The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-06


which OF the twain shall be the results This
must be settled and solely so. by the meth
obs used 70 dlsDlace the mlslegislation and
recover 70 tue people their constitutional
and inalienable rights-the undisturbed and
unoostructed permission 10 pursue their
I ia"Iul vacations under a common flag Of
equal rights TO all and special favors to
none" Men and nations have frequently
done what the OK universally does when in
the mire-every effort to extricate sinking
| them deeper and deeper into the slushes
1 Hence the absolute necessity for sober
/ careful and common sense consideration
Just at this point in our history. We have
men and parties who prefer to fight.
/ quarrel and criminate and recrimiaate.
Such men and such parties never lifted a
people out OF trouble. While all this goes
on reason and judgment are dethroned,
and the inspiration so much needed
/ from the skies never penetrate their
| intellects. There are others who sit down
| by tins hard and stony pathway and COM
plain Of its roughness and impossibililies
and while away the passing opportunity TO
save nation OF a people. Neither the one
nor the other can settle the great questions
that are upturning and upheaving ma
TONS hope and destiny. The remedy lies
to-day in the hands Of those who must go
unthanked aud unhonored for the present
The settlement of the question-if settled at
tention of our present form OF government
must be left in the hands of cool, deliber-
ate and brave men-men who dare to cross
public opinion-men who dare TO face
| public scorn and ridicule-men who dare 10
do their duty. II this whole people could
be brought to sober standpoint, and If we
| could eliminate from the public rostrum
and public press men and matter tend 70 in
flame and mystify, and in their places could
| get advisers and teachers who are moved
alone and melted exclusively for the public
| good, this country could be turned about,
and once more peace and prosperity would
perch upon our banners and the glorious
sunshine of contentment would rest upon
every section of this land Whether
the alliance people, with their irresist-
ible power In the form OF ballots and
| a righteous cause, can be held down TO iu-
dicious and safe exercise Of that power and
influence, is the question. | have great
| confidence In the masses Of the people when
degree OF intelligence exists such as OBJ
tains among our people. and l am satisfied
that in the near future. If allowed to do so,
will cluster around a peaceful and profitable
solution of this question: solution that
| will not harm any section or any class of
our citizenship. This depends very largely
upon those who are now leading or endeavor-
| ing to lead the masses of the people. peo-
| pie often do what individuals do-fritter
to accomplish impossibilities. know one
poor mortal man who spent thirty years, in
| the prime OF life, trying TO invent perpetual
| motion, TO be applied to machinery. He
was houest. earnest and confident, and yet
| he died prematurelY, unhonored and un-
sung, with the great object of his life
wrapped in a shrou1 of eternal darkness
1t may be possible that the alliance people
will, like this man. following in the foot
steps of some honest, candid and confident
| leaders. waste their youth and
strength, and disappear while
the procession goes by. ! hope not and
believe not. repeat that l believe the al
lance people to be an honest people, an
earnest people and a confident people, and
at the same time cautious and thinking
people. Those who are now dickering with
them, whether for the purpose of breaking
mp their organization, or for personal ag~
| grandizement, or from misplaced Judgment
| and conviction, may for a while excite them
and mislead them; but sober sense will soon
return and they will ask these important
| questions: Are your methods aud your
plans for our relief safe and advisables And
can you guarantee ability to lead us
through the wilderness, over the Jordan,
and into the land of Cauaans In other
words, methods may be apparently all
right. consistent aud plausible, and at the
same time with no force or power
| Ol 6AbCuIlOH. lHeTS are bDEe6
political parties organized In this coun-
try. Two Of them are powerful aud
controlling-the other Is weak and i'm
potent The great question that is dis
| turbing the alliance people to-day is to
which of these parties shall they look for
immediate and perma aent relief, or whether
| they shall continue to educate and appeal
to all alike. depending upon the righteous
ness OF their cause and an increased
strength that would necessarily be drawn
| from each and all. aud In the end, as a
balance of power standing between these
political parties, recover their rights. 1t
makes q great difference In the solution OF
this question which Of these parties
is both willing and able to accord
the needed legislation. Both willingness
and ability must combine to give
relief from either party. Our people are
now steering between Scylla on the one
side and Charybdis on the other touch
| ing Independents political action. II the
masses Of the alliance people in their choice
on this point should make mistake and see
their organization mutilated and despoilei
all they have acquired up to the present
| lost. and their future hopes dashed to the
ground-theY will have themselves and
their advisers to blame. Hence it is ex-
tremely burdensome and dangerous to as
sumo the position of a leader at this junct-
ure. A short time. perhaps, will bring TO
the surface sufficient light to enable our
people to walk this difficult path with
safety. L. F. LIVINGSTON.
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