The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-01-26
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
Under this head We VIII fao'isa a.
.aeressersw we can ind room forI


ct, the poorly clad, housed 'iose
who at best are but seantlly ied-
Think Of it We we'll to do, ye
rich. who live in sealed houses
dress, if not in "purp'e and Tine
linen,'' yet in garments comfof-
table and fair sumptuousiy ev-
cry day. What contrast your
condition from that OF those less
fortunate. What responsibilities
do your fortunes entail on you !
It IS a command that YOU love
YOUR neighbor. The good Sauna
ritan simply needed this IN
junction when he rendered AID,
befriended the poor fellow who
had fallen into the hands of rob-
bers and thieves.
This duty is equally incum-
bent on you. The distressed poor
who tramp our roads, stalk our
streets occupy not only the how
els, but are found where form
erly peace and plenty dwelt.
What a Christmas, a. New
Years tide, snow twelve to SIX
teen inches deep, temperature
running down to zero, fuel scarce,
provisions even more so, house
hold comforts, bedding partlcu-
larly, anything but plenty, mon
ey with which to supply these
necessities not attainable. How
hard is the lot of the poor, with
what force does their necessities
appeal to the we'll to do.
II this appeal shall go unheed-
ed what will be the result!
Will not the oppression of the
poor, sooner or later invite re-
volt 1t is fiction it is true, yet
it is founded on facts. So graph
ically does Dickens i'll his "Tale
of Two Cities" depict the wrath
of an Infatuated mob, when that
wrath is the pent up force gener-
ated by oppression which has
long been borne.
[ talked with an honest man
to-day, who supported a family
last year on wages, eraging
| 1928 month, he deplored the
hardness of his lot, expressed
his anxiety that the weather
might speedily open up SO that
he could engage in work. Short
~ following this conversation !
was in the company of the per
son in whose employ this man
labored last year. Did he deplore
the weather? Not a bit of it, On
the contrary, rejoiced over it:
cit was just the thing, it would
bring the poor to their senses,
humble them, they could be
hired at reasonable rates, the adj
vance in meat too was kept full
also along this line Indeed to
him and his class, (the rich; the
money lender) the prospect was
indeed bright. "The old barns
will not hold the produce and
new ones must be built TIC
such man God once spoke.
Will he not speak again. Does
not the same judgment obtain in
this age that held then?
Will not the Dives of this day
find like resting(?) place with
the Dives spoken of in scripture
But little compassion, commiser-
alton is expended on the poor
t they may not all be as GOO
Judged Lazarus, yet Their pow
/ erty at least appeals to me anc
you pathetically. Shall we no,
strive to see that condition which
now render it well nigh futile or
their parts to better their lot
shall not longer obtain?
Can one be in the true sense ?
/ good citizen, yea, a Christian
and do less ? General Booth, If
his attempt to raise the suffering
poor OF London that living won.
der of the age, the grand ole
man-the christian statesman
Gladstone, in his herculian Ia.
bors to free down-trodden aue
oppressed Ireland OF her burden.
excltes the wonder, the adrnira
ton OF the world, and vet it j.
only little short of. treason t.
champion the cause of the pool
men IN free(l = America.
England out O. her treasur,
. IS aiding the hitherto Irish ten
ant to possess himself of land q