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" To the National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union, convened at Ocala 

 December 3, 1890: Alliance and Co-operative Union recognizes your fraternal greet- 

 ing; gladly do we accept your right hand, and pledge ourselves to the fullest co-oper- 

 ation and confederation in all essential things." 



To one who feels a deep interest in this matter, this looks more like 

 a step in the direction of settling this question in the South than any- 

 thing that has ever been done since the question existed. 



" God moves in a mysterious way, his wonders to perform," and who 

 knows but that he has raised up a Moses, in the person of these farmers' 

 organizations, to lead us out of these our troubles ? So mote it be. 



