The Indianapolis daily herald., 1865-11-27
Our Duty.

The poor you have with you always. Go,
sell all thou hast, and give 10 the poor
We apprehend that some Of our pious friends
VIII be angry with vs. for making the above
quotations, but, we ask them 10 withhold il
expression till they read our short explanation.
When we look back through the history Of the
world, we discover all the way, Ia each coun-
try we pass through, with scarcely an cxecp-
ton, society divided thus:
I. A great multitude that no man can aceu-
rately number, forming the mud-sils Of the ma
ton, all toiling from morn till night, poorly
clad, poorly fed, poorly housed. poorly educat-
ed, made little Of in society, and little of a.
they leave Il; with bent bodies and downcast
look they plod their weary way in suffering
and sorrow through life. and dying, leave the
same sad fate as their children's inheritance.
=. Above this unhappy throng. and standing
upon their backs, collecting into their own
possession the proceeds Of their toll, stand
comparatively few fat, sleek, ioyous-looking
fellows, dressed in gold and purple and fine
linen. partaking Of the choicest dishes. and the
most sparkling wines, reading and writing and
c0nversing In slippered ease and In most
elegant parlor-; bowed aud crouehed to while
living AMI buried. when dead at a cost that
might make happy, thousands Of the poor and
lowly, bat 10 rot IN the ground as soon and a.
worthless as they.
,. Above these. still. has heen discovered n
crowned head, glitterng a mid diamonds, n
being before whom all the nation stood i'm awe
and upon whose nod depended the liberty and
the breath Of life Of them al from minute to
minute. Generally thisbeing lived in harem
Of beautiful women. was drunk much Of his
time, and took from those below him in the
social aud political cone Of society Just what
he pleased Of their means for The unlimited
qualification Of his desires.
Our fathers determined 10 settle this coun-
try under different system. Deeply i'm
pressed with the wrong and Outrage" Of
the old system. they determined to inaugi-
rate new one. Deeply imbued with sense
Of justice and right, and feeling Of sympathy
with their fellow-man, they determined upon a
social and political organization founded on the
idea Of the equality Of men; and thus Intended
10. and thought they had 50 framed their writ
ten constitutions Of government, a. 20 save the
people from the growth. in this country. Of a
mOneyed aristOcracy. and a costly, corrupt
panied by a d0irntrOddeR people Of SUFFERING
ard dependent poor. Hence. they made our
Government elective; they prohibited titles Of
nobility; the grant. by Government. Of special
privileges TO classes Of citizens; they ordained
thtt taxation should be equal and all property
subjected Go il. etc. etc.
They did this because they knew men. I'M
less restrained. would act from selfish instead
OF just and generous principles, and would
reduce this country TO the same sal condition
Of those above very briefly pictured. But.
alas these supposed checks have turned out
cobwebs around the Republican leaders \
moneyed aristocracy. and an arbitrary admin
istratiOn are getting their shackle-, upon the
limbs Of our people. and the iron will yet. we
fear, pierce their souls. Now. we. n political
editor Of the HERALD. feel impelcd by our
feeling Of human sympathy and our sense Of
justice, TO stand up for the Government as de-
signed to operate by our fathers.
Ii is through false legislation. and perverted
administration; it j., in short, by converting
this Government, by indirccton. from the pur-
pose Gifts founders. and using II A. an in,iru-
ment Of partial legislation, in favor Of bank
ers, manufacturers, and great capitalists
generally, as against labor and small capital
and agriculture, that a moneye,l aristocracy
on one side and pauper peasantry on the
other, can be produced. That condition /. ap-
preaching. To help arrest its approach. we
shall advocate cheap, economical Government.
and As little Of il a. possible; shall oppose par
tial, corrupt legislation TO make the rich
richer and the poor, poorer. We do thus from
no hostility 10 men. With Us. il Is a matter Of
earnest conviction Of duty, and faith TO the
wishes. in government. Of our fathers.