dead.
han the soldiers laid down their arms
returned 10 their homes and loved
these ghous began their ghost
co over the fields made rich with the
J ot heroes. While the war was in pro-
{, these men were not in it. When
Agbting ceased they whetted their
bones aud began, and they have been
n faithfully ever since. They have
Srsn the sections further and further
1r 5y SANDER and misrepresentation.
I,Toe farmers have declared that they
going to hang the ringleaders of this
.ps and put an end to their business
this God given task they should have
earnest prayers and cooperation o
Christian manhood of the North ant
butl.
Universal Concord.
nTbe Christian exc'aims With tn
hruer III the name of God, the com
hOo Father, let us be brethren. Let u
ea.e this foolish wrangle over memorie
nj turn to the great work of to-day
'TNe men and the organizations tina
eIuN % give heed to this cry of tn
bart dhe nation for peace and fratel
w will be crushed by the resistles
peep Of determined millions as the
bl hands and together press forward t
~ goal II regenerated nation. Th
su9s oI the sad past are all settled
hey are history.
Mississippi rises from the lethargy c
faditlonalism, turns her face toward
sing sun OF new day, drops a tes
yer the grave Of Jefferson Davis, fo
|all ly repudiates in her new constitutio
be doctrine OF secession aud extends b,
hnds to the struggling farmers of Kal
Is, The negro is enfrauchised, and
remains TO educate him and he wi
free.
"The problem that confronts the n
10 in the South is the same that CO
fonts his white brother in the Nor
pd West. 1t is not the problem of b.
bt, but Of bread.
"Ghe real issues Of our lifo have be,
b'cured now long enough by the fog
ectlonal snimosity. We must addre
urselves to living issues. A new &c
ratlon Of men has come upon the seer
4hey have new problems, new hop
Pew ASPIRATIONS, new fears and new ds
Sers
Problems of the Present.
I'VE are confronted to-day with
gayeSt problems ever submitted to
nuuan race for solution. 1t may
s1at the destiny of the world har
lpon the solution America will give
Fhese probl ms. We feel even now
aFth trembling beneath our feet W
ne shock OF the first battles of a wo
Tde social struggle. The Southern n
pow teryently thanks God that the CO
1 w Is treeded from the curse of slave
lhe Christian manhood of this nat
tuslt to be a unit in purpe
leaI and effort. Your hearts
Pne You are separated only by ex
pas and they are mostly tr additions.
AT the close of a battle during
war dying Federal officer asked a pa
gConfederate to have a few nome
prayer with him. The Confederate
mounted and kneeled by the side Of
a!lng man He prayed earnestly and
IerIy, and when he closed the head
DEAD officer lay on his bosom. The
ing man had used what strength he
let 70 crawl up and wind both a
around the neck of his late enemy in
e while he prayed. The battle
ceased. In that hour of sorrow t
w Two hearts beat with a single thou
They were one.
Men and brethren, let us remen
'IS' The battle has ceased. We
'uAdren Of a common Fatherl
lhe era Of fratricidal strife bety
.ue sections of this nation is pas
away The day Of real fraterni,
VVSSNllng' Let men-North, South,
"es'-Iake note. The grave air
lawns to receivehim who refuses
need this fact"
FOR SPEAKER OF THE HOI