The anti-monopolist., 1874-07-16
THURSDAY, JUNE. lG, 1874.
SAHCTATOEsY.

w heneyer mankind have become CIV
ilized, human cunning or courage have
always subordinatcd the masses to the
interests of the few. History is conse-
Hucntly, in the main, simply g horrible
recital of injustice on the one side and
suffering on the other.
The boasted fcudal system divided So
eiety into two castles, as widely sepera-
ted as the castes of India-noDles 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 q
new nation, refused to establish a par
aaA caste, SO the descendants of the
Serfs who settled America were deter
mined that their posterity should never
again be cursed with king-craft and ar
5stocracy and this feeling found cx-
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 effort is
perpetually being renewed to suhordi-
nate the many to the few.
In rude age the sword is the instru-
1nent of subjugation; in civilized age,
wealth. The privileges won at the
point Of the sword by the horde Of des-
perate adventures who followed WI
7iam Of Normandy into England, would
speedily have perished, had they not used
the sword to obtain the soil of Eng
land; and thus wealth perpctuated
in civilized ages the advantages won by
the sword in rude age.
Here, in the United States, the cxpe-
riment Of free government finds itself
to-day face to face with fortunes greater
than William the Conqueror ever
dreamed of, won, not by the sword.
but by skill. cunning, foresight and the
highest qualities Of the mind. through
commercial operations of & magnitude
heretofore unheard Of in the world. 1t
finds itself face to face also with wealth
wrung from the people 10y cunning laws
framed for the deliberate purpose OF
concentrating the substance Of the
many in the hands Of the few L finds
itself face 30 face with a money-powel
which assumes to rule the nation anC
which, lacking numbers to support its
pretcnsions, has corrupted the popular
conscience. It finds itself face to face
with subsidized and corrupted news
paper press, systematically hired to de
-ceive, 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, oegrcat and ,lan
gerous ability, in the White House fol
a third tern-possibly for life.
Everywhere the signs Of the tim,
show that a mighty struggle is impend
ing in which liberty will either overcom.
all her foes or perish forever from th,
earth. This Armageddon Of the worlt
must be fought il our own day ant
generation, and in our own land; ant
every nan Of US must bear a share il
the great battle.
How shall it be, brothers2 Shall ",
leave to posterity a majestic and puis
SAINT republic, carrying mankind for
ward to unexampled heights of great
ness, and universal prosperity. on tn,
foundation Of liberty, equality and JUS
ticel Or shall the nation inheri.
poverty and shame, the rule of ty
rant and the domination of shoddy ar
istocrats, while the common peopl,
sleep in ignorance or swelter in corrup
tion!
For one we have enlisted for life.
The battle Jackson fought agains
monopoly is now to be fought ovel
again. Then our Hercules strangles
the serpent in his cradle; but now
alas, the resurrected monster has as
,sumed continental proportions.
But each, at least, can do his part.
Perceiving that public speech is
weak weapon against the public press
that verbal appeals to the better in
stincts Of the human heart are speed