, 1873-08-21

road hna . now aid and ally, with promise OF
reciprocal advantage. 1t " makes itsolf friondB
Of the Mammon Of UnrighteouHnees," and all
Il will defont them II they do not ad II, and tho
bargain is malo. Il haH its own lobby and news-
papors. It enjoys 3 voto power superior to that
Of tho Executive, exercising its prerogatire
upon bills beforo thoy pass. Perhaps wo ought
gin to understand not only tho motlvea for
seeking political powor, but tho means and ap-
pliancos by which 1t Is eougAt. Now NO can
comprehend how central office in San Fran-
political rescrip.s to oyory convention. Of oyery
party. Wo arc to bo allowed to vote, but not al
ways to count tho votes, II superaorvlcoablo
Board Of Supervisors will appoint Election
voto for good rneu-.mon whom wo could our
sulyes choose-but who will be. il elaoted, in q
minority go hopeless and bo 30 enmoshed In the
wob of circumstances that they cannot stir hand
or foot. We aro to bo allowed to go through all
tho formH; tho Declaration OF Independence and
Proclamation Of Emancipation will still be read
on tho Fourth Of July, and tho "fag Of the free
hoarta lopo aud homo" be carried In process
sion tho oagle will "mouIt no feather on the
coin of tho realm and the "Dattlo-cry of FREQ
dom will bo musical as over,
30 fair, 60 calm, 80 softly scaled,
such is tho aspect oi this shore,
TiA Grecce-but living Greece 10 morss
have referred but incidentally to that twin
BIRTH Of incestuons shame, tho Credit Mobilior,
aud tho Contract md Finance Company. have
said nothing Of tho 224 1000 Of acrcs Of pub
lie lands-three times tho aroa OF Groat Britain
-givon to railroad companies, and at the last
session Of Congress- bills wera introduced giving
$4,000, 600 more-nor to the millions-hundrads
Of milions-~of which tue Southern Hta.ca have
been robbed, and under the false psotenso that
tho railroads were to be built by tho paper com-
ranies. l hayo made no roferenoo to tho $30,-
r3Q 900 this State and its counties have boen
asked for railroad companies through Legislative
action aud popular voteH, nor to tho fact that
whilo tho 0ouoral Goyornnont is paying s2ooo.-
QUO por anpum on tho bonds Of tho Oontral Pa
ciAc, and tho State 9105,0 900, the Company can
successfully defy tho State to collect ita ta1os,
aud with an offrontory TINT is sublime makes
grounds OF its refusal to pay; nor the fact that
to-1ny there ia nut piece Or species OF public
property, from China Basin and Goat Island to all
tho broad acres Of our national domain, from
ing wators Of tho riyora Of the plans, upon
which some incipio,lt or full-grown monopoly
has not fixed its coyetons oyot and dooa not
hope to obtain, through sonse kind of political
corruption or bargain and salo.
And il mention them now it is to Bay TINT I
regard them only az symptoms Of disease, the
surface sores OF a corruption that iH inward,
which thrcatens TO destroy all freedom by do
only sure foundation, and making dominant the
principle that government lB thing for person.
al aggraudlzement, to get rich out OF, and not
ordained to give equal protection to all. En-
thusiaam and eheers.1
For tho expression upon other occasions Of
sentiments like these, have been freely callod
AL agitator, demagogue, I'll alarnBt and q,
Communist. As communism sooma to bo tho
"raw head and bloody bones Of this goner-
alton, and is made tho synonym OF everything
that liz bad, desire to say just how much Of til
havo..
believe TINT tho man who owns 81 holds it
By right az aacrod "a tho man who holds
$1,000, ,60o aud that the man who docs own
any greater right to tako the dollar, than tile
owner Of tho dollar has to take tho million.
do NOT subscribe to that doctrine OF political
ethics, "To him that hath hhail bo given, and
from him that hath not it shall DO taken away
even thai which he hath" I do not concur iii
tho now aoripturn1 roaling, "sell all that thou
hast and give it to d railroad company" Laugh
tor and applauso.l Tho man who has calnod lis
brain tho man who las received BY inheritance,
or who las accumulated by industry energy,
thrift, frugalty, foresight, or good LUCK would
protect in his fortune, small or great. by eyery
sanction aud munimont Of law. Housed in his
possosaons-cabin or castle~-he should be pro-
teotod from tho touch Of tho Government and
tho fury OF the mob. But it he had despoilel
tho nation'a inheritance, in hia greed Of gain and
powor; if he had bought Legislators, Judges
and executives +; il he had organzcd corruption
into a system. made bribery trade, until he had
debanclied tho moral Benao Of tho people by the
grandeur Of hs robbery, and Ill titles became in
secure IN Ills grasp,inE prese9co-1 should aay-I
enough, md TINT tho fact that Ae had takon so
much did not give lin In roaBon, and should not
in law, vested, absolute, aud irdofoaaiblo right
to taIo all thoro ia left And, wllotlor 1t bo
man or corporation, Or RyHtom Of corpora:
public plumber, / do not think I should modify
the sentiment. To thiH dogreo Las my commuu-
ism como; ID yours shade loas or 1noro2
IL CORRUPTION INDISPENSABLE?
There are tllone who believe tlat o certain
amount Of political corruption is necessary for
tho maintenance Of any Goyornment. confoaH
I respect those WHO av0W tho sentiment moro
tlaan do those Who not upon 1t without ayowing
1t. Thoro are these who believe that tho system.
roads can bo built. I do not think 10. I do
not boleye that 5000, 600 of American pco-
pie, with $50 0000, 100000 OF property, must
te. bartef ,o their birthrIGht to secure trans.
need bo political machines my mora than grist-
mills, tili-Hliopa and farinH III thirty yoara tho
population Of tin Unitod Statos will approximate
1oo ooo, COG souls It's property valuos, s1oo 0oo,-
IN tho field, the fruit on tho trees sho vcsael at
tho duck ant that all commercial life Is to stag
1lato, II tho adlninistratlon Of tho Government Ia
not given mp to railroad companies anl tLeir
allloa? DO not 6eloye tho future Of cnlttor;;
A!sAi "atit =" 10 tl'4tap'o PosslplttaoB, bu0n!Q
uo mortgaged now to any aat Of peraous with
powor to appoint guardians and receivers for all
generations to como. 10 this complexion 1t wall
come, lneHa we burst the bantls wherowith wo
arc bound, before our locks arc ahorn. lap.
plauso.]
FoM TIE WHOLE QUESTION NO ADEQUATE solUr1oN
HAS nPEN FOUND.
For tho whole Of tliH groat question: no atle-
1nato solution has yet boen proposed. Tho evil
llas struck its roots dooply, aud their ramitica-
tiOna BFO 1Yl1Q to prAdlCutQ Ii lH work OF cn,1r.
ago and wisdom. Of pa.ienco aud time. But tho
work muat hayo beginning tho time to begin
iB now.
HAIL THE GOVERNMENT TAKE THE noAns7
One solution proposed ia, that tho Goyern-