The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-06

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institutions, in contradiction to the
Oriental despotisms, is myth.
- But when we succeed, if we ever
do, in educating the masses to a
point, where they will be neither
serfs nor partisans, but think, speak
and act for themselves, then will
they obey the first Law of Nature,
anamely: Protect themselves and
their posterity from the bonds of
slavery; then will we say to the
Nabobs, remember, in wonder times
YOU had your good things at our ex-
pense, and we our evil things at
your dicsation; now.we are COM
gferted, and thoa art sorely torment !
ed, fnaview of enjoying our rights.
Butt may be objected by some who
may read this, that we are deviating
too far from roy atty. That we must
assianilate and conform ourselves
more TO European nobility, and let,
the few bask in luxury and ease,
while the many have to foot the
bills. ggta gaIlssf $50 .54safgga asa 8.
That while Queen Victoria is
paid $6, goo, the Car of Russia $a5,-
600. the Emperor of Austria $Io,-
ooo,the Emperor of Germany $1,000,
the Sultan of Turkey. $I 500, the
king of Italy $1,000, the king of the
Belgians 81 ,46o,a and the President of
the French Republic $500 per diem,
we must not think of humilating
oar rulers, by paying them such
salaries.1 But I am one of the many
who think the Government was
raade fer the good of the people
and not for the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of
the officials. 3i9sl
/ Moreover if the the officials think
they are wronged and unjustly dealt
with they have their remedy and
can redress their grievances by
| stepping down and out" and let
others, who are as competent as
they, take their places.
! Only think of a State, but little
larger than Texas, namely, 24o, 900
square miles, with a population of
1 35,o434,ooo, and whose National
debt is S., oo5, 5000 or about $s5
i per capita, large and small, appro-
4 printing ~ 5000 to pay the expenses
| of the Empress during fox hunt,
and you have an idea Of what Eu-
ropeanism means and why I am
| opposed ito gsatssfes zt
i Therefore, I am ike the stage
4 driver when seeking employment.
j When one man had told the empty.
! err how near he could drive the
croaehto the precipice, SO that one.
half the wheel-tire would be over
the edge and still not run it off; the
other said when he saw precipice
instead of seeing how near he could
. approach it without danger he al
ways drove as far from it as posi-
bic, and in like manner would
drive as far from royalty and nobil
ity as possible. 3 v.f ,asEf ~ ~
. During the first six months of thi.
year 5000 Germans left their ma
tive homes, the scenes of their child
hood, from the port of Hamburg
, alone, to seek homes in the Unitel
States. And it is thought the emf
grafton from Germany, through al
her ports this year, will reach ago,
900. Why this great exodus from
their homes of early attachment
and childhood scenery? All! the an
swer is found in few words, HE,
salaries, rich fees, exhor6itant per
gaisites and excessive taxation, b,
which the commons are ground {,
death and the mobiles bask in luxu
, ry and riot in ease.
: +. But did not know that the sala
,, Iries of our civil, military and nava
. officers were the measures by whicl
the honors of the office were to b
measured If so they are beyon
all proportion, if the popular est
mate of official life be correct, an
should be reduced to a sum com
, mcnsurate to the honors.
But not knowing exactly how t
estimate SO important a matter,
, would suggest that they range fror
. one mill to one cent.
l. If gold be the, test of nobility,
think the Goulds, the Vanderbilt,
the Bells, the Floods, the Sharon
and the Huntingdons are entitled t
be enrolled and have their name
placed high in the niche of Amer
E can nobility. br-
: And as reason why I do NJ
J, wish to Europeanize our nobilit,
| will say we might not stop Their,
= as natural sequence we woul
|. have to Europeanize the serf
= then behold the future condition
: the working classes as portrayed
: that celebrated Psychologist of Ems
= land, Mr.. George Combe. Says h
.1"As general fact at least min,
u tenths of the lower orders SUITE
n physically, morally and Intellect,
l. ally from being overworked and ~,
'r derfed. Thousands ubon Thousand
e are annually cnt of--their lives al
It greatly shortened by excess of labt
T. and deficiency of nourishment,"
= Now hear what an America
y writer has to say about the cond
- ton of these British serfs whic
= foreshadows the future condition !,
= the laborers in this once free r
: public, but now a prospective ia
. perialism:t o9fmHl8 a78g @
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