The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-16
breaches on Sectionalism and the
Farmers Alliance.
1.-THE Christian Manhood of America
Owes to the Farmers A Debt
of Gratitude"


Sunday morning on the subject. "What
is Religion 2" 1t was preceded by the
following review of current events:
At last the bloody chasm has been
bridgcd. 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
coyenantiug together to forget the bitter
ness of the past and throw off the curse
of traditional scctionalism
~. The Christian manhood of America
owes to the farmers debt of gratitude
for undertaking this divine work. Gen
eral Sherman has said,
"wAR is HE'LL"
1t is. And we have had enough of it.
Every effort to revive the bitterness of
the Idte war is Inspired only by the dcv.
ii. The curse of the nation for the last
two decades has been the determined cf-
forts of certain class of demagogucs to
trade in the memories of the dead When
the soldiers laid down their arms and re-
turned to their homes and loved ones.
these ghouls began their ghost dance over
the fields made rich by the blood of he
roes. While the war was in progress
these men were in it. When the fighting
ceased they whet,cd their jawboncs and
began, aud they have been at it faithful.
)y ever since. They have driven the sec
tions further apart 10y slander and mis-
representation. They have wcaricd the
ears Of heaven and earth with their sin
They have famed the dying cmbcis Of
-h"tresA--- into flame again and again, that
in the conflagrations which followed they
might rob and steal. They have made
progress impossible because they have
made
and marshalcd the hosts of the living to
fight the hopes of the dead They arc
neither brute nor human they are ghouls
The farmers have declared that they are
going to hang the ring leaders of this
gang and put an end to their business.
In this God given task they should have
tho earnest prayers and cooperation Of
the Christian manhood of the North and
South
The Christian exclaims with the farm
er, "In the name of God, the common
Father. let us be brethren. Let us cease
this foolish wrangle over memories and
turn to the great work of to- day"
The men and the organizations who re.
fuse to give heed to this cry of the heart OF
the nation for peace and fraternity will
be crushed by the rcsistlcss sweep of de-
t---zi---is----:iI:---- 49, i~:.. I......l-
together press forward to the goal of a
rcgcncrated nation. The issues of the
sad past are all settled. They are histo-
-. mississippi rises from the lethargy
ot tradltionalism, turns her face toward
the rising sun of new day, drops a tear
over the grave of Jefferson Davis, for
mally repudiates in her new Constitution
the doctrine of secession, and extends
her hands to the struggling farmers of
Kansas. Slavery is now only a memory
Tor the aged. 1t is ancient history fo,
The young. never saw slave. The
negro is cnfranchised; and it only re
mains 10 educate him and he will be free.
There is no
NEGRO PROBLEM
to-day outside the imagination of political
schemers, except the problem of educa-
tlon and growth of the negro race. Such
men as j. G. Price, of North Carolina.
President Of Afro American League. have
long since recognized this fact, and have
entered with energy and enthusiasm upon
the gigantic work Of thus uplifting their
race. The problem that confronts the
negro in the South is the same that con
fronts his white brother in the North and
West. 1t is not the problem of ballot,
but of bread
The real issues of our life have been
oDscurcd now long enough by the fog of
sectional animosity. We must address
ourselves TO living issues
NEW GENERATION
OF men has come upon the scene. They
have new problems, new hopes, new as
plratlons, new fears and new dangers.
This younger generation of men are sick
ana tired OF listening to haran1ucS about
memories and issues of a great past by
loud mounted dcmagogucs. who contri-
bnted nothing TO that past except an ad-
d'tional name to- the census roll which
cannot he found on the army muster.
they alc tired of this sort Of thing for
many reasons. They feel that il was not
|sheH fruit that they we've not born earlier
and could not shine in that golden age.
They feel that it is crime to rob the
living of the highest possibilities Of life,
though it bc in the sacred name of the
loved and sacred dead They refuse to
immediate the living on the altar of ,!;c
dead. This gen eration of men will Join
hands with the horney- handed farmers in
their determination to rid a suffering ma
tlon OF this pest. We are confronted to-
day with
THE GRAvEsT PROBLEMS
ever submitted tn the human race for so.
luton. 1t may be that the destiny of
the world hangs upon the solution of
America will give 10 these problems We
feel even now the cath trembling beneath
our feet with the shock Of the first bat
Ties of world wide social struggle. Can
the clashing interests of conflicting class
cs be rcconciled. and our civilization saw
ell from catastIophc2 We must answer
this question. The interests of the hosts
of the late contending armies arc p,actic-
ally Que. When the battle ceased. true
mea of both recognized his The South
ern man now fervently thanks God that bis
country is freed from the curse of slavery
The Christian manhood of this nation
ought to be unit in purpose, ideal, and
effect.
YOUR HEARTS ARE ONE.
You arc separated only by cxtcrnals. and
they are mostly traditions. At the close
of battle, during the war, dying Fed