Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-01
THE LAST STRUGGLE.
The Re saIt Of the War "A Coarse
and BF4iai a5OGeySd
AriSiOcFAsy.

The struggle which commenced at the
close Of the war, which is going on and
y ghif.h may nCt be concluded TIL aDOther
Presidential election, Is the last struggle
Of the middling class in the civilized
wcrld. A similar struggle hss taken
plane in every nation OF Europe, and we
regret 10 say thst the men Of middlicg
means aud the poor have gene 70 the
wall. 50 il has been in England 10
France, in Russia, Ia Prussia, and IN
Austria. Ia all those countries the
aristOcracg nave shirksd the burdens oi
the GOveruraent and cast them T5ient-
lessly upon the common people. IL was
stteEaEtfd ia this country under Jener-
son aud Madison, 20 shield the meek sDd
iOy-iV from similar oppression. Wlth
votes In their hands ia the ssTig Gays OF
the Republic. it was found no. dlhiclit
to Go *. TIE struggle became especially
apparent 10 sas great conttss Ot the
m0aeyed sgistccfacy with Andrew 'cs-
son. with nsYVe that AsseF surre1-
deFed, the here of New Orleans stood %
the niGdiing glasses end triumphed, Al
ter this great success CT tbs EOaa mon peo-
pie under thels fsvOrite hero ARaefieS
was really an asylum Tor tGe oppressed.
But we are this moment ia Il Il Elore
hazardous position, brought Sooa. py
ths very extraordinary CIRCUMSTANCES
which have ~ sen. But few yeats ago
#e were 81 pes0s With ali the world. We
were free from oeht as n6laeii' AAzss
upon the business OF the country Was
nearly unknown, sud tAe opportunities
for oDpIessiBg the poor and tae EliGa!;0g
classes scarcely existed Ia fsts, when
,-ampsrsa With the nations We have men
toned 10 k1roye, there we're DO po9r
peOp!e. Every man Of lntiCs.rv o5u.c
obtain f0r bis table every dag, good aleat
aud good bread-f9oa SguRl 70 tnat the
@ 1een Of Eugland herself eDjoyee. But
ia an evil hour there came sectional and
persU2sl STRIFE against the solemn warn
iDgs OF the ueyer-tO-5e forgotten Father
of bis County. That strife hss ended 10
creating q coarse ana brutal Ea9nAys4 Oh
iQarchg, who are ssli-oTgsnizsd " toeiT
wrongful acquisitions in the war 10 cast
nearly the entire bssFdscs Of the govern
asDt up0n their poor blethrSn. me
members Of this srislocrscy have Pc
come the h0ldsfs ct q cspital more than
seventy times greater tnau the Bank Of
the United States, lnlmeEse nHDbers
of these men, owning bends of tee Oni-
ted States, having acquired tn5nl by IN.
Eneuza and fraudulent contracts, AGd
by laTgs saisyies, hold the sests 10 the
Cougress which provided for then
exemption ffOm taxation. fbey decide
the question between this iIe 82eEse cap
ia ~ad the vast millions 81 @idaling
me- voting under the cath Of GOD
nnOn 3 question e which they sfe per-
sSnsiiy Interested. TneV have united,
and nerveG ID their hands 70 IaEcE upon
their uofortHnste fellow citizens the oat-
dens which they themselves, % a great
- tent created. This fs appalling to con-
80 But It is more gloomy still 70 re-
ssof TIA, the very vietiRas Of this op-
,1-es.t1,o ,,,Ss are ;, this moment siding the
aristocIats IN rivss+.2g Their own CHAINS.
If they do not rouse - 10 tfne sense
OF tbeii condition ia this - s'snIy stfeg
gle, thsy viii be but the fcnS"ers u
crushed humanity in nearly s!l the ia
tions OF Europe. Once conquered by the
money power, they wtll have 10 means
when Crushed to earth to Gise again.
They need not h9ttsr themselves that
the learning Of the COMMON schools VIII
save them, fer Prussia, with uptyeTsal
edueatloh, IS forever ensisged.
,s0hI Is there not
! 4 time e righteous tia reserved N fats
y hen lhese OPprsssOrs Of ulaB XII u Snall lsal
1 TIE miseFies they give ana bilnoly Egnti
/ For their own letters TOO
Keno Ia lawful game in AlAbana,