The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-05-03
THE POWER or THOUGHT.
From tho Chicago Express. !

The opinions of mankind arc being
rcvolutionizcd. The immunitics Of tho
few, tho sacrcd privileges Of power, tho
one.man authority, the ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Of corporations arc now being ques-
toned by ninc.tenths Of tho civilized
world. Thought IL awakening with Il
fcrvor and potency quite unknown to
any pnst ago. 1ts quic kcning fire il
pulsnting from continent to continent.
Nothing can stay its thrilling transit.
nor break It's upheaving force. Thought
IN the levcler Of distinctions, the de-
stroyer Of injustice, and the regene-
rator Of dynastics. What a world Of
useless antagonism the foreign potcn.
tates md our own cnpitalistic lawmakers
are waging against IL II In said that
corporations have no soul, therefore il
Is useless to cope with them. But
thought IL q thing all soul, to which
every form Of soulless matter Is sub.
ject. Thought is that element which
has tho capacity to dissolve and hold
IN solution evrrv conrser substance
from whose ndn.ixture new forms Of
capitalization are constantly projected
for tho Improvement of human condi-
tions. Thought is being evolved from
tho human brain with ever Accelefating
rapiaity, every new i,icn IL the prolific
mother of train Of other ideas, all Of
which have started on endless missions
1t good Even tho lowest strata Of hui
mNnity---that class Of whom few years
ago the rcformcrs said as was said Of
Ephraim: "He il welded to his idols,
Let him alone," in beginning to arouse
and shake of its letharpy. The signs
Of the times 80 long prophetic are be-
ginning to bc actualized in tangible re-
suits. Brave, hopeful Ireland is solving
one of tho greatest problems Of the age.
She il struggling with the Gordian
knot of centuries. She means to unite
Il, pcaccably il possible; but she also
means that II shall yield even at the
swords point il necessary. May God
help her, and God speed her. May she
never compromise a principle, nor relax
ono iota from her position until by her
iirmness, her integrity to tho noblest Of
all purposes, she sets the brutality of
her English Keepers IN its proper light
before the nations.
Nothing in vengeance, but all in love,
il the thought thrown up with the top
wave of this civilization. Yet when we
see how the European Governments, the
rcgeneratcd (so-callcd) need regenerat-
Ing and how they alone arc utterly inn
pcrvious IL humanizing influences.
who so foolish ~ to bcwail the neces.
.,St~ l.nA H. .1tt n
upon them, compelling them to an ae-
Acknowledgement Of mans equal rights
III all thmgsg When the skvlight Of
human intelligence is closed, knowledge
must he forced through the sense of
feeling. Then let England and Russia
meet tho destiny they are counting.
Let them keep pace with the age or nc
ccpt the consequences. War IL n horri-
BILE ALTERNATIVES: hut the crushing bur-
den of everlasting injustice il not to se
borne at any cost,
II il not alone in Europe that the
power Of thought is forcing authority
into abcyancc. Here in these States
tho moncyrd oligarchy, that has for
years been growing in size, like huge,
irridescent bubble. waxing thinner Will,
its expansion. has already been prirked
to its mortal collapse by that fine, in.
tangible thought.essence. before whose
touch all haser substances must yield
sooner or later The old parties ar,
becoming the frailcst of frail props t.
our miauitous monopoly system--mere
rotten supports IF rotten fabric al
ready doomed beyond tho succor oi
man. demon or God. The giant mon.
opelv, now slumhcring securely in
Dehlah's lap. is already given over tc
betrayal hy his MISTRESS few years
more will sce him shorn aud helpless,
To-day the whole world lies emhos'
omel in new and yitalizing Thought
element, whose diverse and winding
current no man may trace, whose re-
suits no man can fathom, hut who's,
source and fountain-hcad il the great
underlying ocean Of truth. on who's.
breast the very foundation of life itsel
rcposcs. That VIZ may trust to it ut
terly, who can douhty Then let II,
work On in the firm conviction Of sue
cess, Knowing that the world and ful.
ness thereof belongs to universal man
and that his restoration to his natura
inheritance il no longer question o
right, but an acknowledged fact, shap
ing itself into speedy accomplishment