The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-10-03

|. other, ana form q more StlpendOul
and complicated t'devil-fish" for thu
absorption of the country than wa
lever encountered by GiIliGtt or con.
| ceiyed of by Hugo. As bankers
the government of the UniteC
States hands over to these magnatei
400 millions of dollars, in nations
bank notes, on which they pay Nc
interest. On this huge sum, a
bankers and gamblers they realizG
| from the people exhorbitent profits
from seven, to ttDo hun
dred and thirteen per cent. per an
mum. AS railroad men they have
received from the general govern
msnt, territories five times as large
as the State of Illinois or the king
dom OF England! These lands
usually remain untaxed while in
railroad hands. They are sold "a
the people at much higher figures
than government rates. From the
people these Kings of commerce,
finance and politics, under laws die
tated by themselves, extorG untold
sums in freights and lands, measur,
ed only by the capacity of the peo-
pie to pay and their enterprise to
promise. = All these inconceivably
vast sums, realized from all the
sources mentioned, are; now show
cred back upon the needy western
farmers as eastern capital" De-
rived from toll by extortion and
robbery it is LOANED back at high
rates of interest. It fastens itself
upon the land by means of mort
cages snd trust deeds. The success
of agriculture is controlled by the
railroad managers, At their option
the debts are paid on maturity, or,
the estates are forfeited and our
posterity disinherited.
Thus surely and swiftly is this
huge and terrible compound mon
| ster, with it's Briarean arms of
commerce, and its Devil-fish tenta-
cles and suckers of finance, encircle-
ing, crushing and absorbing the
nation. The death of individuals
cannot save us. Corporations do
not die. Thus is revived in Ameri-
ca all the evils of British primogen-
| iture and entail, blotting out
everp incentive to industry and en-
| terprise for the present and hope
of liberty for the future!
| If treason consists in levying war
on the country, or in adhering to
the enemy, giving him aid and COM
fort, surely here is Q case worthy
the serious attention of the Ameri-
can people. Shall we not arise as
one man, from Maine to California,
while we yet have access to the bal
lot box? It is our only hObe.
Our enemies have the money, we
| the votes. At the ballot box votes
are decisive. But there is no time
to lose. War is already begun on
the elective franchise. Judicial cleo
tons are condemned. A third term
of the national executive is favora-
bly, mentioned in high places; also
to ectend the presidential term
Money is plenty and ail-powerful.
Very soon the telegraphic system of
the country will be in the hands of
a single man. The free press of the
nation will be manacled and Grip
pied! Other surprises will follow,
and the people will be forced to en-
tire submission or physical revolu-
toni This mast not be! Let us
outvote our masters at the polls as
we did in 1860. THEN if rebellion
must come let the tyrauts be the
| rebels as they were in '61. Let us
be very careful to throw the arms
| of the overt act on to the shoulders
of the wrong doers.
Fellow citizens, let me warn you,
without distinction of class or avo-
cation, to arouse at the call of dan
ger. Labor and Agriculture pro-
claim the alarm, and sound the rev.
ellie to action. Let no lover of his
country remain quiescent! Every
class must organize and clasp hands
for mutual support and defence.
Old political parties and prejudices
must not be too highly valued.
New combinations and affiliations
must be formed to meet the newly
arisen circumstances. We must
stand shoulder to shoulder with our
friends, face to face with our enc
mics, and then firmly trusting an
DiUine Providence ace mil succeed!
Already we have CLEANS of hope
and promise. Illinois has spoken
for judicial reform. Far off Cali
fornia returns the echo from heI
vallies and mountains. On all sides
we hear the tramp of coming mil
lions, marshalling for freedom.
Over head q beam of light has
penetrated the gloom. The su-
preme federal court decides that
railroads are public highways!
Now let their ownership be fixed
as real estate /; let their management
be thrown open to public COMPETE
ton. and very soon the whole ques'
ton of railroad commerce will be
I lifted from its present complicat.
ions and dangers. ea-t
On our side is justice and mum
bers!
A glorious future awaits the
country.
Let no man falter!
| NEosHo VALLEY OF KAEsAs.-Oul
Indian territory has been passed il
night, and once more we are in tbs
United States. Southern Kansas il