The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-09
The Great Struggle.

There is in this country, at this
time, momentous struggle being
waged, not inferior to the one por-
trayed by St. John the revelator, as
to take place at the close of the
thousand years millennium, when Cog
and Magog are to take part. 1t
is the conflict between the people
and incorporated or consolidated
capital. The ground swell of the
people in this country in 1873 and
1874 resulted in glorious triumph
for the people, over corporations,
by The United States Supreme
Court deciding that corporations
were subject to the regulation of the
representative of the people. This
was triumph which has not been
sufficiently appreciated by the
masses. But its ful,. force was felt
by railroad, insurance and telegraph
companies. But it did not conquer
them. By the aid of their millions
of employees and agents, and multi
piled millions of capital, they at once
entered the field to conquer by
stealth, by intrigue and by the in
fiuence of money, what thy could
not do in the courts of the country
as they were then constituted. The
men who accumulate and control
millions are the ones who are never
idle, and who never give up con-
test. Money and untiring vigilance,
l.
lessness and confiding confidence of
the people. And they are at their
work day and night, in all parts of
the land, in all political parties and
all commercial transactions.
Consolidated capital and rich
corporations, soon after their defeat
IN the Supreme Court, determined
to remodel that court, as well as the
Senate of the United States. Rail
road lawyers, educated and drilled
from their infancy upon the doctrine
of total independence of chartered
corporations over the people and
the Legislature, are only hareafter,
as far as far as the influence of
numbers and money can control
shall either be elevated to the Su-
preme Bench or elected to the
United States Senate. This is their
plan and their object. They de-
mand that the decision of the Su-
preme Court on that question shall
be reversed. And the elevation OF
Matthews was one giant stride in
that direction. Two or three more
such appointments and the people
are slaves except relief comes
through revolution.
Bat the Supreme Court is moi
their only object The people are
demanding that Congress shall con.
troll and regulate Inter State Com.
merce.- And corporations know
that nothing of this kind can be
done, if the United States Senate is
in their control and will do their
bidding. The Senate is farther re
moved from the the people than any
other body, except the life appoint
ed Supreme Court. Railroad, Tel
egraph and Insurance Influences are
/ DelnS concentrated III the VdT1O us
States to elect life long railroad
lawyers to the United States Sen.
ate. In two notable cases the past
winter the people triumphed over
the porations, in Pennsylvania
and Nebraska. But that did mo-
dishearten them. The same fghl
is going on in this State. Not q
Railroad official, or stakeholder in
the State but are for the Railroad
LAWYER in Iowa, for Senator mex
winter. 1t is useless for the TisitoJ
to name the man. Every one knows
him. If an important question is
at stake before the courts, in the
legislature or in. Congress, he is the
man to aid and defend their inter
ests. And then, forsooth, when he
is objected to by the people as being
sold, body and soul, to the corpora
tions, he and his friends sswant te
know if they propose to hold hin
responsible, politically, for his act.
| and opinions as q paid attorney