The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1890-12-20
sECTi0NAilSM AND THE FARMERS
ALLIANCE.
Pulpit Review Of current Events,
~ pry. THOMAS DIXON jR.

hat on the suoJec.. :" w nat Is
ReIlglon2" il being tn continua-
tlon of new series Of sermons
for December 1t was preceded
by the following review Of Cur
rent Events.
Al Inst tie Bloody cbasm ha.
been bliged. The war has really
ended ana Gr.pe must soon cease.
'I'aa farmers OF the west aud
North have joined hands with the
farmers OF the Souta, solemnS
coyeaantng tQge.herto forget the
bitterness of th past and throw
off the cufse d traditional sec lon.
all,m.
The Christian manhood Of
America owes to the farmers
d5b, of gratitude for undertaking
thil divine work General Sher-
man has ssil, rwar is hell" II
IS. Ani we have bad enough Of il
Every eff0u TO revive tho hlter-
ness OF the laic war IS Inspired
only by the devil Tho curse of
the nation for the last two do
oade BIS becn the determined
cf r;s &c 4 oaptalp class Of dema-
oogaes 70 iiade in the memories
of llia dead When the soldiers
lqld down their anna and returned
tp Their homes AMI loved ones,
j these ahouls he gan their gho t
dance over the fields made rich
with tie blood Of heroes. While
the war was in progress these
nea were not in If. When the
fighting ceased they whe'ted their
jawboars and began, and they
have hrcn at it faithfully ever
since. IhcY have driven tie see
lions fltlner and Further apm by
SANDER and misrepresentation.
They have wearlri the ears Of
heaven and earth with their din.
They have fanned the dying
embcrs oS hatred into fame again
and agiil, that in the conhagra-
tlaus which followed they m'ght
rob and steal. They have made
progress impossible hpcanse they
have made issues of memories,
aud marshalIed the host of the
living 70 fight the hopes Of the
dead. They are neither brute nor
human; they are ghouls. The
farmers have declared that they
are going to hang tho ring eaders
/ IF tais gang and put an end to
Jhcir basiress- In this God-given
a>k they nhnuld have the earnest
prayers and cooperation of the
/ Chrstan wauh o | of The North
and South
Tlc Christian excaims with the
farmer. "In the name Of God, the
commoa Fuher, let us he bleth.
rem. Let as cease hls foolish
wraogl. over me noi1rs and turn
10 lhe great work of to-day.
The m,n and the organizations
that refuse TO give heed to this
cry of lhe hart Of the nation for
peace and fraterniy Y viii be crush
eJ by the rpslstless sweep OF de-
ternlned millions as they JON
hands and together press forward
to the goal Of Il regenerated na-
ZION. The issues Of the sad rast
are all settled They are history
Alissis4 ppl ises f ON HE lethargl
| Of trpd tionalism, turns her fac,
toward the rising san of a new
dav. drops tear over the grav,
| of Jefferson DAVIS, formally re-
pudiale. in her new Constitution
the doctrine of secession, and ex.
1 tends 8 r hands 10 the strugg me
/ farmers Of Kansas. Slavery j,
D lw % Y memory for The aged
( Il is ancient history for tn young
4 never saw slave. Tho negro Is
euirAnrhised: and it oaly remains
to educate him and h.. will be
tree. There is no ne-lo problem
to-day out sile the Imagination Of
poItic;sl srbemers, except the
/ problem of education an growth
( for tAe npgro race. Such men Il.
Z ] ~. PeIee of North Carolina,
7 pfesltlent Of the Af,o- Amefic n
4 League. liage long since recogpiz-
FED tilis sfact, aui haye entered
Vi e .etlepgy ami enthusiam upon
.gibe b s1tis wolk Of thus uphit-
tbee rtce The problem thai
c4nr3t the ncg'9 IN the South
Is The same that confro1ts his
sile III = Ia the Moth ard
We.l. Il i, not th problem Of
itaa la mto bread.
sire real rs G Of our life have
beciho scurel now ne enough
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