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Religion of Reason.
The following beautiful extract is
worthy of a place in every heart
that aspires to be good and pure.
«To love justice, to long for the
right, to love mercy, to pity the suf
faring, to assist the weak, to forget
wrongs and remember benefits—to
love the truth, to be sincere, to ut
ter honeBt words, to love liberty,, to
wage relentless war against slavery
in all its forms, to love wife and
children and friends, to make a hap
py home, to love the beautiful m
art, in nature, to culture the mind,
to be familiar with the mighty
thoughts that genius has expressed,
the noble, deeds of all the world; to
culture courage and cheerfulness, to
make others happy, to fill life with
the splendor of generous acts, the
warmth of loving words; to discard
error, to destroy prejudice, to re
ceive new truths with gladness, to
cultivate hope, to see calm beyond
the storm, the dawn beyond the
night; to do the best that can be
done and then be resigned. This is
the religion of reason, the creed of
science and accords with the great
central idea of Christianity.”
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Atlanta Constitution.
A well informed writer in The
IB! Hrolf Wisby, discuss-
^r^q h f M U8e we oan make in a
other than for na-
val strategy, of the Danish Weet
Indes when we shall have fullv
SSMf. the “- Hie conclusion
IS that they will furnish a splen-
did opportunity for the negroes of
the Bouth, who are anxious to em
igrate to more congenial sur
roundings andjefc not get beyond
States 10 ^ 0151011 ° f th< ? Ullited
Bishop Turner and others who
have bee whooping up the exodes
ot the negro population to Africa,
or some western wild lands, that
they might convert into a negro
state, might do well to consider
the presentation made by Mr.
Wisby. The Dauish Islands are
very fertile and capable of sup
porting a large and densely locat
ed population. Their climate is
such as to forbid, as it has done
in the past, their full settlement
by Caucasian races. The negro
alone seems able to bear the trop
ic climate, especially in labor oc
cupations in the open fields. But
in them he will find a prolific re
turn if he chooses well the prod
ucts he can produce. Sugar has
ceased to be a profitable crop, but
hemp can be raised under perfect
conditions and with sure markets
and profits.
Since transportotion to the is
lands would not be a long or cost
ly trip from southern ports, and
since the small farmer would
need but scant equipmen to make
his crop, even the first year, and
after that be independent, there
is in those islands the chance for
the negroes of the south to people
them with their own kind and
work out there the problem of
their 4 capacity.to organize and ope
rate a self supporting civilization.
j3till, however cogent are the
reasons given and inviting the
prospect painted, we do not be
lieve there are many negroes that
will go to the West Indian is
lands. The most of them who
talk with large imaginations ot
what they could and would do if
they had the opportunity are yet
the most averse to pulling loose
from their environment. They
know where they are now, they
know with whom they have to
deal, what to expect and what not
ro expect, ,and they are not gen
erally restless to tempt new con
ditions. The negro is essentially,
in the south, a domesticated crea
ture. Otherwise the most of the
race would have long ago gone
north and sought those perfect
priviliges that he has heard are
so- freely and philanthropicaly
granted to his kind in that sec
tion. But he has not gone thith
er in any great exoduster move
ment, nor will he go en masse to
the Danish islands,even when they
float the American flag.
The greater likelihood is that
our new possessions will be taken
up bygAmerican syndicates and
peopled by imported cheap la
borers, induced there from the
islands of LesserJAntiles and the
Canaries. Whatsis happening.m
Porto Rico, and will hap-pen in
Cuba if thejUnited States ever be
comes possessed of it,will occur in
the Danish West Indian islands.
They will become mere colonial
possessions of this country and
will be exploited by capital for
the largest profits and with no
sympathy for any desire by the
natives, or by southern negroes,
to build up negro commonwealths
on those patches of sea girt terri
tory. As solvents of jthe south
ern negro problem they will play
no part whatever.
