The anti-monopolist., 1874-07-16
Then go step further. The Union

| Then go step further. The Union
says:
! sslf through discussion in the Grange
! oalhtic seRtiiae7lt can be aroused on the
subject Of river and lake navigation so
as 70 lead Congress to GIVE Us a canal
from the Mississippi to the lakes &c.
See how humbly he approaches the
subject. He would not have us vote.
But We must form public opinion. and
then Congress, se.r grutia, may be in
duced to s-give US something!
And this is addressed to freemen who
are the foundation of all law, the makers
Of Congresses and Congressman. Con-
gressmay ''giye u.s. something! Let us
send Abernethy down there to represent
US; let him present himself on his knees
with his hat in his hand, in the lobby
of Congress, and cry out:
''Oh great and mighty Congress!
august representative of divine power!
Behold me here on my knees. Our poor
abject Grangers of Minnesota having
abjured the right of suffrage and all the
other rights of free men, have sent me
hereto beg that you viii give us some
thing. Bill King will youch for my
loyalty! We will not vote; we will
simply arouse public sentiment
The people of Minnesota are not made
of that kind Of stuff. They will demand
of Congress their rights; they will Sc
lect representatives to insist upon
those rights; and they will crush at the
ballot box every man and every politi-
cal party that stands in their way.
They will not cry ''givc US, but they
will take; they vill not simply ''arouse
public sentiment and then let it evap-
crate in wind; they will put it in
their ballots and they will make those
ballots rattle like bullets against the
ribs Of their enemies.
| But let us go step farther. Says
the Union:
! "Orlf national legislation can be Sc
cured On railroads, through the discus
sion of the evils in their management"
&c.
i Why mationdl2 Because the
Grangers cannot discuss State legisla-
ton without discussing the failure of
the Republican party Of this State in
all the epast years to protect their rights !;
and when they get that far they might
Just as we'll discuss the Anti-Monopoly
Address and Donnelly and the devil.
But s'national!'' That is good. That
is far of. That is Bariboolagah. You
can't hurt anybody by discussing that !;
but if you come nearer home then you
tread on some ones corns and those
terrible Anti-Monopolists will have a
chance to be heard.
And this is just the distinction drawn
by the Union; for it says:
s.Mr. Donnelly's discussions, if con-
fined to these questions would be un-
Objectionable.
That is, if he talked about canals. and
national legislation, and Baribooalgah
f and the moon, he would do no harm to
any one; ''but this Anti-Monopoly Ad-
dress is only a TRADE against the Re
publican party Of the State, with a
view to the organization Of another, and
every speech of his tends in the same
, direction
Ave, there's the rub. He is hurting
the Republican party and therefore he
must be stopped.
Understand the issue then. farmers
you can't correct the evils you suffer
without hurting the Republican party,
and il is better that the Republican
. party should live even though you all
) perished- What are your poverty OF
sufferings set in the scale against tha
salaries Of the ofice-holders and the
Juicy pap which flows from their pock-
cts into the mouth of the Farmers
/, Unioni
. Can anything be palmer then than
that this paper was established to de
, ceive and betray you; and that it is
now doing its foul work. Every far
mer in the State should spurn it out o.
: his house as he would serpent; for il
is a serpent that would sting his chill
dren with the two great evils Of ths
, human race ignorance and poverty.
The ClOven HoOf.
The Farmers Union in its issue o