The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-07-21

II, however, In addition to 1 safe monetary
system the privilege Of mans proper rights Of
l0comotion and easy distribution Of the accumu.
lationa OF his labor, the transmission OF intclli
gence ia managed or manipulated for sel6sh pur.
poses, 1t Ii the most dangerous Of al the evils
which wc are facing, because the most subtle, tho
hardest to detect, and the least feared.
This nation forms its opinions from tho daily
papers, and they are made up Of, and wholly de-
pendent on, the Geographic dispatches. One
man In this nation holds with grasp Of iron the
entire system OF instantaneous transmission oil
intelligence In the United States, and has lust
taken hold Of that Of Canada. II he Wills, lies
60 over the wires instead OF tho truth, and upon
this mans will, and not upon events - they
transpire, must you build your conclusions that
shall lead you 10 defend yOur own rights and
those OF the generations to come. ! warn you,
gentlemen, that Of oil powers usurped In this
nation this Ii tho most terrible and dangerous,
and we are o. helpless a. infants when the
foundation Of public opinion (thc news Of the
day. IL perverted or falsifed
Another danger II looming mp and is staring
us in the face. The Nabobs and landlords OF the
old world have crossed the ocean and arc buy
ing by the tens Of Thousands Of acres the fer
tile fields Of the West, which must be tho hertz
age of the generations to come, or the common
people will BE- the slaves Of the lords OF the soil.
The Standard OIL Company, with the proceeds
OF tho robberies Of the producers OF oil, are
said to want one hundred millions Of acres,
while the railroad corporations have already
enough to make several large States. In the
beginning, when man asked God for govern
one Of the principles Of which was perpetual
subdivision Of the land, and wherever that has
been long violated by any nation in ell tho con-
turtles that have rolled away since that time,
the liberties Of the people have slipped away.
Let no one think We can escape the fate Of the
violators Of the laws Of the Eternal
10 remedy these wrongs, party Of principle,
est, must come to the front; and will only fur
Their speak Of that which in the hour Of the tri-
umph Of such . party will assail them. We
heard last fall from the Republican party that
they were to re-arrange the Solid South 30 that
every one should have q free vote and fair
but since the new administration came into
power We have heard nothing but Who shall
have the Offices. The greatest state OF the
Union is agitated from centre to circumference,
and it IL al about the Offices. Both sides are
testifying that there are brides aud corruption
with their opponents, and Il IL Ill to obtain
the Offices. Nothing IL heard Of principle, and
submit II the President loses twenty pounds Of
flesh and his wife il brought to deaths door by
the opportunities Of ofiice-seckers, when he
only changes about 500, whether 1t would not
kill . regiment Of Presidents to change the
WuOA0 AVU,UUV. Wu0u any party ever COm06
first into power under this spoils system, II II
lives to even think of principle through the
terrible scramble that will occur, it will be be-
cause 1t Is pledged to some specific work and IL
held TO its performance by the people. believe
the cure to this lies in that principle Of Jeffer-
son, the local sclf-government Of the people by
themselves.
Local elections are the guarantees Of peo-
PIES government, while appointments smack
OF the Emperor Of Germany or the Gear Of
Russia. Each system leads resistlessly 10 its To-
gitimate result We are called Communists, and
! suppose this One-man telegraph will tell the
public that the speakers rOarcd In true Commu-
nstic style, q it has ON other similar occasions,
that we are in favor OF the distribution OF prop
erty, etc, and hope that you win in al de-
clarations have 1t distinctly sct forth that in
curing great evils We look only to just methods
those which have through long ages been 90
knowlcdged to BE- right; and that vested rights
and private property shall only be- disturbed for
public good, and then only by giving therefor .
just compensation under al circumstances.