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AN OLD POP, ON THE TIMES.
Dear Sir: Does it seam strange
to you how the great mass of the
people will submit to the will of the
few, makes no difference what form
of government. They will whine and
sigh, then succumb and bleed. Our
own case is a fine illustration, they
submit to the government spending
millions of their money to bring
home stranded citizens who could not
find any grand mountains, beautiful
lakes, water falls and great rivers in
their own country, but must spend
millions of dollars tramping through
other lands. While they had likely
never gone 25 miles from the place
of birth. (They do not com
plain when their government gives
millions to flood and earthquake vic
tims, the latter they should have
done.) John Smith lias a lot of corn
lie can’t sell for seventy-five cents
a bushel. He put it into whiskey
which ho could not sell for cost of
corn when it first comes from the
still. The governmnt says, John you
owe me one dollar and twelve cents
a gallon tax on that whiskey. You
can roll it into my warehouse and let
it stay there eight years without cost
and I will wait on you for he tax
with out. interest until you sell, which
you can do at any time it suits you,
and you can use my receipt as col
lateral, any bank will lend money on
it. John lets it stay there two years
and sells for two and a half or three
dollars a gallon, and if he lets it stay
there four years it is four dollars a
gallon.
Here comes Bill Jones with a bale
of cotton which he can’t sell for half
the cost of productcion. II asks the
government to advance him twelve
cents a pound on it and give him two
years to redeem it at lour per cent
interest. Oh no, Bill, can’t do that,
it would be paternalism. But you
can sell your cotton, buy corn
and put into whiskey which you can
roll into my warhouse and 1 will wait
on you eight years for my tax with
out interest or cost of storage. The
cotton farm< r doesn’t ask the govern
ment to give him one cent, only give
him the same chance with his cotton
as be give the other fellow with his
whiskey Our 'own Southern Con
gressmen are solely responsible for
Congress not giving the cotton in
terest relief. Our man West came
back smiling and giving as his ex
cuse for voting against the bill, it
was too radical. It is not too radical
for inc io be forced to sell my cotton
for half cost to pay tax to pay him
his fat s?J.'i r y, If the cotton farmer
and country merchant have any of
the spirit of 1 876 loft in their com
position. they will spot every mem
ber who did not work and vote for
the relief measures now before Con
gress. What good do these new
banks do the small farmer, he did
not want to borrow money, but he
wanted to soil his cotton for a pay
ing price. This Southland has hun
ger and bankruptcy staring it in
-the face. We have lived through
four panics, 35-57-73 and the Cleve
land panic, but they were nothing
compared to this. It matters little to
me old friend, for we will soon have
to pass in our checks. Strange they
could not listen to your warnings.
Truly vour friend.
Ga. ‘ E. L. BIRDSTON.
Watch the label on your paper,
Don’t let your subscription expire.
THE JEFFERSONIAN
HEARD CHAMP CLARK COMPLI
MENT T. E. W.
Dear Sir: Please find iny check
for a renewal of the Magazine. By
the way, I heard Champ Clark lec
ture to the college girls in Milledge
ville, and in this lecture he paid you
the highest compliment 1 ever heard
of being paid to any person. He
said that he was going to write you
a letter and ask you to quit throwing
your valuable time and talent away
on petty politics and politicians, that
you were above them both and that
neither were worthy of your time,
and to write a history of the great
men of Georgia, such a book as no
other living person could write, a
book that would live and be read
for a thousand years to come The
large audience seemed to agree with
Mr Clark and cheered the compliment
most heartily.
With kindest regards to the family
and best wishes for a happy and pros
perous New Year, I am,
Your friend,
Ga. J. C. JARNAGIN.
Comment.
Doctor, did he mention any names?
Did he say who are the small fry
politicians that I have been -wasting
time on? T. E. W.
A HEARTY LETTER FROM TEXAS,
WHERE THERE ARE LOTS
OF GEORGIANS.
Dear S'ir: Please pardon me, but
I must talk to you for a short time
right out of my heart. lam a native
of Georgia, and feel most like we are
kinfolks. I am proud of my native
State, for she has produced some
illustrinous men, but it is not my
purpose to put flowers on the grave
of the dead, but to scatter a little ray
of sunlight in the lives of the living.
I sure enjoy reading the Jeff and
anxiously look for it each week. I
admire the way you handle the Ro
man Catholics, that infernal political
corporation that calls itself the only
true church. I admire your man
hood and ability to uncover the rot
tenness of such an outfit, and what
you do for the present Democratic
Administration is a plenty. I have
voted the Democraic ticket ever since
I was old enough to vote, but it seems
to me that it is time for a change, or
at least put men in office that will
stand by the platform on which they
are elected. I notice that some men
are wanting to yoke you and Reose
vlt up in a Presidential campaign.
