The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-07-16
THURSDAY, JUNE. l6, 1874.
SAHIT'T ArTSess


-ilized, human cunning or courage have
always subordinated the masses to the
interests Of the few. History is conse-
aucntly, in the main, simply = horrible
recital of injustice on the one side and
suffering on the other.
The boasted fcudai system divided So
Eiety into two castles, as widely sepera-
ted as the castles Of India-aooles above
and serfs below.
The activity Of the human mind and
the love Of liberty gradually modified
this condition and the settlement Of
the American colonies enabled the lower
classes to escape from the presence Of
their masters. And as the Jews, who
had been the pariahs Of Egypt, when
they fed into the desert and founded a
new nation, refused to establish a qnr-
aaA caste, so the descendants Of the
s5erfs who settled America were deter
mined that their posterity should never
again be cursed with king-craft and ar
5stocracy and this feeling found eX-
preston n the great Declaration Of the
liberty and equality Of all men.
But in crossing the ocean, mankind
did not change its characteristics. The
same instincts Of the human mind
which had created the feudal system,
are still at work the same effor. is
perpetually being renewed TO suhordi-
nate the many to the few.
In a rude age the sword is the instrn-
mcnt Of subjugation; in civilized age,
wealth. The privileges won at the
point Of the sword by the horde Of des-
perate adventures who followed VIZ
liam Of Normandy into England, would
speedily have persisted, had they not used
the sword to obtain the soil of Eng-
land, and thus wealth perpctu&ted
in civilized ages the advantages won by
the sword in a rude age.
Here, in the United States, the expe-
riInent Of free government finds itself
to-day face to face with fortunes greater
than William the Conqueror ever
dreamed Of, won, no5 by the sword,
but by skill. cunains, foresight and the
highest qualities Of the mind. through
commercial operations Of & magnitude
heretofore unhcard Of in the world. 1t
finds itself face to face also with woast h
wruns from the people by cunning laws
framed for the deliberate purpose Of
concentrating the Substance Of the
many in the hands Of the few. l. finds
itself face 10 face with a money-power
which assumes to rule the nation and
which, lacking numbers to supper. its
prctcnsions, has corrupted the popular
conscience. 1t finds itself face to face
with a subsidized and corrupted news
paper press, systematically hired to de-
-ceivc, degrade and betray the people.
1t finds itself face to face with q studi-
ed effort to depart from al the customs
and traditions Of the republie and in
stall a military leader. o. great and ,lan-
gerous ability, in the White House for
n third possibly for life
Everywhere the signs Of the time
show that mighty struggle is impead-
ing in which liberty viii either overcome
all her foes or perish forever from the
earth. This Arinageddon Of the world
must be fought II our own day and
generation, and IL our own land and
every KAN of rs must bear > share in
the great ba.tle.
How shall il be, brothers Shall we
leave to posterity a majestic and puts
SAINT republic, carrying mankind for
ward 10 uneSampled heights of great
ness, and universal prosperity, on the
foundation Of liberty, equality and JUS
tices Or shall the nation inherit
poverty and shame, the rule Of a "
rant and the domination of shoddy ar
istocrats, while the common people
sleep in Ignorance or swelter in corrup-
ton
For one we have enlisted for life.
The battle Jackson fought against
monopoly is now to be fought over
again. Then our Hercules strangled
the serpent in his cradle, but now,
alas, the resurrected monster has as
,sumed continental proportions.
But each, at least, can do his part.
Perceivins that public speech is a
weak weapon against the public press
that verbal appeals to the better in
stincts Of the human heart are spcedi-