The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-08-28
ABOUT TIME TO STRIKE.

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to the Albany penitentiary for thirteen
months, on the :. obscene literature -
pretext, but really for publishing lib
eral paper, says distinctly that it may
be necessary before long for the liberals
to resort to arms to put down the fanat-
les who are arresting and imprisoning
every liberal against whom they can
trump up a charge. OF course. this in
fanny cannot continue without serious
trouble. The Liberals are growing
stronger daily, and the outlagesagainst
their liberties are becoming as exasper-
ating as were the outrages of the Brit
ISL against the colonies or of the slave
holders before the recent civil war.
But the war. we predict, will not be
on any such limited scale as our recent
war. 1t will come soon enough, and
will be contest between Democracy
and Free Thought on the one hand
against Monarchy and Church Rule on
the other. Politically, the fight will be
between the People and the Kings. Re-
aigiously, it will be between the Liber-
ais and the Priests and their dupes.
Romanism, in this contest, will join
hands with Professionalism, to save Or
thodoxy or Old Theology, while Liber-
ais of every shade will unite to defend
themselves against the accused forces
which have so long held mankind in
mental slavery. OF course, it looks
wild to say this now, but there are
thousands of thinking men who see it
coming and are beginning to proclaim
it, just us they foresaw our recent civil
war.
We are gratifel to see that the Lib
erals are to hold convention in Gin
cinnati on the 18th and 14th of Septem-
Der for the purpose of consulting as to
the propriety of taking political action.
Of this convention Col. Ingersoll says {:
Thousands of Liberals believe that
the time has arrived to inaugurate l.
movement for self protection, and it
may be that a platform embolying our
PAtSOtl Ct1 IA IiClllVo Will NO llNOptCu at
Cincinnati upon which all people can
perfect divorce between Church and
be equally taxed, and that no citizen
account of his religious or irreligious
BELIEF
There is great demand for such ac-
ton. The time has come for all that
liberal element which made the Repub-
lican party and chung to it as means
of abolishing slavery, to shy to it, You
arc no longer the party of Freedom.
You are lecoming the party of Priests
and Fanatics, and are enaoting laws
which are intended as mere lassos to
catch men OF opposing religious views
and send them to prison. You are be-
coming corrupt in soul and body. You
are resorting to class legislation, favor
ing one religion at the expense of an
other, one school of medicine ut the ex-
pense Of another, one business interest
at the expense Of another. You are
fast becoming the tool of the Priests,
the so-called Regular Doctors and the
Capitalists of the country. You are
doing this in violation uf the spirit and
genius of American institutions and to
the inllicting Of great suffering and
hardship upon thousands of people.
You must change your policy or the
people will hurl you from power.
THE ST. PAUL \ SIOUX CRY RAIL-
ROAD
We announced in former issues of
the ADVANCE that this Company had
mortgagcd all its lines to the New
York Trust Company and secured the
money to complete its extensions. The
Sioux City s. St. Paul railroad has ceac-
ed to exist and the lines are consolidate
ed under the general name of the St.
Paul & Sioux City Railroad Company.
The main line if from st. Paul to
Sioux City. The branches, built and
building, are the Wortlrington & Sioux
Falls. the Rock Rapids branch, the
Minnesota s. Black Hills, and the Blue
Earth City branch.
1t is also rumored that the company
contemplate purchasing the Coving-
ton, Columbus Il Black Hills narrow.
gauge and changing it to u standard
gauge road. When completed, It will
pass through the Niobrara country, and
connect with the Union Pacific about
100 miles west Of Omaha.
We hear also that the company are
feeling for a connection with the lakes
Probably they contemplate reviying the
old scheme of road to Ashland, on
Lake Superior. This would give them
nearly All air line from Columbus, OF
Union Pacific, to Ashland, and would
constitute one of the most important
roads in the West. 1t has been claim
ed that much of the freight from the
Pacific side would seek this route as the
nearest cut to the lakes.
The st. Paul & Sioux City Company
seems now to be consolidated into q
very strong and compact company, with
all their stock well in hand, and IN
spired by a grim determination to keel
every cent of it out of the folds of the
Chicago Anaconda.
Since the above was put in type the
Sioux City Journal has come to hand
with an article on the purchase of the
Covington, Columbus Il Black Hills
road from which we extract:
One can readily see that the Milwa,l.
kee and Northwestern are now power
full rivals Of the Union Pacific for west.
ern business, and that they are to some
extent the allies of the Northern Pacific
at least for the present. Under these
circumstances, we apprehend, the St.
| Paul and Sioux City has resolved not ia
lose further time in establishing direct
connection with the Union Pacific and
in its present movement we may believe
that it has the full support and co-ope
ration of the great corporation. If this