1 can’t understand what they want
with Teddy, with his connect’on with
the Roman Catholics. I read in the
Post-1 ntelligbncer of December G, of
Seattle, Wash., a 6 column write up
concerning the way Carranza and
Villa rated the priest and nuns and
he claimed this Government was re
sponsible for and a party to their
acts. Why don’t men in their writ
ings put you in front for the Presi
dency, and thereby get the right man
in the right place. I believe you are
the most eminently qualified, both
intellectually and morally, spiritual
ly and otherwisee to fill the Presi
dent’s chair of any man in America,
and I am not drunk when I say it.
You are doing a world of good in
this old -world, so just keep up the
light. I often wonder who God will
call to fill your place when you are
gone to your reward. The Jefferso
nian and the Menace arc waking up
this old sleepy America, and I hope
God in His mercy will spare you yet
many years to fight the battle' for
truth and righteousness, is the earn
est desire of one who admires you
for what you aree.
Your friend,
T. B. THOMPSON.
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS FROM
THE OLD HOME OF ALEX
ANDER H. STEPHENS.
Dear S'ir: We, whose names ap
pear below, wish to endorse the great
work that you are doing for the uplift
and betterment of the plain people of
this country.
We want to offer our endorsement
to you for the great work you have
done in upholding the dignity of the
State and honor of our courts against
big money and rascality in the Leo
M. Frank case, more especially do we
want to offer our moral and financial
support to you in the fight you are
making to redeem our Government
from the clutches of the Roman
hierarchy, which tries to take from
us the right to be heard in our own
defense, and to rob us of the free
dom of the press.
We offer these endorsements in a
spirit of gratitude for what you have
done for us, knowing as we do, that
you -will receive them in the same
spirit.
Wishing you and yours a most
pleasant Christmas, and prayers that
you may live to see many more, we
remain,
Very respectfully,
E. H. Ogletree, Joe Ogletree, G. T.
Rhodes, T. L. Bentley, L. A. Brake,
Jr., C. H. Ogletree, S. D. Chapman,
L. A. Brake, Sr., Mrs. L. A. Brake,
Mrs. E .C. Moore, Mrs. T. L. Bently,
Mrs. W. J. Sturdivant, Miss Minnie
Bentley, J. O. Bentley, C. L. Poss,
D. P. Henry, V. S. Allen, W. P.
Johnson, J. A. Gregory, W. A. Poss,
E. N. Poss, J. B. Poss, L. D. Poss, L.
D. Sisson, L. G. Poss, A. F. Poss,
Tiros. Aikens.
♦
WHAT ONE THOMSON MAN
THINKS OF THE JEFFER-
SONIAN.
Dear Sir: Enclosed find $7.50 for
fifteeen subsesribers to The Jeffer
sonian.
Allow me to say that no pleasanter
visitor comes to my home than the
Jeffersonian, for it is always brim
full of choice literature, unsubsi
dized.
It is one of the doors unshut to
American independence. Its beacon
light of valor shines from the hill
top of wisdom, justice, and modera
tion in our government of affairs,
both State and national.
Whenever any man or set of men
differ with it politically, or other
wise, this great door of liberty, The
Jeffersonian, swings wide open to
publication and discussion of any,
and every Issue, that concerns a free
people.
As a just and sincere populace,
we ought to praise its promoters for
their very works sake; and admire
them for their denunciation of evil
doers.
Is it strange, do you marvel fel
low-countrymen that any should try
to rob them of the glory they richly
deserve, though they differ ever so
widely in the representation of
questionable or unquestionable facts.
In my opinion, it is the degenerate,
crafty politician, the hypocrite -who
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is not willing to meet you in open
discussion or debate on all subjects
that interest cr instruct us.
No! never! should any publica
tion be suppressed whose words are
as goads to drive the beast, the evil
doer, a little faster from the bul
warks of American independence.
He who sits, or stands in the way
of such an endeavor especially in
high places, is either a coward or a
knave.
Very truly yours,
Thomson, Ga. W. H. SHIELDS.
FROM AN OLD CONFEDERATE
SOLDIER.
Dear Sir: Through the courtesy
of a friend I have been reading your
great paper, "The Jeffersonian,” and
to say that I enjoy it, is a mild ex
pression. May God spare you for
many years and speed your good
work. I am an old Confederate
veteran and was in the battle of
Resaca, where the Kirkham incident
occurred, but did not know Kirkham
personally. I was all around At
lanta and Dalton, Ga., also all
through Virginia, North and South
Carolina. I was in the 20th Ala.,
and am 73 years old, but haven’t
read anything that hits the nail so
centrally on the hood as the Jeff. I
shall try to get a club for same soon.
Respectfully your admirer,
Ala. WM. J. HASSELL.
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The above is the title of a book of
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‘‘ALL RELIGIONS,” etc. He was
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dict’s experience with his own peopl®
—the Baptists—from 1810 to 1860,
showing what gave rise to our mod
ern mission system and other things
that will interest the readers of to
day. This book should be in every
American home, especially Baptists.
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