The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-08-04
CORRESPONDENCE.
Hon. JEREMIAH MOREM0NRs ON THE
SITUATION.


lie was tall, angular. carroty headed man,
whom the SHOWS of sixty summers had spent their
force Yet he was wiry, Athletic, and wore number
eleven brsgans. He had just swallowed a schooner
of beer, and WAS wiping his majestic brow with
red cotton handkerchief. when, as reporter for the
GIo5sLe, l entered, and asked the landlord for
item. ssa
The landlord remarked that he was just out of
items having given the Brge reporter pocket full,
an hour before; "but,- he remarked, ''ailow me to
Introduce you to Hon. Jeremiah Moremoney, late
Grecnback candidate for Congress from Dis
trict.-
And the angular man, with the carroty hair. ad
vaneed, and grasped me by the hand.
..}e seated. he said. ..You wish interview me,
i know Then he almost -his-ed in my ear
I'VE are on the eve of dreadful revolution
''No; you joke said I.
Docs the imperious money power of to-day i'm
agne that ii will long escape the vengeance of the
oppressed and down troden masses r he continued,
in hoarse whisper ..Docs il not know that the
storm is gathering-that the avalanche is getting
ready to side-that the cyclone is swiftly moving
that mighty combinations forming-unseen for
ees marshaling, and giant thoughts stirring the
bosom of humanity
'No, no, Il knows none of these things. 1t
thinks itself II laughs scornfully. II dress
es in purple and fine linen. and feasts the fat
things of the land while millions starving in the
guttersr
Possible r exclaimed. but when are these
avalanches and things going to slide p
Listen, young man." he continued. 'If ever
revolution necessary; If ever n cause demand
ed the strong of patriotism, revolution is now
necessary, and n causc now calls for the highest
| ergy Of the people!
Revolutions come unbidden. Who foresaw the
French revolutioni Who foresaw the American
revolution any of the mighty commissions Of soci
ETY. which have disturbed the nationsi Hidden
produce them; at last there is ignition, aud
conaasration. Jack cale never meant to be n rebel.
Neither did oliver Cromwell, nor George Washing
| ton, nor Alexander Hamilton. Napoleon never
meant to dcsolate Europe with wars.
'The Roman Empire made the world CONNER
cial and political unit. The northern bararic giant
shattered the civilization of twelve centuries growth
| Then came Feudalism. That became a mighty pow
er-he basis of laws the model of modern polit-
eal liberty, the matrix in which east the ideas
which to give direction to the worlds develop
ment, for the coming centuries"
..Yes, see," said l. 'It's all the fault of old
| Grant and the whiskey Ring
'.Noa-w, you don't comprehend" he exclaimed,
biting off a huge chew Of navy; .'but hear the NUT
tcrinss of the coming storm. Did not George the
Thirl believe the form of government of which he
was the head was the highest and best Did he not
regard the Colonial rebellion act of improprie
ty and treason, Did not the Frenchman, Louis,
think the monarchical form of which he was head
was everlastingl Did he imagine a revolution
wonld stamp every vestge of royalty from the land
| said | didn't know; but wonld write and ask.
'.Dd the monarhs of Europe imagine that their
| Al in he tarlna
balance. Did Napoleon the Third imagine
himself an exile, France a Republic. and popular
liberty triumphant, Did the naughty slave power
foresee the downfall Of its stronghold, the free
dom of the slave and the election of the black mar
| to places of trust and honOr,'
''Took about four years and a half TO pound down
them strongholds, too said I.
.'The history of the world he resumed, graspins
me by the ''shows the growth Of evils; of cor
rupt dangerous power one hand and the growtl
of power on the other hand sufficient to oyerturI
it."
"Cyelones," / suggested.
| Rome he continued, ''was overturned by
counter power, built up within 1.-THE power of mn
| inequalities. Ii paved the way for modern mon
archies and republics Then the monarchies
and in their midst grew the kernel which was to pro
duce higher form of government. Monarchy is il
its last stages. The lorlly money power must be
ware the falling ruins. Here, in America where tn
| laborins man is crushed beneath the iron heel o
dcspotie monopolies and monied tyrants, the blow
will be first struck. The raging, roaring seethng
foaming Niagara of pent up Indignation, which i
corruscating and bubbling-"
Let her bubble,-let her seethe let her rip!-le
her how'll cried, rushed out the door .'.Witl
the thermometer at 800 in the shade, humanity i
seething and steaming already now. If it's tn
Mother Shipton prophecy You are repeating or tn
story about the comet bursting mp the earth, it's
bald-faced. glaring lie
Aud the Hon. Jeremiah Moremoney started of af
ter fields to conquer, while l continued m!
search after items.