The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-08-04


they do In TO vote. This money poweI
controls their leaders, and thereby controls
them. That kind Of leadership saw illustrat.
ed crossing this plains. / an too tired 70 tell il
very graphically. was coming in from Den
YER The train was laundering over those solid
Az tho train came near thCy started ND and
looked for . moment, And then the ieadc,
started to run. They always have leader, itis,
As these parties have, and they always follow
him implicitly. II hi goes. over pfeciptce they
will oil tumble uter after him. The leader PVT
his nose within two inches OF the ground and
commenced An tingainly cantef. running away
from that train and every buffalo fell into line,
putting his nose 70 the ground % the leader
did, arid cantcred right aftef him. The train
came Up abreast OF the group aud Suddenly
stopped. The leader stopped. Every buffalo
stopped the same instant. He threw up hil
head, his eyes flashing and nostrils smoking,
flashed aud nostrils smoked. There they
stood like statues. Then the leader
dropped his head again. and com.
p,eIlced q mere tngainly,. cantar. and
every buffalo followed s,iii. The great to,se,
have it arranged on the same plan, cut and
dried. They just drop their noses TO The
ground and commence to canter. and Ill the
voters put down their noses, fall in line and
ranter right utter them. That kind OF leader.
ship we have not got. Geology teaches II.
that orr mountain ranges are the uphoavals Of
the granite. The granite not only forms the
solid basis, but crowns the landscape. There
have beeil commissions i'll the bowels OF the
tive bed p,ishcd 1t up till Il pierced Tho clouds
So there have been revolutions In human
affairs and, when those revolutions come, the
people lift their leadership from among Them
selves. They never choose Blaine or Conk-
ling. nor any other politician. They choose
such man az Abraham lincoln. He Was o!
the people, from the people, for the people.
These leaders are of themselves, for them
selves, ftuin themselves snd the money power.
Mr.. Lincoln had not the POLISH which much
contact with polite society gives but he had
manhood. heart, brain; fntisce, power. / waf
present Nheii he delivered thai .nimitable
Grafton before the circlng graves Of our
dead heroes-an apple Of gold in picture Of
silver, that was never surpassed and never viii
bt. Then saw him riding down through the
little village Of Gettysburg on horseback by the
side Of Mr.. Seward, the liioss awkward man
ever saw astride horse. l saw HIM again In
All immense crowd in Baltimore, assembled t.
10 him honor. / saw him gallanting . lady
through that crowd Never did country boy
do il more awkwaldly. He did not seem t.
know hO~ tn navigate his immense understand
ings amid the traits Of the ladies dressed mot
an easy matter for anybody tc. do. Aftervafd
saw him leaning ac,sir'st pillar forSctful OF
all this iinsei and show, lost i'll thought, his
soul in communion with the grand issues pois-
ing in the scale of war. Every one seemed to
resps ct his revcrie, and there was silence about
him. stood where could look into his face
never saw such face. There was more in il
than ever saw In a human countenance.
said to myself-t}od-iike man, though not pol.
lshed II shlhe in barlbr. yin Stand AK feel
four inches under the mightiest load that God
ever laid on the shoulders Of q mortal, and you
walk steadily under it, glorious leader in q
great revolution Such leaders the people
select when they revolutlonize their affairs.
How do yon propose that the peope take
possession Of the Gpsernrents Nv the ballot
One VOID there. in Alabama the Democrats
counted themselves in by $4,000 majority,
when they had not $4,000 votes altogether.
asked some Of their leaders III Congress why
parent. '.Ion have injured your marty what
did YOU do it fory' $40 tell the truth, Mr.. De
La Matyr," they AnEwered, hthe leader in each
Of the COUNTIES wanted to make his county the
banner county," That makes our Republican
friends laugh. l have . dose for them.
went through the vast manufacturing estab-
lshments OF the East, conversed personally
With hundreds Of the operatives, and the UNI
versal testimony was I've are given distinctly
to understand that T1 mist so,e the Republican
ticket, or lose our places and go out with our
families to beg" There they put mans love
for his wife and children over against his con-
science, and through his love for his family
take away from him the dearest rights OF CT.
izen. say that IL maaner. mote contemplate,
more cowardls than lie other. Now. that has
got to stop. ANY man that trifies with the hal
lot ought to ole upon the spot. have heard
quite number OF those Southern men say thu;
those shall die who do it again; and they art
brave men, and think they will carry out then
purpose. | am not . sanguinary man myself,
l,,ff U1a al~- %vr{&
break the heck bf Tho !nfamcrs Ntetsh and
traitor to his country that would tribe with the
ballot.
