The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-17

the people telling them the laws are
discriminating and taxes are unequal
are engaged in wickedness and are Great
ing discomfort and unhappiness. The
learned divine, if he does his duty, his
whole duty, which am inclined to
doubt, would go about among the peo,
pie creating discomfort and unhappi-
ness; for there is no exaltation in the
religious, moral, or political world,
until the people become discontented
with their present status. What if
the present standard of religion and
morality is very high, as the doctor
would have us believe in his apology,
can it not be made a thousand times
higher7 Will he stop making people
discomfort and unhappy by telling
them to be quiet. DR.. Pritchard knows
full we'll, and he is not going to deny
1T, that there is discriminating legisla-
tlon IN this counry, and has been and
is in every country, and he farther
knows amply we'll, and is not going to
risk his reputation to deny it, that dis
eliminating legislation most all the
time is against those elements of So
clety capable Of the least resistance;
and if he knew what he was doing, and
was friend to Gods poor, he would
say the highest standard of legislative
justice is not reached yet. You must
not sit down supinely in perfect con-
tent, but mount up higher; for if your
legislative standard goes down my re-
ligious and moral standard goes down
too; and if your legislative standard
goes up, mine goes up also.
If there is discriminating in the least,
it is made in behalf of the stronger
elements of society. This is true ninety
nine times in a hundred. Sam Jones
says it is a grand lie; DR.. Pritchard
says it is wicked to tell the people so
When plutocracy lays its lightning
touch upon logical brain, it paralyzes
it into the weakness of a child's direct
ly. 1t touched Washington and the
Capitol, and lit is the home of the devil,
the wickest place on earth" It touches
the politicians and they are little bet
ter than rasca,s. 1t touches a party
and it ''smells of birthstone" We
would advise all doctors of divinity
and holy evangelists if they have no
higher standard of legislative justice
in view and have no remarks to make
for the unequally burdened under the
law don't fan them to sleep with cool
ing wings that the vampires may suck
their ife's blood ere they awake; for
eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
The present order of things meets
the appreciation of the topmost any
time. When our forefathers rebelled
against Britain, certain divines said
be quiet, be content. When Martin
Luther commenced his mission, certain
divines advised him not to disturb the
people. The priesthood in many cases
have been against truth and progress
So often have priestcraft came in to
aid oppression and tyranny that the
American ministry has ever been shy
of politics and have allowed without
protest their capitol city to be made a
Sodom. There is one rule which they
can take we will tell them and always
be right. Take sides in behalf of the
poor. But evangelists and divines who
read their texts by colored light
through colored glass think kindly
of the poor as they would pet dog.
They are above them and would give
kind advice and would pat them on the
head and throw them a bone for
charity's sake. But if they talk of
justice under the law, they are danger
GUS, they are wicked, they are going
to disturb society, everything is happy
and prosperous except the wicked town
people, the town people will be all
when the Sherman law is repealed !;
then we'll have prosperity.
We will tell our holy divines that
the people of America want better gov
ernment, and they are going to have
it, and don't you stand in the way or
you'll be discounted. We will also tell
them if they had as much disinterested
love of humanity as they ought to have,
and had sense enough to know the
moral standard of the government will
finally be the moral standard of the
churches, and if they cared a cent, they
would be in favor of better government
also. The only religion which can pre-
vail in corrupt government is for
NAL ceremonious religion capable of
the darkest plots and most corrupt