The anti-monopolist., 1874-07-16
ST. PAUL MINNESOTA. THURSDAY, JULY 49, 1874
Then go step further. The Union

Then go step further. The Union
says:
sIf through discussion in the Grange
o1sbtac SeRtlne7l can De aroused on the
subject of river and lake navigation so
as to 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, er gratia. may be in
ducvd to @'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
abjeet Changers 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 vouch 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 will not simply ''arouse
public sentiment ;end 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:
| sOr f national legislation can be se-
cured On railroads, through the discus
sion of the evils in their management, =
&c.
i Why mntion1t2 Because the
Changers cannot discuss State legisla-
ton without discussing the failure Of
the Republican party Of this State in
all the past 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 ssnational!'' 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 q
chance to be heard.
And this is just the distinction drawr
; 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, anl
national legislation, and Baribooalgaf
and the moon, he would do no harm tt
any one: ssbut this Anti-Monopoly Ad
dress is only TRADE against the Re
publican party Of the State, with ;
view to the organization Of another, ans
t every speech of his tends in the same
: direction.
81 Aye, there's the rub. He is hurting
the Republican party and therefore h
must be stopped.
Understand the issue then, farmers
, you can't correct the evils you suffe
without hurting the Republican party
!, and il is better that the Republican
: party should live even though you al
E perished. What are your poverty o
e suferings set in the scale against tn
J, salaries of the Office-hOlders and tn
: JUICY, pap which flows from their pock
cts into the mouth Of the Formers
i Unioni
! Can anything be palmer then thal
!, that this paper was established to de
! ceive and betray you; and that it
> now doing its foul work. Every fa1
: mer in the State should spurn it out {
! his house as he would serpent; for
). is serpent that would sting his chi
dren with the two great evils OF th
j human race ignorance and poverty.
The eleven Ho0f.