National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-08-20
Anonr MoNopoLrEs.
Their CROWNS Power-rhe Nations FU-
ture-A Growing Menace.


ture-A Growing Menace.
To the Editor Of THE REruBLIc,r
Important issues have before threat
cned destruction to our republican form of gov.
ernmcnt The question Of to-day, and one that
involves the veal or woe Of fry millions of in
habitants, is the growing power Of corporate mo.
nopoly. Already the iron bands have been placed
about an Indifferent public, and the national task
master stands ready TO compel submission The
courts Of the land are bowling reverently TO the
god Of money and the administration OF justice
corrupted by the equity that Is purchased for gold
Tho judicial ermne is trailing in the dust and the
law, that bulwark of freedom, has become n syno-
nym for egallzed destruction. About the Nations
Capital have swarmed
THE FORCES OF AN NsfDToUs ENEMY
who do not hesitate to trample the Constitu-
ton under foot; who clamor for tho spoils of po-
litical conquest aud atten on the toll and labor ofan
industrial people, who boast OF their power To
buy tho representatives elected by the popular
will, and who fiaunt their corruption in the face
OF universal protest. Around the body polite the
subtle coils Of giant monopoly has fastened It's
deadly grasp, poisoning with corruptng fangs the
Likelihood OF our financial political, and social
world. In the mad race for power and wealth the
nobeness OF craftsmanship has become memory
Of the past. IN the graves OF Washington, Jeffer-
son. and Lincoln lie buried the glorious examples
of men above the power Of purchase, who neg
lected the individual for the universal good.
Monopoly IN their presence found no fnyor and
boosted not OF It's triumphs.
TODAY THE NATIONS FUTURE
Is hanging In the balance. The time has come 10
strike the monster that threatens our public life.
II ~ not enough that we tncitly admit that corpora
lions possess the land, control the finance, rule
the courts, and subject the press. The battle must
be fought In open field and the tocsin sounded
with call TO arms. do not exaggerate the stu
alton. The popular sentiment is being outraged
by the slavery under which we have fallen. The
instignors Of the crusade against orr freedom and
Our rights must be overthrown the proud man
brought low. and the weight OF righteous indgna-
ton concentrated to hurl him from his throne.
When individuals arrogate TO themselves the right
to dictate 10 the masses they become dangerous.
When they aim 10 clrcumvcnt and seek to destroy
they can no longer be tolerated. The centrallzn-
ton ofpower vested in Jay Gould
HAS BECOME MENACE
to our free Institutions. AS the daring leader OF
organized monopoly, as the father Of perniclous
system of public and private espionage, cfrcum.
venting tho welfare Of the nation and the indi-
vidual, he has become marked man. The prin-
ciplos upon which he has based all operations are
contrary 10 the maintenance of free Republic
The purchasing force Of money will not stand the
scrutiny Of the public approval. The Nation is
awake to the necessity Of checking a contaglon
that has pcrmeated every element OF our Govern
ment, and even now threatens our republican
life. twill be a dark day for the nation when It
Is forced TO the belief that "cvcry man has his
price" The death knell OF Liberty will toll when
public sentiment Is not strong enough to rise up
and take the monster Of corruption by the throat.
The grave Of Freedom has been dug by the power
THAT sKEKs TO CONTROL
the products, the highways, the finance, the law,
and the press of this great Nation. Shall Liberty
be buried? Has the patriotism, the honor, the
courage ofthe early pioneer ceased TO flow in our
volns7 Are the Patrick Henrys, the websters, the
Gays the Calhouns, the Summers all gomez Was
II for this our ancestors struggled and fought,
only that we might be bound hand and foot; that
the place hunter might sit In legislative halls and
traifc in the peoples rights that the will of the
Chief Executive might bow to the king of finance
and the national exchequer open or shut at his
supreme command? To what condition have we
come when dying ruler, shot down by the hand
Off bloody assassin, can be made the instrument
OF stock iobbpg operation7 We have fallen too
low aud the moral atmosphere must needs be
purged by the coming storm. Let the orgnators
OF THE NATIONAL PEST
fee from the wrath to come. BY the instrument
Of divine justice will they receive their reward.
Intrenched In their stronghold they dere defy the
gods: but just surely will they be destroyed. The
force OF public opinion that they now despise will
one day sweep them into oblivion. They but
nourish the resentment Of an outraged people, who
will arise TO drag them from their thrones The
cries of the oppressed will not always go unheard
The echoes OF the French Revolution have not yet
died upon our shores. Must the history OF that
terrible event be repeated? Can the just demands
Of the toiler be obtained In no other way than by
u resort to force? Docs the spirit of freedom only
thrive in the shedding OF blood? Have the laws
become O mockery and equity the shadow of q
name? Can we submit TO the destruction of ma
tlonal honor and passivcly surrender ourselves to
a slavery worse than death?
THESE ARE QUESTIONS
that must now he answered. No maudlin states
manship or sckled catering of shackled press
will satisfy the demands Of the hour. We arc on
the brink Of a national crisis, and great leader
will be required to pilot us through. The issue is
The People VS.. Monopoly, and the question will lde-
eide our fate as a Nation II Is for us to say how
long band of merccnary hirclings shall possess
our public domain our national highways, the
industries granted by nature and secured by labor,
the judiciary of our form OF government, the
banks, the press, and the pulpit A greater ques-
ton than the slavery of the colored is here;
question involving the freedom the seryltude of
every man. woman, and child under the Amerl-
can flag Upon this issue depends our existence in
the catalogue of FREQ nations, our welfare as an
industrious people, aud the name that will be en-
blazoned with shame or glory in the future of UNI
written history yet to be.
---s---
DISTRICT COURTS,