The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-07-19
MONOPOLY.
senator Van Wyck, or Nebraska, Shows
the Means Il Employs ~ Rule the
I.nlid.

Senator Van Wyck, or Nebraska, Shows
the Means II Employs 10 Rule the
l.and.
A party is but tho medium Of ex-
preston Of sentiment or executing re-
solves; with free people IL becomes
great and bencfcient, M IL carries out
the purposes Of y majority; failing in
that, the necessity for its continued ex-
istence ceases.
When the old WLig and Democratic
parties were untrue to the masses and
had not the nerve To do right, when
that right brought them into antagon-
ism with what had hong been con.
trolling sentiment, ut the capital of the
nation, directing Congress and the ex-
ccutiyc, and demanding decisions from
the Supreme Court: when slavery die
tated the policy Of one party and ter
rorized the course Of another: when
there was 10 be no resting plnce for the
despised Nazntone Of truth: when
there was 10 he Il second birth Of hu.
man freedom and no godfather or
nursing mother could bc found among
those in authority, then the heart aud
voice Of the people spoke into life and
power the Republican party, and en-
gravcd on its banners, free speech, free
press, free soil and free men, md after
long struggle was crowned with victory.
Now other battles must be waged.
Should 1t prove untrue to the prin-
ciples on which it was founded, and,
following the example of its lrcdeces-
sors, surrender to monopolics of con-
ccntrated capital, which are now
placing their golden hands upon and
seeking t6 control the executive. legis-
lative. and judicial departments of the
Government, then, verify, il its mis-
sion ended and will hc buried with re.
greet, amid the achievements by which
| il saved the nations life.
/ have great devotion to the Republi.
can party, hut greater devotion to tn,
principles on which it was founded.
indulge the hope that the masses ma,
be aroused in time to rescue il from the
guidance OF those who are not only con
senting but conspiring to fasten upon
the nation system ~ destructive L
general prosperity and nearly as re
NoiliuE ~ liV SiiHSNiSS ~ Al0ilSd III Viz
| fire Of battle.
In this may he hoping against hope
Possibly III the giving up the direc
tion Of the party in localities to the die
tation Of corporate power, the hetraya
| Of contiding constituencies in State an,
| National Legislatures, the slicldir & b,
Legislatures and courts of practices an,
| policies believed tn be unlawful and un
Just hv large majority Of the people
| and the disregard Of the citizen whe,
opposed hy huge corporations with II,
more Of sympathy for the toling whit,
man, II found i'll their path. than In,
| the taskmaster of former DAYS fer th,
slave--you may see the absolute neees
sity for u new organization. You ma,
be now the picket the advance guar,
OF u grand army, which must b. mar
shallea for the protection ol the right
of the toiling millions.
The near future will show whethe
the mass OF the people can be longe,
blinlly led and haselr BETRAYED. III,
spirit Of admonitien and protest will h,
followed by the spirit Of revolt il part,
| leaders are determined to court a dis
aster they are unwilling to avert
However. in the years to come, rs il
the past, propose to struggle for th,
same principles, in company with thos
in and out of the Republican party
hoping for their final and complete vic
tory.
Arbitrary power. political or none
tary. seldom learns.from experience.
Slavery invoked destruction when /
denied the rights of men: SD consoli
dated wealth and corporate power
with mad and therefore suicidal in
tent, are determined hy all means, how
ever Fashionable. to add millions b
overgrown fortunes, secured by hasty
imprudent, sometimes corrupt legisla
ton, protected hy judicial decisions, u
regardless Of what the nation believe
to he right as bred Scott decisions i,
other days, grasrmg tho control .
State and National Legislatures. in til,
interest Of the few against the voice q
the many, are counting their own over
throw and the enfranehisement Of thos
they would practically enslave.
| Twenty-Five years ago We were car,
toned 10 talk with hated breath lest
whisper, like ristel.shot in the Alps
would disloage the avalanche of wrong
and tierccly rend the constitution an,
Union; So for many years We have heel
admonished Of the danger Of asrarian
ism, Of communism, Of the sacredncs
OF vested rights, accompanied by threat
of political annihilation. ii even whis
per is heard against the gigantic rob
berries and violations Of law which plac
in the hands of score Of persons al
amount nearly equal to the nationa
debt; not a question must be raised a
10 the manner of obtaining the stole
millions. or its exercise in the destruc
ton Of individuals or communities VIII
dare oppose, in controlling courts Nh,
corrupting Legislatures,
Certainly every man is entitled to til
use of his own, but the grave question
will arise rs to the manner by which
SO became his own.
When the Legislature of New Ior
allowed the elder Vanderbilt to water
by duplicating the stock of the Ne,
York Central, debt of millions wa
placed upon the labor and prosperit
of the nation, SO Gould's marvelou
| IoIIuue NolAnienCsN ny tnauiluiAtiu
the stocks and bonds Of the Erie raj
road.
From such beginnings and bv sue
means nearly all railroad property ha
secured colossal fortunes to their own
ers, not the less robbery because don
under the forms of law and the sanctio
Of judicial DEGREES.
| A portion of this robbery has bee
perpeirated under the guise of patriot
ism. an exalted sentiment to develo
the wilderness.
| Every lawyer, Congress and tin
courts, well know that the system ,
duplicating the stock and bonds of col
porations is a fraud and the rights an
property acquired thus fraudnlently a,
outside the protection of the law.
A court in New York lately decide
that an issue of millions IT telegiap
stock VAS illegal, when the sehemel
suddenly managed to buy the case o,