The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
THE QUESTION OF THE FUTURE.
The People Is. AOnopOIies.
Bonneville PIeader. ]

Bonneville Pleader.
The question Of the future will be, The
PeQPis agqihst HonlD0lies. This has great
many collateral branches but all may be
considered od>hoOts from the same stem.
Ever since the Republican party came
into power, during and since the war, the
tendency Of Congressional legislation cou-
pied with the usurpations Of the Execu-
tive, has been to make the rich richer, and
the poor poorer
No country Is in a healthy state when
there Is i great aud striking contrast be-
tween wealth and poverty. Before the war,
the millionaires Of our land could Be counted
on the fingers Of one hand. New they are
counted by huudreds and perhaps by thous-
ands The war produced a great debt on
the part Of the Federal government. Bonds
were issued and upon these as basis Ma
tional Banks we're founded. Speculations
in gold began. \ high protective tariff
followed, the moneyed men of the North
accumulated large fortunes, and bribery
and corruption ran riot through the land.
Now the large monOp1lies, the banks, the
numerous combinations Of railroad c0rpor-
ati0n-, the mammoth manufactures, whose
0wners vant a high protective tariff, not
because they are poor and need protection,
y
richer, oycrshadow the IaId and threaten
the very existence Of the government.
The great railroad kings and millionaires,
Gould, Vanderbilt and Huntington, to say
nothing Of other chiefs scarcely less power
ful, and the Erlanger Syndicate, even now
possess more power than a European mon
arch. They can enrich or break merchants,
build up or break down towns and cities at
the pleasure OF their caprice aud royal will.
Even now they seem % BE- encircling Us
with their anaconda folds, and 4 word from
their chiefs Is all that is necessary to enable
them to crush Us to death When the ques-
ti0n is asked what i 10 protect the people
from oppression by these mOnopolies? The
ready answer Is competition. But combine
/ tion removes competition, and as these kings
and corporations have neither moral sense
nor conscience and are guided solely by
/ selEinterest, high freight5 and unjust dis
examinations follow a. surely as effect fol-
/ lows cause. The truth IS and the conclu-
t sion is irresistible, that the national govern
m5nt must control, supervise and regulate
/ these gigantic combinations and million
/ alre monopolies.
| This is one Of the great questions I'm
/ der the Constitution, Congress consists OF
( two houses, the Senate and House of Rep.
! lc1tutaltNt0s Dul III lltct ltAlct udAo Ol
/ Republican rule, a third House has been
/ inauguiated, known As the Lobby. The
| third house cannot vote, but controls the
| votes of the other two by 0ribng members
/ II a member, whose vote is necessary will
not come over for a small sum, a million
| perhaps will carry off the prize. This lob
| by system has become great source of cor
ruption in our national legislation. 1t did
not exist under Democratic rule.
1t is getting time for the people to pause
reflect upon and study these great questions
which are fast coming up for discuss ior
and decision in order that they may vote
understandingly upon them. As already
remarked the two great parties Of the coun
try have recently locked horns in the House
upon a high protective tariff, most odioui
and oppressive monopoly. One thing yoI
should remember, this is the peoples gov
ernment, they established it and it belong
to them. Remember another thing, th
Democratic party are with the people agains
mOnOpolies.