Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-11

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stolen you would lock the stable door
Remember that republican forms of
government do not Insure freedom,
for the foundations of tho most bitter
deepotisms have been laid under those
famous republics Of Greece, Rome,
Venice aud France.
Look about you to-day and see how
the whole Of society reeks with cor.
ruption. How has not o~hioanery aud
fraud assisted In b~artering away the
lands of the people to soulless corpor.
ations, and not only that, but the
area of great provinces has been held
In allegiance, in order that new plsns
may be formed to present new de-
msnds and secure their concession,
while q congress notorious for Its sub.
serviency to the wishes of the Van
derbilts, the Goulds, the Wizards, the
Hopkins and the Sages, refuses to re.
turn to the public domain these lands,
which even under the infamous land
grant legislation Of congress In times
past, these corporate monopolies can
establish no shadow of claim. Now
We hear through the press Of
the robbery BY the Chicago
syndicate of the people of Texas,
through q legislature emulous evil.
IDENTIFY of the malodorous reputation
of congress, whereby $40, 600. 900
worth of state lands have been voted
to these men and sold by them to
English capitalists, and the only con.
s~ideratlon the people get is q state
house yst to be built and to cost
81, 500, O00. We see the foundation
thus laid for o landed a~ristocraoy and
pauper tenantry. The luxury of o
Vanderbilt reception, side by side
with the poverty which breeds ignor,
ance, crime and degradation. You see
across the water the results of tyranny
and misrule, In the use of dyna.
mite Is the only o Of
q populace bereft OF any other
by ages of neglect Of the
interests of the many In order that q
few may be rich, richer, richest, while
the only limit Of the poverty of the
masses IL the point where the resourcel
of life are not sufficient to sustain 1t
where the sweat of the laborer's brow
will not secure enough of his earning,
to msiutain the spark of life In the
body constantly growing weaker from
privation Of the necessary food tc
sustain it, $22, OCO, coo, OOO of interes'
bearing debt In the United States
and one.half the net product of tn,
labor Of the country going each yea,
to pay interest on it. Ia 1t any wondeI
that 80 per cent of the business mel
become bankrupt. How has thi
state of affairs been brought about
By organic ID effort to control your
votes at the polls, organized effort II
manipulate the action of your publ
administrators of affairs In congress
and Legislatures, and by organized 40
ton on the part of the enemies Of tn,
enemies of the people to stiis tn
complaints Of those who are oppressed
to tnrottle those who would SCUM,
the alarm In tho esrs of the peopl
and to divide you, one from the othe
by false Issues and insane jeslousles
thus defeating the objects Of counte
organization for the defense of popula
interests, from organized attack. VII
you permit thiA2 VIII you b
30 blind a. to allow thos
whose interest 10 plainly to perpetu
ate the present state of affairs an
avoid reform, to keep you outside Q
organizations whose only aim Is t
accomplish the overthrow of monopc
llstio expressions, and reestablis
peaceably by moral forces, the stats
ssour fathers organized III We sc
! that the present sad state of affairs
the result of apathy, d~isintegratio
and Ignorance. The cure may b
, found In agitation, organization an
| education. These arc the wstchwort
, of the noble order of the Knights
labor. Can you u workingmen, pr
dueers Of wealth and citizens equ,
before the law, afford to remain . ds
! longer outside an order which hi
such laudible objects to attai
by such thoroughly reliable method
Can you have the feeling of approv'
: In your own conscience, and at Il
same time know that of the million
I OF produc srs or workingmen In ii
. United States less than Que millic
are bearing the burden OF toll, Col
. tumely and encouragement which yc
and others could by a very sligl
effort remove from their shoulders ar
v give not these men, bat yourselve
5 the whole people, tho victory while
r will other wise be delayed, but neve
= theless Is sure to como it may |
/. done through disaster, and In the en-
I dynamite, but ia urc to come, for
Truth shall conquer at the last.
: As round and round we run.
And ever the right comes uppermost,
, And over Is justice DONE"