The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-08-08
STRAWS SHyM AfsslctfHE Y THE WIND

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$500, 600, 900 IL T 4 Fl ssAYED WILL
GIVE 2,s8a, 68 INHABITANTS
HOMES, ouEfREN Y N PROSPERITY
1t is somewherA sakf, 3ShHW me the
songs of people and T. win tell you
the condition ofth6 people. 80 There
is a good deal Of true philosophy in
the thought thu8coN ~ edy6bf a sad
people, people 9pp1easeA jN hunger
and want and deStitntiQn, Eislt,have
no merriment, NJ spaIkii joys,u no
flashing sports ringing I'll F61gR the
musical rhythm o1B p19efoaF Song.
And, on the other hA1dbnEherBhblnes
are filled by fruitfpl IAfFsYtsB avd
plenty hangs it's garlandss iH clustered
profuson, where chfldfeM 'f6mn and
play in childish merrimew, where
youth is contented and llb0r lads Izta
just reward, contentmepti sihgE -
evening song and it's morning ch0f99
in poetic words as light a. the, .hesaEt
that breathe them, as holy as fl4q
praise they chant. a'z's'n oa4s
If the spirit of a people NAY ID
judged by their songs, so mNgstea ri
ligion of Il country be Judged pY the
genius of it's worship. The eAoEltteS
of Love and the divine affectltd4 ~
Faith, mingled with the sacred $500
rations of Hope, find no vibs11
prisons in heather gods or sculptggq
idols; and again, the formalisWqe
stately belief, regulated by p4flItd
mentary decree, are never foun4 e.
inspire the genius of worship, the
votions of affection, or the hono1D
grandeur of martyrdoms. The sptQ1t
of the Divine must breathe it's sacn
compassion into the soul before thp
aroma of it's beauty can show the Go0-
like grandeur of it's birth; but where
1 ever this is seen it is known, no
counterfeit can take it's place, 70 de-
ceit can walk undetected in it's holy
temples; but the pure, the true, the
generous, the confiding evangelisms
of holy affection are as nnmistakable
as God and as sacred as Religion.
So, too, in political life, the genius
of an idea, its spirit, it's outlined
utterance in words which leave no
question rs to the intent with which
they were written. There has been a
great variety of straws to tell which
way the wind blows, and by gathering
a few of them together the ideas to
which expressions tend may easily be
OWNED.
A great Bank combinations, through
its Leading men. declares that Labor
Is to be reduced down to wages which
afford bare subsistence.
A great handsome call saint. but
whom more believe to be 4 sensual
heophite to moneyed seductions, a
pf6,4rher to pilgrims. self-styled
ap0etle-- declares that the laboring
maR mdst be content to live on Bread
and Water, or, rs the poet has it,
a dollar day
HeeMs very large pay,
rSala INV. b., in his sermon one day.
Fer = dollar you can buy
AHthc bread, wheat, or rye
Thafycn wa1at, and the Croton is free, so they
IA say s3wA
"A great daily paper-one of the lead
ers at public opinion-proclaims the
fAct that 66r l1bOrers must no longer
expect to occapy the position they
hQSe heretofore occupied in the
United States.
american workmen must make
:hf1heir minds not to be so much
beete6 off than The European la
h0eag@ Thatmen must be content
"a work for less wages. That in !:
this way the workingman will be
nearer To that station in life to
which u has pleaeed God to call
hinAyfs Naoe FIT World.