, 1876-09-16

granted under tho prctcst Of protecting home.
induatry.,
No proper government exists for apy other
r'lrposo but to maintain law and order, protec,
the rights OF citizens, and promote With ironnr-
tallty the interests Of all. Tho princ1pa, juty
Of TIC legislator IL, or ought 10 be, the common
welfare, which etIectually Is promoted only
when the Efforts OF all tho citizens to honestly
support themselves, and thereby be able to dis
charge their duties to the community and State,
arc sustained. Every restraint In tho way Of
thc efforts oi citizcns IN this respect limits also
performance inpesslbc.s Il 10 woli.known| | and
melancholy int that governments do not pcr-
form these duties. Sometimes The reason Il r.
npGa"ss ism out more Sf,on psasty ard f.vor
sequences, tho monopolIea have origi-
mated; through favorltism, tho hereditary
rights and tho. prcroyatives. III the mo
casc VA presented the cxc.,sc; the necessity To
Of Foreigners; In the Other, personal inertia aud
services. AZ to their being part!a, and there
fore unjust, all these prctogat1vcs and monopo-
lies, without exception. have proved thcnselScn
producing poverty, suffering, and oppression,
men .9 and women. III sclilAp aud false asecr
tion that society, in any way o. manner, has
that, In 2 certain degree, II has kept.
how mighty Is the energy and elastic the social
power which the rulers and legislators have
nn ma,le themselves 50 much trouble TO destroy.
There ss still notller fact, "a consequence pru-
sestiing from tho fact Just mcntIoncd: that tho
.nteeetaal m progress os natlo'n las been staycdr
Or 1antsraeted, ~ proportion as the ,natrrai
progress has been hindcrcd; because IL Is d law
t!lat " they contempotariy Increase or deercaae.
sources ~ tl'at Iii s' It's ) people can en- en-
10y g1oa 1lstnE md ordinary EDUCATION, 4 only
lain matcria! independence are left full and inst
liberty to develop themselves; unl yct there is
no no country, hardly, where the musscs do not
!iTe IL poverty, sell-denla|, and ignorance. Tho
thing Il this! tho masses are oppressed, On tho
one side, by tho nnny.bcalrl power; On tho
other, by the Tnonopoties aud wealth; iu tllls
way checked aud inclosed from all sides by
strong to be pulled down: Yet tliey have tome- nc
times united their strength In All etfor. 10 break
down this wall, which they arc told to believe Is
erected Tor theiF nrotectop, wl!cn, in reality, It
assumed The character Or y cyclone. lis burst
Ing was called rktohaion. But the raw strength
can only break down; It Is the Intelligence
which Gnu build up. But the nppcrmost Ii so-
should not bc the ally Of the masscs; il Is their
ishcs Itself, Tho favored chitdrren 81 So society,
who have known how to obtain, and with glut-
kNAlHA sC1A6llIta1 nave GHlUJCNy AuyQEtACGS 1t
tile expense of the people, begin slowly 10 *
pcrlcnsc the application Of this lnoral law
ou themselves, through 4 reaction which
they 49, neither withstand nor avert: Although
c9uall' Upon which they llavc trainplcd, and to
acknowledge the rights they 1lnvc scorued.
True, they will never voluntarily rctt,rn tho
stolen property; they arc too niucl, accustomed
able Fats Is pulling asay farti,ing nficr iarthinr
tlcrefrotn, and this same Fatc will at como tlmo
e4ualizc everything now out Ut equilibrium.
Ihc II beginning Is already fnado in many rarts Of
Many applications Of THIS moral Law aro re-
vealed in our days, could refer to the ROYAL
power "by the grace Of Cod" which lcaps,tir
power FOREVER is dlstempcrctl amongst clsiisze,
structure falls to thc ground. I could refer 10
the SECULAR power Of tho papacy, whIrh hus vau-
ished ncser 10 return. could rcfcr to tho no
bfifty and tic hierarchy, both onto powers
great tyranny, soon is only 4 tale marked on tho
pagc o. history. could refer 10 @ great ,nany
other things, but shall now conflnc mysulf 10
e1ainialng this our most dangerous cac1ny aud
EFeateat Opi,rcEsor, tho Protective farfN.
: 1t may seem on tho surface, 10 usAny, rs II
the effects OF this sJatcn caiinot be 80 very de-
structive, and tilut o',ly a., unhealthy iuaHna-
tlou paints them SO: but It is merely because
eauscs Tint they rca.or. SO. The fncs IS th!s:
there Is not, tls very luy, III the United States.
siugle human being, froln tho President down
To- w. pa''igper, WHO d9cs 'iotGpossLy unknown
ol this system. A hard ami pressing ti.no il
Visiting u.s.. Already long iif.e we have sur
fercd thereby, nnd iii vain lnokctl fur rclof; md
men Of all elAsscs and postions arc askinE cacl,
thingsm ! answer: :T1e i'roioctts t1r;S: Nanu.
factureFs coss thetF Workshops or factories, nnt.
discharge their laborers, Or reduvu their n,anu-
featuring, BECAUSE the holnc-tnaslet ii over
nt.art ktAaI It1slkt -.
turcd goods do not allow then, to sell in the for
c!gu market, where the fatnB articles nro 1tiut.o
and sold for lcsA price With proflt;' and tlluy
nro askinr thcnlselvcs what tho cause ~. uii-
empty OF c.iston'crs; sacsncn and clerks arc
discharged; the mechanics receive no ordcrd.
md the lahurcrs obtain no work; und they ure
9sstig heaven and Garth What makes tue trouble.
"rrotcctve' system resembles III i.s cfIrctH
may 10 Ia 40 In reality. Fur tic saku Of truth,
let US sec how fur It's effects chi. penetratc:
has been dcmonsirated,, Tint, wl'cn u people
plus IA obtained, whiel, is capital, ,-wl.cth-
CT In caslI, stock, produce, house, lot, t,,r-
it produces, deficit Is the result, which, f0r
people, must Enrn the same consequences ns for
tho Individual, namely: ruin. When ro,NMcrya
NbA FsSAASt@oA NV bGAt AElt Lucy AtNRJH bEEH
for themselves markets, wl.uroycr to DO fuun,t;
and, tic more thcre y e,t or exchanged aboyo
huinc~consamptton, the greatcr will 0e tho sur
rlus or wealth. Bit tho Protective tu1iI staya
tho production, laying It in fettcrs, bcrausu It.
confines tho producflon 10 tho hotne-,llarkut,
aud, when TINT Is provided, labor tIust cc,,sc.
u'ttcr surl. system, consequently, wc arc MT
ouly unable to get any surplus At all, but wa
cannot even supply our wants, hceansc, when
We lack labor anil Income, we tAck also oil tnrnns
to supply our Notwithstanding excepted. For
INSTANCE, VIC witness now ali around us howhnrtl
L. the lot Of neschauts mechanics, and laborers,
us SEQ how II progrcssus: Trnlr,
from being profitable, h without re-
ward, and labor decreases. THIS forces
to rctreuchncnt, and proplo ure Obliged to givo
un cot,vcalcnccKt to ~l!!v they aro accustomed:
What Is thu reaa'r,! They dou't know. Hut It
peuctrates furtlics: 1ruls goes with loss; labor
ceases entirely. letrcllc'nlsnts uru succcedal
BY wanl; even Indispensable thinga cluuot bu
got The yc.!nls dU not uuIeratallu sle cause,
Gu they feel its effects, ~ they fuel the eiIoyta
OF Il guucral collllageatlon. Every eiIort t,ntiu