Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-08-06
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DE. TALMAGE ON MONOPOLY.

We invite the attention of our read
ers to the following extract, from one OF
DR.. Talmagos sermons, delivered re-
Gently at Brooklyn, New York.
The general Government, it will be
remembered, donated TO the State OF
Iowa several millions of acres of public
lands in the year 1854 or 1855, to ena-
bio the people o! that State TO construct
railways. DR.. Taimage states how they
were fraudulently given to corporations
that now control every avenue OF travel
and transportation.
The public lands given to Iowa
would, if honestly appropriated, con-
structed and equipped, have supported
all the railways of that State, and her CIT
liens could have had their travel and
transportation OF their products, perpet-
ually, for the small COS: of operating the
rosd.
This wicked system of bribing the
peoples representatives is fast under
mining representative government.
Read DR.. Talmage's eloquent and
truthful narration Of facts, and prepare
yourselves, farmers, for the conflict:
After the congregation in the Brooklyn
Tabernacle had sung, "My Country, It's
of Thee" DR.. Talmage announced ms
text from Isaiah Xii. 4l-"Thy land shall
be married" He said propose to name
some of the suitOrs who are claiming the
hand of this Republic. In the FIRST place
there is q greedy, all-grasping monster
who comes as suutor seeking tnc manu- "a
this Republic, and that monster Is monop-
DIV. lis sceptre is made out of the iron
rail track and the iron of the biography
lie does everything for his own advan-
taoe and for the robbery of the people.
Thinps have gone or from bad TO worse,
until I'm the three Legislatures of New
York. New Jersey aud Pennsylvania for
The most part monopoly decides every
thing. If monopoly faNorS law IL Is
PASSED; il monopoly opposes law II Is re-
iccted. Monopoly stands in the raiiroau
depot putting into his pockets III one year
$500. 600, 900 in excess OF All reasoiiao!c
CHARGES
its one hand the steam power OF locomo-
tion and i'm the other the electricity OF
swift communication. Monopoly has the
Republican party in one pocket ana the
Democratic parry in the other pocket.
Nonopolv decides nominations and elcc-
tions-ciiv elections, State elections, ma
tionaI elections. With brides it takes the
votes of legislators, giving them free pass
es Giving appointments to needy relatives
oflncrative positions, employing them as
attorneys if they are lawyers, carrying
their goods large percentage less II ihey
are merchants, and if it finds case very
stubborn. as we'll as very important, puts
down before him the hard cash OF bribery
LEGISLATURE BOUGHT OUTRIGHT
Rrt mononolv is not go easily caught
now and captured and arrested Is Whe!l,
IurinO the term of Mr.. Buchanan, the
legislative Committee in one OF our states
explored ard exposed the manner III
which a certain railroad company had oh-
tanned donation of public land. 1T was
found ont that thirteen OF the senators Oh
+hat state received $4,000 among them,
WV members of the Legislature of that
Stotc received between So 900 and TlUo0U
each. the Governor OF the State received
$40 OoO. his clerk received $5,OOO, the
Iieutenant Governor received $1,000, al
tho clerks of the Legislature received sou
900 oarh. while $50 00l were dlVILeC
AMONG the lobby agents. That thing, on
Larger or smaller scale is all the Tune gong
ON in some of the States OF the / mon, D'l
II is not so laundering rs II used To be,ahG
therefore not so easily exposed or arrested
II nuts its hand OH every buShei OF wheat,
upon every sack Of salt, upon every Ton OF
coal. and every man, woman ana chiiI III
Il, . n
moneyed despotism. | rejoice that IN
twantv-four States Of the Union already
snti-monopoly leagues have been estab-
lished. God speed them in the work OF
Thrrati0n wish that this question
MIGHT be the question of the next Iresi-
dental election, for between this ana that
time we can compel the political parties
10 recognize it In their platform.
have nothing to say against capital
lists. 4 man has 4 right 10 make all ths
money he can make honestly. L nave
nothing to say against corporations rs
such. without them no great enterprise
would be possible; but what 10 say Il
that the same principles arc to be applied
TO the poorest man and the pialESst laoOr'
cy What is wrong for me is wrong fol
tho Vanderbilts and the Goulds and the
elevated railway companies OF New 1orh
and BROOKLYN. Monopoly in England
has ground hundreds of thousands of her
best people into Semi-starvation, ana III
Ireland has driven multitudinous tenants
almost to madness, and in the United
States proposes to take the wealth OF iiity
or sixty millions of people and put 1t ina
few silkcn wallets. Monopoly, brazen-
faced. iron-fingcred, vulture-hearted mo-
popoiv, proposes his hand 10 this Repub-
lie Let the millions OF the people-North,
South, East and WeSt-forbid the hanns
of that marriage, forbid them at the bal
lot box. forbid them by great organiza-
lions, forbid them by the overwhelming
sentiment of an outraged nation, forbid
them by the protest of the Church of God,
forbid them By prayer to high heaven,
that Herod shall not have this Abigail.
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