The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-07-16
ST. PAUL MINNESOTA, THURSDAY JULY 49, 1874


! Then go step further. The Union
says:
''lf through discussion IN the Grange
/ 1olt6tlc.seRtim eut can 62 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 xe must form public opinion. and
then Congress, e.r gratia. may be in
duced to ''give us somethingl
And this is addressed to freemen who
are the foundation of all law, the makers
Of Congresses and Congressman. Con-
gressmay give US something! Let Us
send Abernethy down there TO represent
us; let him present himself on his knees
with his hat in his hand. III 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
ablect Changers of Minnesota having
abjured the right of suffrage and all the
other rights Of free men, have sent me
here to beg that you will 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 give 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 60 step farther. Says
the Union:
s'Or If national legislation can be Sc
cured on railroads, through the discus
sion OF the evils in their management"
&c.
F Why ndtionat2 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
F lust as we'll discuss the Anti-Nonopoly
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-Monopoiists will have a
chance TO be heard.
And this is just the distinction drawn
by the Union; for it says:
MIR. 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 Autobiography Ad-
dress is only TRADE against the Re
+ publican party Of the State, with a
view to the organization OF another. and
t every speech of his tends in the same
= direction.
5 Ave. there's the rub. lie is hurting
the Republican party and therefore he
must be stopped.
, Understand the issue then. farmers
i you can't correct the evils you suffer
without hurting the Republican party,
!, and it is better that the Republican
party should live even though you all
e persisted. What are your poverty or
e s,lferings set in the scale against tina
!, salaries of the ofice-holders and the
: Juicy pap which flows from their peck.
5 cts into the mouth of the Farmers
!, UnionS
Can anything be palmer then than
that this paper was established TO de-
4 ceive and betray you; and that it Is
now doing its foul work! Every far
: mer in the State should spurn it out O
6 his house as he would a serpent; for il
: is serpent that would sting his chill
dren with the two great evils Of th'
4 human race-ignorance and poverty.
The ClOven HO0f.
The Farmers Union in its issue O