The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-17

and "Half- Breeds" II you tell me, am
mistaken, and that the Republican party is 4
in favor of paying the debt according to the 7
contract, and Is rapidly as possible, why !
are they in favor of the National Banking
system which is built up and perpetuated .
on the debt OF the Government 1t is wise I
TO continue system, from business stand I
point, that keeps the one who Is engaged in |
the business in debt: Where is there Q
business man who would conduct his own
private affairs on that basis? You cannot
lind one who would advocate the theory for
q moment. And yet the Republican party /
does favor the perpetuation of the National
Banks, and the control of the currency by
them. Burrows asked last fall who would
want 10 trust Congress in the regulation OF
the volume OF currency to be used in
this cOunITy:' Well, nobody would want
to, if the people have no better material
than some 1 can think of. daughter and
applause.l But L would like to ask these
Immaculate Congressmen who created the
National Banking system, and delegates its
power il IL was not the Congress Of the
United States! Now, If Congress has the
right to surrender its prerogaJIve to a COR
poration (Which do not believe it has) has
1t not the same right TO re-dssert its power,
and ask these corporations to surrender:
[Applause.l In snort, is not the creator
greater than the creature? [Applause.1 The
Congress of the United States stand as the
representative power of the people, and
thank God the people are Yet the SOW
almighty fiat to these corporations and
monopOiies who are now exercising powers
belonging to the General Government to
surrender their charters, as they propose to
change their systems OF conducting business,
il is my candid opinion that the corporation
that refuses will think there is political
thunder Storm near by. Long continuous
applause. CLASS OF people may intimate,
IL they will, that we need stronger Gov
ernment, whicn means a limited monarchy,
but the National party says with voice
that will be heard one of these days: I'VE
demand Government OF the people, by the
people, and for the people, lApplause.
Ii by a strong Government these people
mean a strong people. strong in intelligence,
education and moral culture, strong in that
every man and woman shall have perfect
liberty here. SO that in the sense of human
sovereignty the motto shall ever be: Sc VO1
POD,ai POZ D. tnen we agree with you
that we need "a strong GOJernne,et. APP
plause. But if you mean centralized mon
eyed despotism, gentlemen, you can never
have it in this country without walking
over the dead bodies of millions of born
freemen. Applause and cheers.] 1t is the
spirit OF this age, both political and reiig-
iOus, that The people are the soyereigns, the
rulers, the Kings, and these Congressman,
Presidents and all else are agents and serv-
ants. This age. like the age OF the fathers,
demands that the Kings shall get off their
throue and the people shall lie royalty seat
ed in their stead. A brainless headed kingf
or money autOcrat, may Imagine that he in
some strange way owns the body and soul
of The men who produce the wealth of the
world, but they will be taught, by and by,
that Que man has rs much right, and is as
good AS any other man in the world; and that
nerve, and heart, and brain, are more yalu-
able in Gods sight tnan Government bonds,
railroads, teIegrapnic corporations or royal
blood "with epaulettes ON his shoulders, and
q tinfel armor upon his brainless head. -
| Iugersoll says, ''that our forefathers, when
they landed on American shores, thought
they belonged to somebody, and that they
must be loyal to some thief, who could trace
| his pedigree back to antiquity's most sue
cessiul robber.' There is q species of that
| relic OF barbarism still remaining. Little
| priests in religion think the big priests know
| better than they do what they ought to be-
| lieve and teach, and so they go out, rehash-
| ing their old dogmas, and calling them The
'faith once delivered to the saints" And
| it is Just so in politics. A certain class Of
men are charmed with the name Democrat
| OF Republican, and whenever the party
"bosses' issue their edicts, the rank and
| file keep step to the music of their hired
piDers, without investigating to see whether
the position is tenable or not APP
pIIuse. But all this must be reversed
| by thorough education of the people.
Ihis the National party propose dong. We
propose to talk and write and tight and dis
! cuss until we force The issue upon these old
superaDnuated parties. Ii the National
I
| the organs of Of her parties accept the cnal-
lense Of National papers to publish theI
platforms. 30 that tue people can see the
fallaey of these crazy fatists@ All, ladies
and gentlemen, they dare not. lAppiause. ]
/ When my sermon on - Dry Rot" was first
their position, the Republican papers in two
counties where l am well known called it o
good Republican document, coming from o
"a slaunch Republican. Ii that was so, why
| ,i 4 l.
who listened to it thought so much OF it that
they seLt it to their friends in other States.
That sermon denounced slas very, Monopoly,
Bribery, Polygany, the "Spoiis System,''
and the National banks, and nearly all these
are the corner-stones OF both wings vi the Re-
publican party. lApplause.l don't know
whether polygamy Is or not, but L do know
this, IT has been growing at an enormous
rate since tue Republican party came into
power, and it dare not attempt the exter-
nination of this hellish institution, only by
big, windy, political speeches.
oh, trleaus, the kepublicanlsm OF 1865
does not live with the party that assumes
the name. 1t has come to be weak and
worthless at the heart, and that same uner-
ring law, which will lurn . rotten tree into
bed of wild vioiets, will soon hurry this
evil thing out Of sight, and transmute iti
dust into something purer and better. And
l say let IL die! The sooner the better
"For only in the death Of a ripened seed car
we look for better harvest" lApplause.
And that better harvest is coming as sure a!
God is God, and right is right. Every mar
must reap the fruit of his own toll. We ar,
going to keep agitating these questions til
every farmer, "when plowing the rustline
corn of June, while moving In the perfume(
fields" shall realize that he is his own mas
. ter, and the sovereign ruler OF his produces
We propose continuance of this unit
"every mechanic, every man Of toll, is con
scious that he is keeping the cars running
, the telegraph wires in mid airs" that he i
t part and parcel Of this great Government
where the rights of all are equal, whel
t 'sjustice joined and balanced in the eterna
, claim will shake from the golden scales il
) which are weighed the acts Of men, the yer,
dust of prejudice and CASTE" aud put a.
9 end to monopoly (the meanest Of al
+ slavery, and give liberty to man, womal
a and child, now and forever. Applause ant
i cheers.