The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-09-17
the churches from the birth of Christ
to this day pale into insignificance.

there be men, and there maS men.
And today--thanks to the persist
ent, indefatigable, unconquerable old
reform press-the sun rises on race
of men and sets on race Of men.
Never in the worlds history has this
been so before. Never has there been
n time when men kneW they were men
with the rights of men, and with the
courage that dares to claim those
rights.
They know it now; and knowing it,
how is it possible they can act other
wise than as this knowledge prompts
them?
They cannot and will not. The old
parties may clothe themselves in shim-
mering white robes of angel purity,
and pose before them as the very in
carnation of all that is good but the
people have lost confidence in them.
'They are painted sepulchres. full of
rottenness and dead mems bones. !"
They are harlots who have sold them
selves for gold, and for whose perfidy
naught remains but that soul -consum-
ing decay which ends in utter putres-
sence and burial from off the face of
| the earth.
| Nothing remains for us now who
have awakened to a knowledge of the
situation but to withdraw our support
and countenance from the old parties
united movement in 1892. 1t is nom
sense for us to say "there will probd-
bly be third party by that time"
The third party is already here; and
in the language of old Tennessee he's
powerful sufvigrous chap" too. l
am aware of the fact some of our lead
ers are anxious to keep the young one
out of sight and hearing for the pres
ent. but for my part l cannot keep the
matter secret, and do not intend to
try. Moreover [ am quite sure that
no one can keep the secret much lon
ger He can outscreech the American
eagle now: and he can outbelIow the
English bull too. He lies in cradle
that reaches from Maine to Florida,
and from the Atlantic to the Pacific
He no longer lives on milk; he drinks
water out of Lake Michigan and eats
his beefsteak in Oklahoma; he uses
the 1oftiest peak of the Rocky Noun
tains for toothpick: he wears No. II
cowskin brogans, and has to have a
new las. made for him every week
He is brains at one end and kicks at
the other-a very valuable combination
since it gives him the alternative of
working out with his lower extremities
such problems as he cannot solve with
his head.
1t is plain to be seen from my de-
scription of this infant that he cannot
be kept in the background much
longer. Blythe law of primogeniture
he has come to inherit these United
States. He is the legally begotten
child of our rulers, the republican and
democratic parties, and they are, to all
purposes, dead, and only awaiting bur
ial. Who shall dispute his right to
reign?
But let me say here, that though
this child is the son of the old parties,
he is not in any respect like his par,
enrs. He stocks back and takes after
his grandfather-old Thomas Je efferson.
Indeed, if we can believe the theory OF
incarnation, we may assume that the
spirit of the old man has again become
embodied in this hopeful and wonder
full baby.
To feed this child, to rear him, tc
see that every impediment to his
growth is set aside, is the work we are
now bent on doing. The are assassins
abroad in the land who would murder
him; every city has its King Herod
who has filled the states with murder
ers; and the liars who would defame
him are legion. The old party press
have millions of money to back theil
efforts to destroy him. Some of thei,
leading papers pretend to be friendly
Ito him, and do not attack him openly
but the careful reader can feel theil
venom between the lines of cautiously
worded editorials, and know that they
would kill him if they could. Others
of their number-and these are fa1
more honest and less dangerous thar
the first named class-make scorpion!
of their pens with which to sting hin
to madness.
A large number of these papers ar,
heartily frightened, and treat him will
becoming decency because they fea
him. Others have not sense enough
|
, to their hearts content.
But there is very little difference be
tween the papers who treat him vel
through fear and those who abuse hin
through foolhardiness. The latte
> class have not enough gumption to e
in out of the rain, while the forme
class have. That is all. Both thes
! types of papers are to be boycotted b,
the friends of the growing baby. LIE
us strike them from or list of visitor
. Immediately.
The alliance movement has devel
oped an impregnable chain that hold
: every member in it's clasp. Based on
8 ssmpathy for each others ,rrOngs til
SPIRIT OF LOVE has been begottel
!, IN their assemblies. Horny hand
meet and clasp each other in pressur
as tender and holy as the mothers kis
on the soft lips of her infant. Absolut
: frankness and honesty prevail amon
- them; their entire conduct is marke
by a heretofore unknown-or at leas
y inoperative-spirit of justice in thei
: dealings with all, both outside and in
;, side their own ranks. Their mobiles
Z characteristics are awakened, and tn
- purest religion-namely, -the almos
5 forgotten religion of Jesus-shine
. through their faces and expresses il
= self in their actions no less than thei
words.
What o contrast to the actions an
n feelings among the old party members
- those who for twenty years and nor
z have Haunted in their conduct the an
q malized maxim of Every man for hin
! self, and devil take the hindmost."
:. When-after q retirement of fiy
J. years from active participation in til
l. reform movement at last connecte
e myself with the alliance to percei,
d the nations resurrection from the dea.
e and to feel the bsptismal fire of il
II newly awakened hope and determine
d ton, was overwhelmed with the fir
d sense of atniuersal religion I had ev'
r encountered. Then it was that I sa
God in the peoples movement, an