The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-09-14

providence. evil - seIf-destrucfton.
Necessity - not only the mother OF
invention. but the mother OF all ae-
ton az we'll What We do, We do hy
c0nSAaint. The necessity for ones
action il always real AT least To one
self: and, a. We never act until the
need of acting Is realized in our own
minds, so when the need is realized
we never fail To act. You never mss
the water till the well runs dry; then
you dig deeper. The Prodlgal re-
turned 10 his fathers house only
when he had been reduced 10 the
husks which the swine did eat. Men
remain in the bondage of the Egyp-
tian until after the tale Of bricks IL
doubled and IT, straw is denied.
Then they flee in body and escape
an iniolerable servitude.
Upon this basis We can understand
how. in the midst of the same griev-
Gus circumstances, some men long
ago cried out calamity while other
men. full as sensible, ridiculed the
calamity and would have
muzzled HIM as disturber of pros
porous peace. And, the evil contin-
uing, we can understand, further
more, how after time, upon the
principle that the dog struck last
| hOwls loudest, those who would have
muzzled their neighbOrs became
themselves the chief calamity howl
ers. The realization in them was
later, but the howiing none the less
certain. We now behold numerous
lean CANNES, the hayseeder and the
business man, the cGuntryman and
the townsman, regardless Of position
utilization, bowling simultaneously,
and inclined more and more to con
solidate their bowling. OF common
men only two classes are uncomplain
ing: those who hold official position
or have the promise and expectation
of if.
Love, which worketh no i'll to his
neighbor, is indeed the greatest thing
in the world. We are brethren,
mutual stewards # one another's
goods and welfare. This truth we
fail to comprehend at our own cost
The interdependence of men Of every
legitimate avocatiOn is the lesson to
be learned from the present ruinous
conditions; which, having been made
possible only by the bitterest vari-
anee through partison blindness,
affect alike the merchant and the
mechanic, the professional man and
the man of business, the man of pros
perity and the humblest laborer VIII o
can offer only his muscle for sale to
buy bread, whether in town or in
country, and the farmer who first,
at the bottom. of the pile, felt the OPP
preston. We are forced to learn
that the grievances we suffer are
common grievances. The merchant
is forced to fail, his assets are sacri-
feed, and the toll of years leaves
nothing for him and his children.
The banker fails if he be not one of
the greatesD and stands aghast at
the ruin which comes suddenl y upon
him. The man. with full bank &C
count finds his wealth is swept away
by another's failure. The manufac-
turer, who thought himself secure,
cannot realize upon sales or securi-
ties, ond fails or shuts down, not for
lack of property but for lack of
money, circulation, the very blood
of business. The operative suffers
want through enforced idleness.
The mechanic finds no employment.
The laborer in country and town
humbly ''begs his brother of the |
earth to give him leaye to toll"
The farmer who perchanee feeds |
full for the present shudders to think
of the day Of ruin that awaits his GER
tain inability to pay obligations
shortly to mature. But, whatever
may have caused and precipitated |
this widespread disaster and threat
ened crash, and whichever political
party you may think responsible for
it, these things are undeniable; the
few who control the currency feed
fat in every wreck on the misfortunes
of the weaker of every class, and 9,
no political party will relieve the
distress and avert the ruin ekeept
under the certain penaly of forfeitine
the support of all those that
suffer.
If it be true that misery loves
company, it is equally true that when
misery becomes intense and prevail
ent it will have it; and, when the
size OF the company becomes suffi-
cient, then the misery will as GER
tainly be removed by the united ac-
ton of the miserable. The one
thing needful for the removal of the
ruinous oppression and Injustice
that is now complained of by the
weaker in every avOcatiOn is univ
of action on the part of all those
that suffer: and in the nature of
things the suffering will not only
continue but continue to increase
until its own bitterness makes it in
tolerable. This secures unity of ac-
ton and thereby freedom from OPP
preston. "The cause of Boston,
said our forefathers, ''is the cause!
of us ALL" Through common op-