The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-12-18
TOM DIXON
on THE ALLIANCE.
LIVING ISSUES As VIEWED
By AGREaTpRsAcH-
ER OF PRACTICAL
RELIGION.
Sectioi,aiism and the Farmers,
Alliance.
THE MORAL INroRT or THg EAR.
MEgs' ALLIANCE
New York, Dec, 18th 1890.

New York, Dec, 18th 1890.
tSpScia! Correspondence.
Editor OF TIIg CAUCASIAN
There Is no young preacher in
American 10 day that h attracting
as much atie.tion N young Tom
Dixon, native of North Carolina,
pastor Of the ssrd baptist church
here. lie Il an Orator aud an
original thinker. lie Il preaching
a powerful series OF sermons On the
subject "what is Religions" but
Is nos TO the sermons that we wish
to refer, but to his reviews of s.cur
rent events" with which he pre-
ceeds his discourse. Vest. riay he
discussed: Sectionalism aad the
Farmers Alliance. lie said:
At last the bloody chasm has
beed brldged. The war has really
ended and firing must soon cease.
The farmers OF the West and North
have joined hands with the farmers
of the South, solemnly coveaanting
together 10 forget the bitterness of
the past and throw off the curse of
traditional sectionalsm.
The Christian manhood of Aneri.
ca owes to the farmers n debt OF
gratidute for undertaking this divine
work. General Sherman has said,
"wAR Is HE'LL"
IL Is. And we have had enough ot
, 1t. Every effort TO revive the bit
, terness of the lnte war IL inspired
only by the devil. The curse of
the nation for the last two decades
h. been the determined efforts of A
ce.tain class Of demagogues to trade
!, in the memories of the dead. When
, the soldiers laid down thei- arms
and returned To their homes and
q loved ones, these ghouls began their
: ghost dance over the fields made
rich with the blood ofheroes. While
the war was In progress these men
I" were not in 1t. When the lighting
t ceased they whetted their jawbones
and began, and they have been at il
d faithfully ever since. They have
d driven the sections further aud
It further apart by SANDER and mis-.
representation. They have aearied
the ears Of heaven and earth with
their din. They have famed the
dying embers Of hatred into fame
again and again, that In confiagra-
u tions which followed they might
!. rob and steal. They have made
;, progress impossible because they
e have made
a ISSUES OF MEMORIES,
? And marshalIed the hosts of tho
l. living to fight the hopes of The dead;
They are neither brute nor human.
d they are ghouls. The farmers have
!, declared that they are going To hang
A. the ringieaders oh this gang and put
an end to their business. I'm this
70 God-given task they should have
Z, the earnest peayers and cooperation
n OF the Christian manhood Of the
d North ani South.
rs The Christian exclaims witt, the
al farmer, ain the name of God, the
't common Father, let US be brethren.
N Let Us cease this foolish Wrangle
7. over memories and turn 10 The
10 great work of to-day.u
70 The men and the organizations
y that refuse To give heed to this cry
!" of the heart oil he nation for peace
and fraternity will be crushed By
- - the resistless sweep Of determined
- - millions as they join hands and to
&c gether press forward 20 the goal OF
regenerated niiiou. The issues of
=. the sad I,ast are all settled They
- - are history. Mississippi r SEES from
vo " the lethargy of traditionallsns, turns
49, her face toward the rising sun of a
Or new day, drops a tear over the
= grave Of jefferson Davis, formally
Irepndiates III her hew Constitution
the q ctrine OF secession, and ex-
W tends licr hafis.9- To- The struggling
rd farmers Of KaBs;l;. Slavery l. no "
IN lc'iiy a nit.I,ary for the agesi. IL II
er ancIcat history for the young
X, never SAW y rIaye. The negro il
d. ct;Inichised: and il only remains
gs 10 e.iecaic him aud be will be free.
al There II TO
?, MICRO PkOBGEa
Toilsy outside the imagination
= s,f ioii,ieai rciscmerS, EXCEPT ths,
=, proltlefii Of education ard growth
.er iur the citgTo race Such men a. j
r. &. Fri of North Carolina, Presi.
dei.t If HE Afro Il nerican League,
have long siilec recognized this fact,
aid nave entered with eaergy and
enthtsaIE Eposi The gigantic work
RI Esf thus uplifting their race. Tho
i've pfs.biem thai eonfronts the negro in
= the South i liie same that confroafs
e.s his white Dr,ltiser In the North aad
ed: West. 1t IL not the problem oi
of ballot, but Of bread.
aa. The real issues of our life have
sln been obscured now long enough by
nee The fog Cf sectional animosity. WI
must address ourselves TO Iivinf
=. Issues.
A NEW GENERATION
err OF men has come upon the scene
. a They have new problems, new
he hopes, new aspiration, new fear
his and new dangers. This youngel
les generation of men are sick and tired
u,e Of listening to haraneuas about ths
op memories and issues of great pas
f by ioud-moutheu demagogaes, wht
in contributed nothing to thai past ex
Zn Icept an additional name to the cen
use sus roll which can not be found of
dy. the army muster. They are tiret
: Of this sort of thing for many rea
vhy sons Tn y feel that 1t was no
lla. their fault that they were not oors
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