Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-02
THE CON-
TLICT.

storm. The present lull In the politi.
cal atmosphere is sure to be followed
by intense agitation. Party leaders
who imagine that the masses are con.
tent with their condition because there
Is just o nc violent controversy
over impending Issues are simply hug.
ging a deluslon. There Is q deep.reated
conviction among intelligent people
Of all classes that we are on the eve
of another conflict as irrepresslble as
was the Issue between Dlsvery and
freedom.
Those who imagine that anti.monop.
oily platforms and high sounding
pledges will satisfy the demand OF our
farmers for redress from corporate
abuses will presently discover that
they do not understand the temper #
the people. We are constantly receiv.
Ing letters from every section of the
state expressing q decided distrust OF
party leaders and disgust with party
methods.
TIE following extract from a letter
recently addressed to the editor of the
BEE by a subscriber feom Edison, Ne.
brasks, affords an insight into the pre-
vaillng sentiment:
l frankly admit the BEE has been
Jealous In some instances In pointing
out the evils of some schemes, but 1t
advocates ways and means of relief
that always have been, are now, and
always will be, utterly futile, imprao.
tlcable and useless. While 1t Is true
that we are republicans In the broad.
est and truest sense of the term, We
can never hope to accomplish that
radical reform demanded by the toll.
Ing millions, and requisite to effectual.
ly suppress the evils of which they
complain In and under the name.
Corporate monopolies have already
assumed the proportions of a huge
giant under the fostering care of the
republican party. They are simply
the legitimate offspring of the party.
The child is now out of the reach of
Its progenitors and bids defiance. That
the parent will lay hold of and crush
the wayward child Is contrary to ma.
ture.
Tne democratic par y never dared to
grapple with the institution of slavery.
That institution was simply a monop.
oily of labor by the monied aristocracy
Of the south. The sequel was indel.
IDLY written In blood, and Is now
chronicled In the history of the past.
The nor led %aristocrscy of the
whole country have by their cor
porations and Capitalization of
capital thoroughly systematized
a monopoly of labor throughout the
length AID breadth of the union; and
unleHs the voices of the people at the
ballot. box are soon heard and needed,
we very much fear that the sequel
will be told In tones of thunder not go
easily misunderstood, from which may
the good Lord deliver ne.
/ write these words not as a threat,
but SIS prophecy, based upon the his.
tory of the past.
The republican party has been noted
for lavishly giving away millions upon
millions Of acres OF the public domain,
granting charters with unparalleled
liberality, comforting special privileges
upon corporations, In some instances
exemption from taxation to a cartsiu
extent, perpetuating a system Of rev.
enue, necessitated at one time by 0
gigantic civil war, for a period Of
nearly twenty years after the war,
without regard TO the increased wealth
of the nation, which would naturally
tend to a reduction or trimming down
; of the system 70 o peace basis ct least
The great masses eff the people cry
out 'reform." The republican party
and The BEE say: ooh, yes; reform,
reform; but form inside the good old
republican party"
We have been promised this, and VIC
have been tryir 6 this for the last ter
years, and what Is the result2 We
have time and again seer our trusted
servants either bought, builled, OF
! whipped Into line by the bosses until
we ara heartsick and tired of thil
, coarse. This Is no Tina for hating
between two opinions, a decisive stsnd
must be taken soon.
| The laborine and agricultural classes
of the United States ask M
!, special privileges, and by the
grace of God We will gram
none. This government is nothing
more nor less than the grand aggregate
of the individuals of which 1t is com
posed, and the whole people must,
will and shall be heard; or In othel
words, the laboring man, no matter
} how poor or ~illiterate he may be, musI
/ have his hard earnings as inviolably
secured and protected, if you please
to the use Of himself and family, al
the income of the millionaire ID to hin
and his.
, For my part l have never been any
thing but a republican In principle
. and in utilization until the last two
years. l have lost all further hope Of
the usefulness of the party, and l con
} denim the party when 1t DIVORCES 81
widely from the high and holy aim
o rwhlchit was brought into existence.
viz, the fEeedsm and equality before
the law Of all mankind.
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