The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-06-13

fathers what it is to be bravo, and VET
us all.
We arc of right, and we ought tc
be, independ When tho mercilcss
hand Of war had turned tho plowshares
/ or the south into swords, laid waste its
fields and checked tho annual response
OF the soil to the touch OF the husband
| man, the great wheels of Manchester's
cotton mills ceased to turn, tho spindle
and the loom lay idle in their frames
and hunger and destitution seized a
hundred thousand souls. The horn of
plenty which the South emptied an
nunlly into these eager arms was eX-
nausted, and with aching hearts and
| fervid prayers these poor, care worn
working people looked anxioustly for
tho season that would bring them
American cotton to put bread into
their hungry mouths and clotho their
half-exposcd bodies. At last tho war
ended and tho first cargo of cotton
from the South reached Liverpool At
Manchester vast throng Of idlc
operatives met it, and what followed Is
| told by Scribne"'s in u most interest
| ing article on the subject.
| "'One man. it says, perhaps q
father who had sat by tirelcss hearth
| broken of spirit and helpless, whilst
| his young swarm cried for bread--a
poor, gaunt fellow, who, lifting his hat
with tears running down his checks,
raised his VOICE in the "Doxology, ,"
who!e mass sang in one great, swelling
chorus:
Praise God, from whom all blessings
Praise Film all creatures here below"
And yet they say weare dependent.
God forbid
If dependent, to what country
greater than ours are we thus rated ?
10 England? No. We were once.
but we whipped her twice, and unlcsss
our chivalry and our courage have
decreased in proportion to tho increase
III our numbers we can do it again if it |
becomes nGccssary--a trial, however,
from which hope we will over be
spared, Tor ! am not one OF those who
desire conflict between this aud any
other country-so long as they let us
alone. Great Britain and it'd entire
possessions, reaching around tho world,
might Greet walls from now until the
end OF mankind tO shut itself out OF
this country OF to shut rs out from it,,
and it is problematical il we would
not be infinitely bothered by such
action than without it. Arc We de-
pendent upon France? No; for there
is not Il material nor Il necessary staple
that is sont us by that country that
cunnot be duplicated by our own.
and California combined wa can give
Italy odds and discount it in
either raw material or finished pro
duct. Upon Germany No; because
We could thousand times moro
readily do without Germany Than
Germany without the United Statos.
Then upon whom are We dependent :?
Upon no nation on the face Of the
earth and upon no being but tho Lord
God Almighty, and we do not merit
His divine protection nor His sacr.t!
blessing If we haven't tho manhood
and the courage to ut least make tho
effort to take care of ourselves.
Away with this talk about our bciug
dependent on anybody and about the |
necessity of foreign countries setting |
the commercial or tho financial pat !
tern that we must follow 1t il an
ignominious admission that oar fore
fathers made mistak. in declaring
our Independence, end ns for me | am
not Us yet prepared to admit that, and
l do not believe that you are. But de-
vclOpmcnts abroad are of sufficient
Interest to demand your united uttcn-
y
civil strife. Conditions are such rs |
require harmonious action among those |
who believe In tho triumph Of Amcri
can principles and who arc ready to
defend tho sentiment which Is the
corner stone of tho repubic-that OF
tho equality OF every man before tho
law, the rights OF the masses and the
principle that in this country there
shall be no class discrimination. Upon
this contention the oyes Of the whole
country are now centercd, and on it
you, as Journalists and rs PATRIOTS who
love yours State and your country, should
you to patriots duty.
And now in conclusion, fellow
Journalists let mo take leave Of you
with tho assurance that what ! have
said comes from the hen,t. If | have
oifcLdcd by frankness, ! throw myself
on your mercy. Measure your Judge
ment by the golden rule, and do INTO
rue rs | would do unto you if you
came to Georgia under tho samo cir
cumstanccs. But perhaps in your do
mestic contention you are like the
housewife who always complained
about her own coffee but who never
permitted guest to agree to her in
varible statement that 1t was worry
Dad, ond VINO Ba!I 10 one VINO nau
responded, Yes, madam, it is vile
It's as good as you are accustomed TO
getting, SIR
We have our ups and downs in
Georgia and what State has not p
but whatever may be our differences,
lot us abide the action the ma Ority,
and like good citizens accept 1t in good
faith. If the majority should be
thought intolerant, 80 much the worse
for it, for time is the certain arbitcr,
and it ovens all things
"It does not pay to be intolcrant~-it
will not pay to treat minority as
aliens instead Of citizens. The reaction |
will cone and the penalty will be
meted. do not say that this is being !
done now or that 1t has bccu done in
the past. but do say that this charge
is being made now and that it was made
by those who, now in control, were once
In the minority and were bitterly com
planning Of the intolerance Of the princi.
ple of vested supremacy, which they
wore attacking, in antagoni2ing the
idea, whether for cause or not, that
the control Of the State belonged to
those who had been in possession for a