Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-07-31
WHO ARE THE MODERN DAY Me-
RoEss

Editor Of the Mississippi Leader.
A few days since ] read in the St.
Louis Vanguard the following:
Gods wrath has gone out against
this nation. Troublesome times are
upon us. Sabbath Dissertation by the
government and foul completely with
the rum traffic are bearing their bitter
fruits. Law is dcfied, anarchy prevails,
and the authorities appear panic
stricken. Meanwhile some churches
are occupied with the higher criti-
cism" instead of calling to fasting and
prayer. Nero fiddled while Rome was
on fire.
1t isn't often that | can agree with
the Vanguard. but in my judgment it
states an awful truth in the above par
agraph. | have also read recently an
article in the Texas Baptist Standard
by one of the leading optimistic minds
of the country, in which most pessi-
mistic view of the condition of the
country is strikingly set forth. Very
many of our leading thinkers regard
our condition as alarming in the ex-
IRENE. No student of history who re
spects truth more than all else will de-
ny that the trend of almost all move
ments now is towards revolution, that
will shake the very foundations of, if
it does not disrupt this government in
toto. The Standard writer hopes that
some thing will occur that will
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a deep sense of the dangers that threat
en- us. He thinks that twenty five years
more will determine the fate of this
government and that the voters of the
country will decide that fate, just as
the voters have been used to bring
about the present state of affairs.
We need not deceive ourselves. God
is dealing with US after our sins. If
He must break up the very foundation
of this government in order that the
people recognize Him, He will do that.
have no more doubt of this than I
have that exist.
Look at that gathering of Americas
heroes (Congress) fiddling, and tinker
ing over IAN aggregation of interests"
called "tarif bill" trying to contrive
an arrangement to put millions of dol
lars in the pockets of the rich aud at
the same time convince the poor that
these millions do not come out of their
pockets, while millions of honest labor
ers are out of employment, and want
is producing commissions all over the
country! The country going to the
bad every hour and our heroes Con
gressJ planning tricks and brides to
win votes in the next election tricks
for the poor masses, and brides for the
rich classes. They are framing mis-
chief by law" which every intelligent
man knows and ought to be brave
enough to repudiate at once and for
ever.
CoXey got up his crowd and walked
to Washington to ask the heroes to
give them something. The heroes de-
nounced the gang and part of them
went to Jail for "tramping on the grass"
Hayemeyer and f.. d. White went to
Washington on palace cars and de-
manded that all the people who use
sugar be robbed of s3O,OOO,OOO to 500
100000 annually to go into their peck
cts. They are toasted around as gen
tlemen and get what they want and
White is put on the Supreme Court
bench. COXey, for whom | have little
respect, is the best man Of the three.
If Cleveland tells the truth about pro-
lection Havermeycr and White are
high-handed robbers and White has
betrayed a great official public trust,
which CoXey has never been guilty of
doing
When the Washington heroes get
the lookedfor drag net fixed and re-
turn to their homes, they will be re.
, enforced by other aspiring heroes and
unitedly they Will ply the cunningly
devised tricks on the great honest
masses in order to get the offices again
AS in the last, so in the coming cam
paign, there will be enough lies told by
these heroes to damn whole world
and some-many Christian men will
endorse these heroes with their votes
Politicians are fddling for the rich
classes, while the fires of revolution
are burning in the hearts and brains
of the masses. Indeed troublesome
times are upon u.s." and the trouble is
that so many Christian voters and pc
lltical leaders are not troubled about
it. The stolid Indifference of the peo
pies leaders over the situation is alb
solutely amazing. The highest thing
, with our so-called statesmen now is the
how of securing offices or holding on
to the ones they have, Several heroes
of this State are now, and have been
at home to secure denominations. The
business they were elected and sent tc
Washington to attend to, is put aside
by these heroes, while they come home
and arrange to secure another term in
Congress and another $4,000 of the
peoples money. The honest people
ought to have business sense enough
to vote against any man who leaves
their business to attend to his own af