Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-06-30

his products, and every citizen of hi
right to independence.
The fruit of this monopoly may be
seen in the thousands of financial
wrecks, the millions of homeless fam
lilies and pcnniless tramps, the conIisca-
ted estates, the lost and ruined homes,
the desOlated and disrupted households,
the strikes and labor riots, and the
crime, misery and moral degradation
which characterized the bankrupt peri
Od Of 1873, on the one hand, and on the
other, the princely fortunes of that
squad of new lledgcd mllonaircs which,
like mushrooms, spring up in Il night
from the dccomposing and dsintegra-
ting social mass around them. But
this is not the only oppressive mOnopo
| ly which is devOuring the substance of
the people. The railroad corporations
eXtOrt from industry about eight per
cent. per annum as dividends on Il
fraudulent stock share supcrstructure
amounting in the aggregate to $780,
100000 which never cost the corpora
tiOns one dollar, and for which the
public never derived one penny of ben
eIit. This constitutes a burden upon
the people equal to Il public bonded
debt Of six millions of dollars ut the
present rate of interest on the funded
debt.
The tclegraphic corporations, monop-
lizing electric communication, are har-
yesting annually from the wealth pro-
ducts 100 per cent. profit on their in
yestment.
Gods soil, fuel beds and fountains of
light are under the ban of monopolstic
eXtortiOn. Such is the tendency of mo-
nopoly to absorb every public and pri-
yate right and necessity as well as lux
ury of life, that an eminent divine has
recently been constrained to eXclam
from his pulpit:
81 tell you that the ovrrshadowing cursc
of the United States to-day is monopoly.
II puts its hand upon every bushrl Of
wheat, upon every sack of salt, upon every
ton Of coal, upon every taper tina. lights the
sick room, and every man, woman and
child, feels the touch of that hcartlcss
deSpOtSm.
"Monopoly in England has ground hun
drcdS and thousand of her best people into
semi or absolute starvation, and in Ireland
il has driven nation Of tenants to the
verge of open revolt, preferring TO give
their lives, bravCly fighting the demon,
rather than cOWardly perish in peaceful
submission. And in the United States this
t,t,. 4 10. t.i=.
fifty millions of people peacefully before
their eyes, and put it in u few silkcn wal
lets.
"MOnOpOly! bra2cn faced, iron fingered
vulturc-hcartcd, proposes his hand, offers
his heart to the RupuOlic. Let the millions
Of the people, north, south, east and west
forbid the banC Of that marriagC-fOrbid
them at the ballot box, forbid them by five
hundred thousand school district Organi2a-
tiOns, forbid them by the overwhelming
voice and sentiment Of an outraged nation,
forbid them by the protest Of free speech,
forbid them by prnyCrtO high heaven that
'llcrod shall not have his Abigail ="
We are assured by the most positive
and mmistakable indications that the
confcdcratcd monopolics having con-
qucrCd the wealth resources Of the na-
tion, are now laying plans for the con-
quest Of sovereign power.
Not satisfied with rObbing the pres
Cnt generation Of its material wealth,
it seeks TO cnslave it, that it may reap
the fruits of the toll of postcrty.
II has already secured the executive
and one branch of the legislative de.
parlmcnt Of The government, and as
rapidly death or resignation permits,
it is reconstructing the judicial depart
mcnt, to override by decisions Of last
resort any legislation inimcal to its di-
ahoIical schemes.
Men and brethren, SONS OF Rcvolu.
tionary sircs, YC who have the blood
of rs coursing through your veins!
We who have fled from oppression and
Tyranny in tho old world to enjoy free
dom in the new! We who love liberty
and hate despotism! American Citi-
2cns, regardless OF name, nationality,
color or previous condition Of political
ScrVitudc, listen to the voice of wisdom
and the prayer Of patriotism;
Do you believe the old political par
ties are corrupt?
DO you believe in the rights of the
many against the few?
Do you believe that the just powers
of government are derived from the
consent Of the governed?
DO You believe that the true objects
of government are TO establish Justice,
insure domestic tranquility, to promote
the general welfare, and to secure the
blessings of liberty to ourselves and to
pOsterity.
DO you believe that labor and not
money is the foundation of all progress?
Do you believe that those three great
ciyiliZers, the dollar, the locomotive, and
the telegraph, should be made the in.
telligent servants, and not the greedy,
bautal masters of the people?
In short, doyoubelieve in manhood's
rights and peoples government us
against the rule Of those soulless mo-
nopolies, which, according to the re-
port of congressional committee,
"recognize no responsibility but to
their stock holders, and no principle of
action but personal or corporate ag-
grandizement?
That these artificial giants have con-
federated their powers to seize the gov
ernment there is the most abundant
proof, They seek alliance with all
factions and parties. In selecting men
to fill official positions they have but
one standard, "Will he look after our
interests?" They know no party ex-
cept as parties serve their interest.
They have one hand on the Democratic
throttle valve and the other on the Re
publican. They hold in one hand the
productive forces of the country,
and in the other the machinery of ex-
change.
The banking, railroad, telegraph, oil,
coal and land monopolies have united
their forces in an alliance, offensive and
defensive, to seize and control the gov
ernment as bulwark behind which
to carry on their system Of plmdering
the productive interests of the nation,
and of depriving freemen of the rights
of citizenship. The executive COM
mittee Of the National party have re-
solved to broaden the field of its active
operations and extend its lines entirely
around the consolidated enemy