The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-07

could give from their possessions TO any |
corporation, but not from ours. They only
held life estate, and could delegate but
a life estate. We may If we choose grant
franchises and create powers that override
our liberties. but the children that follow
us cannot be bound by our acts. Mans
interest in his government should be
lasting: his rights are but his age.
II is not compatible with the repub
hcan idea of the greatest good
| for the greatest number, that a
million of them fifty years ago should have
had the power to barter away the govern
ment at the expense Of the forty millions
Of to-day But, says some timid soul, you
are talking radical and revolutionary doc
trine That is what the Tories OF lII6
said of the four score rebels who, IN indie
pendence Hall, proclaimed the truths you
have so often to this day listened 10. Great
truths are radical and revolutionary in
their character They do not come as the
dawn on peaceful world, waiting for the
light. They come by the earthquake
stroke, bursting the crusted errors pt cen
r turtles. They fame like the sword OF the
, tempest when storms are abroad IN the
land. They are elemental, and they rage
: with elemental power But, says another,
=. capital is our best friend. See how 1t has
developed our resources, built up our waste
, places and made our deserts TO blossom
as the rose. What of it? Why did cap
ital seek us? From law, from patriotism
from philanthropy? No but for the 10 PEI
+ cent. mortgages. You might still weal
i buck skin breeches, coOn-skin caps, anC
. hnsey-woolsey coats, drink from gourds
u eat from the smooth side of split log, ant
n praise God in the unrooted sanctuary il
d the forest for all that capital would care
10 if YOU had not been able TO pay your wa.
in golden grain from your rich fields, AM
ie fatted cattle from your ample meadows
m CAPITAL will never desert us, if we do la.
W hands upon it and make it bear burdens, $
n long as we pay. Our interests are identl
cal We propose no war upon 1t. w
u only ask, Please be our servant, and nc
p our lord. The more we have of you tn
lie better we like you, but the more you hav
h of us the worse off we are. Don't buy on
Legislatures and our rights, and thus Ell
, sconse yourself behind the contracts 20
Ell have purchased. Come TO us in mile
RS dollars, in bonds, in improved farms,
r. prosperous and growing cities, in any shap
IS you will, but come as our ax-paying alC
- and not as our tax-eating monster, Carr
I'd us, and we will pay you. Feed us, and "
ed will pay you. Serve US, and We will pa
C. you. But attempt to rule us, and we wi
n, rebel.
I" 80 perform the great works of politics
ne purifeation and regeneration now so i'll
of peratiyely demanded, the people mu
ID unit and concentrate Throw aside II
"a old machinery that has so long failed yot
and create your own organizations. Loo
Id not TO leaders for orders, but give your o
C. ders to your representatives, declarin
ul your platforms and make them so brOa
~. that every American citizen who is love
!, of his race and land can stand beside yO
i in your great struggle. indicate you
no rights by exhibiting your power and 500
ad the threatening troubles Of to-day, all a,
Is iusted, will leave you a purer, stronge
IA happier nation than ever before. A
la, nounce anew the great truth that in tn
nd Government all power, even our Constit
an ton, is in the people, and cannot be els
m. where and that there it shall remain TO
lg- ever.