Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-08-16
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PHANTASMAL.
III.

sci ana project nlmSelf against his bro
ther man. Almost any individual man
having strong and peculiar views, will
stake his all upon these views, and, to
promote his own interests, real or imag-
mary, he will lay upon the shoulders Of
his fellows loads grievous to be borne.
In the war Of doctrines, in which reason
was permitted to take no part, thous-
ands of innocent lives have been sacri-
feed. Reason has been chained, and
upon the altar of passion and prejudice,
old men, helpless women and innocent
children have been offered up: All this
for what! Is wine acine? has slain its
thousands. Shall State be ruled by
man, or by man! has murdered it tens
Of thousands Shall this man rule or
shall that man rule? has offered up it's
hundreds of thousands. Among the
Friends of earth, the white savages of
the elm tree, shall man wear round
bellied coat and broad -brimmed hat?
has added its quantum of woe to the
sufferings of man. In good old Massa-
chusetts, the treasury vault of the mis-
sionary fund for the heather of the
West, afflicted persons were adjudged
witches and condemned to Suing by
mans spiritual adviser. This spirit Of
tyranny and oppression is not dead; it
has only changed its garb and mode of
attack. 1t has extended it's front, de-
ployed its forces. and instead of at
tempting to overwhelm by bold move
ments, it attempts to harass, divide,
tear down and destroy. Instead of tax
ing life directly, it invidiously invades
the right of others, appropriates proper
ty by the most artful subterfuges, de-
stroys happiness, and unhesitatingly at
tacks the character of others, when that
character is in the least inimical to it's
own qualification. The sum of mans
sufferings may be more attenuated and
refined, but it is not diminished in guam
tity. Instead of the rapier, there is the
side-glance of suspicion, from under low
brOws; instead of the intriguing kings
and potentates, there are the busy
bodies, the tale-bearers, and the SANDER
ers of State. The misfortune that these
persons will not live in history is, they
were not born soon enough. Had they
lived years ago, they would have out
jeffried jeffrey. The spirit is there, and
that their work is of different cast, is
owing to the mold of circumstances.
The majority serve master, and that
master is self.
To labor, toll, read, study, and to leg
islate for the best interests Of all, put
ting aside all selfish interests, is the
work Of the true statesman. Whenever
person relies wholly upon his appeals
to passion and prejudice TO carry his
point, you can rely upon it, that when
the interests OF any others and his per-
sonal interests conflict, the interests of
others will not receive passing notice
until his own interests are secure. The
elements Of the tyrant are within him.
When he may appear in his true char
acter, depends upon when opportunities
may be offered; as when the egg may
become chicken depends upon when,
how long, how regularly, and at what
temperature the heat is applied. That
the chicken does not walk forth to prey
upon the insect world is no fault Of or
credit to the egg.
Time was given for these random re-
fections by a delay in the Assembly,
caused by the neglect of the Secretary.
1t appears to have been his business to
formulate the prayers Of the faithful,
and embody them in charge and spec
ifcations. The work having been at
last completed, the Secretary was di-
rected to read
CHARGE.
=" The Republican and the Democratic
parties are guilty of expressing and rob-
bing the people, of building up mon
strous monopolies, of class legislation,
of centralizing power, Of robbing the
treasury
SPECIFICATIONS.
Il. Ofoppressing the people:-In that
the old parties have annihilated proper
ty in the hands Of the dear people. shut
down mills and manufactures, diminish
ed the productions of earth, and insist
upon the money of the Fathers.
"2. Of robbing:-In that they COM
pei the people to pay MONEY into the
treasury of the government for the sup
port Of officers, when there are more
than enough of the leaders of the IRE
deemable to fill the Offices, who would
do this work for their love Of the peo-
pie and the honor which necessarily at
taches; further, they pay interest for
money, money for money, when fat
money would cost the people nothing;
they attempt to darken the minds Of
the people by denying the doctrines of
the pure gospel, the pellucid, priceless
Alliance" by contending that Henry
Clay Dean needs clean shirt, they at
tempt to rob him of nickle by causing
him to pay out this sum to the washer
woman; by contending that Brick" is
unburnt, they deny the experience of
the saint, and thus attempt to rob him
of 800 per night for his services in ex-
pounding the pure gospel, and convert
ing the people; in warning tramps and
loafers, those who beg and steal their
living, and at night sleep in barns,
around grain bins and stacks, and smoke
their pipes, away, and asking them to
work, they have robbed the country of
many bushels of grain; by giving Toman
and Barnhart the tax list to print, they
have robbed the Paragon Paragraph
Alliance" and hence, have robbed the
people; and when, in this way, they ask
delinquents to walk up and pay the
dues, they rob those who have paid, a
second time; this will bear a repetition;
they rob the people and doubly rob
them, in this tax list business, when the
agents of M-S-H-Gs alliance my
souls heathen-gods "Alliance" might
inform these delinquents, when they ask
them to subscribe for the "Advocate;"
by giving Toman the post Office, they
rob the dummy of the Independence
page of the Pigmy Piper Alliance" I"
and hence rob the people; by enacting a
law that when all arrearages are paid
up, the subscriber may stop his paper.
thus robbing the Pure Principled "Alli-
ance," they rob the people ('once saint
always saint" once a subscriber al
ways subscriber. should be the motto
by throwing dictionaries, his
tories, grammars, law and literature, in
the path of "our candidate" they great
ly hinder his race, and thus rob the peo-
pie; by making dollar out of sixty-five
cents, thus collecting and condensing
the smoke of war, they have robbed the
people; by causing floods and freshets
which have washed out roads, washed
away bridges and culverts they have
robbed the people, in that these must
be rebuilt by taxation; they have de-
stroyed the substance of the people by
rain hail, wind, drouth, lightning, frost,
bugs, flies and blight,
'3. Of m,omopol!es:-In that they
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