The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-12-25
SURE TO WIN :"
REV THOMAS DIXON SAYS
THAT THE ALLIANCERE.
PRESENTS THE GRAND
EST MORAL ISSUES
OF THE DAY.
IL is the Gigantic Wave ola world
wide Movement.

New York, Des. 80. 1890.
Rev. Thcinas Dixon. Jr., accord
Ing to his usual custom. before the
delivery OF his sermon yesterday,
eiscoursed 10 his lsrge congregation
which filis Association Hall. sun.
day mornings, on the following re-
view Of current events.
ruE FARMERS AND TIL COMING
REVOLUTION.
The farmers have alwas Jcep the
foremost representative of con-
They have overwhelm-
ed the Voice Of the restiess, dream
ing city again and again. On this
rural content or stupidity, men who
believe In the divinlty of that which
Is have long rcckoned with certainty.
At last the farmer has b, oxen the
spell that has buad him lie has
sn ashed the traditions of centuries.
lie has broken the dash board, kick
ed out of the shafts and Is away.
The men who have driven him
with tight rein from their tradi-
tional seats are being hurled into
the ditch and ground beneath the
wheels. It has been 50 sudden,
they hardly know what has struck
them. Some say it IL q cyclone, and
will soon blow over. They think
II Is too severe TO last. Old man
Tradition rubs his hands. forces n
smile thrc1gh his chattering teeth,
says he knows II Is cold day now,
but then no looks for warmer wealth
er tomorrow and things will move
on rs usual. Says he has seen
s'granger movements" before, you
know, and nothing ever came Of it.
And yet while he retails To you
these stale observations, you will
note that from the restless, unccr-
tain manner In which he giances at
the darkening sky, he is not sure Of
his own prophecy.
The trouble Is the people have
begun 10 think--the masses of the
people the old farmer, the patient
beast OF burden through the years
Of fplenty and prosperity for others
Who have reaped what he has
sowed! When masses Of people
begin to taink, IL shakes tha world.
1t Is this mighty movement OF
the masses that is shaking, to day,
the very foundations OF the civiliza-
tion of the nineteenth century, and
even now drawing In dim outline
the new civilization Of the tweentie-
In century. The time was when all
eyes were fixed on the great aud
powerful. Kings and mobiles and
mighty warriors only could make
history. Poets sang only OF them
and for them. Literature fawned
in the dirt at their feet. The poet
thankfully ate The crrmbs that fell
from their table, and was proud to
be called q slave or the great.
To day all this IL changed. The
eyes Of the world are now On the
weaker classes--she inasse The
history Of a nation Is the story Of
tteir condition. The poet sipgs Of
them. The "Song Of the Shirt"
thrills the heart ofthe world. There
are mighty forces beneath lifting up
these millions into new life, They
arc themselves ut last .'os'oming
conscious Of their capacii's and
needs, and with their caps titles as
the lever and their needs as the
fulcrum they arc tugging away at
the very foundations OF social,
economic and political l,fc. Our
civilization, to day, quiy rs from
foundation TO flag staff beneath
these assaults.
The nations Of earth all Zee. fhis
new lower.
Tn, Gar of Russia shivers In his
palace, puts new lock on the door
adds another regiment to his body
guard, and trembling awaits the
next explosion TO see whe her he II
dead or alive.
The Emperor Of Germany, see.
ing th' handwriting on the wall,
has.ens 10 "make friends Lf th
niammon Of unrighteousness.''
The drum beat Of the Salvation
Army echoes around the world,
calling mankind To the rescue Of the
submerged millions Of England and
all the earth.
The Farmens' Alliance of Amcrics
Is a gigantic wave Of this worid
wide movement Of the race. /,
holds in it's hands not only tine pos
sibilities Of q higher life for thii
gene, atiOn-it holds the hopes o
unnumbered generations YET un
horn. Their organization is superb
1t Is the strongest * cial and politi
. cal I. aeEts,r N t.s,slt t~ A..n~s<.. a.. a.,
: lat twenty years. They are deter
mined to lit up the toiling host
|, and make their lie wor, h the living
= They are teaching aud will teacl
more emphatiexlly then ever, tina
a ii ID just as honorable to hew woot
and draw water and plow q mule, a
. TO make laws, practice meijcine
run bank or q raiiroad. They hav,
= doubtless many crude ideas as ye
about law and finance. But who's
;. fault is ii that they are ignoran
!. They will learn as they 20 along
j. Absurd demands will take reasona
!" BILE shape in the red hot forge o
! public debate and education. Dc
4 magogues will mislead for a time
but they will kill two demagogue
d where they n0urish one. Thei
y only danger lies In tbs possibility o
p selfish intrigues in politics, In whicl
d their lofty principles will be for
y gotten in q mad struggle for i'm
D. media.e power. Holding fast Z
:, their principles, they will sweeI
"a this nation ultimately N triumph
They represent the grandest mora
d issues Of the age. Standing frml.
D oo those issues, they are as sure 3
win as that God Il, and that eoot
as shall ultimately txiumgh over evil
= Let tl.e denagogues. deadbeat
e and bummeEs, who are trying eve
y to learn which way the wind blow
thnt they may trim their sails z
p meet it, take warning! The cyclont
3 has only begun. They had Dettel
Ia0ek shelter.