The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-25

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What Then ?.-An Able Letter from a |
Radical Thinker.
SPRING VALLEY, Mimi, March 8, 1875.
Editor Anti Monopolist
~ hate when vice can bot her arguments,
And virtue has no tongue to cheek her
pride"
This was nearly the condition Of affairs
in this State before the appearance of the
ANr1-MoNoPoL1s1.
The ANT1-MoNoPcL1sr should be read by
every young man in the State, who has
an aspiration above street tricks, an IN
surance agent, bank clerk, sewing ma
chine peddler or an Office to plunder the
people with. In short who is willing to
! work and wants good government. Had
it such circulation, many of the abuses
which are now endured would disappear
in Minnesota in short time. 1t would
give the honest young men hope Of re-
form, cause concert Of action and arouse
enthusiasm. And nothing after all is like
enthusiasm; it throws the ballot, the list,
the ball and the bayonet with more force
than when the holder is in doubt, who he
wishes to hit. the enemy or a comrade.
And the reform, if it comes at all, must
be brought about mainly by young men
who arc just starting IN life Their
fathers somewhat exhausted themselves
with the terrible contest with slavery
and would like respose. In fact many OF
them are gone to their long homes, and
those left, like Adams, Bryant, Julian,
Trumbull and thousands Of others, feel
the worse of wear. And the struggle be-
tween corporations and money on one
side, trying to use all the forms of the
government to make the rich richer and
the poor poorer, is no ephemeral struggle
mo one days contest. 1t will last much
longer than the trouble about slavery,
and be much more difficult to settle, and
if we should get into war with corpora
tions, the result much more doubtful.
Slavery was palpably wrong,-a person
Of the least judgment would see it SO, and
Of the weakest conscience would feel it so.
In addition to the judgment, conscience
and religious sentiments of many being
against it, it was comparatively easy to
!. arouse the selfish sentiments and pas
sions Of the north against it,-lccal pride,
local hate, love of power, wealth, fame
and glory. The manner in which cor
porations, through their agent, the Re
publican party. now plumber the people
is not SO palpably wrong as slavery; tht
/. judgment don't see it 50 quickly. ant
easily, the consc ience and re
G ligious feelings are rot 3,
jmuch outraged---the selisl
I sentiments and passions cannot be throw'
r agains: corporations as readily as they
/ we're dashed against slavery. and hence i
will require more labor and time to teaci
!. the people that corporations threaten POP
If ular government With destruction, and
= arouse them to vigorous and earnest ae
It ton for its preservation, than it did 70
It them to sec that slavery was incompat'
N BILE with free government and to arou:
d; them against it.
re In reading English history now it seen
he strange that Charles l and his minister
lie did not know that the people would n
NO submit to ship money tax. levied by Il
o. king. And it is equally surprising tn
=. GEORGE the Third and his ministers d
nd not know that the Colonies would
At. submit to taxation without represent
NO ton. And it is still more surprising Il
no the slave owners did not know thst
r.. peo ule would never submit to the ID
all Scott decision "that slavery existed IN
ON Territories beyond the power OF the
the tional or local government to exclude
urc For my own part, can't see how
It's issues, (they are not very distinct yet,
md will be, between corporationsand the ?
in pie can be settled without war. AMI
hi. tremble at the probable advantage cor
NOS. rations would have on the start.
the The white race is noble race-the
will blest Of all: the white man loves hhe
the for himself. but Goldsmith came
his. telling the truth when he said he ne
ear, found man so passionately fond OF
{ o crty. but that he ardently desired tc
will iect some will to his own. Whiie
the white man is lacking in conscience VI
varc cases his domination and tyranny. he
hall not be . slave. And he has never
sir. SO weakened by toadyism, sycophanc.
uch. centiousness and sordid love OF mon'
:lud- the beggar's vice but when driven q
If Of wall, he would fight. Two department
ring, the governmental mean the natl'
u. tfor that is the government, Tom Je
that SON and Calhoun to the contrary
our vithstanding,| are now VIGOROUSLY .
evel- the Influence Of corporations The o.
.nds the Judicial, 10 Federal times decides