The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-08-19
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army. If made, it will with great Difficult
ty be defeated, If at all. Jay Gould wants
large army, aud Jay Gould represents capi-
tai and monopoly. The great railroads,
the great mines, the great factories, the
great enterprises of all kinds which employ
men by the thousand, all want to own
their laborers and to keep them in sub
mission with an army. These great cor
porations have money, and they can &C
complish great ends with it provided they
can control labor and count upon it. But
labor is sometimes restive and unreliable.
Capital then becomes ip dignant at the fail
ure of its plans and bethipks itself of
remedy. The handisst one is q big army,
as in a monarchy.
The American theory is that an army ih
fer protection against foreign foes. It is
supposed that internal disorder will only
be individual in its character, that there
can never be a chronic disaffection towards
the government on the part of any class OF
citizens, because the lsws can never un-
fairly discriminate between glasses. This
pretty theory seems to be vanishing. Sol
diers, soldiers, more soldiers is the cry
now. Soldiers for whatf To protect us
agsinst the people
Why not M axe friends with the people
The expense of an army is a serious
thing but it is trifle compared with its
meaning. 1t means the death of popular
government. How can the people he said
to govern when the army governs the peo-
plef A republic where the rich hire an
army to protect them from the mssses
What an absurdity What failure
The whole thing is q happy excuse for
more centraliEation. The monopolist wants
all power ceptered in government. He is
not afraid of the rulers he can always
make terms with them. He can divide
with despot the easy gains wrung from
an ensIaved people and then keep hand
some profit. Let the central government
be strong; let it swallow up States rights
aud individual rights let it fasten an iron
yoke On the people. Capital is not afraid,
for government seeks its alliance.
We admit that there may sometimes be
lawlessness among the population, some
times, indeed, widely spread, but SO long
as ii is rot rational in its character, the
nation hss nothing 70 do with it. So long
as il is lcca!, the loca! authorities ought to
deal with il. Can il te believed that there
is not manhoo6 enough in State like
Pennsylvania to check the outbreak of u
few thousand miuers and railroad men
Mast the State Government like child hy
for protection IL the paternsl roof Of the
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admission that power is not in the people,
but independent Of them. If SO, then such
! a State, being no longer republican, ought
| to be disnan;led into territory and put
| under permanent tutelage. If so, and II
/ the great bulk OF the whole country is like
that State, then the whole country ought
TO be put under tutelage. 1t should aban
don the puerile mockery of popular poweI
and fy for protection to the feet of K:nQ
There may be-there are-other RENE
diee for lSWlessness, if the people are no
too much denoralized for self government
If they are, then end the farce and call th
country 8 kingdom. If they are not, thel
do Lot permit Jay Gould to transform
into q real kingdom while still calling it
ICpUOIbC' bC ~ PASN S-Ae 40 W -SSoHSH
among e decent people is to repeal ba
LAVE. B ID laws are those which have bee
bought and paid for. They have bee
d made contrary to the will of the peopl'
8 They have been made by false and peri IL
ed legislators. They have given powers
franchises and properties, not for the pax
lie good but for private gain.
TIE Legislators ought never to have ha
: the power 10 sell out pubic nights. Al
yet certain people CRY out: give goverumeI
:! still more power. What remedy Coy
! eromeas ought not 10 BE- permitted 70 cr'
D., ate debts, donate property, or grant frsI
Z CT ises 70 lLG:vidasls.
{ What every State needs is 1ew Coast
tUuon greatly Limiting tie ?over of i
Legislature.
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