The Lincoln County herald., 1868-11-26
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iTht esrnsyls. .wsiA cosassssd sktks
d tss the war, n pch 10 6ping q, ssd
dAich hey not be lpuclud2 sili Sxo,hsr
rfmidsutisl election, 10 tht 1sst strussIs
lofs lhe niddl,aa .sisas II, IN, zsivilsssa
world. A similar struggle hes taken
plseS 10 every satlon Of Rurops, snd VI
regret to isy that The men Of middling
neess asa ths poes hsvs G0us 70 ths
wall 20 IL hss been 10 Euglsnd, 10
France, 10 Russia, 10 Pfussis, and 10 Aus.
tris 10 all these coustsiss The sristoc-
raey have shirksd The burdens Of the
| Igossrnbsas and cast them rsicptlessly
upon The common people. Il wss AZ.
tempted 10 this country under Jefferson
aud Madison, to shield The meek and
lowiy from similar opprsssioA. With
votes 10 their hands 10 the early days Of
the Republic, Il WAS found not di6icult
to do 90. The struggle became especially
apparent 10 the great contest Of the mon.
led sristocracy with Andrew Jsckson.
With nerve that never surrendered, the
hero Of New Orleans stood By The mid.
ding Glasses aud triumphsd. After this
great success Of the common people under
their fsvorits hero, America vas really
an asylum Of the oppressed. But We are
this moment in still more hazardous
position, brought about BY the most ex.
traordinary circumstances which have
arisen. But few years ago we we're At
psucs win al the world. We we're free
from debt - nation. Tsxss upon the
business Of the country wss nearly uu.
known, and the opportunities for oppress
lug the poor and the middling classes
scarcely existed. In fact, when com.
pared with the nations We have mentioned
il Europe, there we're no poor people.
Every man Of industry could obtsin for
bis table every day, good most and good
bread food equal 70 that the Queen Of
Englsod herself enjoyed But 10 an evil
hour there came sectional and personal
strife against the solemn warnings of the
never.to b s.forgotten Father Of bis Coun
try. That strife, has ended in creating
. coarse aud brutal z,onied oligarchy.
Who are ~ f.organised BY their wrongful
acquisitions in the war to cast nesrly the
ent 10 burdens Of the government upon
'hcir poorer brethren. The members Of
this aristocracy hsve become the holders
Of . capital more than seventy times
greater than that Of the bank Of the Uni.
ted States. Immense numbers of these
men owning the bonds Of The United States,
having acquired them BY immense and
fraudulent contracts, and BY large sAla-
ries, hold the seats in the Congress which |
provided for their exemption from taxa
ton. They decide the question between
this immense capital aud the vast mil
lions Of middling men BY voting under
The oath Of God upon . question in which |
they are personally interested. They
have united, ami ncrved up their hands |
to throw upon their unfortunate fellow cit. |
izeas the burdens which they themselves,
10 . great extent, created. This 10 appsl.
ling to consider. But il 10 more gloomy
still to reflect that the very victims Of
this oppression are at this moment aiding
these aristocrats in riveting their own |
chains. If they do not rouse up to .
true sense Of their condition 10 this
mighty struggle, they will be but the
followers Of crushed humanity 10 nearly
all the nations Of Europe. Once con-
quered by the money power, they will
have no means when crushed to earth 10
rise again. They need not Aatter them
selves that the learning Of the common
schools will save them, for Prussia. with
universal education, is forever euslavsl,
"Oh 10 there not
4 tine, righteous time reserved IN fate
When these opp essors Of mankind shall feel
The miseris' they give; sni blindiy 6ght
For their own fsttsrI too!''
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