The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-07-10
CITY AND COUNTRY.
Patriotic Sentiments of Mr.. cochran on
Their Relations to Each Other.

| lied effort, says tne MdulsoH A'F0i 'i0NA >
to create dissensions between the people
of the rural districts and those OF the
cities. and towns. At one time the feel
ings aroused by a certain class OF aglta'
tors were so intense that the farmer re-
garded the merchant and other classes
of people who live in towns as shylocks
and enemies to be dreaded as one hates
snake. These unfortunate teachings
sprano not from the original ideas and
doctrines of the farmers alliance, but were
promulgated by demagogues and false
leaders, who, in the end, played havoc
with this once powerful organization,
destroyed its usefulness and depleted lts
membership. The original teachings OF
the alliance itself were broad enough
aud good enough for all classes. It's
platform, Equal rights to all and spe-
cial privileges to none," wss good one,
but unfortunately did not stand the
weight of those men who rode it into Of
flee. 1t was crushed.
We are glad to see reaction taking
pIace all over this country, however, and
even now better feeling exists between
country and town and city than has eX-
listed for years. The people of the to Tn
and country realize that theirinterestS
are identical. What affects one affects
the other. Such legislation as Injuries
one hurts the other, so closely allied are
all their relations and interests.
On the other hand, and in the same
way, there is today and has been for
years class of political agitators and
'bloody shirt wavers who have gone
from Maine to California preaching the
doctrine of discora and dissension. In
glowing contrast to these scalawags and
carpet baggers, both north and south, is
the sentiment expressed by the great
Irish orator, Bourke Cochran, OF New
York. In a speech delivered in the halls
of congress in September, 1898, Mr..
Cochran said:
Gentlemen have appealed here TO
the country and to the sentiment OF the
country members as though the interests
which they represent we're hostile to the
interest of the cities. Sir, l stand upon
this floor a representative from dis
trict in the greatest city on this CONT
nont. and say now to this house that the
interest of the city can never be hostile
to the interest of the country; that mn-
nicipal wealth and prosperity depend
upon the productive energies of the
lab0rers who toll the fields and who dig
in the mines. Show me legislation
Which will ben9fit the farmer, the labor
er, the producer, and even if it cuts down
the profits of the banker or capitalist 80
per cent, | would vote for it. [ believe
in the lesson which Mentor taught Tele-
machus, that it is not the splend0r of
the cities but the prosperity OF the fields
that constitute the greatness of the ma
ton: not the opulence Of its palaces but
the comforts of its homes
But the interests Of the city and OF the
country are identical. What benefits the
one must benefit the other; what retards
the growth of the one will reduce the
prosperity of the other. In the city and
in the country alike labor is the sole
source OF wealth. In both man must eat
his bread in the sweat of his brow. We
have heard a great deal here of the con-
flicting interests of the various sections,
and an attempt has been made to array
the north and east against the south and
west. AS we heard the vehemence with
which appeals were made to sectional
prejudice doubt must hare arisen IN
the minds of the listeners as to whether,
after all, the heroic struggle to preserve
the Union was not a mistake.
Must we be forced to the conclusion
that this county is so vast, its interests
SO diversified and imeconcilable that any
policy which the government may adopt
must necessarily be injurious to some
part of the population; that egsation
which is essential to the safety of urban
intel ests must necessarily be hostile to
rural interests; that laws which operate
for the protection of New York must
necessarily result in the oppression of
Missouri and Nebraska? [ do not believe
that law which benefits any part of this
country can injure any other part do
not believe that there ever has been a
time in this countrys history when an
attempt to arouse sectional prejudice has