The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-01-11

then Lord Salisbury is instructed 10
lave Constan tinople himself and oroer
the British feet to quit Turkish waters,
and ro home! Isn't this "backi ng out!'
THE LAND ROBBERS CT IRELAND AND
ENGLAND.
II has been, and is, imputed TO us that
we despisc. hate. war against the En-
clish people. Nothing can DC more
Untrue For the peoples of all countries
we feel a love and sympathy which IS
the natural outflow OF every humane anu
Christian heart-to these, our brotners
and sisters. who are born, and 1--we, ana
die in thraldom and servitude:: How
conll It be otherwise? We see this falr
earth Astounding in everything that our
nature demands. Not only the useful,
hit the beautiful and the sublime. we
see in the greenness and symetrv OF ev-
ery tree. in the petals and perfume OF
every flower: in the returningbseasons,
bringing to the hand of our Industry
every s1stainment of life; in the MINES
stored away for our Use. as latner
won,d store all that the necessities OF
h;s family might require; in the hgnt
We see. in the warmth we enjoy, IN
tho verv air we breathe, in the water,
onr GREAT servant; in the capacities with
which we are clothed-capacltles tnat
make every one Of US immature creator
of the miniature things that sustain anu
adorn life; the atmosphere, one Gaines
dral of music, holding within II SOUNDS
more exquisite than ever Carolan,
Handel. or MOI art called forth IN the
humane voice, itself an instrument tnec T
transcends all constructed instruments OF
ncusic: in the blocks ofmarble, every one
Of which contains a more exquisite stat
ne than ever a human Phideas, or an IN
human Praxiteles, yet gave birth TON
all theseIthings,-in every thing, we see
the providence, the bounty, the love, OF
the All-Wise Creator TO us and to all His
children. Can we feel dislike, antag-
onism, enmity, to the unhappy children
for whom all those things were created,
and from whom all right in those things
has been taken away. NO! surely no.
We cannot withhold our sympathy from
those wronged ones, no matter who they
are. or where their country-in Ireland
ENGLAND. France, anywhere IN this
world. But in proportion to this SYM
nathv for our disinherited and impover'
ished brothers, we mustcensure, conuelnil
and make war upon the system ana the
men who wrong and enslave them. II
is true, we are taught to "forglve our en-.
emies. . and it is Christian duty to 40 SC
!. when the injury is personal and to
ourselves alone but what authority have
we to pronounce our forgiveness OF grea
nublic crimes, ofcrimes that are levelet
at the whole human race? How can we
For. was there ever lord, or 2 duke
or a "roya!ty" so stupid as to bellev'
that this world is
plantation created only for them
and that all the peoples who i've on
we're created merely to furnish them Wit
= slaves to work that plantation? NO; W
= can credit them good deal on the scor
!. ofignorance. but we CANNOT 90 qul'c >
q far as that. Still. it is possible that the
a do not see their crime in all its enormity
b We \, hope they do not, we tros
y they do not but we trust they Will see
. by and by and repent oft. II they &c
- and when they do, we stand ready I
pray that they may be forgiven an
:. and their sins remembered no more.
- Furthermore-for still they are mer
4 and as men our human feelings 60 fort
~ to them-furthermor we will vol
~ eyery man of them a tair-sized farn
and help them to construct good-slze
q house. Whatever skill we have to ho
= the plough we will not begrudge to teat
them. We will help them to plant
h. orchard, and won't add a penny to the
rent when it begins to bear fruit. "
+ will reside in their neighborhood, al
- make our influence and encourageme
felt by misunderstanding their ignoran
and teaching therA, at least, the first rue
mcnts of Christianity. Once we p
O. them in possession OF this Homestea
"a we will never ask to take it from the
II. never leave them out on the hlghw
of with their wives and little ones. '
- will in short, do all forl them that tn
80 will not do for us, and never would
~ for us. Yet. so cross>grained are tn
so perverted by hereditary faint a
,ro long training-that we haye grave doa
-, that all this kindness on our part
10, ~, be met by a due thankfulness
10, he theirs-that they will still have the d
NJ position to 60 up to their adJoinl
neighbor and ask him quietly to WI
their land for them. Nay, that Il
! would be willing to take his land fr
- I him into the bargain, and then civilly
- mand that he should cultivate that,
i, tor their use and benefit. Past and pr
rs ent history indicates that tho pres
IS landlord, in his new role, would be 70;
~ enough to ask all this. But we d.
~ know, we can't be sure, how the spiri
,hn repentance may work within him. W
10 give him the farm and
-" chance, by and by, and we think .
80 that, with alittle watchful care. he
.va conduct himself properly. In that b
80 let as leave him for the present.
wa To st. Paul Readers
-. A farmer friend, living in the Big We