The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-05-17
Novel Argument


Debating Society the following novel and
interesting argument vas advanced ny Mr.
o. Hicks on the question
a" Resoiped, That the signs Of the times
indicate the downfall Of the Republic
The question being opend by the atiirua
tive, Mr.. Hicks, ro3e and said
Mr.. PREsIDENT Ladies Gad G.itl.mcH
The Bible informs us that Dives" in the
Spirit region, asked Abraham To- let Lazerus
60 to his relatives. and warn them u flee
from the wrath 70 come
We answered. Il" They have horses and
the Prophets. let thou hear them Ii they
believe not them. neither would they be-
heve thou, though one rose from the dead
We have Moses commands. Does this
nation conform to them Far from IT, if
We are To Judge from published statistics
But what says the prophets Nathan,
% chapter, says - He that dashes t.
pieces is come The chariots shall lie with
flaming torches, they shall rage in the
streets they shall Jnstle one against an
other in the broadways they shall seem
like torches, they shall run as the light
nIngs. Evidently the prophet foresaw
the iron horse drawing the long trains of
cars filed with soldiers going to the great
war spoken Of By the Prophet Isaiah III his
third chapter, when in that day ''seven
women should take hold of one man ana
claim to be called BY his name. because the
men should fall by the sword, and the
mighty men by the war
1t was To be IN the day Of gay dress and
fashions, that he foresaw, as spoken of in
his third chapter, Is "A verses inclusive
land We have those fashions now il was to
be IN the last days, when the Lords house
should be established IN the glorious land.
and all nations should How into it, Il
this prophesy not fulfilled in regard To
America For are not all nations Journey
ing into tins great land Of ours, and after
prosperous and glorious career Of peace
and happiness, can We not with confidence
point To passing events and ask, are not
these the prophetic warnings the signs az
the times, and | would ask You. sir. DO
they d. not Indicate the downfall If the
Republic
Again, the prophet saith, " The Lord
will enter into Judgment with those that
grind the faces uf the pour and has not
the great monupoises II the day tendency
to grind down the poor man. and tile tOo
poorly paid working women ~ our great
cities
Besides. MIR President, there l. another
feature IN our times which the forehodines
of the prophets points directly tu, and
that IL the enormIty uf our crimes. Are
we not rapidly approaching that time
when, according to st. Marx. " Brother
should betray brother. and the father the
son, and children should cause The deaths
III their parents ST James also says
If Go now, We nvh men. weep aud howl.
for your miseries are come upon You. Your
riches are corrupted, and shall eat your flesh
as 1t were hre. lc-haye heaped VI treas
ure for the last days a III the cries Of the
hirelug have reached the eara ~. the Lord
Shall not ! Judge II these things. saith the
Lord, for vengeance T. mInr and ] shall re-
pay. st. Paul, IN hIs first chapter to the
Romans, says that ''thc wrath nf Gud shall
be revealed upon all the unrighteous of
men, and All the whole catalogue of crimes
spoken of IN the same chapter.
When money which Is the root of all
evil. CONTROLS our cuuucill r. ana senators.
then shall the end suuu come and after
the severe struggle Is end,i. then viii the
honest ANA truly patriotic people build
better government ~ the ruins Oi the pld.
Mr. President. ! Nill ritc one more eX-
ample ana leave Iny argument in the hands
of Yourself and this intelligent assembly
Isaiah says, Woe IA the Land shadowlng
with kings, which scndeth ambassadors by
the sea, saying 90 ye, swift messengers,
Sc" am aware that may he sand that
this cannot apply " the Republic Of the
United States. because there are w kngs
here to shadow the land. But, Sir, have
We not the substance and all the other
things indicated by the prophets Have
We not the swift ships to carry our mcssen
gers by the sea Is not America the land
shaduwing with wings Look at your map
and tell me what other country 80 nearly
resembles a pair of wings a. North ana
South America And whyths great judg-
ment Because our Judges have perverted
Judgment ana our rulers have taken brides