Says the Harlequin: “Come,
let us be eagles, Americans! ea
gles of freedom, as your forefath
ers were—poised on the wide slow
ly-waving wings of Democracy—
glad of the sun, the great sun of
Equality, never blinking or bat
ting our fearless eyes to shut out
the light of Justice—drawing into
our breasts the clean, cool air of
self-pride—occasionally plunging
our gaze downward, indifferently,
amusedly perhaps, downward
where a lot of puny pygmies play
at kingship or “aristocracy 1”
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A Political Misunderstanding,
Savannah. News.
It is cler that there is a misim
derstanding among Republicans
as to the position that was occu-
pied by President McKinley on
the suhjects of tariff revision and
reciprocity, as outlined in his last
speech—the speech delivered at
Buffalo, That this is so was clear
ly brought out in the Republican
pate Convention of Massachu
setts last Friday. One of the del
egates, Mr. Fitts, introduced a
resolution favoring tariff revision'.
It was modelod after the resolu
tion on the same subjeot adopted
by the Iowa Republican Conven
tion. There isn’t much doubt
that the majority of the delegates
favored it, but Senator Lodge,
0 * 8 8u PP 08 ®d to voice the views
of the President on the subject of
tariff revision, opposed the resolu
tion in an eloquent impromptu
speech and defeated it.
The inference of course is that
the President aud the Republican
leaders generally are opposed to
tariff revision. And the inference
is correct Mr. Fitts’ resolution
called not only for tariff revision,
but also for reciprocity with Can
ada and Cuba, He took the
ground that President MoKinley
was in sympathy with the views
expressed in the resolution and
that his Buffalo speech showed
that he was. He pointed out that
the New England states were suf
fering from the trusts, and that
the couutry generally was suffer
ing from them. He declared that
iu his opinion the defeat of his
resolution would cost the Repub
lican party many votes, and there,
is good reason for thinking lie
was right in holding that opinion.
The demand for tariff revision
in the West, among Repuolioans
as well as Democrats, is believed
to be very much greater than Re
publicans are willing to admit.
The Republican leaders are try
ing to hold their party in line,
but there are indications that
they are not succeeding as well as
they would like. Unless the Re
publicans take up the work of re
vising the tariff while they .have
the power to do so they are going
to lose control of Congress aud
government. And it is difficult,
to see how they are going to take
it up. Their party is in the grip
of the trusts, and it is likely to
remain there. They may say that
the tariff will be revised when it
needs revision, but that the revi
sion will be made by its friends,
but there will be no revision as
long as the Republican party re
mains in power. The people know
this, and it would not be at all
surprising if they should give the
Democrats a majsrity in the next
House.
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or bring your wheat to
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NEW YORK
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Mr. Bryan Gets Rich.
Lincoln, Nebraska, Correspondent.
Wm. J. Bryan’s beautiful home
is located three miles from this
city. His prosperous financial
condition will interest his friends
throughout the country, and
doubtless excite the envy of his
political opponents everywhere.
When Mr. Bryan entered the
campaign of 1896 one of his boasts
was that he was a poor man; that
was witaout a home, without shel
ter, aud had to work upon a week
ly salary as a newspaper writer to
sustain himself and wife.
It is stated now on unquestion
able authority that he has some
thing like $168,000 in bank at
Lincoln, which he made from his
lectures. His home here cost $40,-
000. Mr. Bryan talked very free
ly to a friend who visited him re
cently about his financial condi
tion. His weekly income is some
thing like $1,500.”
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“The fastest selling article I
have in my store,” writes drug
gist C. T. Smith, of Davis, Ky.,
is Dr. King’s New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds,
because it always cures. In my
six years of sales it has never,
failed. I have known it to save
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from doctors or any other reme
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physicians prescribe it. Satisfac
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Trial bottles free. Regular sizes,
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leave their packages, especially during Carnival Week and
the Farmers’ National Congress.
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MACON, GEORGIA
UX-J VJ XJt
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