The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-07-26
\ Prayer to John Sherman for Help.

Mrs Alice L. S,rawn.
\ Prayer to John Sherman for Help.
In thy presence, q Sherman, thou
high, noble and mighty man Of Ohio,
We humblv come, Heading our en-
tire unwor. Illness, but relying on thy
grace and forgiveness for the intru-
sion. We know thee of old, thou art
exalted above any of us publicans and
sinners; thou art rich with the good
We are living; thou hast much rich
hess which thou hast scraped together
by the sweat of thy jaw, and the brow
OF others; thou hast been frugal on
salary of $4,000 year, thou hast say
cd up much ducats, and placed them
where neither we, nor any other NOR
tai can get smell; great are thy pos
sessions; thy very greatness has in
duced us to surrender our farms, and
our dollars into thy care, oh, noble
John? thy wealth excee IS ours as thy
wisdom is above the black man or the
Irish? We worship thee for what thou
art, and vert and will be. 4 day to
thee is as several months, for thy sal
AIRY goes on, and the sheckles roll in
on thee like showers of blessings. We
know that thou art posted on finance:
that thou possesseth much learning
and hast made the most of it in days
gone by. We beg of thee to look upon
us in compassion us thou iidst upon
our houses and lands before the sheriff
called for them. Graciously lend us
thine ear, yea both ears; till we tell
thee a few things. that may be news to
thy august person. We do this for
thou art high above us and We are in
the soup, knee deep. and ii it pleaseth
thee to help us ont, all right, but if not
our name is Dennis, sure. We are en-
compassed about by many Populists and
they try our wits nightly for know
ledge wherewith TO knock them ont in
arguments and we come to thee as a
hen gathereth her chickens under her
wings, or words to that effect We are
told by these Populists that thou hast
two wings, one called Republican and
the otter called Democrat; and that it
is pleasing to thee to use one or both.
Or either, when thy gracious high and
mighty soul chooseth. Tell lis, Oh
John, tell us, how to fetch this mis-
guided people to time. They are full |
of wisdom as an egg is Of meat and this
IS the milk in the cocoanut. Help us
to drag them back into the fold as the
spider would say to the fly. Selah!
We talk with them as father woulu
to his kids, and our words of wisdom
fall flat and miss the mark every time,
for they are wise as serpents, but they
ore not as harmless by mill site.
When We say The silver dollar is Il
want more of the frauds" and half be-
iieve them. Great and highly elevated
John, can you help us out? We are
awcary trying 1t ourselves. We say
unto these men that the greenback
isn't money, and they. being of few
words but mighty quickly. reply unto
AS. and say, How many have you
got ~ and we are vexed at much talk
We say unto these sons of Belial that
there is plenty of money in circnla-
tion." and they say unto lis. Are You
burdened with it," which perplexeth
cur souls even unto madness, for We
have not seen dollar for month. and
lave no prospect for morrow. These
misguided people are too much for us,
end We are disposed to give them up
to thee. Father of Finance, take
them. take them and s:raighten them
out, for We have sneaking notion
that they are wrong and We are right
or rather that thou art. beg pardon for
saying I've. We are unworthy to say
SO naughty word. Pray for them.
John, pray for them: they are bull
headed. stiff-necked and rebell,ous.
We quote rich savings on finance, and
these obdurate people say: when did
he say it?" and We are as though We
were not, for We are without wisdom
and words. 1t beats all how these
Populists get the better of us. Ora
cious prince, lord of landlords! come
unto us anu give us life. Come down
from tiny seat in the Senate and with
thy jawbone slav the entire crew, and
it will save the two old parties much
!ucre in the next election; for We can