The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-06-14
The Antl-MonopoliSt.

Young O'Conor was given fair start
in life. Ambition enticed him onward
and Liberty threw down every barrier
that dared impede his path.
Such are the triumphs OF the prlncl-
pie of Equality! 81 fair field and no
fauor.'' And yet upon this principle
of Equality, which has done so much
for O'Conor, O'Conor now makes
war He has struck a blow at the
suffrage. Coming before an audience
of American citizens, he has had the
hardihood to give utterance to the
anti-democratic thought that ''the
Vote is not right-that it is merely
a duty imposed by the State just as
conscription is !" How dare Mr..
O'Conor-how dare any man-pro-
claim doctrine SO transparently
false and so shamelessly impudent!
Not right! Then Mr.. O'Conor him.
self has not right to vote. No: But
if the State imposes the sduty' on
him he must discharge it. That is it..
But
ssWhat constitutes State!''
You and I, reader. and our neigh
bors round about us, constitute the
State. Who called us together Who
constituted us! The State is simply
the civil association of men; and gov
ernment-which is the creature and
| the agent Of the State-possesses only
delegated powers. 1t has nothing
inherent. Everything is g,ren to it.
Who gives! A man on entering into
society. Blackstone says, surrenders
| a part of his natural rights; but, &C.
cording to Mr.. O'Conor, a man has no
rights at all until he has actually en-
tered society! Society alone has
rights. The individual is nothing.
How many nothings does it take to
make something! Put it in this way:
A million men inhabit a State. Now,
| which is it more correct to say that
these million men, as individuals, are
nothing, possessing no rights in their
isolated state; or to say that each one
of the million possesses a mllliOnth
part of the rights of the people! Ac-
cept the former, and you knock the
bottom out of the Declaration of In
dependence. Deny the latter, and
you deny all representative govern.
ment. Necessarily
This isn't the first shaft that has
gone forth against Human Rights
from Charles O'Conor sarrow. Twelve
years ago he as openly proclaimed
that slavery was a divine institu.
ton" Of course, Mr. OConOr then
struck at the poor African-the man
who was down and who had nc
friends. Some time previous to that
declaration Chief Justice fancy pro-
claimed from the judicial bench that
'sthe black man had no rights that the
whites were bound to respect. Mr.
O'COnor to-day cody assures us that
the white man himself has no rights
This. at least. is consistent Were
Mr.. O'Conor in England he would be
a Tory. In France he would be {
Bourbon. In America he stands
almost alone, for there are not, thank
COP. enough of Mr.. O'COnor's way O.
thinking to form party.
We cherish no i'll feeling toward
Mr.. O'Conor. Why should we! The
lustre of his great name reflects credl
on the Irish race. In view of this
in view, too, of his eminent talents
which have placed him in the fore
front of the great men of the Repub
lic-the desire is rooted strong ant
deep in our soul to glorify Mr.. O'Cono
rather than to disparage him. Blu
there is principle involved, and dit
our dearest friend in this world stan(
upon Mr.. O'Conor's ground we shOul'
distinctly and at once take issue Will
him. 1t would be our duty to do so
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