The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-08-16
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Tie are j. ssre fur arssnn Men, in
she arrrr~se, iss ene~, ha,e s,rr,s~, ~
fAs~t. AMI. thinking nus the long hen,i.
ase Ia which they have heen held, aves
she slavery ~ ~hirh shey hnvc submit
tel. over she tyranny which haa hr~n -.
orcissi h. Keep them tsAmmelrsi b. cap.
is~l. they are ra.ly h mite Tor action,
Tor di~cnshrAllu~n, AMI for liberty.
There II nothing Ia thc whole r~cos,l
~ she wcrlrs history - shameless, No
calculating, or 20 terrible N tnc bond.
age In which the mass N mankind have
hcrn krpt h. the few who, hy force, sc,i.
dcnt, or fraud, have l,oescssed the con.
trol oi money. In Greece the great
holy " the people were hclots,
subject b. the viii of their masters,
doing the Labor, lighting the hat,lce. and
crtnginR under tho dietAtlon ot the citl.
acn. In Komc they were slaves, snhin.
gated hy conquest, ruled with barbaruns
cruelty, made Tho playthinR OF tyrants.
and kept in savage snhjecsion 10
the rich. Iii France, Till i-sn, they
were mere appendagea 10 che aoil. elayes
IN the mobility, allowed /, live, and
work and stArvr, and bc submissive. Tia
England they were fcu.lalized do.
pendclts. until che sixteenth century,
when they became worse than slaves ID
landed Nristocrats Rnd mnnnfacsuYing
autocratS. In Germany, they have, from
the days of Julius (r.ar, been military
slavc< and baronial dependents, lighting
And workiag Tor bread. Tho sole idea
was subjcction on the one hand; richcs
AMI power On tho other. In the United
States, up 70 the revolution. thc ,listinc.
tton Ia classes waa lees marked than In
vny other part ri the world, and yet our
territory was parMlled out 10 prinvly
dependents and kingly favofises, 10 per.
pctuate the aristocratic distinctions III
European society. Int our territory
waI too brond, our mir too pure, and our
opportunities too vast 10 hc cirrum.
scribcl hv tho petty tyrannies or
thu military feudAlism cf Tho Old
World. IN that when the colonies r..
fusel to submit 10 being governed mn
slaves, anA the people, IN ITO. sent ont
their Declaration VI lndrpcn,lencr-~that
new testament " rights-~as tho gospcl
of civil duties the last veslige ri Anhjn.
gMtion waa kwept away, AT Bunker Hill,
At Monmouth, NJ Saratoga, at Yorktown
the blool of the brave scaled the com.
pact of the free for freedom. The world
echoed the shout ~ victory. II sounded
over oceans. and Alps, and Appenines---
ON tho hills, in tho vall.y.. II wen, ~
mn anthem 10 proclaim the lind ~
hopes for the disenthrallment Of man.
4 century Inns told the story Of It's sue.
ccsser. Citica linked by railroads,
united by telegrAphs. AMI speaking 10
each either with the nwiftness of the
lightning and tho clearness Of the telc.
phone, reach across continent. Cities
where wealth and Refinement, industry
and labor display the civilization of a
people frecr, better educated, more in.
dependent aud happier than any other
IN the history .. the worlt. A country
peopled by $4,000 of inhabilAnts, hut
capable III nonrixhing 1000, ,OtO, 900.
And yet this great land--shis home III
Washington, this country Of Franklin.
this compact III Jefferson, noble m in
founder, great ~ itH philosopher, and
pure IN ils political apostle, la growing
great haA fed aud pAnperetl, and been
aexluced hy, tho curse which from the
pharauhs Inns made slaves uf tho maases,
70 give power. aristoeracy and wealth 10
the few.
Money, fcsl by interest. won by fraud,
collected by cunning and MmAssed into
monstrous lnsolcncc, has, step by step.
been preparing itx way W overthrow our
liberties. annihilate cQnAlixcl rightn,
and build np M nligarchy Of corporate
powers 10 force The people into hrlots,
the lNboruFA III thu lAnd into slavery, and
che industry of Tho nation into suhingn.
tion 10 capital. WhAt nation OH tho
globe ever before saw snch colossal
swindlcs m tho Pacific railroads, with
more lAnda thAn all England, ireland
and scotland, and with eB5, tDOO, ono III
money lcgiElatrl into tho hands of i few
private individuals, stolen from the Gov.
crnment by bribery and frAudS
What people. claiming To b. their
own masters, ever before saw single In.
divilnals In possession of tho great
highways ot tho people, controlling tho
caFsying trade, tho mnYl., the inter-
course and tho prosperity of the people,
m Vanderbilt ON tho Que hand. aud
hcott and Garrett on thc othcr, 10 10.
day In tho United HlAtcs2 Vanderbilt
swccps from tho great commercial city
On thc Atlantic, through Nsw York,
Ohio, Michigan aud Indiana, 10 the no
lcaa great grain city of the lakes Ia Iii.
noiA, the monarch VI 4i00, O0O, ,ttD0 of
lictatoriMl power, cruahing Ill who op-
psse, running All who Interfere, and roll.
Ing, with thu awift fnrcc of steam. his
car of Juggcrunnt over Whatever II In
hts wa1.
Hroil, the master II 1000 miles
u connecting railroads, starting from
the Hudson, holds Nov Jersey In irons,
Pennsylvania ID hAn,lcniIed under tho
fctterx oi his will /; and NJ, from HtAte 10
ntAtc, over tho continent, he hollis tho
whip and command. tho steam ways
" tim pac,6c, with : Lc&potism of pow.
~ 10 monarch pO~.easea, anil with mn
pAsaNl. His argument Ii Tho rifle, hia
purpose HuhjngAtion. To command
profit for his cxtrsvagAnces, hc attacks
labor. He would foFsN labor into slave.
~. Aud II labor rebels, Or II labor 10
hungry, he would foroc II ~ submission.
Nino faro II hia argument Pittsburgh
and her slaughtered people II one of his
lruphies. This man. bolstereA into .les-
pu(iAm, cries !" Communism !"
uarrrtt, tho monarch of tho Baltimore
anil Ohio aud ita connecting soAds---
equally able. equally grasping, possibly
leas interruptions holds Maryland, viz.
9inia, part oi Ohio and other Geatas in