Joseph Cook ssys-"Go on under your uni.
versal suffrage, with your ideas Of an irrsdeem
able currency, taxing Of incomes, and making
some OF Us nabobs pay SOME Of the taxes, and
We will take away from you universal suffrage
even il We are I'd tate the fletcest OF cyl
wars" When read that asked-What do
Joseph Cook mean? Does he know ANYTHING
abont civil war? Has he ever seen father dis
with his glazed ewes fixed on the photograph ol
his wife or clild? Has he heard the cries anu
groans of dying men by the thousand. as
have! Has he gone night after night among
the dead and DYING THEFT, instantly, ther,
dashed on my thought the description OF tic
bursting of shell, that I had read q lit.t
while before, aud laughed right out There
/, hut step between tie sublime aud the II
dicnous. | wondered how he would like Il
hear the music OF . shell: how he would Lii,
civil war himself how his clients Of Beacon AM
Wall streets would like it. / want to say Il
You that the music Of : shell il the wors
music ever heard. il YOU saw one OF then
burst and strike man. leaving him quiyerin,
and bleeding mass uf flesh, yUu would not Ill,
i. heard 81 colored man who did no. liz,
the sound. He was . servant OF one OF Ere
mont's Captains. He saw shells burst and Iii
ma. III "a r1av Al Lao ron Sc !.
away three days, until he got almost starved
coming back, Le Went to the Captains tent. VIII
said: : Where have you been? do not wan
any such servant as you. What do you meal
hy running awayy' .Oh! magsa," he said
and TIN. whites, OF his eyes grew large, and hi
teeth Sieamed "Oh , massa, nie saw grea
black thing coming through the air, sayin-
Where dat nigga and he comes aud busted
and 10000 little debbles came out and sad
Where dat nigga where dat nigga = and dl
nigga run wondered how Joseph Cool
would like It. God save u, from civil war
but, il they do not let the ballot alone, We vii
have it. We will take the Government by the
ballet
When you have taken possession Of the Gov
eminent, what will you do? We will first re
store to the Government the issuing OF tn,
currency. II could frame the next platform
| Of the party, would put its first and mail
plank in the language Of Thomas Jefferson
''Rassk PAPER rn;ist be Suppressed aud the cir
culating medium restored to the Governmen,
| where II belongs Then I would have Iii
Government issue gold; silver and paper, eac
alike full legal tender, and in sufficient guam
titles to restore and sustain tho maximum o
our industries. / would have every dollar
| gold, silver and paper, full legal tender, an
| not one dollar redeemable in another Just q
il is in France. Give us that. and then contre
the corporations, and We will restore indu, tr
up to the maximum. We will pay on all the
debts, stop this drain OF interest, lift mp til
masses, and In very little time every indu.
uious family will DO elevated out Of povert,
aud will I'LL up this impossible gulf between II
many aud the few. Then We will adyanc
Christian civilization and stop this centraliza
ton Of wealth. The purpose Of that civ liz
ton Is TO take every child and lift il into glor
ous manhood and womanhocd. in re.inemen
| culture, in strength and force Of character, an
| fit them for high services hereafter. Millior
Of children uafold their spiritual natures ami
the obrccnity, vulgarity, filth aud corrnptio
| Of the MASSES.
was once listening 10 the sermon Of graz
man. aid a. whole the rinon was goo
one. Knowing the position | occupied,
course Il aimed al mo. The preacher said
The world wants Christ" and in my heart
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