The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-08-08

Ill nave a heart to heart talk
with you and as have a few
moments at my disposal, something
very unusual with me) it will give
me the keenest pleasure to write
the following and tell you how
became acquainted with your per-
SOnality and have grown to respect
you and your principles.
Before me lie a receipt for a regis
tered letter No. 2115 of August 1,
1905, also a copy of the letter sent
you by me. have passed through
many experiences in the seven years
that are almost completed, as no
doubt you could say the same were
We to compare notes.
L was one of the first TO subscribe
for "Watsons Magazine" and con-
tinued until the issue Of Vol. vi,
November, 1905. The editorial ex-
planatory in this issue did not In
spire me any longer with confidence
in the policy of the magazine and
SO quit supporting 1t. To my mind
the spinal column had been tan-
pered with, and the sand necessary
TO the erectness OF the personality
Or personalities back of 1t being I'M
tremendously let out, there was
nothing further left ito hitch my
wagon" to or upon.
Enough for the introduction.
must get into the heart Of my sub
ject. 1t was nay painful duty in that
letter referred to above, to say
''That we needed leader that would
lead, and not one that would, when
pressed by the enemy, give away
one inch. That God would take
courageous man over the abyss of
hell itself If he would follow a path
of rectitude and righteousness"
Thank my God and your God that
you have manfHlly in the past seven
years stood your ground like man
convinced that he has a great mis-
sion to perform for the American
people, and for the future genera
tons that shall in the providence of
God come to this beautiful country
TO partake of her manifold blessings
and far reaching benefits.
I have followed you closely in the
past seven years. I have measured
your progress by that mastery edi-
tOrial or article which came out in
the Peoples Party Paper" April
%, 1897, bravely. and sane1y attack
ing the Roman Catholic machine
and her helltsh, serpentine progress
toward the suppression OF liberty in
our beloved America.
l note that you have been perse-
cuted by this Frog" spewed up
from the confines Of hell itself, and
that you may be called upon at any
moment to give your very life's
blood for the salvation of your
country and my country. Except a
grain Of wheat be cast into the
ground and die, it cannot bear
fruit" Let US be ready to cast that
grain at any minute. Remember
that life here is short. The allotted
time for man, eliminating accident,
and obeying the laws Of health Is
but a short three score and ten
years. Rejoice and be exceeding
glad, for SO prosecuted they the
prophets who were before you
for great shall your reward be in
heaven"
l too, lave been prosecuted. In
reading the letter of our crippled
friend from Lowell, Mass, in the
last issue Of the Jeffersonian, I am
once again living over past expert
ences and suffering anew, agonies
that l have tried. to eliminate from
my personality. Today, mentally, 1
am in Lowell. You will see by tho
enclosed card that / was minister
of the Mt. Vernon Baptist church,
and while in that capacity became a
target for the deadly and vile shafts