Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-11-13
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and curse these impudent old servants
They have served us we'll before now,
and under new conditions might again.
But now, we Independent, unfettered,
Christian freemen must form party to
lay our shoulders to the gates that open
down stream and shut them hard and
fast, 80 that God can food the mighty
basin and lift America straight up un-
til she can push her noble keel into the
twentieth century and toward indus
trial, social, moral, intellectual and
spiritual liberty-her apparent destiny.
Loud applause.
For such O course we owe no apology
to any party or any man. If either Jesus
Christ or your great governor must be
temporarily disappointed, let William
Mckinley stand down. Applause
Voting is relative thing. To vote a
Democratic ticket would be up for some
voters. To vote Republican ticket
would be up for some people. But if the
Methodist declaration be true that "the
liquor traffic can never be licensed with.
out sin, then for any Methodist to vote
the Republican ticket Us it stands today
throughout this blessed land is to vote
down. And I, for one, decline to do it.
Applause
/ have spoken with SO great direct
ness, because my whole soul rebels
against the hazy impertinence of con-
ventions, and l believe the time de-
mands clear advance in the form Of
our resolves. Our splendid hypothetical
suggestions have not been understood or
taken seriously. We must be under
stood! repeat that what we want is
candlestick-not a rainbow. A CANDLE
stick is a humble, homely thing, but it
delivers the light just as it receives it.
IT is the Republican party that must
be dealt with first. If it is the political
hope Of the church, as most of us have
heretofore assumed, it is entitled to
have us plainly say So. The problem is
perfectly simple. If one gets confusion
into it, he must bring it. If, on the
contrary, it is not worthy of our further
adherence, let US say SO. 1t goes now on
tho assumption that the Methodist
church will stand by it, right or wrong
Let us say that if it is true.
Unless something new is devised the
case is between the Republican party on
the one hand and the prohibitory on the
other. If you should hold against one of
these in the resolution of this confer
ence, you ought to hold for the other or
offer something new. My own opinion
is that the Prohibition party, despite
the criticisms that can be truly lodged
against it, is the best thing in sight to
serve US, for we must get as quickly as
possible to such per cent of the voting
registration as to have q place on the
official ballots under the prevalent and
growing Australian system, and the
third party, as it is called, has now
$50, 900 time tried and fire tested men
to start with and an organization very
excellent in it's way. 1t offers, am we'll
aware, no very hilarious prospect Of
speedy victory, but all beginnings are
difficult
The beauty and perfection of honey
comb are not due to the skill of bees,
but the pressure of honey. Into dreary
! monotony of round cups in wax the
bees pour the gold of infinite clover
bloom-4, 900, 900 trips to the pound.
The honey presser works out Gods
geometry and squares the circles into
hexagons and makes honey even Of the
honeycomb. Almost any political comb
will do, but it must hold honey. A Ii
cense or tax law is not a cup, but hole,
and can retain nothing. You and must
put the gathered gold of growing senti-
ment, as we gather it in little by little,
and when the old hive is full we must
swarm Applause. Then our old own
ers will beat pans and throw dust, but
we must settle outside until we can go
| to work in new hive.
1 think this is all the third party
movement amounts to-a place to wait
until the new cleavage comes and the
new hive is ready. Its work has been
that of testimony, agitation and educa-
tion to the truth. 1t has not always
been wise, but has always been true and
clean.
John P. st. John will still be adding
honors to his name when his traducers
shall have found the earthly mercy of
oblivion [applausel, and if understand
the spirit of the Prohibitionists there is
none of them who would stand a mo-
ment for either the organization or the
name, or any recognition in anything
planned to succeed it, if only good men
will get together to fight the saloon and
stop trying to discourage it by forcing
upon it very low grade virtue at very
high price.
Ii this conference would today lift up
its voice like trumpet il. a call to
Christian men everywhere-ignoring
parties one and ALTO meet to form
new, clean party in our politics, be-
lieve the time will be found ripe for it,
and that we should have a tidal wave
of righteousness and spirit and power.
I should like to have it called the Lib
eral party, but under any name should
rejoice to follow it until 1.-THE Prince of
tho kinos of the eartho shall give each