The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-08-16
The -A1ti-MO1aoppliats7

may see this in Boston. Almost all the
journals in the city are opposed to a
government OF all the people.
The country tavors the temperance
movement, one of the most democratic of
all; for rum is to the aristoeracy of gold,
what the sword was to the aristocracy of
blood the castles of the baron, aud the
rum-shops of the capitalists, are alike
fortresses adverse to the welfare ofman-
kind. The temperance movement finds
little favor in the cities.
In the country, he who works with
manly hands is held in esteem in the
city, in contempt. There laboring men
have no political influence, and little
confidence in themselves. They have
accustomed to do as they were told-ro
do as their "masters" bid. ..,.a,.e *
I call a man Tory who, for himself
or for others, seeks a privilege adverse
to the rights Of mankind: who puts the
accidents of men before the substance of
mankind. l may safely say the cities,
| in the main, are Tory towns; that Bos-
ton, in this sense, is Tory town. They
are SO, just as in the middle ages the
cities were on the other side. This is
unavoidable in our form ON
just now. Accordingly, in all the great
cities of the North, slavery is in the as
cendant; but, as soon as we get off the
freedom eliminates and rises to the me-
ridian.
In America the controlling class in
general are superior to the majority in
money, in consequent social standing, in
energy. in practical political skill, and
in intellectual developments; in virtue of
these qualities, they are the controlling
class. But in general they are inferior
to the majority OF men in justice, in gen.
eral humanity, and in religion-in piety
and goodness. Responsibility is put be-
fore Right, Law before Justice, Money
before God. With them religion is
compliance with a public hearsay and
public custom tits all of religion, but
piety and goodness its chief sacrament
is bodily presence in a meeting house
its only sacrifice, pew-tax. know
there are exceptions, and honor them all
the more tor being so very excep-
tional; they are only enough to show
the rule.
In the main, this controlling elias:
governs the land by two instruments
: the first is the public law; the next i,
public opinion. The law is what was
once public opinion, or thought to be
Is fixed, written, and supposed to be un
derstood by somebody. Public opinion
is not written, and not fixed; but tn.
opinion Of the controlling class over
rides and interprets the law-bid o.
forbids its execution. Public opinion
q can make or unmake law interpret a
it chooses, and enforce or forbid its exc
: cution as it pleases.
! The Chief Sins of the People, 1851:
9 Power is never left without posses
sor when it fell from the theoric an,
military classes, itpassed to the hand
Of the capitalists.
J, In our politics, the interest c
l. property is preferred before all others
g National legislation almost invariabl
e tavors capital and not the laborin
hand.
s. Here nothing but the voters make
y ballot holds money in check; there ar
n no great families, with their historic trs
Q ditlon, as in all Europe; no bodies Of Ii
IS erary or scientific men to approve the
n genius to more material Gold.
); No political. institutions check the al
D. thority Of wealth; it can bride and bu
y the venal; the brave it can sometime
8 intimidate or starve.
e. We have often been warned again
M the perils from forts, and castles, an
Is standing armies. But the power of col
solidated riches, the peril which account
lated property may bring upon the lii
o. critics Of an industrial Commonwealth
ut though formidahly near. as yet is a
e. unknown, all considered to. Alreat
Sc the consolidated property of one eigh
n ieth part of the population controls q
he the rest.
n Dangers whieh Threaten the Rights
re Man in america.