The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1876-02-19

EFT to the State than is the bee moth to
the honey bee. The moth is as competent
to rule the hive a. the money rover to
rule the State, and we would an soon vote
forthe former as the latter. This is naked
truth They are as sure ruin to the State,
unrestraincd, as is the bee-moth to work
destruction to the hive of the bee, and the
moth is As susceptible of sympathy and as
much subject to truth and argument as
they. We wish, in humanity's behalf,
that the Lord would translate them all at
the earliest moment, and in the end, not
assign Us TO the same locality; for our
earth experience with them is all we desire,
even in Orberlin Look ont for great
pretentions. The Protestant colleges aud
churches, taken together, are the bulwark
Of usury, let it be remembered, and Nam
mon rules them in her interest; and II
they do not lie outright for her, they IN
d"rse all her lies and deception by their
silence. and rejoice in them, and fail ut
terly to WARN the people Of their COMING
doom, Which they can not but known
Their cry Is peace peace when sudden
destruction il at our doors. Curse Oh such
colleges and churches, and all the Institu-
tIons they control in the interests Of hell
Religion distinct from and no interest in
political science The two entirely dis
tmct-no connection whatever Tell us
what our Revolutionary Fathers took their
arms to church for, setting a guard while
they worshiped, in order to re prepared
for political enemies We're they fools for
this. e, exalting political above religious
duties for the time beingl And yet their
enemies we're not halt as dangerous AZ
these which confront us. Already there
are two millions disabled and demoralized
on the field, who may envy the dead, il
the battle is to be fought out on this line;
and this appears To be the mind of the
General, intiexible AS the human will can
be. He is as trustworthy in this case as
at Vicksburg. No doubt, groans and dis
trust and rivers Of tears cannot move
Mammon here, any more than did the
blood he split and the destruction he
wrought in the South. If ruin were to
o> ertake and destroy the life of all our
Industries, as it has already; if we are past
recovery, and we are, unless God interferes
to saves US, who are responsible Never
was destruction more complete than ours
will be when it is wrought out on this line
Puff, puff, puff. He will no more falter
than the steam horse would at the destruc-
ton Of those who elevated him to the
station he does not adorn. We never have
hnrrah' Il for Grant, and Fever will until
he is a changed man. Deliver us from the
power of the man who cannot, for the
benefit of those, and especially of the
youth, over whom he presides, cast away
his cigar This Of itself tells tale; and
then hi, salary grab, or clHtch, Of S25, OOC
pr annum additional compensation.
while he cries reform reform never
loosenlng his clutch in the least degree.
! tells another. The laboring masses have
nothing To hope for him OF such as him
that is, either him Or his friends. In 1865
we said he was the first choice Of capital
and We repeat the same to-day. He is the
| tried friend Of Mammon. She understood
| what she was about while bestowing heI
rich presents upon him Mammon is sci.
! dom deceived in such matters. Let tho
life of the nation-those who work at use.
tul and productive employments-tur
! from Grant and all his friends, for indus
try has no hope in that direction His
! sympathles are with the rich, wholly and
entirely, and he wants to make the gull
between HIM and us as wide as possible
Again, his example is as far removed from
that Of Christ as possible Christ's SYM
pathIes were with the poor. wholly and
| entirely and he cast his lot with them.
This Is something for all Christians If every
name 70 note and lay to the heart He Is
an undoubted enemy Of Christ and human.
ity, and 80 II all his intelligent disciples
and followers. Are not Moody and san
key on the side Of capital Are not all
her organs enlisted in their praise and
!audation Is there aught great with
them, as IN the case Of Whitfield. OF is
their greatness manufactured BY capital
g create an excitement, and fill the pop,.-
lar mind. and turn il from the great issue
u the hour If Mammon can succeed in
occupying the popular mind with the Cen
tennial and other follIes. comparatively,
her point Is gained. Whatever is adapted
to divert the popular mind from the one
great issue before US, needs 10 be looked
e. Our political sIt1ation requires thought
tul attention. Mammon is as artful and
cunning as Satan, supposing him to com
hlne and represent the wisdom Of hell
Look out for her as for a snake in the tail
grass, knowing 1t was there. II is no less
and no other than the powers of hell and
earth combined. and operating through
capital as her instrument for the destruction
OF the liberties Of the world through US.
And our Centennial, We repeat, favors the
cause Of capitalists Our hope OF deliver
m il in nI