The Grange advance., 1874-04-22

pious church minister is served by all
the world. Having high and holy
calling, or exemption, workingmen
must bow in reverence, feed him and
his horse, build him church and par
sonage, and pass around the hat for all
to throw in their loose money. Sixty
thousand such in this blessed and ia
vored land! Owho wouldn't be u min
ister? Such soft, pretty hands; not
allowed to work or produce his bread,
and yet hare everything! He wears
deadhead broadcloth: eats DEB eadhcad
sweet cake and reads deal 'fhAV,h news:
papers:
The prevailing church doctrine is
deadheadism all through. Personally,
the minister is free from all rough re-.
sponsibilitics and duties He breaches
Il dcadhead theology, and save the peo-
pie in IL dcadhead heaven of eternal
rest and idicncss.
Then church property is deadheaded
from taxati'n-nearly four hundred
millions a,tation-which is made up
BY extra taxation on the horny hand Of
labor y milestone on the nations
neck
Another class Of non-producing dead
head aristocrats belongs properly to
this high and respectable category.
That is the whiskey sellers. Why does
any man follow that kind of business?
Simply because it is easier than hard
work. And who shall say this is not
the real excuse for the clerical profess
sion? Then with what show Of grace
can any minister rcbuke or condemn
the saloon keepers? They are both
exempts from the sweat of production
and both alike live by begging or pick.
ing the pockets Of honest toll.
Now, right here, for politeness and
to avoid offense, l want it distinctly
understood that mean nobody "round
here" Our church and our minister
are not included. They are always
right you know Of course @
But again to the question. In Eu-
rope, deadheadism is more oppressive
than here, only because that country
has less land and elbow room. But its
growth with us is mighty and rapid,
being a controlling element both in
politics and religion, fostered by all our
popular education in high schools and
colleges, which tends to aristocratic
social exclusivcness.
Among the Chinese and Hindoos,
the distinction Of ladies Of high caste is,
to wear silks, jewels and 6ne things,
and be helpless and useless. That is
the theory Of deadheadism prevailing
in all countries called civiliz4d. 1t is
the doctrine Of capital apd monopoly,
and the burden Of the woAkinA classes
The higher one class is, id tit les, toy
gerry and show the lever another must
be to balance it. The great high Pope
is king Of church deadheads, and it
takes thousands of smaller men to sup
port him in his place. Then his cardi.
nails, bishops and priests, everywhere,
are so many more little popes. Such a
crushing aggregate Of non-producing
professional aristocracy! Catholic and
Protestant priests and popes-all in the
rich white clover Of happy but stupid
deadheadism.
The whole world is canvassed and
pre.occupied by these grab-men. Sala.
ary-grab and extortion are no new in
ventions. but are old as Julius Caesar.
Our vast western country is hunted
over for its choicest chances, and many
thousands of acres of it's best lands are
held by lazy and idle spectators. Office
holding, from king or president down to
constable, is a lordly system Of hollow
sinecurism. Men are crazy to secure
high places, because they get so much
for nothing. The burden-the cruel